Legislature Girds Itself For Decisive Tax Action
In Montpelier the Legislature contemplates a sales tax plan amid Democratic opposition. Democrats vow to mobilize public opinion if Republicans push a 3 to 4 percent tax with food policies, while Republicans push a compromise plan including a 3 percent minimum, food exempt, and income surcharge. A public hearing on extending Sunday racing at Green Mountain Park also heads to the Ways and Means Committee as debates over tax revenues continue.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Salmon
Ways and Means
Francis Peisch
Burlington
Tcompromise
Peisch
State House
Green Mountain Park
Northeast Digging Out After Century's Deadliest Storm
Northeast residents begin recovery from a record snowstorm that paralyzed New England. Mt Washington logged 41.6 inches, with 40.6 inches in 24 hours, while about 60 deaths were linked to exertion, heart attacks, and shoveling. Roads remained largely blocked, hundreds of cars abandoned, and high traffic corridors like I-95, I-93, and I-128 closed.
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Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
New England
Vermont
Allies Must Accept All Demands In Vietnam Talks
In Paris, American and South Vietnamese negotiators met at the U.S. Embassy to plan for Thursday's session after North Vietnam and the Viet Cong issued uncompromising demands. Henry Cabot Lodge and Pham Dang Lam prepared for a continuation of talks aimed at breaking a deadlock amid hopes for progress and Soviet diplomacy pressure.
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API
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
U.S
Hanoi
Vietnam
Lodge
Lam
Nhan Dan
North Vietnamese Workers (Communist)party
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
United States
Canada opens talks with Communist China
Ottawa moves toward possible diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic, instructing the Stockholm embassy to contact the Chinese embassy to discuss Sino-Canadian relations. The step drew a protest from the Republic of China government and sparked debate in Parliament.
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UPI
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Stockholm
Mitchell Sharp
House of Commons
Yu Chi Hsueh
Republic of China
Conservative
Trudeau
Liberal Party
Two ideas for Vermont to stave off suburbia
Vermont scholar Sheare Satterthwaite outlined two proposals at a Bennington meeting to resist suburbanization and preserve rural life. One would revive the 1931 Vermont Commission on Country Life to reevaluate agriculture recreation and community life. The other envisions a distinct kind of national park to preserve the man made beauty of fields hedgerows and farm towns, contrasting with Adirondacks and White Mountains.
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Vermont
Green Mountain
Sheare Satterthwaite
Williams College Center For Environmental Studies
Bennington Unitarian Fellowship
Vermont Commission On Country Life
U.S
Satterthwaite
England
Europe
Adirondacks
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Commission On Country Living
Londonderry
Highways Slowly Returning Back to Normal Conditions
Bennington area highways are in good condition today after round the clock plowing. Route 9 was not closed during the storm, and all state roads are open though widening work continues. Police escorted a heart attack patient to Putnam Memorial Hospital while four wheel drive and tire chain vehicles moved with difficulty.
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Putnam Square
Massachusetts
Boston
Bennington
Ivor S. Pelsue
Pelsue
Vermont
Kenneth Herring Re
Whitingham Rescue Squad
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Herring
Route 9
Hoosick
North Bennington
North Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
Arlington
Death Valley
U.S
State bill seeks to yank aid from campus offenders
Albany N Y The state Senate weighs a bill to deny state scholarships and incentive aid to students convicted of on campus crimes including unlawful assembly harassment and nuisance If passed undergraduates lose 250 to 1000 a year plus 100 to 500 in incentives graduates up to 2500 forfeit up to 800 The measure aims to curb campus disruption amid GOP control of both houses and a possibly friendlier governor
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Albany
N.Y
State Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Assembly
Brydges
Gov. Rockefeller
Incumbents Lead Village Caucus Bid in Bennington
Bennington residents expect the Citizens Party caucus Thursday at 7 30 p m in the County Courthouse to nominate incumbents for village offices. Village president Henry H Mallory seeks another term after January surgery, aiming to be back by March 1. Other nominees include Hilda Hurley Alma Langlois Milton Pinsker John C Malone and John DeVito with re election hopefuls for water board trustees and water commissioners. Nominations require only a resident’s name at the village office or on the caucus floor with the election set for March 11.
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Bennington
Citizens’ Party
Henry H. Mallory
Mallory
Hilda Hurley
Alma Langlois
Milton Pinsker
John C. Malone
DeVito
Frantic revenue search noted by Rep VanSantvoord
Inside report shows Rep George VanSantvoord detailing a frantic search for state revenue. Manchester school directors vote against funds to open the new industrial arts center. Hoosick Falls area donates over $2,000 to the Cerebral Palsy Telethon.
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George VanSantvoord
Manchester
Hoosick Falls
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