Report on Vermont school lunch nutrition education proposal
A Bread and Law Task Force report from Montpelier criticizes Vermont school meals for lacking nutrition and current education on food values. It urges curriculum integration, student food diaries, cross curricular nutrition discussions, a school food-buying cooperative, para nutritionist training, and a penny tax on soft drinks to fund nutrition programs.
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Bread and Law Task Force
Montpelier
Vermont
New Hampshire
West Virginia
Unemployment climbs to 8.1 percent in November
Washington reports unemployment at 8.1 percent in November, the year's high and near the recession peak. About 7.8 million Americans were jobless, with adult men hardest hit, as the labor force expanded and strikes ended. Carter faces stimulus pressure despite limited growth forecasts.
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Jimmy Carter
Ford Motor Co
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Carter rules out wage and price controls
President-elect Jimmy Carter said he has no intention of seeking wage and price controls in the next four years unless a national emergency arises. He indicated cabinet appointments and policy aims, including working with Congress to boost GNP, and noted steel price hikes could ease if markets stabilize. He spoke on NBC Today and at an afternoon news conference scheduled amid Cabinet naming expectations.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Atlanta
Bert Lance
Office of Management and Budget
NBC Today
Congress
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Ford
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Racing chief warns track closing imminent
MONTPELIER UPI Racing Commission Chairman Fred Davis warned Vermont's sole pari mutuel track Green Mountain Park in Pownal may close due to rising costs and competition from other gambling. To cut costs owners shifting from horse racing to greyhounds. 150 dog workers versus 1,000 at the track. Davis said state cannot rely on 2.5 million annual revenue and suggested little hope from legislature to restore horse racing.
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Racing Commission
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Carter names Cyrus Vance as Secretary of State
President-elect Jimmy Carter phoned Senator Jacob Javits in Paris to convey the appointment of Cyrus Vance as Secretary of State. Javits, touring Europe on currency talks, called the move reassuring and praised Vance as a distinguished American with bipartisan foreign policy experience.
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UPI
Jimmy Carter
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Cyrus Vance
Javits
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
U.S
Carter
Economic aide seeks to rekindle growth in SW Vermont towns
John Kenney, named executive director of the Economic Development Council of Southwest Vermont, will aid Bennington and Rutland County towns in pursuing targeted growth and federal funds. The council has $33,000 in federal EDA money plus state and local support to hire staff and operate from Ethan Allen Community College. Towns must identify suitable industrial sites, typically five acres, near utilities, and then promote their workforce to attract light industry.
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John Kenney
Economic Development Council of
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Bennington
Rutland
Kenney
USS. Steel
Southwest
Stephen H. Jesseman
Remington
Regional Planning Commission
Federal Economic Development Administration
Vermont Development and Community Affairs
Ethan Allen Community College
Bennett Street
Leahy urges new leadership as energy gaps top talk
Sen. Patrick Leahy told Bennington diners that a Democratic president and Congress must lead a new era of restraint amid stalled national energy policy. He urged reduced nuclear reliance, promoted wind and solar power, criticized wasteful food energy use, and faulted advisory committees and idle federal agencies as the era’s reforms begin.
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Tyler Resch
Patrick J. Leahy
Bennington County
Country Club
Leahy
United States
Vermont
Carter
Washington
Federal Fire Council
Nuclear waste sites eyed in 36 states nationwide
The report surveys potential sites across 36 states including Vermont for nuclear waste disposal. Governors receive offshore oil and gas findings and a proposed uniform sentencing guide. Detected as part of a broader Page 2 feature.
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