BCRC wins grant to study methanol from waste
The Bennington County Regional Commission receives an 18000 grant to assess producing fuel from forest waste and municipal garbage in southwestern Vermont. The year long study could lead to a multi million dollar facility solving solid waste and lowering fuel costs for Bennington Rutland counties and parts of New York.
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Bennington County
K&a Resource Planning Inc
Chicago
New England
Simson
Rutland
BCRC
Steamtrain arrives on schedule to Bennington
A woman in North Bennington hears a steam whistle and sees the Steamtrain’s first on time run to Bennington amid a history of delays. The program aims for daily trips until Labor Day with weather blamed for the latest postponement. Storms forced delays, tracks were washed out by Hurricane Belle, and Vermont Railway repaired routes for the inaugural round trip to Bennington.
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North Bennington
Steamtrain
Bennington
Bennington Railroad
Manchester
Dorset
Burlington
Vermont Railway
Vermont governor criticizes privately funded cost study
A Chicago firm’s preliminary report estimates 10 to 12 million dollars in state savings from a 129000, 30 week study of Vermont government. Gov. Salmon calls the plan overblown, noting many savings would affect areas already targeted and that funding and scope remain unsettled. He cites a history of spending cuts totaling about 11 million dollars over two years.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Thomas Salmon
Warren King and Associates Inc
Lockwood
Salmon
University of Vermont
Vermont State Colleges
Salman
House panel subpoenas Schorr over CIA leak
CBS correspondent Daniel Schorr faces a House Standards panel subpoena to name the source of an intelligence report on the CIA published in the Village Voice. Chairman Flynt said the vote was 8-4 after discussion and a Sept. 16 hearing is set. Schorr refused to disclose the source, warning he could be jailed, as CBS suspends him with pay pending the inquiry.
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CBS
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New York
John J. Flynt
House Committee On
Schorr
New York Village Voice
Los Angeles
New England to Get Its First Plywood Plant in Claremont
Elmendorf Research of California plans a 20 million plywood plant in Claremont New Hampshire using the oriented strand method. The project aims to supply New England with locally produced plywood within 18 to 24 months after site purchase and construction begin.
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Concord, N.H
UPI
Elmendorf Research, Inc
New England
Claremont
Bill Joslin
James C. Cleveland
R-N.h
New Hampshire
Joslin
California
BSD seeks federal funds for Beech Street wing
BSD directors voted to seek federal funds to finance a $1 million Beech Street School addition and to meet September 16 with Beech Street parents to consider solutions. Parents cite damp basement, small library, no gym, and disparity with other BSD schools as key concerns amid ongoing Beech Street growth.
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BSD
Beech Street
Bennington
Carolyn Reed
Catamount
Inside National adds timber cuts in forests debate
U S Senate approves clear-cutting of timber in national forests amid critique of Nixon era greed by Jaworski. Op Ed questions ethics of gangland style murder when killer not part of gang family. County story notes Petersburg taxpayers review town assessor defense. Entertainment highlights New York City cultural voucher system.
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U.S. Senate
Nixon
Jaworski
Stella Hackel
Russell Baker
Petersburg Taxpayers Review
New York City
Ford, Dole clash as Carter pledges blanket pardon
Sen. Robert Dole attacks Jimmy Carter's vow of a blanket pardon for Vietnam War draft resisters at the American Legion convention in Seattle. Carter counters at the Iowa State Fair, criticizing GOP farm policies and export embargoes. Ford reorganizes campaign staff for a third time amid polling shifts.
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Robert Dole
Jimmy Carter
Ford
American Legion National Convention
Seattle
Dole
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Carter
Des Moines
Richard Nixon
Earl Butz
Russia
Ford Administration
Nixon
Butz
Gallup
Lee Carter
Senate votes to allow federal funds for abortion
The Senate approved using federal funds for abortions in the Labor HEW bill and seeks a conference with the House. The House opposed the move, insisting the act’s funds not pay for abortions. The bill totals 56.6 billion and faces a veto, with negotiations ongoing.
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Senate
Washington
UPI
House
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Ford
Hugh Scott
Mike Mansfield
Bob Packwood
R-Cre
Giscard names economist Barre France premier
President Giscard dEstaing appoints Raymond Barre as prime minister amid crisis. Barre, a noted monetary expert with no political ties, plans a cabinet by Friday to lift drought and inflation. France faces opposition protests as leftists fuse with labor unions to challenge the new government.
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UPI
Valery Giscard d
France
Barre
Giscard
Communist Party
Chirac
Gaullist Party
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