Peace conference in Cairo reports progress amid West Bank splits
In Cairo the Israeli and Egyptian delegations announced progress on an agenda for the peace conference while two core issues on the West Bank emerged. Sadat objected to an ongoing Israeli military presence and demanded broad sovereignty including symbols of nationhood. The talks pause until Wednesday with a plan for a Nile Delta visit to Mir Abul Kom and renewed backing from Carter on Begin proposals.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Menahem Begin
West Bank
Anwar Sadat
Carter
Begin
Washington
Sadat
U.S
Hermann F. Eilts
Middle East
Said
Mursi Saad El-Din
Israel
Jordan
Dan Pattir
Nile Delta
Mir Abul Kom
Pattit
Foreign Ministry
Jerusalem
Connecticut appeals for Niagara power share from NY authorities
Connecticut asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to overturn the New York State Power Authority decision that denied allocations to Connecticut and Massachusetts while granting Niagara power to Vermont and Pennsylvania. The dispute spans six states with potential savings of about 210 million dollars over seven years.
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Albany
N.Y
Connecticut
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Washington
New York State
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Massachusetts
New York
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lansdale
Philadelphia
Vermont Psb chief optimistic on PASNY power contract
Vermont Public Service Board Chairman Richard Saudek says the PASNY five year contract for 50 megawatts of low cost hydro to Vermont should work itself out despite a federal challenge by Connecticut municipalities. The deal begins January 1980 and New York Governor Carey has until late January to sign.
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Congress
Public Service Board of Vermont
Allegheny Electric Cooperative of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Allegheny
New York
PSB
Saudek
Vermont
PASNY
Allegheny Electric Cooperative Inc
Hugh Carey
Thieves Take Christmas Bulbs From Route 7 Trees
Police Chief George Hoag reports 35 to 40 bulbs were unscrewed from two Route 7 traffic island trees in Manchester after 11 p m Sunday night. He notes officers would have provided bulbs if asked, reflecting a petty holiday mischief rather than a serious crime.
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Manchester
Route
George Hoag
Hoag
Major steel firms announce price hikes nationwide
Bethlehem Steel Corp. said it would raise prices 542 percent on most rolled steel, structural shapes and tin mill products. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel followed with a 7 percent rise on sheet steel, effective Jan. 3, with Bethlehem's rolled steel lift set to take effect Feb. 1. a 7 percent rise could add about $100 to a full size car. No word on U.S. Steel's plans.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Wheeling- Pittsburgh
White House
Carter
Wheeling-Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
David M. Roderick
Wires and funds clash as housing project deadline nears
Town Manager Louis C. Savelas was to meet Bennington Housing Authority commissioners to address miscommunications over a April 30 HUD deadline for signing a promissory agreement to buy the senior housing project on Pleasant and School streets. Housing officials believed funds were secured while Savelas said money arrives Wednesday, risking the contract of sale and title transfers.
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Tim Powers
Louis C. Savelas
Bennington Housing Authority
Pleasant
Housing Authority
Savelas
Joseph Hall
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hall
Arlington weighs own water system amid aging town supply
Rep. Jane Gardner says Arlington should study building its own water system as the aging Norton Barber system faces required repairs and boil-water orders. Vermont law and loan programs may support a municipal take over, with state officials offering consultation and potential aid.
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Arlington
Rep. Gardner
Jane Gardner
Norton Barber
Arlington Water Co
Vermont Health Dept
Health Department
Barber
Gardner
DuBois and King
Reginald “Tex’’ LaRosa
State Agency For Environmental Engineering
LaRosa
Sandgate
Sunderland
Vermont
USA
Inside National and Local Briefs Across Pages
Summary of multiple brief items: National reports discuss farmer shutdowns and picketing. Local notes include pupil caroling at Brookside Apartments and a Fiddler cast performance for Rotary. Other items mention Louisiana Huck Finn governor remembrance, questions about Japan’s deficit and trade surplus, Sunderland energy-saving efforts, Bromley Ski School camps, arson probe, and a postponed hearing for Manchester merchants. In sports, NFL playoff field is set and Hoosick Falls trails Horses.
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Rotary
T.R.B
Huck Finn
Louisiana
Japan
Carter
Fukuda
Sunderland
Bromley
Manchester
Hoosick Falls
Panthers
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Grasso
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