Vermont finances grim as deficits loom says admin official
Vermont Administration Secretary Robert Wilson warned revenues will fall about 11 million short of last year’s projections signaling a deepening fiscal crisis. He warned of possible layoffs and tax increases while noting a potential 20 million deficit for fiscal 1976 and rising budget needs despite only modest revenue gains. He cited the national economy and energy crisis as key causes.
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Wilson
Vermont
Democrats push nonpartisan bid for Vermont House speakership
In Montpelier Democrats kick off a campaign for speaker, led by Rep. Timothy J. O Connor Jr. who insists his bid is nonpartisan. Rep. Madeleine Kunin won Democratic whip 40 to 26, while Rep. Thomas H. Candon was re elected minority leader. Rosaire Longe named caucus secretary as party membership is cited near 73 or 74 seats in a 150 member House.
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UPI
Vermont
House
Timothy J. O’connor Jr
D-Brattleboro
O’connor
Madeleine M. Kunin
Burlington
John Murphy
Ludlow
Kunin
Thomas H. Candon
Rutland
Rosaire J. Longe
Lee Democrats
Chief Fox skeptical of full-time juvenile officer plan
Police Chief William H. Fox questioned the push by social service groups and school officials to hire a full-time juvenile officer. He said current police efforts are adequate and doubted most arguments for the position, while acknowledging he was not categorically opposed. A selectmen's vote allowed exploratory steps but tied final approval to Fox's stance.
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William H. Fox
Fox
George A. Sleeman
Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union
Sleeman
United Counseling Service
Depot St
Bennington County Public Defender
River St
State Departments of Social Welfare and Corrections, Manpower
Bennington
Bill Bryan
Bryan
Walter Lippmann obituary and Kennedy murder new evidence
Inside National news highlights Walter Lippmann's obituary and new evidence in the Robert Kennedy assassination. Romance department and other local-interest items fill Page 3 as editorials and columns discuss myths and leadership, with national and state notes across pages 4 through 9.
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Robert Kennedy
Gerald Raftery
TRB
U.S
Sen. Aiken
Bennington
Rensselaer
Windsor
Waterbury
Entertainment World
Parseghian
Notre Dame
BBS Falls
Woodstock
Laforce engine to enter mass production despite EPA report
Richmond UPI The Laforce brothers announced plans to begin mass production of their new engine despite an EPA report declaring claimed gains in fuel economy and emissions reduction overstated Tests at an Ann Arbor GM track found 30 percent better fuel economy but 15 to 32 percent less power with an American Motors Hornet The EPA noted the engine lowers nitrous emissions by about 50 percent but raises hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide exhaust Three times higher. The brothers defended their tests and said they would testify before the Senate committee to rebut the EPA findings
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General Motors
Ann Arbor
Mich
American Motors
Laforce
Adlai E. Stevenson
D-Ill
Stevenson
Kitty Hawk
Senate
Ford Giscard wrap up Caribbean summit with oil and gold talks
President Ford and French President Giscard dEstaing concluded a three day Caribbean summit in Martinique with progress toward a Franco American oil policy agreement and a plan allowing central banks to trade and settle debts in gold. They pledged a united front in negotiations with Middle East producers and touted a constructive personal rapport plus signs of broader cooperation on world affairs.
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Martinique
UPI
Ford
Valery Giscard d
Giscard
Middle East
France
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
UMW Strikers Idle Major Mines Across Three States
PITT Sburgh UPI. Striking mine construction workers, a small UMW faction, picketed coal mines for the second week, idling at least 27,000 miners in West Virginia Illinois and Pennsylvania. Consolidation Coal Co said 6,300 of its miners were idled in those states, mostly in West Virginia where most of the company’s 120,000 miners work and at least 20,000 were idle. “We’re shut down solid,” said Manuel.
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UPI
United Mine Workers
UMW
Consolidation Coal Co
West Virginia
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Manuel
Castanon
Beckley
W. Va
Consolidation Coal
Ilinois
Indiana County
Louis Rosenberg
U. S. District Court
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Gateway Coal Co
ABC
Kentucky
Greene
Washington
Indiana
Cambria
Armstrong
Westmoreland
Israel rejects Fahmi’s 50 year immigration freeze demand
Israel calls Egypt’s proposal absurd and says it casts doubt on Cairo’s willingness to negotiate. Prime Minister Rabin and Foreign Minister Allon reject the plan as baseless, insisting immigration is vital to the state’s existence. Egypt’s Fahmi ties any settlement to the moratorium while talks discuss Sinai withdrawals and safe passage for ships.
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Egypt
Cairo
Yitzhak Rabin
Jerusalem
Ismail Fahmi
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Yigal Allon
Fahmi
Allon
Sinai
Allen
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Sinai Desert
Apathy toward immunization threatens past childhood diseases
The CDC warns that public apathy is lowering immunization rates for polio measles rubella mumps diphtheria pertussis and tetanus. With polio at 60.4 percent and measles 61.2 percent vaccination efforts aim to raise coverage to 85 90 percent through a national campaign targeting providers parents schools and military populations.
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Atlanta
UPI
National Center For Disease Control
John Witte
Don Stenhouse
Stenhouse
CDC
Open voting plan proposed by Vermont lawmakers
Vermont legislators propose a novel open voting method to decide four statewide offices in a contingent election. Democrats lead in most races but fear GOP sweep under secret balloting. plan calls for a single roll call ballot reflecting plurality winners while claiming legality.
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Montpelier
Brian Burns
Burns
Emory A. Hebard
Rglover
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