Marines promise ecological protection during Maine park invasion
Conservationists protest amphibious exercises at Reid State Park planned for January with 900 Marines. Marine Maj Gen Michael P Ryan says landing party will avoid beach, trees, dunes and marshes, and use chemical toilets to safeguard ecology during Operation Snowy Beach starting January 17 with landings on January 22.
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UPI
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Ryan
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Herbert R. Coursen Jr
Bowdoin College
Edmund S. Muskie
Audubon Society
Park Service
Adm
Hadden Jr
Hadden
Navy Air Wings
Kenneth M. Curtis
Bath Iron Works
Navy
Environmental Improvement Commission
Stuart
Atlantic Coast drilling plans prompt public input pledge
Interior Secretary Rogers C. Morton pledged consultations with Atlantic Coast states before any offshore oil and gas lease sales. He outlined three potential Atlantic sites 30 to 200 miles offshore and said significant production would take seven to ten years. Morton's comments followed a governors conference addressing public hearings and comments before decisions.
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UPI
Atlantic
Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Morton
United States
Tribute to Mamie Ogden at Landgrove Camp Life
A Letter to The Banner honors Mamie Ogden who died on Christmas Day at her Landgrove home. She ran a 27 year summer camp, hosted children in a warm social home, helped residents with daily needs, and created a real country life atmosphere that inspired the writer and many families.
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Mamie Ogden
Landgrove
Ogden
Mamie
Ogden House
Healdville
Cyril Grant
Scott Nearing
Sam Ogden
Vermont
A.S. Barnes
Weston
Sheafe
Big Sam
New York
Dr. Bigelow
West River
Bowen Forge
Ogden’s
Ogdens
The
J.S. Satterthwaite
Tenafly
N.J
State insurance office seeks no fault queries for readers
The Vermont Personal Protection Plan no fault insurance prompts a public service appeal in The Banner. The State Insurance Office seeks reader questions and comments via a hot line to be answered by officials, then published or forwarded.
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State Insurance Office
Vermont
Leamke
Funeral for Judge Bernard J. Leddy in Burlington
Officials and friends gathered in Burlington for the funeral of U.S. District Court Judge Bernard J. Leddy who died at 61 from a heart attack. Vermont leaders, including Gov. Davis, attended as a nine member House delegation and a Democratic Republican Senate delegation joined the service at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The piece notes Leddy’s long Democratic Party involvement and Burlington law career before his 1966 judicial appointment.
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UPI
U.S. District Court
Bernard J. Leddy
Leddy
Gov. Davis
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Vermont House
Vermont
Senate
Chittenden
Grand Isle
House
State
Democratic Party
Judiciary
Troy civic groups seek hearing venue change on power shift laws
In Troy New York civic groups led by the Chamber of Commerce urge moving hearings on 12 laws that would strip the City Manager of appointment power from the county legislative chambers to Troy High gym to handle expected turnout. The effort includes Jaycees League of Women Voters Junior League of Troy and Troy Retail Council. Police inquiry continues into the shooting of police reporter Tim Holt by officer Thomas Kane with Rensselaer County District Attorney Don Cholakis involved after a partial explanation to City Manager Ralph DeSantis.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ralph DeSantis
County Legislative Chambers
Troy High
The
Jaycees
League of Women Voters
Junior League of Troy
Troy Retail Council
Troy Record
Tim Holt
Thomas Kane
Rensselaer County District
Don G. Cholakis
Ralph A. DeSantis
Cholakis
James W. Doherty
Berkshire inquiry targets Cambridge University links in Williamstown
Williamstown selectmen order a broader investigation into individuals tied to Cambridge University Inc after a routine background check. The probe will begin with the Williamstown Police Department, amid interest in the 122 acre Rhodes farm purchase on Route 7 and the Ecology Center project referenced in South Williamstown.
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Cambridge University Ltd
John X. Davoren
Commonwealth
Joseph L. Levit
Milford
Cambridge University, Inc
Route 7
South
R.F.D
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