Interior backs Alaska oil pipeline with strict safeguards
The Interior Department released a two year study urging that a Prudhoe Bay to Valdez pipeline proceed despite environmental risks. It cites oil for national security and imposes strict construction and monitoring rules to limit ecological costs amid ongoing hearings and a court injunction.
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Washington
Interior Department
Alaska
Arctic
United States
Department
Interior
Council On Environmental Quality
Prudhoe Bay
Arctic North Slope
Valdez
Prince William Sound
Vermont Governor Davis unveils six point economic plan
Gov Deane C Davis announced a six point program to stimulate Vermont’s economy and curb rising unemployment. He urged unified action by public and private sectors and proposed an economic development coordinating committee to recruit business and align agencies. The plan also includes welfare tightening, a ten year 50 million bonding program for sewage treatment, and expanded tax relief for seniors.
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Montpelier
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Legislative Assembly
Vermont
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
Burlington GE to lay off 250 more workers by March
UPI reports General Electric in Burlington will cut 250 jobs by end of March, reducing staff to about 2,450. Officials cite federal defense spending cuts as the main cause. GE's James Dempsey notes a diversification program may not affect employment until 1972 at earliest amid land-use tax changes and government reorganization efforts.
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Burlington
UPI
General Electric
James Dempsey
Janeway urges GOP to dump Agnew as VP pick
Vermont Republican Edward G. Janeway, longtime national committeeman, calls for a vice presidential candidate other than Spiro Agnew in 1972. He cites Sens. Baker Packwood and Percy as possible partners with Nixon and urges a broader, non sectional GOP image for the election year.
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Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Robert W. Packwood
R-Ore
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Richard M. Nixon
Janeway
Washington
Vermont
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Rohio
GOP Committee Views Split On Agnew Nomination And Nixon Run
National Committee members in Washington report a near split on renominating Vice President Agnew in 1972 while most expect Nixon to seek a second term. Sen. Robert J. Dole is widely supported to replace Rep. Rogers Morton as national committee chair.
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UPI
Republican National Committee
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Full
National Committee
Dole
Rep
Rogers C.B. Morton
Maryland
Interior
GOP
Agnew
Power line threatens famed panoramic view
Worcester Vermont photo spot faces disruption as Green Mountain Power builds a line to serve a new home. Local state highway employee Sheldon Miller seeks rerouting or compensation, citing the site as a recognized scenic landmark. Legal avenues prove limited, with a pending push to repeal a 75 year old rights of way law as public pressure grows.
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Worcester
UPI
Winooski
Green Mountains
Green Mountain Power Co
Sheldon Miller
State Highway Department
State Development Department
Vermont
Miller
Power Company
State Environmental Board
State Public Service Board
Jonathan Brownell
Montpelier
Brownell
John Q
Inside Mankiewicz Braden column on unemployment totals
The Inside The Mankiewicz Braden column argues the unemployment count omits many out of work residents. An editorial calls for more candor to address the YMCA issue. Environmental Commission delays CVPS power line decision in Windall. A new ski column appears, and a Lombardi memorial film recommendation advises bringing a handkerchief before the Super Bowl.
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Environmental Commission
CVPS
Windall
Supreme Court strikes down two federal obscene mail laws
The Supreme Court unanimously invalidated two federal laws controlling obscene material in mail. The decision, led by Justice Brennan, upheld lower court rulings that the statutes violated freedom of expression. The cases involved Tony Rizzi in Los Angeles and a Book Bin distributor in Atlanta, with specific magazines named.
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Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
William J. Brennan Jr
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Hugo L. Black
Brennan
North Hollywood
Tony Rizzi
Bookbin
BSD Boards Avoid Teacher Salaries in Negotiations
Bennington School District and Mt. Anthony Union High School boards met with little agenda beyond negotiations. Mt. Anthony favors not discussing teacher salaries while BSD aims to hold line on base pay despite living cost increases. Tension rises as leverage shifts between districts under public scrutiny. A separate Vermont Yankee nuclear plant hearing was announced in Vermont by the Atomic Energy Commission after lawmakers pressed for review.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Stephen H. Gilman
Gilman
BSD
Richard A. Sleeman
Sleeman
William F.D. Smith
Washington
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
George D. Aiken
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Aiken
Commission
Winston L. Prouty
Blount to stay on job as Postal Service boss
Washington United Press International reports that Winton M. Blount will remain as postmaster general and board chair of the new semi independent U.S. Postal Service. Blount, age 49, retains a $60,000 salary as the nine member board elected him at its second meeting. The next meeting on January 26 is expected to discuss raising first class stamps from 6 to 8 cents and a 33 1/3 percent increase in other postal rates.
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Blount
Postal Service
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Leo O’brien
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Sion
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United Press International
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Mankiewicz-Braden
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Gigi
Golden Girls
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AEC
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