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Vermont 1970 Chronicle of Politics Pollution and Tragedy
In 1970 Vermont faced fierce anti nuke activism around the Vermont Yankee plant with state boards pressed for tougher safeguards as workers pursued a 135 million completion. Lake Champlain pollution drew U S Supreme Court action while two intertwined family tragedies gripped Barre and Monkton. Missing DuBois boys spurred mass searches and grisly crimes emerged including Leah Sarachik and a Dorset girl found dead. Economic woes rose with 6 percent unemployment and major strikes in Burlington Windsor and Barre. Fires in Swanton spurred rebuilding while bank raids across the state reflected rising crime and student unrest touched St Michael s and UVM. Welfare policy clashes and a shifting state board closed the year with deep snow.
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Vermont
Dorset
Leah
Arthur DuBois
Orange
Roger
Russell
Roger DuBois
Guildford
Rhode Island National Guard
Burlington
St. Albans
General Electric
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Windsor
Barre
Springfield
Jones and Lamson Machine Tool Co
Swanton
Canadian
Enosburg
North Troy
Richford
Derby
Kent State College
Ohio National
St. Michael’s College
Winooski
University of Vermont
Michael Parenti
John Beckley
Parenti
Beckley
Vermont Social Welfare Department
Vermont Legal Aid
Social Welfare Board
Legal Aid
Joseph Betit
Davis