30000 Return to Work as Emergencies Linger
More than 370000 workers began returning to work in upstate New York and northern New Jersey. Ohio Governor Rhodes requested a disaster declaration and a 90 million grant to help heating costs. Pennsylvania gas workers offered to shut off outdoor lights for free. Michigan seeks disaster aid to tackle snow removal needs. Record low temps persisted in several states before relief was expected.
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New York
New Jersey
Ohio
James Rhodes
Carter
Rhodes
Iowa
South Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
Dubuque
Moline
Ill
Indianapolis
Charleston
W. Va
Wilmington
N.C
Jacksonville
Fla
National Weather Service
Brendan T. Byrne
North Jersey
James Duerk
Michigan
Monroe County
Burlington
Mich
Western
Jersey man dies in Route 7 crash near Shaftsbury
A New Jersey man, 25 year old David A. Kobel of Roselle Park, died of massive head injuries after a two car collision on Route 7 near the Robert Matteson farm in Shaftsbury Friday night. Passenger Yasmin Vaughn, 23, was treated and released. driver Richard A. Dahm, 30, of Arlington, was uninjured. The southbound 1966 Chevrolet crossed the center line and struck Kobel’s 1975 Chevrolet. a Navy corpsman aided at the scene before Kobel was transferred to St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany where he died.
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New Jersey
Shaftsbury
Robert Matteson
David A. Kobel
Roselle Park
N.J
Yasmin Vaughn
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Richard A. Dahm
Arlington
William Luczynski
Kobel
St. Peter’s Hospital
Albany
N.Y
Dahm
Cpl
Luczynski
U.S. Navy
Vermont Sets Record for Consecutive Below Freezing Days
National Weather Service officials announced Vermont logged the most days with subfreezing temperatures, with Dec 21 last above 32 at 34 degrees. The state also reported the coldest January in 20 years by degree days, while oil users face 15 to 20 percent higher fuel use and homeowners about $200 extra heating costs. Vermont's layoffs due to cold are about 60, per the Department of Employment Security.
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Burlington
UPI
National Weather Service
Vermont
Jack Hummel
Weather Service
Hummel
State Energy Office
Department of Employment Security
Saudis hold line on oil price until Vance visit
A Kuwait newspaper reports Saudi Arabia will not alter its 5 percent oil price hike before Cyrus Vance's Middle East tour later this month. It notes Saudi and UAE resisted higher prices despite OPEC’s December decision, aiming to shield world economic recovery. The two nations maintain 5 percent increases while other members pursue higher rises.
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Kuwait
UPI
Saudi Arabia
Cyrus Vance
Middle East
al Siyassa
United Arab Emirates
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Abdel Aziz Ben Khalifa al Thani
Uae
Riyadh
Sheikh Ahmed Zaki
Yamani
Maneh al
Qatar
Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Doha
Area lawmakers say bus repeal bill faces trouble
Breakfast with Bennington area legislators centers on repeal of the $10 out of state tour bus charge entering Vermont. Lt. Gov Buckley calls the bill in trouble as it heads to finance and appropriations committees with linkage to a possible diesel fuel tax. House and Senate must navigate a complex, time‑sensitive path amid broader tax reform plans.
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Bennington Chamber of Commerce
Vermont
T. Garry Buckley
Dorset
House
Buckley
Senate
Finance Committee
Appropriations
Highway Committees
Edwin A. Colvin
Shaftsbury
Colvin
Theodore Boulter
Pownal
House Transportation Committee
Merritt Hewitt
Bennington County
Chamber
Hewitt
Bennington BSD fact finding urges three year pact with pay steps
A state fact finding panel recommends a three year contract for Bennington School District teachers with no first year base pay raise but a 200 dollar bonus, annual step increases, and higher top step bonuses. For 77 78 base rises to 8000 with a 200 bonus at top step, and 78 79 base to 8300 with again a 200 bonus. The report also covers nurse representation, grievance procedures, layoffs, seniority rules, leave days, and procedural notes. The panel includes Fred A. Parker Norman Bartlett and Milton Nadworny as chair. The board may open negotiations to the public if no settlement results. See BSD REPORT on back page.
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Bennington
State Labor Relations Board
Teachers Association
Fred A. Parker
Norman Bartlett
Milton J. Nadworny
University of Vermont
BSD
David Allen
Israel names United States sole mediator in Middle East talks
Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon declared Israel will not permit the United Nations to broker any peace agreement with its Arab neighbors. He said the United States is the only viable negotiator as Waldheim tours the region. Israel seeks faster U.S. moves on pressing Syria and Lebanon issues.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Yigal Allon
United Nations
United States
Middle East
Allen
Brussels
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Ben- Gurion
Waldheim
Lebanon
Allon
Jerusalem
U.S
Thomas Dunnigan
Syria
Teenagers Find Half Million Dollars on Texas Ranch
Local youths uncover a buried stash on a Texas ranch worth about five hundred thousand dollars shocking the community. Authorities say the discovery could spur new leads in an old missing money case. The find adds to a string of surprising finds in rural areas this year.
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Texas Ranch
MAU Matmen
Keene
Bulldogs
Woodstock
Panthers
Schuylerville
Cincinnati
Marquette
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Henry
Walloomsac
Vance
By Rob Woolmington
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U. N
Young
Africa
Gov. Brown
SVC
Gerry Raftery
Russell Baker
William F. Buckley Jr
Britain
Shaftsbury School
Londonderry
Hoosick Falls
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