Thoreau Like Botanist Prepares To Survey Vanishing Vermont Ecology
Jerry Jenkins a 24 year old botanist from the University of Massachusetts travels Vermont in a turn of the century buggy loaded with camping gear to study civilization’s effects on plant life. He urges local knowledge over modern ecology and warns of environmental exploitation while embracing a simple, cooperative lifestyle with his pony and horse driven journey.
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Thoreau
Vermont
Austin Hill Road
Rip van Winkle
Jerry Jenkins
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Mass
Jenkins
William R. Scotts
Riverside
North
Bennington
Pownal
New England
France Devalues Franc in 121 Percent Move
PARIS France announced a 121 percent devaluation of the franc after an emergency cabinet meeting as part of Pompidou's austerity drive aimed at reviving the economy. Finance Minister Giscard d Estaing said the parity shift from about 20 to 17 U.S. cents was decided July 16 and kept secret to avoid harming reserves.
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Paris
UPD
France
Georges Pompidou
U.S
Giscard D’estaing
Germany
Franz Josef Strauss
West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Pompidou
Aiken Charges Oil Interests Seek To Control Utilities
Senator George Aiken accuses oil firms of aiming to dominate private electric utilities. He cites Getty Oil Kerr McGee and other players, warning that turning three government uranium plants to private industry risks a private monopoly over electric power. Vermont official Blake named Sales Tax chief and ready to start Aug 25 in Montpelier.
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Aiken
Washington
UPI
George Aiken
R-Vt
Montpelier
Lawrence W. Blake
Vermont Tax Department
Lawrence Wright
Blake
James Kendall
Florida
Vermont
Wright
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Getty Oil Co
Kerr - McGee
Getty Oil
Consolidated Enrichment Corp
Get
Weekend Weather Outlook for Fair County
Saturday will be fair and warm with highs in the 80s and cooler 70s in extreme north. Night remains fair and slightly cooler. Sunday brings increasing clouds with a chance of showers and less heat.
Inside the Nixon ABM Victory Senate Debate
An editorial questions President Nixon's claimed victory as ABM passage in the Senate is noted. The page highlights air pollution debates from Bennington County to nationwide concerns. A separate report notes the U S Senate seeks new controls on the Pentagon germ warfare program.
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Pres. Nixon
Senate
Bennington County
Nation
U.S. Senate
Pentagon
Nixon proposes New Federalism welfare overhaul
President Nixon unveiled a 4 billion dollar annual plan to replace welfare with a work based system. He touted revenue sharing with states and localities, job training reforms, and a guaranteed 1600 dollar annual income for a family of four on welfare if the head works. The plan would fund training, child care, and provide a minimum payment for the aged, disabled, and those unable to work, while promising to shift responsibility toward states and cut central government power.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Congress
Defense Dept Grants Access to Secret Vietnam Case Attorneys
Two civilian lawyers for Maj. Thomas C. Middleton Jr. were given security clearance to secret files in the Green Beret murder inquiry. The Pentagon said three other officers will receive the same access and all eight servicemen have military counsel and rights headers for potential court martial.
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Washington
UPI
Green Beret
Defense Department
George Gregory
David E. Trice
Cheraw
S.C
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Jefferson
Pentagon
Guy Scott
Athens
Budge E. Williams
Robert McKinley
Newark
N.J
Robert F. Marasco
George Latimer Jr
Alvin L. Smith Jr
Naples
Fla
Green Berets
Judge Advocate General
Vietnam
Saigon
May
Middleton
Kennedy inquest set for Sept three in Kopechne death
Ed ward M. Kennedy faces an open inquest on September three into the July 18 Chappaquiddick accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. District Judge James A. Boyle will preside and about 15 witnesses are expected. The inquest aims to establish a legal cause of death and will be open to accredited press but closed to the public.
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Edgartown
Mass
UPI
James A. Boyle
Edward M. Kennedy
Boyle
Judicial Review
Dist. Atty
Edmund S. Dinis
Mary Jo Kopechne
Washington
Dinis
Kennedy
Senator Kennedy
Massachusetts Democrat
Chappaquiddick Island
Miss Kopechne
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Luzerne County
Blythe Evans
Evans
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau
Martha’s Vineyard
Joseph F. Gargan
Gargan
Jack Anderson
Washington Post
Squaw Island
Cape Cod
Joan
Cape
District Court
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