Planning official Partridge advocates liberal zoning views
Attorney Benjamin W. Partridge, former Environmental Board chair and current consultant, shared liberal readings of Chapter 91 with Bennington planners. He outlined zoning as a firmly established legal framework and answered officials’ questions on applying state planning and development laws to local issues.
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Jan Slusmon
Benjamin W. Partridge
Bennington
State Environmental Board
Partridge
Deane C. Davis
Windham
Iown Planning Commission
Zoning Board of Adjustment
State Planning and Development Act
Bennington County Regional Commission
Gregory Burke
BCRC
Norton Barber
Manfred W. Ehrich Jr
Town Planning Commission
IBA
Commission
ZBA
Bennington Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment
Oil majors blamed for crisis on Capitol Hill
Congress eyes punitive measures against U S oil companies amid a developing crisis narrative. law proposals would force disclosure of supply data tax excess profits and even convert the industry into a public utility amid allegations the Arab embargo leaks and company withholding fuel. hearings by Senators Jackson and Church are anticipated to reveal alleged behind the scenes oil company influence in U S and foreign policy.
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Washington
UPI
Capitol Hill
U.S
Congress
United States
Senate Interior and Foreign Relations Committees
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Frank Church
Idaho
Jackson
Church
Multinational Corporations
API
Interior Department
Kissinger Begins Third Middle East Peace Mission
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger departs late tonight on his third postwar trip seeking broad Middle East peace. He will visit Aswan for talks with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and then proceed to Jerusalem for further discussions.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
God’s Green Acre
Middle East
Aswan
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Kissinger
Moshe Dayan
Suez Canal
Sadat
Geneva
State Department
George West
Suez
West
Nixon impounds 3 billion for sewage treatment funds
President Nixon ordered the impoundment of 3 billion dollars in sewage treatment funds for the next fiscal year, reducing the 7 billion authorized by Congress. EPA administers the money to states and cities for waste treatment plants and related facilities, with a 1977 target for secondary treatment and 1983 for advanced technology. Nixon notes total 7 billion available due to previous unspent portions amid contracting delays.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Russell E. Train
Ford argues tourism is essential to national economy
Vice President Ford told a UPI compiled conference that tourism is a $60 billion industry employing about 3.5 million people and must be protected despite fuel pressures. He noted travel shapes lifestyle and the economy, urged innovation in planning, and called for new directions to maximize visitor facilities with minimal fuel use amid the energy crisis.
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Washington
UPI
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
U. S
C. Langhorne Washburn
William D. Toohey
Discover America Travel Organizations
DATO
Toohey
Commerce
Frederick B Dent
Dent
Washburn
New England
Interlocking directorships link oil firms to major banks shown
A Washington study for MEBA finds widespread overlap where oil companies share directors with large banks and insurers. The pattern, using S and P data through 1972, suggests a coordinated influence that reduces Oil industry competition. Major pairs include Bank of America with Standard of California Union Oil and Getty Oil among others.
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Washington
UPI
Surance
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Ruttenberg
Standard and Poor
Bank of America
Standard of California
Union Oil
Getty Oil
Bankers Trust
Mobil
Continental Oil
Chase Manhattan Bank
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Atlantic Richfield
Diamond Shamrock
Exxon
Chemical Bank
Texaco
Amerada Hess
Continental Bank of Illinois
Universal Oil Products
Crocker National Bank
California
First Boston Bank
Commonwealth Oil
First Chicago Bank
First National City Bank
Shell Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Hanover Trust
Cities Service
Mellon National Bank
Gulf Oil
Morgan Guaranty
Security Pacific Bank
Kerr McGhee
Western Bancorporation
Battle to fix worst road in New York on Route 7
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club plans a weekend billboard near the Vermont line calling Route 7 a killer highway. Residents and officials clash over safety data as local groups push reconstruction while state DOT notes improvements planned.
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Troy
N.Y
New York State
U.S.A
Vermont
Bennington
State Department of Transportation
Charles Carlson
Stempek
Hoosick Falls Central School
Department of Transportation
Hoosick Falls boosts push to fix New York Route 7
Local boosters seized a publicity jackpot when a New York Times front page article spotlighted the dire condition of Route 7. Kasmer Stempek of the Route 7 Improvement Committee hailed the Times feature as a catalyst to prompt state action, noting Gov. Wilson reportedly reads every Times article. The piece suggests regional implications if a modern highway links Troy Albany and Vermont, potentially bedroomizing Bennington.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y. 7
New York Times
Bennington
Tri-Cities
Troy-Albany
Vermont
Kasmer Stempek
Wilson
Times
Stempek
Inside Reagan Faces GOP Dinner Competition
A brief page note hints at rival speeches at a GOP dinner as Ronald Reagan may face possible competition within the party. Other page references indicate features by Bob Williams on corporate selfishness, George Connelly on public life benefits, a storm photo essay, Manchester selectmen blaming police issues on the chief, high bids for Hoosick Falls office rebuild, Goldwater’s Watergate hero turn, and reports from Superbowl camps.
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Reagan
Bob Williams
George Connelly
Manchester
Hoag
Hoosick Falls
Sen
Goldwater
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Ellsworth Bunker
Joseph Sisco
Alfred Atherton
Harold Saunders
National Security Council
Carlyle Maw
The
New York
Harold Faber
Kiwanis Club
John Mladinov
Department
Albany
Rensselaer County
Route 7 Improvement Committee
Highway Users Federation
Vermont Line
Transportation Department
Hoosick
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