Diluted Pollution Bill Expanded To Cover Nukes
In Montpelier the water pollution control bill won preliminary Senate approval to require state permits for waste discharges and expand coverage to heated liquids affecting plants like Vermont Yankee. The legislation empowers the Water Resources Board to classify waters and oversee municipal sewage and water supplies. A separate DUI bill gained preliminary approval 20 to 8 amid skepticism over potential Supreme Court challenges.
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Battle of Bennington boards stalls progress over highway tax
Tension grows between Bennington Selectmen and Village Trustees as talks on the highway budget flare into hostility. Trustees fear the 1966 Unification Act will abolish their jobs for a larger board, prompting a $1,500 study article to push consolidation on terms favorable to the village.
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Bennington
Joseph Carroll
Selectmen
Joseph A. Pello
Selectman
Joseph E. Higgins
Board of Selectmen
Carroll
Burton L Winslow Dies Engineer Town Manager
Burton Lyman Winslow 87 of 87 Monument Ave Old Bennington a consulting engineer and former Bennington town and village manager died Friday night after a long illness. He came to Bennington in 1942 after 20 years as town manager of Stoughton Massachusetts to serve here until 1947. He then headed buildings and grounds at Bennington College until retiring in 1955. He remained active as a consultant on village and town projects, focusing on the Village Water Department. He was the design-
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Old Bennington
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
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Stoughton
Mass
House Advances Credit Card Ban
In Montpelier the House gave preliminary approval to two bills regulating bank credit cards. One bill fines unsolicited card mailing while Rep John Alden’s measure blocks distribution unless requested. A companion bill moves to final action next week setting rules for issuing cards and a tiered interest regime.
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API
John Alden
Woodstock
Fuel Exemption Loses Hancock Vows a Fight
MONTPELIER UPI The House Ways and Means Committee rejected the bid to exempt home heating fuel from the 1969 sales tax in a 6-3 party line vote. Rep. John Hancock vows a floor fight and proposes an exemption certificate for head of household earns up to 7500 covering all fuel types including oil gas and electricity. Speaker Burgess says Hancock can amend the bill to present on the floor.
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Tax Department
John Burgess
Brattleboro
Burgess
Hardwick
Reorganization Action Promised for Tuesday
The Vermont Senate made two stalled government reorganizing measures a special order for Tuesday. It will consider creating an eight member cabinet and granting governor authority to use executive orders for further restructuring. Compromises allowed bills back to the floor after Tuesday’s tabling. GOP senators and Gov. Deane C. Davis advanced a plan to name the eight superagencies after acts creating them. The plan also drops the 30 day veto limit on executive orders. The Davis administration seeks support from its officials as well. Water Resources Board Chairman Dening Miller urged a single environmental conservation super agency to tackle Vermont’s environmental problems.
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Deane C
Davis
Water Resources Board
Denning Miller
Vermont
Cold, Partly Cloudy Weather With Snow Flurries Ahead
Partly cloudy and continued cold today with a chance of snow flurries over the mountains. Low tonight in the teens. Partial clearing Sunday and continued cool.
Chicago Five get five year terms in riot case
UPI reports U S District Judge Julius Hoffman sentenced five leaders of the Chicago protests to five years in prison and 5000 dollar fines for inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The sentences run concurrently with contempt sentences. fines could be reduced for court costs, with nonpayment extending time. Defendants include Dellinger Davis Hoffman Rubin Hayden.
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Rennie) Davis
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Abbie Hoffman
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England
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Richard G. Schultz
Vyshinski
Russia
Andrei Vyshinski
Foran
Hoffman Affirms Wiretaps in Subversive Probe
Judge Julius J. Hoffman rules the Justice Department may eavesdrop on groups deemed subversive without prior court approval. The decision reinforces a policy cited by Attorney General John N. Mitchell. Seven defendants, active in antiwar protests, faced surveillance and related sentences were handed down to Dellinger Davis Rubin Hayden.
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UPI
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Justice Department
Hoffman
U.S
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