Plurality winners chosen by Vermont legislature in 1974
In Montpelier the Republican dominated legislature elected four state officials by plurality, not majority, marking the first use of the constitutional provision since 1913. Brian Burns, M Jerome Diamond, Stella Hackel and Alexander Acebo won, while Liberty Union candidates received no legislative support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Burns
M. Jerome Diamond
Stella Hackel
Alexander Acebo
Acebo
Thomas P. Salmon
Kimberly Cheney
Diamond
Windham County
Cheney
Burns
T. Garry Buckley
Fred Randler
Hackel
Frank Davis
Liberty Union
Legislative Joint
Vermont
Timothy J. O'Connor
Brattleboro
Salmon inaugural speech warns of fiscal caution and national crisis
Vermont Governor Thomas Salmon in his inauguration address urged honesty about hard times, warning of a recession and a drift from unity. He proposed a 7.6 million tax package with a budget leaner than the current year, pledging aid for the poor and disabled while stressing a national spirit crisis and the need for shared sacrifice. Separate Paris report claims Brezhnev uses a heart pacemaker implanted in 1973 with French doctors involved.
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Salmon
America
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate
Aiken
Walter Lippman
Nuclear carrier Enterprise leads uncertain voyage in Asian waters
Reports and denials swirl as USS Enterprise and a carrier group depart Subic Bay for undisclosed destinations amid Vietnam crisis. Pentagon denies plans while UPI and sources hint at Gulf of Thailand, Indian Ocean war games, and possible Persian Gulf call. Navy stresses freedom of movement in international waters.
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Washington
UPI
Enterprise
Philippines
Vietnam
Pentagon
Navy
Indian Ocean
7Th Fleet
Subic Bay
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of the Women
Ford
Indochina
Congress
Charleston
S.C
Middle East
Phuoc Long
Long Beach
Straits of Malacca
Indonesia
Malaysia
Persian Gulf
Constellation
Ford signals need for more U.S. aid to Indochina
President Ford indicates U.S. aid to South Vietnam and Cambodia is inadequate and may request emergency Congress funding. White House spokesman says Ford was bouyed by the Phuoc Binh fall but still sees insufficent aid. Mansfield opposes further military aid, warning it means more fighting and bloodshed.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Congress
Indochina
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Phuoc Binh
Saigon
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Asia
Vietnam
Mansfield
United States
China
Glastenbury timber logging gets Act 250 OK above 2500 feet
Bennington District Environmental Commission approved a permit for Glastenbury Timberlands Trust to log about 720 acres above 2500 feet in Glastenbury, the first Act 250 land-use review heard by the district. The project aims to remove mature trees to allow saplings to grow, with logging roads and guidelines set by attorney Harvey D. Carter.
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Russ Garland Searsburg
Bennington
Searsburg
James White
Glastonbury Timberlands Trust
William R. Scott
McCullough
New England Forestry Foundation
Gerry C. Knickerbocker
Foundation
Blind Brook
Route 9
Somerset Dam
Knickerbocker
Glastenbury
Diamond vows consumer aid and to give up smoking
M Jerome Diamond, Vermont's new attorney general, pledges to expand consumer protection and quit smoking. He spoke after a hard-fought election, noting he never lost faith though victory remained uncertain. Diamond, a Brattleboro lawyer and Windham County State's Attorney, resumed smoking after six years.
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Diamond
Brattleboro
Windham County
Kimberly Cheney
Tax cut push faces delays over oil tax, targets
Washington reports a likely $10 billion to $30 billion tax cut race with Ford urging a major reduction while Congress debates oil tax changes. Rep. Ullman forecasts a March 1 plan for individuals with business relief and ending the oil depletion allowance, facing Senate resistance led by Russell Long on oil tax breaks.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Ford
al Ullman
D-Ore
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate
Finance Committee
Russell Long
Louisiana
Inside National to local notes round up
A compact roundup covers national taxation ideas for lotteries and commentary on workfare, with features on Rabbi Korff visiting Nixon, a Wadsworths energy use formula and recipes, a state bicycle study, and editorials by Pete Horton and Tom Wicker. The Fortney column continues natural childbirth, while North Bennington and Hoosick Falls report local lines and crime. MAU and UCLA sports wrap the pages with snow in Springfield and Pac 8 results.
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Rabbi Korff
Nixon
Wadsworths
Pete Horton
Tom Wicker
Fortney
District 1
North Bennington
Hemenway
Pownal
Hoosick Falls
Springfield
MAU
UCLA
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Statehouse
Pipe
Kimberly B. Cheney
Chapman
David Shaffe
Floyd H. Norris
Brezhnev
Paris
API
Soviet Communist Party
Lenoid I. Brezhnev
France Soir
France
Paul Laurens
O’connor
Glastenbury Logging
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