Bennington approves two-year town manager contract with raise
By a 4-1 vote Bennington selectmen approve a two-year contract for Town Manager Louis C. Savelas plus a 2500 raise, boosting salary to 25000 by September 1977. One member protests lack of public discussion. contract runs Sept 1, 1976 to Aug 30, 1978 with staged raises from 20000 to 22500 then to 25000.
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Bennington Selectmen
Louis C. Savelas
Gerald P. Morrissey
Morrissey
Richard Leake
Richard Perrott
Lorraine Eastman
Paul Sheridan
Timothy
Corcoran
Sarelas
Larelas
Diamond sues Vermont Yankee over radioactive leaks
Vermont Attorney General M. Jerome Diamond filed suit in Washington County Superior Court against Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp for two water pollution incidents. The first involved 83,000 gallons of water with radioactive tritium spilled last month, the second a July 1975 non-radioactive cleaning agent spill into the Connecticut River. The suit aims to enforce water pollution laws, not to resolve radiation agreement issues. Possible fines up to 10,000 dollars per day, with Diamond suggesting stockholders pay if convicted.
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Diamond
Vermont Yankee
State Occupational Safety and Health
John Froines
Economists debate Vermont N H tax battle at Dartmouth
About 200 taxpayers legislators and reporters from Vermont and New Hampshire gathered at Dartmouth College to discuss tax structures and social services. The debate centered on a June report claiming Vermonters pay nearly 50 percent more in taxes with similar services and featured rebuttals from Campbells and responses by Smith Webb and Hurd.
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
Lee Webb
Goddard College
Webb
Campbell
Campbells
University of New Hampshire
Rick Hurd
Meldrim A. Thomson
Dartmouth
Colin and
Rosemary Campbell
Virus toll at 21 as disease outbreak spreads hopes fade
Harrisburg reports 21 deaths and scores hospitalized from a swift flu like illness with 143 possible cases. officials monitor for secondary spread while federal and state labs work to isolate the causative agent. James Sikes, 78, dies in Pittsburgh. Philadelphia counts six related cases not linked to the convention.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Leonard Bachman
William E. Parkin
State Health Department
American Legion
James Sikes
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Cyril Wecht
Sikes
Philadelphia
Bachman
Vermont voters undecided but Carter leads Ford in poll
A Burlington based poll of 300 Vermonters shows 21 percent undecided statewide with Carter at 49 percent against Reagan 18 percent and Ford 34 percent in a hypothetical Ford nomination. Gov race among several candidates shows Hackel leading Snelling by three points with 19 to 16 percent. Stafford leads in the U S Senate race with 38 percent support.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
Eugene McCarthy
California
Ronald Reagan
McCarthy
WVMT
WSYB
Wrut-Fm
Rutland
St. Michael’s College
Vincent Naramore
Frederick Maher
Wind and solar energy institute set for this weekend
Inside Local previews a wind and solar energy institute slated for the weekend at Goddard. The feature highlights the event’s aim, speakers, and expected demonstrations for residents and students.
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Wind and Solar Energy Institute
Goddard
District Court
Buckley
Manchester
Arlington
Brattleboro
Rockwell
Stockbridge
Mass
Ford Campaign Chief Sees Nomination Not Yet Locked Up
President Ford's campaign chairman Rogers C. B. Morton said neither Ford nor Reagan could clinch the Republican nomination before the national convention in Kansas City. The Times canvass shows Ford leading 1,108 to 1,030 with 121 uncommitted, as Schweiker's selection shifts support in the South and Northeast.
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R. W. Apple Jr
N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
Ford
Rogers C. B. Morton
Ronald Reagan
Morton
Kansas City
New York Time
Reagan
Richard S. Schweiker
Penn
Sylvania
South
Schweiker
Pennsylvania
the Times
Thomas J. Twine Jr
Williamsport
South Carolina
Ray Harris
Harris
James Edwards
Ohio
Lois Leggett
Willoughby
Cleveland
California
U S arms Taiwan to defend itself with self sufficiency aim
Washington pursues a selective arms sales program to Taiwan to boost air defense and self sufficiency without direct U S participation. Recent packages include radar systems, Hawk missiles, and F 5E interceptors expanding Taiwan’s autonomous operation with limited American training. Potential long term effects on U S China ties and treaty status are noted.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Taiwan
United States
Congress
China
Peking
Litton Dies in Plane Crash After Primary Victory
Rep Jerry Litton of Missouri dies in a Chillicothe plane crash with his wife and two children along with five others. President Ford expressed shock and sadness, noting Litton had just won the Democratic senatorial nomination.
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Rep. Litton
D . Mo
Washington
UPI
Ford
Jerry Litton
Litton
Chillicothe
Wildlife creator seeks tourist farm in Mount Holly
Rutland-Mount Holly Farm Inc led by James D. Kinsey proposes a 190 acre farm with tourist facilities off Route 155 Mount Holly seeking Act 250 permit for a 150000 project on the same tract as Wildlife Wonderland. The plan includes eight buildings and shelters with cows horses sheep and pigs.
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Russgarland
Rutland
Mount Holly Farm Inc
Manchester
James D. Kinsey
Route 155
Mount Holly
Rutland District Environmental Commission
Kinsey
Catskill
New York
State Environmental Board
Vermont Supreme Court
Wildlife Wonderland
Weston
Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Environmental Board
Supreme Court
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Selectmen
By John Leaning
Savelas
Norton Barber
Yankee
James Griffin
Attorney General
Vernon
Griffin
Lee Yankee
N.H. Battle
Rob Woolmington
Hanover
N.H
Vermont N.H
Woolmington
Stella Hackel
House
Richard Snelling
Shelburne
Gordon Paquette
Burns
Hackel
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
U.S. Senate
Robert Stafford
John Leaning
Ondawa
John Page
MACC
Fisk
Burleson
U.S
Leslie H. Gelb
N.Y
White House
Mt. Holly
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