Kennedy calls for more home building in Vermont
Vermont House Speaker Walter L. Kennedy wowed Southern Vermont home builders at their annual dinner by endorsing extensive development and more vacation homes. He urged a pro development stance, praised commerce and profit, and outlined legislative issues while joking with the audience. Kennedy, a Chelsea Republican, is among four names mentioned as possible governors. he also advocated repealing Gov. Salmon's capital gains tax on sales.
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Manchester
Walter L
Kennedy
R-35
Chelsea
Vermont
Southern Vermont Home Builders Association
Avalanche
Quebec Lakes
Orange County
John S. Burgess
Brattleboro
James M. Jeffords
Montpelier
Franklin S. Billings
Woodstock
House
Walter
al Morrison
Kissinger plans troop separation meeting in Aswan
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger outlined a plan to separate Egyptian and Israeli troops to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Aswan. Sadat expressed thanks for the effort as Cairo indicated satisfaction with a total Israeli pullback from the Suez Canal to the Sinai in exchange for American security guarantees.
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United Press International
Henry A. Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Nile River
Aswan
Sadat
UPI
Maurice Guindi
Suez Canal
Sinai Desert
Israel
Salmon weighs gasoline tax hike in budget talk
Gov Thomas P Salmon plans budget proposals this week with hints of a possible gasoline tax increase. Republicans warn against tax rises while Salmon defends potential new taxes as part of a broader energy and land use dispute. The legislative agenda includes an emergency energy powers bill, debates over state land sales at Groton Pond, and a push for a statewide bottle recycle program.
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House
Groton Pond
Senate
Salmon
Gerald Morse
Caledonia County
Welching
Martin Johnson
State House
Johnson
Senate Judiciary Committee
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Buckley
House Natural Resources Committee
Vermont
Thomas Bluto
Knotty Pine
New Englander Motor Inn
Kirkside Motel
Greenbrier Motel
Darling
Pressing Middle East talks and Watergate subpoenas unfold
In Cairo Kissinger reassures Egypt that troop disengagement will not freeze the canal situation while Egypt rejects Israeli demands on belligerency pledge future attacks troop limits and free canal passage. In Washington Chief Counsel Dash pushes renewed Watergate hearings seeking access to hundreds of White House tapes and materials despite Nixon White House resistance. The court case on Dean tapes continues as legal issues loom.
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Cairo
al Gomhouria
Egypt
Kissinger
Israel
East Bank
Washington
UPI
Samuel Dash
Senate Watergate Committee
Cash
Congress
White House
Nixon
John W. Dean
Watergate Committee
Impeachment Debate Dominates Weekend News Coverage
In a CBS Face the Nation interview Attorney General Saxbe predicted the impeachment issue could stretch to the end of Nixon's term, about three years, as national and world crises persist. White House aides call Nixon determined to weather Watergate while weeks ahead are crucial. The Watergate committee plans moves after Congress returns. State's Attorney Moss weighs criminal charges in a fatal Shaftsbury crash near Bennington County Humane Society, involving Milton Blum and Arlington resident Alfred Torrisi.
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House
Nixon
CBS
Face the Nation
William B. Saxbe
White House
Watergate Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Neil S. Moss
Milton R. Blum
Yonkers
N.Y
Arlington
Alfred F. Torrisi
Moss
Shaftsbury
Bennington County Humane Society
Torrisi
Blum
Charles Blum
Blums
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Albany
N.Y.) Medical Center
Albany Hospital
Americans end 1973 with lower purchasing power
A congressional study concludes average American families lost about 1 percent of purchasing power in 1973 as inflation and higher taxes outpaced wage gains. A middle budget family of four spent $1,168 more to hold 1972 living standards, with food up $502 and Social Security taxes up $150. The report warns 1974 may see further price rises and higher unemployment.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate Economic Committee
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Judges recommend Agnew be disbarred in Maryland ruling
A three judge panel unanimously urged former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew be disbarred, finding he deliberately failed to report nearly $30,000 of taxable income on his 1967 federal return. Agnew resigned the vice presidency on October 10 after a federal income tax evasion plea.
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Annapolis
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Maryland Bar Association
Inside Restaurant fundraiser for Rescue Squad noted
Columnist Gerald Raftery discusses the Nazis of the Left. TRB comments on Watergate backlash against incumbents. Tom Braden considers the fate of the private college. Hudson Valley CC will offer courses in Hoosick Falls. Stoves produced in Bennington. Patriots stay unbeaten in league play. Athlete of Month nominations collected across sections.
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Gerald Raftery
TRB
Politicos
Tom Braden
Hudson Valley Community College
Hoosick Falls
Bennington
Patriots
Gas shortage hurts Bennington tourist trade and real estate
A Banner survey shows Bennington motels restaurants and realtors losing business due to gas fuel oil and snow shortages. Motels report December declines from 9 to 75 percent with total losses around 15000. Realtors cite Act 250 and tight credit along with gas shortages. officials note sharp drops in out of state buyers and about 65 to 80 percent declines in some firms.
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Jan Slusmon
Bennington
Bluto
Joseph Caracciola
R-31
Montpelier
Caracciola
John J. Mulligan
D-47
Castleton
Rutland County
George D. Aiken
Aiken
Windham County
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Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
Sinai
Ismail Fahmi
Mohammed Gammassy
Ellsworth C. Bunker
Geneva
Joseph J. Sisco
Middle East
Ohio
Mansfield
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