Butz to push corn prices after Senate confirmation
Former Purdue dean Earl L. Butz was sworn in as agriculture secretary by President Nixon in a 51-44 Senate vote. He promised to raise corn prices to calm farm critics and aid administration farm policies. McGovern warned of a frantic effort to win back farm votes after the appointment.
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Brooke Plans to Vote No on Rehnquist Nomination
Washington UPI report notes Sen. Edward W. Brooke the Senate's only Black Republican formally opposes Justice William H. Rehnquist's nomination citing insufficient civil rights commitment. He will back Powell Jr. instead. The piece also covers farm policy debates and a Miami Western Union robbery tied to a flower delivery man, detailing a $2,000 loot and a rose found later.
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Ex-Speaker McCormack's wife dies after 51 years of marriage
Former House Speaker John W. McCormack and Harriet McCormack died at 87 after long illness. He spent nights in an adjoining hospital room with a door cut through the wall to be beside her. Harriet Joyce McCormack, of Boston, married McCormack in 1920, when he was a Boston lawyer. she left opera to marry him.
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Senate approves broad child care bill for 1 to 1.5 million kids
The Senate voted 63 to 17 to send a $2 billion plan for local child care centers to Nixon. Mondale hailed lifting thousands from hopelessness while Allen warned of Soviet style state control. The measure targets ages 3 to 5 from low income families with sliding fees and federal support starting 1972.
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Grand jury hears Ellsberg kin testimony in leak case
Boston UPI reports Dr Daniel Ellsbergs mother in law Idella Marx testified before a federal grand jury probing the Pentagon Papers release. She said she told the truth after answering all questions and faces possible recall. In California narcotics agents raid Mendocino County homes seizing equipment to make LSD tablets. Seven arrested in the predawn operation as the grand jury proceedings resume after a court order. Ellsberg, MIT researcher, admitted leaking parts of the secret report and faces trial in Los Angeles.
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Rutland man faces possible life term as habitual offender
Raymond Rushford of Rutland, 45, convicted as an habitual offender by a Rutland County Court jury after a prior 1969 burglary finding. Prosecutors allege 14 felony violations. Pre-sentence investigation ordered. sentencing set for Dec 13. He also faces charges of escaping, burglary, forgery and check fraud. His attorney may appeal.
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Vermont utility seeks immediate 18 percent rate rise
Central Vermont Public Service asks the Vermont Public Service Board for an immediate 18 percent rate increase to add about 1 million in revenue. PSB chairman Ernest Gibson says a decision may come in late February as hearings proceed on the across the board hike already approved at 12 percent last April amid continued public objections.
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Vermont board blocks Ottaquechee from Quechee Lakes talks
The Vermont Environmental Board ruled that Quechee Lakes in Hartford falls outside Ottaquechee Regional Planning Commission jurisdiction. Hartford remains under Upper Valley Regional Planning Commission. The board also found Hartford selectmen validly withdrew from Ottaquechee.
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Vermont Land Grant Aids Steam Mill Brook Acquisition
The U S Interior Department Bureau of Outdoor Recreation awarded Vermont Fish and Game Department a grant of 351,791 dollars to acquire the Steam Mill Brook tract in Caledonia County, expanding conservation land and public access.
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Rockefeller Flags Budget Cuts To Fill 1.5 Billion Gap
In Albany Gov Nelson Rockefeller outlined potential reductions including fewer prisons hospitals state colleges and reduced aid to local communities as part of a plan to close a 1.5 billion budget gap for next year He urged lawmakers to accept responsibility for any cuts or tax increases and defended opposition to tax hikes as a disservice to taxpayers Meanwhile a separate Albany suit sees Cornelia Harrington a former Olympic speed skater now in Delmar suing her former landlord and Niagara Mohawk Power Co for 75000 for injuries from a faulty gas heater in a 1969 incident she testified the heater exploded when the thermostat was raised threatening her with a dresser and the floor The power company argues their duty was limited to meter and street connections leaving other responsibilities to the owner
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