Strip mining bill passes House with strict federal rules
The House approved HR 11500 by 291 to 81, setting tough rules for strip mines including land restoration and limits on restore-untamable sites. Net federal funding for reclamation was authorized. Mallory voted yea. The bill goes to conference as supporters cite environmental protections and opponents warn of higher coal costs and oil imports.
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Richard Mallory
New York
Bill Frenzel
R-Minn
Mallory
Congress
Egypt
Israel
House
Senate
Aiken
Stafford
Soviet Union
Common Cause to monitor Vermont campaign spending
Vermont candidates for federal office will be surveyed by Common Cause to disclose campaign contributions and expenditures. At a Randolph meeting, volunteers organized for a state level campaign to inform media outlets of these finances, aiming for voluntary public disclosure beyond legal filings.
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STOWE
Vermont
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Common Cause
Randolph
National
Citizens’ Lobby
Montpelier
Washington
Vermont drug plan talks guide regional meetings
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division will hold regional planning meetings across Vermont to gather Community views on drug abuse patterns prevention and treatment. After sessions, recommendations will feed into the state drug plan with August meeting dates and contact details for Patricia Mack in Montpelier.
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Montpelier
State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
Agency of Human Services
Vermont
Bennington County
Avalanche
Manchester Depot
Patricia Mack
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
Dorset Town Clerk Seeks Voter List Additions and Civic Notices
Dorset announces voter checklist updates for new residents and eligible voters before August 17. The Board of Civil Authority meets August 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the town office. Dorset Fire District 1 votes 3000 to fund seven street lights on Church Street with no overhead wires. DNA fund drive begins August 13 with The Diary of Adam and Eve play at Dorset Church vestry, open house at new DNA quarters afterward.
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Dorset
Board of Civil Authority
Dorset Fire District No. 1
Church Street
Fire District No. 1
The
Dorset Nursing Association
Caravan Theatre
Mark Twain
D.N.A. Fund
Route 30
Dorset Inn
Edwin Lefevre
Williams College official named association president elect
Peter P. Welanetz, Williams College Director of Physical Plant, was chosen president elect of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges. He will serve as president elect until June 1975 and then lead the group for one year. The 61st annual meeting occurred in Houston, Texas last month with more than 1000 members. Welanetz is a former president of the eastern regional district and has led Williams since 1951 after earning civil engineering from Lehigh University. In Arlington, the Rescue Squad logged 21 calls in July, including six traffic accidents and one obstetrical emergency, with four calls in one 24 hour period.
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Williamstown
Mass
Peter P. Welanetz
Williams College
The
Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities
Welanetz
Association
Houston
Texas
Lehigh University
Williams
Arlington
Arlington Rescue Squad
Backgammon Showdown Draws 130 Players at Manchester Palace
Vivian and Guy Thomas staged the Vermont Open backgammon tournament at the Palace Hotel drawing 130 players from Manchester, Athens, and beyond. Winners included Julian Seidman from Silver Springs Md and Joseph Pasternack, editor of Backgammon, with Obolensky and other notables involved.
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Manchester
Palace Hotel
Vivian
Guy Thomas
International
Rutland
Julian Seidman
Silver Springs
Joseph C. Pasternack
Pasternack
Prince Alexis Obolensky
Obolensky
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Robert Bernstein
Philadelphia
Malcolm Starr
Dorset
Astrid Schuster
South Londonderry
Eric Friz
Bondsville
Jack Knight
Arsenia
Conn
Harmar Brereton
Eastman Kodak Company
Egypt
Gardner Seoul
Willow Bank
Wall Street
Death of Howard A. Dean Reported in Londonderry
Vermont State Police report the 65 year old Howard A. Dean died at his Londonderry home last Wednesday from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The 12:45 p.m. incident prompted response by Dr. Carlos Otis the regional medical examiner. Windham County State's Attorney M. Jerome Diamond granted permission for body removal as investigators Corporal Darwin Rogers and Trooper Thomas Parent conducted the scene inquiry.
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Londonderry
Howard A. Dean
Vermont
Carlos Otis
Townshend
Windham County
M. Jerome Diamond
Darwin Rogers
Thomas Parent
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Consumer Agency
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D-N.j
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R-Neb
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Robert Stafford
Wea
George Aiken
Secretary of Commerce
Robert Packwood
R-Cre
Henry Jackson
Dash
Vea
Susan Paris
National Governing Board
Joan Colgan
Dorset Library
Washington Post
Carl Bernstein
Bob Woodward
Lynn Caine
Oor
Catamount National Bank
Big Bromley
East Meadow
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