Storm passes but traces remain in Vermont and New England
Storm leaves a foot of snow in Bennington with white-outs and widespread outages. Evacuations occurred, schools closed, and businesses shut as crews cleared roads. No Vermont storm fatalities. eight in other New England states. Evacuees housed by friends and relatives. Beech Street Trailer Court pipes burst.
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Putnam Square
Bennington County
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William Mattison
Mattison
Bill Kinney
Second Congregational Church
Chapel
East Roads
South Stream Road
Beech Street
Main Street
David J. Newell
Bill Mort
Dinette
Kunin to lead House budget writing in Vermont
Assistant House Democratic Leader Madeleine Kunin of Burlington was named to head the budget writing House Appropriations Committee, a move that leaves her floor leadership post open to a Democratic contest. The lineup also installed Rep. Peter Giuliani as Ways and Means chair and James Douglas as Government Operations chair, with Orrin Beattie losing reelection to the post.
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Montpelier
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Manchester
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Middlebury
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Maine
Harold Giard
D-Bridport
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D-Burlington
James Shea
D-Winooski
Michael Obuchowski
Rockingham
Ernest Earle
R-Eden
John Murphy
D-Ludlow
Hoosick Falls eyed for OTB parlor opening
An OTB director suggests opening a small parlor in Hoosick Falls this spring to draw play from Vermont. Local officials voice mixed concerns about impact but see potential benefits. no firm plan yet and OTB headquarters deny knowledge of the move.
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Hoosick Falls
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Rensselaer County
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Schnectady
Edward Reutemann
OTB
Reutemann
State Line
Vermont
Raymond Blanchard
Blanchard
Hoosick
William J. Murphy
John St
Andrick Studios
Donald Bogardus
Falls
Bogardus
Seven County Corporation
BellAdmits Wrong Decisions on Free Speech and Wiretaps
Senate hearing exposed Attorney General nominee Griffin Bell confessing wrong choices on free speech and wiretaps during his time on the Sth U.S. Circuit. Sen Charles Mathias pressed Bell over the Bond case and a nonwarranted wiretap defense, while Bell defended his record as lawful for its era and reiterated support for free speech. He also faced questions about his Carswell endorsement and Georgia desegregation resistance amid liberal scrutiny.
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Senate
Bell
Georgia
Vermont Senate announces 12 committee memberships for 1977 78
The Vermont Senate unveiled its 12 standing committees for the 1977 78 session with named chairmen and vice chairmen. Key figures include Agriculture Chairman Gerald Morse and Appropriations Chairman John Boylan, among others across Finance Education and Judiciary panels.
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Chittenden County
Sanborn Partridge
Rutland County
Merritt Hewitt
Bennington County
Alfred Beauchamp
Graham Newell
Caledonia County
Richard Soule
Franklin County
William Doyle
Washington County
Esther Sorrell
Chester Scott
Windsor County
Allen Avery
Orange County
Arthur Gibb
Addison County
Herbert Ogden
Seeley Reynolds
Graham Morse
Keith Wallace
Robert Daniels
Robert Gannett
Windham County
Franklin
Madeline Harwood
Raymond Contors
Dchittenden County
Russell Niquette
D-Chittenden County
Madeline Har
Donald Smith
Francis Howrigan
Thomas Crowley
Chittenden
David Gibson
Windham
Richard Contois
John Boylan
Essex
Orleans
Robert Bloomer
Inside the Nation and Local Snippet Highlights
A compact recap notes 12 tanker accidents in under a month, New Hampshire eyes a sin tax on gambling casinos, frostbite dangers outlined, plus editorials and oped ideas. It covers cabinet appointments critique, BBS music cuts protest, TV viewership ideas, and local budgets and ad payments.
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New Hampshire
Tom Braden
Supreme Court limits racial impact as sole test in zoning
The court ruled 8 to 0 that local zoning laws are not unconstitutional solely because they tend to exclude minorities and low income groups. It sent Arlington Heights back to appeals to assess Fair Housing Act violations while keeping impact as a factor, not the sole measure.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Arlington Heights
Ill
Powell
Appeals Court
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr
John Paul Stevens
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