Vermont considers on site coal power plants in coal fields
Lieutenant Governor lays out a nonpartisan push to study building coal fired generators near coal fields in Pennsylvania and West Virginia to cut Northeast electricity costs. He cites high rates and a need to keep jobs with IBM in Essex Junction and GE in Rutland while environmental groups may oppose burning coal.
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New England
Appalachian States
Vermont
Timothy O'Connor
Thomas Salmon
Melvin Mandigo
Arthur Gibb
James Shea
Peter Giuliani
Appalachian
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Senate
St. Johnsbury
Washington
House
Environmental Protection
Bennington News Briefs and Local Notes
The village cites stricter stop sign enforcement with discussion of higher fines to curb carelessness. Six new Bennington College students return for winter and reading period including Dorothy White. Local items cover a Dorset robin sighting, a Betit family travel to Rutland for a faith harmony banquet, and Betit’s Mt. St. Joseph senior prize in Brotherhood essay. Congregational Church School ships 100 pounds of clothing to a Korean orphanage. Advert shows McArthur Contour-Banded jacket from E. L. Nichols Store. YMCA offers Family Finances Money Management course coordinated by Roger Randall. Mt. Equinox hosts construction of the western world’s first Carthusian Monastery using Barre granite. Troop 353 Woodford Winter Camporee features Boy Scout Stephen Grover in a wood-cutting race.
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Bennington College
Dorothy White
Clarence White
North Bennington Well
Hector Betit
Helene
Rutland
Bennington
Milestones and Money: From Steel Giants to Gas Tax and War
On this date events include J P Morgan forming United States Steel Corp in New Jersey to create the first billion dollar enterprise. Oregon enacts a one percent gasoline tax making it a fiscal first. In 1967 American warships begin shelling Vietnam. In 1975 President Ford warns Cambodia could fall to the Communists unless Congress approves 222 million dollars in new aid.
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J.P. Morgan
United States Steel Corp
New Jersey
Oregon
Vietnam
Ford
Cambodia
Need for Day Care To the Editor of The Banner
The Bennington Day Care Center board urges supporters to vote for the $20,000 budget on March 1. With full enrollment and a waiting list of 15 children, the center argues continued funding is essential to avoid severe cutbacks and maintain its quality care.
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Bennington Day Care Center
Bennington
Thanks to voters and local outreach in Bennington
The columnist thanks voters who supported them at the polls and acknowledges a secret write in campaign. They urge continuing Day Care expansion in Bennington and invite support for the March vote. Names mentioned include Gerry Baker and a list of local supporters.
Gas price controls blamed for natural gas shortage says Safire
Washington columnist William Safire argues regulators and Congress caused the natural gas shortage by blocking price signals and stifling market incentives. He pins blame on deregulation opponents and notes the impact on workers, families, and schools while urging deregulation to revive gas exploration and supply.
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Warren Court
William Douglas
Congress
Calif
Fritz Hollings
D-S.c
John Dingell
D-Mich
Harley Staggers
Dw.va
Senate
Douglas
Support for BOC revenue sharing in Bennington town vote
A North Bennington letter urges a yes vote on revenue sharing funds for the Bennington Opportunity Council BOC to sustain elder services. The Office on Aging partners with BOC to provide homemaker and chore services with shared costs and supplies winterization emergency food fuel and food stamps critical to seniors. Without funding these essential services would be severely cut for many elderly residents in Bennington and surrounding areas.
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Bennington Opportunity Council
Office On Aging
The
United Counseling Service
Bennington Senior Center
BOC
Bennington
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Lieutenant Governor's Newsletter
By T. Garry Buckley
Montpelier
Gov. Salmon
Tom Fitzpatrick
New England Regional Commission
Nercom
Fitzpatrick
Nercom Energy Advisors
Association of Northeast Legislators
Manchester Journal
South Dorset
Dorset
ADV
McArthur
E.L. Nichols
Stephen Grover
Woodford
the Banner
Gerry Baker
Bank St
Center
Emma Harwood
Joan Ryan
Betsy Yung
Kathy Briody
Anne Cormier
Paul Wickes
John Morrison
William Safire
N.Y
Times News Service
Carter
Interior Department
Cecil Andrus
David Schwartz
Federal Power Commission
Ted Kennedy
John Moss
Burlington Free Press
Wall Street Journal
Selectman’s Office
Dudley Baker
Bennington Selectman
Brattleboro
Mt. Anthony
Baker Selectman Committee
North Bennington
Fort Ey
Lions
Catamount Elementary School
AMANA
Fairdale Farms
Madkour
Main ST
Benningt
Lee
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Rutland Town
Randolph
Middlebury
Poultney
Brandon
Shaftsbury
Stanley Tools
Manchester
Bennington Board of Selectmen
Greater
Greater Bennington Chamber OF Commerce and
Bennington County Industrial Corporation
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