Credit Cards Too Foxy Says Alden in Vermont House
Rep. John Alden of Woodstock attacks bank credit cards as too flashy and predatory urging passage of H 354 to ban unsolicited cards. He cites theft rings and misissued cards, warns they inflame inflation and debt, while defenders say cards aid small consumers amid economic strain.
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Alden
Montpelier
John Alden
Vermont
Vermont House
Commerce Committee
New York City
American Express
New England
John Hunter
Vermont National Bank
Vermont National
Washington Post
Wright Patman
U.S. House Banking and Currency Committee
Bank Credit Eards
Patman
Hunter
James McGrath
Waltham
Mass
Mobil
Credit
Fire guts Salem New York business block on Main Street
A windswept fire destroyed a three story frame building housing four businesses and three apartments in Salem New York. Firefighters from six towns fought the blaze for over five hours with water drawn from a brook and wells due to the town lacking a municipal system. No injuries were reported though residents escaped with only what they could carry. Officials blamed a partition between a meat market and a fashion shop for the blaze. The alarm delay hindered early response as mutual aid from nearby towns arrived after 9 p.m.
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Salem
N.Y
Main Street
Rosemary Layden
Salem Central School
Legrand Frasier
Jeanette Allen
Cambridge
Greenwich
Shushan
West Hebron
New York
Rupert
Washington
Oh Dad Poor Dad opens at Mt Anthony High School
Kim Pike plays Madam Rose Pettle and Rita Driscoll portrays Rosalie in Arthur Kopit's Oh Dad, Poor Dad. Bill Bebout also stars as they rehearse for tonight's opening at Mt Anthony Union High School with shows Thursday and Saturday and a 8 30 curtain.
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Kim Pike
Madam Rosepettle
Rosalie
Rita Driscoll
Bill Bebout
Arthur Kopit
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Garrison Cushman Carbide Layoffs Under Reported By Dwyer
Local layoffs affect Garrison Corporation North Bennington about 100 workers start Monday Feb 16 per VP James Davis. Cushman Manufacturing notes 10 recently hired workers laid off with other plans changed after union input. Union Carbide Bennington plant cut about 85 last month due to reduced government orders. Davis cites inventory buildup and aims to boost year round work. rehiring after March 1. Garrison restructures after founder William H. Garrison's death.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Garrison Corporation
North Bennington
James Davis
H. T. Cushman Manufacturing Corp
General Interiors
Cushman
Bennington
Union Carbide Corp
Robert Mihuta
Union Carbide
Garrison Corp
Davis
William H. Garrison
Radiation hazard at Denver area atomic plant raises alarms
Colorado scientists say Rocky Flats near Denver released dangerous plutonium into air water and soil. The Atomic Energy Commission notes minuscule amounts but expands monitoring while a Colorado panel cites deposits up to five hundred times higher near the plant.
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Denver
Washington
Colorado
Atomic Energy Commission
Rocky Flats
Dow Chemical Company
Commission
Glenn T. Seaborg
Edward A. Martell
Martell
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
Colorado Committee For Environmental Information
West Point
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Boulder
Colo
AEC
Colorado Committee
Berkshire County May Be Site Of World's Largest Hydro Plant
Berkshire County may host the world’s largest pumped storage hydro plant, potentially in Sheffield or Canaan. If built, the project would cost about 180 to 200 million dollars, about twice Northfield Mountain’s planned 1,000 MW facility. Officials say a two year study and federal permits are required, with sites also under consideration in Maine and New Hampshire.
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Berkshire County
Pittsfield
Mass
Berkshire
Sheffield
Connecticut
Canaan
Charles Bragg
Northeast Utilities
Northfield Mountain
Connecticut River
Massachusetts
Northfield
Bragg
Western Mass Electric Co
Sidney Q. Curtiss
R-Sheffield
Curtiss
Northeast
New England Electric Utilities
Maine
New Hampshire
Federal Power Commission
Willard Savoy
FCC Public Relations Office
Washington
New England
Mount Washington
Schencb Brook
Canaan Mountain
Candlewood Lake
Connecticut Light & Power Co
Easement Nears On Roaring Branch Floodwall Purchase
Town officials report progress on securing the final easement for the Roaring Branch floodwall to protect Mt. Anthony Union High School. An 8 by 50 foot strip behind a county street resident is needed for a drainage pipe, after earlier negotiations with the unidentified owner failed. The $15,000 approved last March covered remaining easements along the Roaring Branch, with Sen. George D. Aiken urging quick action to avoid project deferral and to enable a May construction award with a possible $250,000 budget request.
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Norton Barber
Bennington Selectmen
Roaring Branch
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Barber
George D. Aiken
Sen. Aiken
Joseph E. Higgins
J. Duncan Campbell
Senate Appropriations Committee
Higgins
Aiken
Army Corps of Engineers
New York
Appropriations Committee
Nixon environmental plan earns broad bipartisan backing
Washington reports that President Nixon’s 37 point environmental program drew swift support from Democrats and Republicans. Critics argued for tougher funding and action on trucks buses aircraft and other moving sources. Senators Case Muskie Nelson and Cooper lauded the plan though with caveats on dollars and scope.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
House
Carl Albert
John Sherman Cooper
Statewide cleanup day led by Sal Santarcangelo in county workers
Inside reports Sal Santarcangelo heads county workers for a statewide cleanup day set for April 11. The Banner prints a provocative letter to the editor on page 4 blasting the paper’s critics. Hoosick Falls removes the old St Marys convent in a demolition driven by aging building. A Vermont environmental hotline directory appears on page 15.
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Sal Santarcangelo
St. Mary’s Convent
Hoosick Falls
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Garrison, Cushman, Carbide
New York Times News Service
John A. Love
Lloyd Joshel
Dow Rocky Flats
ABC
Thomas O. Morton
Dickering
Bowmaker
Rutland
Mike Donoghue
Steve Richard
Bob Carpenter
Joe Bizzarro
Richard
Carpenter
MAUHS
MSJ
Channel 8
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