Rockefeller offers lake cleanup if Vermont accepts consequences
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller says dredging 300 acres of Lake Champlain sludge can start immediately if Vermont Gov. Deane Davis accepts responsibility. He notes mixed expert opinions on effects and mentions ongoing talks with Diamond and Davis amid the Fort Ticonderoga anniversary events and local plant pollution concerns.
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Vermont
Rockefeller
New York
Henry Diamond
Diamond
Davis
Women's Lib Demonstrations Move Across the Nation
United Press International reports on early Women’s Liberation Day protests across the East Coast and midwest. Parades in Boston Hartford and Adams Mass celebrate suffrage stamp ceremonies while New York and Indianapolis stage satirical pieces. Officials like Secret Service begin appointing women to White House security.
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Conn
Adams
Mass
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Winston M. Blount
Adams High School
Vermont
Carol Bianchi
Montpelier
Sue Smart
Goddard College
Plainfield
New York Times
National Organization For Women
NOW
NOW York Times
Nick Dixon
Ruth Babe
Indianapolis
Ind
Charlotte
N. C
Houston
Texas
Secret Service
White House
Nixon
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Betty Friedan
Montana
Senate Rejects Volunteer Army Move in Senate vote
The Senate defeated a plan to raise GI pay by 3.2 billion dollars to create an all volunteer force and end the draft. The 52 to 35 roll call showed opposition centered on expense and equity with critics saying the burden would fall on less affluent Americans while some backers argued higher pay could end conscription after next June.
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UPI
Senate
Barry M. Goldwater
Ariz
Mark O. Hatfield
Ore
Goldwater
Vietnam
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Stamford Officials Warn Opie Over 3500 Acre Development
Stamford selectmen and planning commissioners will send Frank J. Opie a formal letter listing zoning violations in his 3500 acre town land. No permit from the state Environmental Control Commission and nonfronting property concerns cite road work and forest zone breaches. A courtesy compliance approach precedes any crackdown as authorities consider broader enforcement. Leroy Lawrence faces $50 daily fines for mobile home development violations after seven days to comply. construction halted amid regulatory breaches.
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Frank J. Opie
Opie
State Environmental Control Commission
Selectmen
Planning Commission
Frederick H. Whitham
Whitham
Selectman
Brewster Barry
Leroy Lawrence
Lawrence
Vermont
Alert Octogenarians Suffragette Pioneers Still Seek Full Equality
Berlin New York Octogenarians Alma Lutz and Mabel Vernon longtime National Women's Party members continue to advocate equality amid renewed interest in women's liberation. Lutz, author of eight works on American women, spends summers in Berlin. Vernon visits from Washington D C. Their lifelong activism dates to 1915 when introduced by Margarite Smith, Lutz’s roommate at Vassar.
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Mabel Vernon
Washington, D. C
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Lutz
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Green Mountains
Women’s Liberation Movement
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Miss Vernon
Margarite Smith
Vassar
Susan B. Anthony
Emma Willard
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Banner
Agnew Holds Private Talk With Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met privately with Nationalist Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek at Chiang’s mountain retreat on Taiwan to reassure Beijing Washington defense commitments. Agnew outlined U.S. plans to withdraw troops from South Korea as its army modernizes and discussed defense treaty obligations with Chiang during the Asian tour.
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UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Chiang Kai-shek
Asia
Chiang
Agnew
China
U.S
South Korea
South Vietnam
Thailand
Cambodia
United States
Nixon
Seoul
Park Chung Hee
Park
National China
Nationalist China
White House
Peking
Taipei
Chiang Ching-Kuo
Saigon
Inside Edition Addresses Mr. Anthony Dream Dying
An editorial on Page 4 ponders whether Mr Anthony's Impossible Dream is fading as a public ideal. The same page carries Pete Horton noting youth power at the polls. A Manchester woman recalls marching for women’s rights on Page 8. Gilbert reviews Guys and Dolls, the season’s final Williamstown production on Page 8.
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Pete Horton
Gilbert
Guys and Dolls
Williamstown
Vermont sites eyed for power plant amid survey findings
Nine locations including Addison County sites and Burlington area were preliminarily screened for a 400 000 kilowatt fossil fuel plant to serve northwestern Vermont by 1976, with eight sites considered for cooling ponds and towers and a separate track for an 800 000 kilowatt nuclear plant in the 1980s.
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UPI
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Burlington
Franklin County
Vermont
Commonwealth Associates, Inc
Jackson, Mich
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Lake Champlain
Charlotte
Ferrisburg
Vergennes
Orwell
New Haven
Salisbury
Rock Landing
Rock River
Highgate
New Haven River
Leicester Creek
Salemon Fair Creek
Bridport
Powell Beats Deadline as Powell Petition Clears Threshold
New York, Aug 21. The Board of Elections reports 3377 signatures for Rep. Adam Clayton Powell as an independent candidate for reelection, 377 over the legal requirement. Opponent Charles Rangel questions validity of many names, citing unregistered voters in the 18th District. Powell has held a congressional seat for 24 years. Rangel holds Republican and Democratic designations.
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Board of Elections
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Congress
Rangel
Board of Elections Office
18Th
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