Public hearing questions on Vernon plant safety seek injunction
A senator lists 50 detailed questions about Vermont Yankee's Vernon plant safety measures, radiological controls, environmental monitoring, and potential health impacts. Questions cover pressure vessel codes, design change certification, reactor experience, exclusion zones, groundwater protection, radiation limits, meteorology, and independent monitoring. The remarks urge the state Board of Health to seek an injunction against continued construction and testing until health guarantees are provided.
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Oyster Creek
Nine Mile Point
Vernon
Fermi
Detroit
General Electric
Hinsdale
N.H
Westinghouse
AEC
Connecticut River Valley
Brattleboro
Connecticut River
Vermont Yankee
River
Marlboro College
College
Vermont
State Board of Health
J and L strike enters its sixth month
In Montpelier Vermont United Electrical Workers Local 218 and Jones and Lamson Machine Tool Co. enter six months of strike action. Gov. Davis backs meaningful negotiations and appoints Rowe B. McKenzie as mediator as talks may resume. Textron Corp officials visit Springfield to discuss the dispute as over 700 UEW members remain out since June 9.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Jones and Lamson Machine Tool Co
Springfield
United Electrical Workers
Davis
Rowe B. McKenzie
Textron Corp
Jones and Lamson Co
J&l
UEW
Safe holiday home tips focus on kitchen and trees
The National Safety Council warns of risks during celebrations advising plan ahead to keep kitchens off limits to tasters and snoopers and to shield toddlers from hot foods and knives. It cautions about decorations near heat sources and warns about hazardous tiny Christmas tree lights and metallic trees. In San Francisco the International Erotic Film Festival opens with over 100 films and $4,000 in prizes while organizers stress artistic rather than pornographic intent.
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Chicago
UPI
National Safety Council
San Francisco
Arlene Elster
Arthur Knight
Playboy Magazine
Saturday Review
Bruce Conner
Maurice Girodias
Olympia Press
Miss Elster
United States
Canada
Americans Set Health Care Spending Record in 1969
Washington reports UPI that Americans spent about 70 billion dollars on health care last year, a 16 percent rise over 60.3 billion the prior year. Inflation accounted for about half the increase, with Mills forecasting 1970 figures may show health expenditures at seven of every hundred dollars spent nationwide. Medical care prices rose roughly twice as fast as overall consumer prices over four years.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means
Mills
United States
Local Republican feud selects Randolph rep to fill Orange County Senate seat
In a surprise move the Orange County Republican Committee chose Rep. Robert Simpson of Randolph to succeed Sen. Richard W. Mallary after Gov. Davis rejected his hand picked candidate. The decision followed a partisan clash with supporters of former Rep. Leland Wood, signaling local feuding rather than Gov. Davis policy. In Vergennes officials report progress easing a water shortage as a 1500 gallon per minute pump hoists levels. water pumped from a nearby brook to refill the reservoir. Northern Oil Co. of Burlington pleads no contest to polluting Lake Champlain, fined 700 dollars. second oil leakage conviction after a 1969 spill.
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Chelsea
Orange County
Republican Committee
Simpson
House
Leland Wood
Randolph
House Fish and Game Committee
Vergennes
VPI
Vermont Civil Defense Office
Public Safety
Edward Corcoran
Civil Defense
Corcoran
Ratland
UPI
Northern Oil Co
Burlington
Lake Champlain
U.S
James L. Oakes
Collar to be named permanent head of Vermont Housing Authority
Randolph resident John Collar acting director of the Vermont Housing Authority will receive a permanent appointment when the authority meets on December 9. Authority chair Rosalyn Oakes of Guilford said Collar’s appointment will be made permanent, following his earlier interim fill for Douglas Kelley who resigned this year. The post was contingent on a satisfactory performance with automatic permanent status set for December 1 at the time of appointment.
Aiken: HEW Grants $20,000 to Winooski Rehab Project
Senator George Aiken announced the Department of Health Education and Welfare awarded twenty thousand dollars to Winooski Vermont for a model cities vocational rehabilitation project.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
George Aiken
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Winooski, Vt
Ottinger Spent 2.7 Million in New York Senate Bid
U S Rep Richard Ottinger poured at least 2.7 million into his failed Senate run in New York. The total includes 1.84 million in the Democratic primary and about 860 thousand for the fall race. Buckley spent 1.93 million, Goodell 971 thousand, while Gov Rockefeller led spending at over 6.88 million.
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Albany
U.S
Richard L. Ottinger
U.S. Senate
James L. Buckley
Senate
Charles E. Goodell
Rockefeller
Troy adopts record 1971 budget with tax rate cut
Troy City Council approves a 13.169 million budget a 3.34 reduction in the tax rate. Water and sewer levy hikes are expected to raise payments by residents despite the lower rate. Councilman Connally dissented. Flynn and Rizzo were absent. The current rate is 39.09 per 1000. ALBANY State Sen. Speno calls for tighter abortion provisions. He proposes residency requirements for hospital abortions funded by the state.
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Troy
Edward J. Connally
Francis J. Flynn
Louis C. Rizzo
Albany
Edward J. Speno
Long Island
New York
Speno
Ski research ideas from Dr Ellison aired in Boston AMA meeting
Dr Arthur E Ellison a noted sports medicine authority from Harvard Medical School and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine presented Research Techniques in Skiing at a forum during the American Medical Association annual meeting in Boston. He urged adapting his designs to other sports and continues work at Haystack Mountain Wilmington VI.
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Ellison
Williamstown
Arthur E. Ellison
American Medical Association
Boston
Harvard Medical School
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Haystack Mountain
Wilmington
New
North Adams
Massachusetts General Court
Frank K. Matrango
Clarksburg
Florida
Monroe
Savoy
North Berkshire School Union
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Haddock
F. Fries
Vergennes Water
Grant
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Petricca Construction Co
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