Salt on Vermont roads sparks winter highway debate
Cartoonist Bill Mauldin highlights a growing issue as the General Assembly session opens in Montpelier. Attorney Harvey Carter of Bennington, representing the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont, weighs a mandamus action against the Highway Department over an 1899 pollution law. The group argues highway salt harms trees and contaminates water supplies, signaling continued legal pressure to resolve the salt question.
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Nixon in San Clemente for conference with Sato
President Nixon remained at the Western White House in San Clemente preparing for a high level summit with Japan Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. He planned a shipyard visit at National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. to show support for the maritime industry and met with workers there. The talks with Sato focus on Taiwan and China normalization as part of a broader pledge to avoid compromising free world interests. Nixon is to return to Washington around Sunday and deliver the State of the Union on January 20.
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China shifts away from U S to view Russia as top threat
London based UPI reports Beijing now sees Russia as the greater long term danger, aligning with India as Moscow’s ally. Mao’s circle reportedly split, with hardliners silencing dissents and edging toward a decisive Sino Soviet orientation while Nixon and Mao's forthcoming meeting approaches.
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Lawmakers Open Vermont Legislature With Budget and Policy Clash
Vermont's 180 lawmakers return to the Statehouse for a three month session led by Governor Davis with a $131 million general fund budget and tax cuts on the agenda. Key issues include education funding, prison reform, no fault insurance, campus consolidation, and 100 measures in the hopper, while election pressure to repeal the 1969 levy looms.
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Arguments to be heard Monday on abortion law
The Vermont Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on a challenge to the 1846 abortion statute. Vermont Legal Aid represents a 21 year old welfare recipient identified as Miss Jacqueline, arguing the law violates constitutional rights by barring abortion unless the patient’s life is in danger. The suit was dismissed by Judge William Hill, with no reasons given, marking a second dismissal after a prior Zero Population Growth advisory request.
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Giuliani urges dropping 15 percent income surcharge
Rep. Peter Giuliani of Montpelier supports ending the 15% personal income surcharge as the 1969 tax lapses with the $1.8 million deficit next June. Governor Davis seeks a three year phase out, while Crisman warns education funding may require radical rethinking as costs rise toward $60 million for 1976.
Davis seeks legislation to allow welfare cuts
Welfare Commissioner Ronald Crisman told a House committee that across the board cuts are mandated if funds run short, but the governor backs legislation to permit selective cuts in Aid to Needy Families with Children while preserving other programs for the elderly and disabled. He warned funds may cover the current year but could shrink next year.
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Inside Bits on Ashbrook McCloskey and Bond Calls
On Ashbrook versus McCloskey John Chamberlain backs Ashbrook and Nixon. Sunderlanders face an unpaid school bill and are urged to approve a bond issue. Shaftsbury Elementary joins North Bennington for a Prospect ski program. A Warfield Alert is explained about the Cowboys. Britain plans big river cleanup funds while a Kentucky man proposes a litter solution.
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Muskie to announce his candidacy tonight
Sen Edmund S Muskie to reveal his bid for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination in a taped address from a Maine cottage. The 8 minute speech, recorded with a New York crew, will air at 8 20 p m over CBS in a 10 minute spot costing 30 000. Muskie would be the seventh announced Democrat joining McGovern Hartke Jackson McCarthy Yorty and Lindsay with Humphrey slated to announce next week. He planned to meet reporters before returning to Washington with his wife and three children and to watch the broadcast with family.
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South Dakota
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Indiana
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New York
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