ACLU sues Vermont Welfare Dept over fair hearing rights
The Vermont ACLU charges the Department of Social Welfare and Commissioner Betit with unconstitutional hearing procedures in the case of Mrs Vivian Caron. The suit seeks a declaratory judgment and a temporary restraining order to prevent reclassification or aid termination until constitutionality is resolved. The action names board chair Luther Hackett and hearing officer William Griffin and cites Caron as a lead Welfare Rights organizer with four children and ANFDC aid.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Vermont Department of Social Welfare
Joseph E. Betit
U.S. District Court
Burlington
ACLU
Bennington
Vivian Caron
Caron
Betit
Department
Vermont House warns town education costs hit by local taxes
Vermont communities face higher local property tax bills as state funding stays at 1971 levels. House Education Chairman Henry Carse says increasing school funding must come from locals, with state aid limited to towns above average pupil growth and arguing overall costs require more state money if growth accelerates.
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Power rate hike sparks school board protest in Brattleboro
Brattleboro hearing on CVPS proposed 19 percent electric rate increase drew about 30 people. School leaders blamed sales pitches for funding a new union high school and warned higher power costs would raise tuition and hurt local industry. Additional hearings planned in St Albans and Rutland as bond-backed delays allow March 2 implementation.
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Brattleboro
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State Public Service Board
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
St. Albans
Rutland
PSB
Ernest W. Gibson III
Richard D. Blazer
Leland and Gray Union
Townshend
Vermont State School Directors Association
Kenneth LaPlante
New Union High School
Blaze
LaPlante
Vermont
Nixon to seek broad pollution powers from Congress
President Nixon plans to ask Congress for wide powers to tax polluting industries and ban unrestricted dumping into oceans. The move, described by CEQ chief Train, will be a central element of this year’s domestic program and apply to American firms abroad. The speech circulated in advance to attendees at an Atlantic Council pollution conference.
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UPI
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Atlantic Alliance
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EPA to start suits against herbicides and DDT
The EPA, under a court order, will begin next week cancellation proceedings for DDT and the herbicide 2 4 5 T and start a 60 day review to ban interstate sales pending outcomes. The court directed action after a suit by four environmental groups.
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Schenectady GE plans $9.2 million expansion
General Electric officials outlined two major Schenectady plant expansions totaling 9.2 million dollars. The foundry department project at 2.5 million and a 6.7 million gas turbine development laboratory were announced, with a proposed Merrimack New Hampshire facility for stator frame machining expected to employ about 100 people.
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UPI
General Electric Co
Schenectady
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Chamber of Commerce
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Merrimack
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Vermont Governor Backs Spiro Agnew for VP and 1976
Gov. Deane C. Davis of Vermont said he supports Spiro T. Agnew as the Republican vice presidential candidate for the upcoming year and as a potential presidential hopeful in 1976. He criticized Sen. Ed ward G. Janeway for advocating another choice and praised Agnew for his sincerity and willingness to stand up, noting Agnew's appeal to the middle independent. Davis also affirmed that Agnew is presidential material for 1976.
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DuPont complains after Racing Board ouster in Vermont
Former Winooski mayor Edmund DuPont accuses Gov. Deane Davis of breaking a promise to reappoint him to the Vermont Pari mutuel Racing Commission. Davis says he offered the post on recommendations and commitments, but changed course after DuPont supported the governor's opponent Leo O'Brien. DuPont learned of the Blanchard appointment from TV news and says Davis did not inform him directly.
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Davis
DuPont
Leo O’brien
Blanchard
Weather Outlook: Cold with Light Snow Flurries Today
Cloudy and cool with variable clouds and occasional snow flurries today. Highs in the teens. Tonight remains cold with lows around zero. Sunday stays mostly sunny but cold, with teens again.
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