Vermont power protest grows as utility bills rise
Activists across Vermont organize to challenge CVPS amid rising rates and a confusing billing system. The Citizens Power Committee led by Rutland businessman Edward Godrick plans ads, petitions, and mass outreach to pressure the Public Service Board and lawmakers. Demonstrations draw 250 residents in Brattleboro and 1,100 signatures in St. Albans as Springfield eyes a municipal hydro proposal to push CVPS out.
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UPI
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PSB
Vermont
Rutland
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
Brattleboro
St. Albans
Springfield
Edward Godrick
Gilbert Godnick
Thomas P. Salmon
Vermont Legislative
Godrick
No verdict yet in Edelin abortion case
The jury in the Kenneth C. Edelin abortion manslaughter trial in Boston completed its first day of deliberations without a verdict. After 4 to 15 hours of debate, jurors stopped for dinner at a waterfront restaurant before adjourning. The nine men and three women weighed exhibits and testimony from prosecution and defense witnesses following Judge James P. McGuire's final charge.
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Boston
UPI
Kenneth C. Edelin
James P. McGuire
McGuire
Edelin
William Homans
Frank Susman
St. Louis
Susman
U.S. Supreme Court
Delayed convoy spares Phnom Penh aid amid Mekong fire
A UPI report says a 13-ship convoy carrying food and ammunition to Phnom Penh will be delayed at least a week as captains refuse to sail the Mekong under heavy Communist fire. Filipino skippers offered 1250 dollars per run and seamen 500, but no takers, leaving the convoy idle in South Vietnamese waters.
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Saigon
UPI
Phnom Penh
Mekong River
Powers saves Vermont from bicentennial license plate plan
Vermont lawmakers avoided a potential error when the House rejected a bill allowing the Vermont Bicentennial Commission to issue plates dated July 1, 1975 to July 1, 1977. Freshman Rep Lawrence Powers of North Bennington argued the plan was misaligned with state history and the dates would expire before key bicentennial events, keeping Vermont from a public relations stumble.
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Montpelier
Vermont
House
Vermont Bicentennial Commission
Transportation Committee
Windsor
Bennington
Conservatives push for third party at 1976 convention
UPI says Sen. Jesse Helms urged conservatives to form a new party if Republicans and Democrats fail to offer a true freedom program. The National Conservative Political Action Conference drew about 500 delegates debating a platform convention and possible presidential tickets. Some urged staying in the GOP, while others favored a separate conservative party.
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Washington
UPI
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
National Conservative Political Action Conference
GOP
Helms
Sam Steiger
R-Ariz
James Allen
D-Ala
M. Stanton Evans
American Conservative Union
Food prices dip in January but oil costs loom
UPI reports a 0.3 percent drop in the overall wholesale price index for January mark ing a second straight monthly decline. Yet Ford's new oil import fees, starting February 1 with further increases planned, threaten to reverse the trend as energy costs push up prices on many industrials and consumer durables. The January index stands at 171.8, still 17.2 percent higher than January 1974, with declines led by farm products and processed foods while iron, steel, fuels, and machinery rose. The House seeks a 90 day delay to Ford's order amid Senate inaction on a broader energy plan.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Ford
Congress
Senate
Economists foresee 9 percent unemployment with Ford plan
Two forecasters told Congress their computer models show unemployment averaging near 9 percent this year even with Ford tax cuts and spending and energy measures. Evans and Rowe predict 8.8 to 9 percent this year and lower rates next year, while the administration’s forecast sits at about 8.1 percent this year and 7.9 percent next year.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Evans
Ford
David M. Rowe
Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates Inc
Philadelphia
Feds to Appeal Ruling On Highway Fund Withholding
The federal government plans to appeal a court ruling that denied presidents the right to withhold billions of highway funds from states. The 12 page order by Judge John Lewis Smith Jr covered 2.1 billion dollars across 12 states in a suit against Transportation and the federal budget office.
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Washington
UPI
Federal
Snow Returns With Cloudy Skies and Light Accumulations
Forecast calls for continuing snow with increasing clouds. Daytime highs reach the 20s to near 30s. Tonight remains cloudy with a chance of snow by morning. Lows dip to the teens with likely snowfall tomorrow and highs in the 20s.
All-American effort sparks North Adams funding shift
In North Adams Massachusetts the Hoosuck Community Resources Corporation wins council approval for 10 000 now and 36 000 over 18 months after an initial 6 3 vote against funding The group led by Mary Ann Beinecke aims to revive the Old Windsor Print Works Eagle Street Monument Square area and restore Blackinton Mansion housing the city library as part of a broader community development plan.
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Nathan Bachrach
North Adams
Mass
Hoosuck Community Resources Corporation
Hoosuck Corporation
Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce
Mary Ann Beinecke
Frances Buckley
Massachusetts Governors Task Force
Hoostick Corporation
Old Windsor
Corporation
Eagle Street
Monument Square
Merchant Shops
Main Street
Blackinton
Hoosuck Cororation
Hoosuck
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Simon Fraser University
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Seth Warner
Lawrence F. Powers
North Bennington
Third Party
Michael K. Evans
Chase Econometrics
Chase Manhattan Bank
Alan Greenspan
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Nantucket Island
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Windsor Mill
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Munity Resources Corporation
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