A Chat With Rep Jeffords On Energy and Bottle Bills
Vermont’s Rep James M Jeffords discussed national issues during a vacation period for Congress. He supported the bottle bill but noted obstacles in advancing it with the energy bill. He warned energy costs affect Vermont less than the nation and urged conservation and efficiency while questioning gas rationing. He also commented on rail funding, Panama Canal, Bert Lance, and China policy. He avoided predicting his 1980 political plans.
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U.S. Congress
Vermont
James M. Jeffords
Patrick J. Leahy
D-Vt
Jeffords
New York
California
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Adsoph Coors Brewery
Colorado
Congress
R-Vt
Bennington
Inside National and Local News Highlights
Judge approves Nixon gifts inquiry. VFW remains a fighting man’s outfit. Local items include Bennington Free Library gains new books. VPIRG taps Atom Man. Japanese flower workshop offered. Route 7 proposals compared. Tom Braden on abortion alternative.
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Judge Okays
Nixon
VFW
Bennington Free Library
VPIRG
Atom Man
Japanese Flower Workshop
Tom Braden
Sacco Vanzetti
Israel
Joseph Harsch
Arlington
Hoosick Falls
Tom Watson
Bronx
Courageous
Delinquent BSD tax records still unclear after audit doubt
Bennington School District faces unresolved delinquent tax ledgers after accountant Joseph Chechile states full verification may cost 4000 5000 in mail costs and yield no reliable results. The board plans a partial accounting to reduce liability for Pinsonneault while Superintendent Sleeman and the treasurer Keough seek a workable future system.
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BSD Board of Directors
Joseph J. Chechile
Bennington
Main LaFrentz
BSD
Malone
Chechile
Edward Keough
Pinsonneault
Keough
BSD Board
Supt
George A. Sleeman
Chechile and
Vance ends four days of talks with China
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance wrapped up four days of discussions with Chinese leaders in Peking amid agreement on pursuing diplomatic relations with the United States but without a concrete plan to implement normalization. He signaled progress and said future talks would continue, stressing the Shanghai Communique as the basis for relations and noting a better understanding with Beijing.
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Peking
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Washington
Vance
Communist Party
Hua Kuo-feng
Huang Hua
New York
General Assembly of
United Nations
Great Hall of the People
Huang
U.S
Hua
Shanghai
United States
Taiwan
Peoples Republic
Richard Nixon
Chou En-lai
Carter
China
July trade deficit dips but remains high in 1977
The Commerce Department reported a July U.S. foreign trade deficit of 2.3 billion dollars, down from June's record yet the fourth highest on record. Exports rose 0.4 percent to 10.14 billion while imports fell 3.5 percent to 12.47 billion, led by declines in oil and coffee. The year 1977’s deficit now totals 14.9 billion dollars, with 14 straight months of deficits feared by officials.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Department
U.S
United States
Congress
Wall Street
American Petroleum Institute
API
New York man charged in Bennington sexual assault case
Peter M. Gayle a 21 year old from Buskirk was charged in Bennington District Court with simple assault and sexual assault after police say he raped and restrained a Bennington woman at knife point Tuesday on the west side of Bennington. He posted 2000 bond and was released. A juvenile was separately charged in juvenile court with pocketbook theft near 122 Pleasant St. Wednesday morning.
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New York State
Bennington District Court
Bennington
Peter M. Gayle
Buskirk
Bennington County
Raymond G. Bolton
Gayle
New York
Mariette S. McGraw
Pleasant St
Shaftsbury
Loggers scrutinized for compliance with strict standards
West on hillside spruce grove shows a century old CCC era wall and a modern inspection scene. Bruce D. Caler of the US Forest Service surveys timber-cutting sites to ensure stumps meet height and tagging rules, erosion is controlled, and contract terms are followed across Green Mountain National Forest sites from Woodford to Wallingford.
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Weston
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bruce D. Caler
Forest Service
Caler
Green Mountain National Forest
Manchester
Woodford
Wallingford
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By Lee Harrison
Frank Johnson
FBI
Senate
Johnson
Panama Canal
Bert Lance
Supreme Court
Harold Carswell
Lance
Congressional
John E. Malone
As and Bs
Molly Stark
MAU
Donald Banchik
Banchik
Sleeman
Rob Woolmington
U.S. Forest Service
Mt. Tabor
Bromley Mountain
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