Jeffords pushes for solar energy secretary post
Rep James Jeffords R Vermont and colleagues urge Energy Secretary James Schlesinger to appoint an assistant secretary dedicated to solar energy in the new U S Department of Energy. They argue a focused solar post would counter historical bias toward nuclear and centralized projects and ensure visible leadership for solar programs.
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Jeffords
New Energy Department
Schlesinger
Department
Leahy and Brooke urge reforms in FEA price monitoring
Senators Patrick Leahy and Edward Brooke urged the Federal Energy Administration to adopt reforms from a comptroller general study on price monitoring for home heating oil. They advocate broader dealer reviews to curb abuses while preserving free market benefits.
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FEA
Leahy
Brooke
SEC says NYC mayor and banks duped public on bonds
Washington reports six major banks and New York City officials led by Mayor Abraham Beame allegedly knew the city was on the verge of fiscal trouble and misled investors to sell municipal bonds. The disclosures imply coordinated actions to reassure markets while underlying financial weaknesses persisted.
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SEC
Nyc
Washington
UPI
New York City
Abraham Beame
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
Bankers Trust
Chase Manhattan
Chemical
Citibank
Hanover and
Morgan Guaranty
Merrill Lynch
New York
Sec’s Charge That the Banks Acted Improperly.”’ Chemical Bank
John Weiner
New Rules to Fight Brucellosis in Vermont Cattle
Vermont moves to curb brucellosis with two blood tests per cow before sale and 30 day apart tests. Imported cattle face 30 day quarantine and blood testing. dealers must keep thorough records. Disease confined to Chittenden Addison Orleans Franklin counties with 700 cattle in 21 northern herds under quarantine.
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Richard Snelling
Vermont
Alfred Janowicz
Chittenden
Addison
Orleans
Franklin
State Agriculture Department
State Department of Agriculture
Routine stop uncovers seven crimes in Bennington area
State police in Shaftsbury stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation and found five stolen cars, $520 in cash, and linked the suspects to a mugging, four burglaries, and two thefts in Bennington. Two juveniles were detained. names withheld due to age. Cars were stolen from Pownal and Bennington locations in New York and Vermont.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington
Pownal
Ladd Brook
Main Street
Grafton
N.Y
Paradise
3Way
Petersburg
Marion Wilson 78 electrocuted at home in Vermont accident
East Thetford Vermont UPI reports Marion Wilson aged 78 died Friday after an electric shock struck her while inspecting a broken water pipe near an electric water heater in her basement. Water spraying from the pipe contacted a lamp she had plugged in.
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East Thetford, Vt
UPI
Marion Wilson
Americans battle Moscow embassy fire over sensitive papers
A fire on the eighth floor of the U S Embassy in Moscow endangered sensitive documents and radio gear as Soviet firemen battled the flames. U S personnel refused evacuation, aided by oxygen, while British officials supplied spare tanks for marines remaining on the floor. No injuries reported as flames were brought under control after midnight.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
Malcolm Toon
Chaikovskovo Boulevard
Vermont Yankee plans pushy Atom Man ads and tighter notice
Vermont Yankee unveils a new public notification plan to inform state officials and media within hours of any plant malfunction at Vernon. The plan accompanies a radio campaign featuring Atom Man aimed at countering misinformation about nuclear power costs and safety amid environmentalist criticism and calls for fair radio time.
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James Griffin
Vermont Yankee
Vermont
Lawrence Keyes
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Atom Man
Brattleboro
Burlington
Rutland
Springfield
Plant
Stacey Weaver
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
VPIRG
Federal Communications Commission
Herman Bluestein
Bluestein
Weather outlook shows warmth and humidity rising
Mostly sunny and warmer today with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Tonight will be fair with lows in the upper 50s to 60s. Sunday turns partly cloudy and warmer with humidity and a chance of a few showers, highs in the mid to upper 80s.
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Washington County
Greenwich
N.Y
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