Ford acts on CIA probe and trade with USSR
President Ford returned from a ski trip to sign the Trade Act of 1974 extending most favored nation status to the Soviet Union while addressing CIA spying claims and promising a facts based approach. He vetoed a milk price bill, ordering a cheaper administrative rise that will likely lift bottled milk prices by 1 to 2 cents per half gallon.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
CIA
Rocky Mountain
Oval Office
Ron Nelsen
William E. Colby
Henry A. Kissinger
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Nessen
Distinguished Citizens
Colby
Kissinger
Business Week
America
Ford Friday
Soviet Union
United States
Henry Jack- Lee
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Butz
Phuoc Binh Faces Fall in Sharpest Vietnam Escalation
In Phuoc Binh Province 5,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops plus 40 tanks massed to seize the provincial capital, with government defenders outnumbered five to one. Saigon says the attack marks the fiercest clash since the Paris peace agreement, threatening another major defeat for South Vietnam as casualties and destruction mount.
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U.S
Phuoc Binh
Saigon
UPI
United States
Paris
Quang Tri
State Department
Robert Anderson
Wash
Ington
Phuoc Long
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Song Be
Cambodia
Vietnam
Debated plan to reopen South Boston High questioned
Gov Dukakis and Mayor White will skip a meeting with School Supt Leary on reopening the South Boston Roxbury complex. Only Public Safety and Education secretaries will meet Leary as Garrity weighs desegregation order factors amid past stabbing and protests.
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Boston
UPI
Michael S. Dukakis
Kevin H. White
William J. Leary
South Boston
Dukakis
Public Safety
Charles Barry
Paul Parks
Leary
White
Barry Brooks
South Boston-Roxbury
South Boston High
U.S
W. Arthur Garrity
Garrity
Davis to seek strict welfare guidelines
Human Services Secretary Thomas Davis said he will seek legislation authorizing strict welfare eligibility rules, which were struck down earlier in Washington County Superior Court. He plans to present the proposal to Gov. Thomas P. Salmon at a January 7 meeting before submitting for approval.
Gray urges persistence amid obstacles in Vermont highway plan
Vermont Highway Commissioner John T. Gray notes declining revenues and higher costs as major challenges in the 27th biennial Highway Board report covering July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1974. Despite delays, 270 miles of interstate work was completed, with 44 miles of I-91 and 13 betterment projects finished, while environmental opposition and fragmented policy hinder progress.
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State Highway Board
Vermont Highway
John T. Gray
Highway Department
Battenhill
Sunderland - Arlington
Searsburg Mountain
Gray
Department
Vermont
Weather flurries possible this afternoon
A cold front brings increasing clouds this afternoon with light snow possible. Forecasters say heavier snow is likely Sunday into early Monday, bringing travel impacts and urging caution for commuters and residents.
Wailing wall at Statehouse tests Vermont lobbyists
In Vermont, under Gov. Salmon, lobbyists face austere times as the budget calls for a smaller next year amid 12 percent inflation and a $7.6 million tax rise. Hearings begin as industries press for funds, rooms and meals taxes rise, education faces cuts, and environmentalists brace for shifts.
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Floyd H. Norris
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Thomas P. Salmon
Salmon
State House
Diamond cleared of unethical charges in attorney general race
Diamond, Democratic candidate and Windham County State's Attorney, was cleared Friday by the Vermont Professional Conduct Board of unethical behavior. The unanimous ruling came after a four hour closed hearing, paving the way for Diamond to seek the attorney general post as legislators prepare to vote next week.
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Diamond
Kimberly Cheney
Cheney
Vermont Bar Association
John Downs
Professional Conduct Board
Bellows Falls
Gary Quinn
John A. Lowery
Quinn
Robert Grussing III
Brattleboro
Vermont
Grussing
Grassing
Lowery
Otterman
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Shaftsbury East
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