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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1970
Page
5
Washington sources say a presidential task force will propose scrapping the oil import quota system in favor of tariffs. The plan aims to shield domestic prices, setting tariffs high enough to limit any price drop at the pump to a relatively small amount.
Gov. Kenneth M. Curtis, addressing Nixon, says he is deeply disturbed by reports that an oil import tariff plan could raise home heating oil prices in New England. He cautions a $3 to $3.10 per barrel tariff would be inflationary and hinder price relief, noting a $2.50 tariff could be fair.
About 40 demonstrators occupy MIT President Howard W Johnson's offices in Cambridge after breaking in with a ram. They seek amnesty, end to defense research, no GE recruiters, and abolition of the faculty-student discipline committee, with MIT faculty urging discipline but no police action.
Police officers and ghetto leaders from Wilmington Delaware terminated their three week Outward Bound program at Dartmouth College a week early. They left due to cold weather and a lack of willingness to stay in the wilderness for 20 days focusing on communication and addressing black white tensions in Delaware.
Senator Thomas J. McIntyre proposes a measure to bar owners with five or more newspapers from acquiring more papers and to prohibit owning a radio or television station in the same metro area. He cites rapid chain expansion and high newspaper ownership in TV markets, urging sale timelines and amendments to antitrust exemptions tied to joint operating agreements.
In Boston Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, said new car air pollution devices fail to meet federal standards. He noted no enforcement actions against auto makers and claimed cars run about 11,000 miles before degrading below limits. He described pollution of air water and soil as environmental violence in regional rivers.
Negotiators from General Electric and the International Union of Electrical Workers met secretly in New York as mayors from 34 cities urged 24 hour negotiations. No progress details were reported. The 12 week strike has affected local economies in multiple urban areas.
The New England Governors Conference urged President Nixon to keep the NASA Electronics Research Center in Cambridge open, warning its closure would harm regional research and technology industries. The $30 million center will close in June due to federal budget cuts, signaling broad economic impact beyond immediate jobs and contracts.
Vermont townsmen rejected the police union demand for a base 140 a week salary with automatic annual increments to 180. They also proposed cutting the workweek to 40 hours, adding three staff, and accepting a 10 percent raise from current pay. A Jan. 22 decision date was set.
At a Capital District Regional Planning Commission meeting in Albany, discussion covered a potential 30 000 seat multi sport stadium in Colonie and a 2000 acre “new town” project south of Troy by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Assemblyman Field Jr urged a no cost feasibility study to spur regional growth. ALBANY The state legislative committee recommended against jailing union leaders who call strikes, saying it inflames martyr status and that strikes remain illegal. The panel urged lifting barriers to agency or closed shop talks and said the law’s main flaw is lack of legislative recognition.
Adams officials named seven townspeople to form the towns first Conservation Commission. Appointees include William H Hoffman Attorney John I Curtin Nancy E Peterson Mrs Julian F Payne Robert J Sirard Donald G Blanchette and Laurie J King. The panel will aid the state DNR by protecting or developing park and recreation lands with authority to spend 75 percent federal and state funds.
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