Solar heat competitive with electric in new homes
Washington reports that solar heating can now compete economically with electricity for heating newly built, well insulated one family houses in New York and about a dozen other cities. The Energy Research and Development Administration notes solar heat cannot yet beat oil or natural gas and requires cheaper equipment or higher fuel prices to do so.
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Cole
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Wis
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Henry H. Marvin
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United States
Vermonters Use Wood for Heating Across State
A UPI report cites a $12,000 study by the Vermont State Energy Office showing 54 percent of homes use wood at least as a secondary heat source, with less than seven percent using wood as primary heat and two percent with wood furnaces. Rutland County leads in share. Bennington and Windham counties trail. The Mitre Corporation prepared the study, amid broader solar energy discussions nationwide.
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Carter eyes Curtis for DNC chair amid ethics code plan
President elect Jimmy Carter meets with former Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis as a potential chairman candidate for the Democratic National Committee. The panel will name Strauss successor at a Jan 21 meeting. Carter and Curtis, longtime friends, discuss party leadership while Curtis supported his 1976 bid. Carter also visits Americus to check on his ailing mother Miss Lillian.
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Lillian
White House
Carter
Powell
Robert Lipshutz
Hamilton Jordan
Jack Watson
Gregory Schneiders
Stuart Eizenstat
Frank Moore
Plains
St. Simons Island
Rep Silver outlines plans and local programs ahead
Inside Local notes Rep. Silver discusses legislative plans and resumes yoga classes on page three. The article covers cultural features and community notes across pages, including a Christmas in the South feature and school projects.
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Bennington
Pilobolus
Dartmouth
Poisons on the power line Defoliants worry New Yorkers
In Center Cambridge and White Creek New York residents report helicopter spraying of herbicides near Niagara Mohawk power lines. Families cite lingering smells water testing delays and lack of chemical disclosure. Niagara Mohawk defends use of 2 4 5 T and Amdon 101 noting safety and soil breakdown. Critics cite dioxin concerns and past incidents prompting public debate and regulatory scrutiny.
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N.Y
Terry
Andrew Teitlebaum
King Road
Center Cambridge
Andrew
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Teitlebaums
Power Company
Niagara Mohawk
White Creek
Brownell Hollow
Michael Dimen
Dimen
Howard Freed
Stephen Gilman
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
New York Public Service Commission
Jon Kelley
Troy
Kelley
Dow Chemical
Vietnam
Midwest
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
New York Times
Dow
Eisenmonger
Freed
Ebla ruins could rewrite ancient history in Syria
Italian researchers report in New York that the Ebla discovery in northern Syria reveals a 4400 year old urban kingdom rivaling Mesopotamia and Egypt. The 15,000 clay tablets record administration, trade, treaties, weddings, hymns, and thousands of gods, vastly expanding the known early written record.
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Mesopotamia
Egypt
Kingdom of
Ebla
New York
Archeological Institute of America
Matthiae
University of Rome
Matthias
Aleppo
Giovanni Pettinato
Lee
Beech Street School renovation plan gets board ok
Bennington School District directors unanimously backed Supt Sleeman’s plan to repair Beech Street School with about 10000 from existing budgets to address immediate needs. The board dropped a bond vote and discussed long term upgrades up to 50000, with no guarantee of future funding. Carolyn Reed urged a community vote, while others worried about passage prospects.
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Bennington
George A. Sleeman
Carolyn Reed
Sleeman
Reed
Richard Diamond
Catamount
Diamond
Drawing Board
Thomas R. Haley Sr
BSD
Richard A. Sleeman
Carolyn
Haley
Supt
Louis Axt
Mt. Anthony Union High School
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