Orr outlines Vermont energy plan and gasoline regulation
Pownal Vermont special assistant to the governor on energy affairs Forrest Orr told Bennington County Regional Commission that starting Feb 1 the state will regulate gasoline like heating fuel under new federal rules. He cited storage, supply tracking, and possible temporary seizure of closed stations to protect rural areas while pursuing multiple storage and conservation measures.
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Pownal
Forrest Orr
Bennington County
Orr
Vermont
Banker urges Vermont can seize 1974 as year of reality and growth
John Hunter Jr. of Vermont National Bank told the Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce that 1974 offers opportunity through energy crisis lessons and a return to the reality principle. He urged removing the 7 percent cap on home mortgage loans to help Vermonters own homes, noting a thinner crowd due to the weak economy, but optimism for a stronger, more rational economy ahead and Vermont leadership in crisis recovery.
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Vermont National Bank
John Hunter Jr
Greater Bennington
VNB
America
Vermont
Father of six dies in fire in Petersburg
Raymond Harrison 39, father of six, died when fire destroyed his home on Taconic Trail Route 2 Petersburg. He reentered to fetch water from a kitchen sink as the blaze started in a wood stove. Fire units from Berlin and Grafton battled flames until 8:30 pm after pumping water from the Little Hoosick River. Three Harrison children escaped. one Petersburg firefighter injured.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Raymond Harrison
Harrison
Specialty Insulation Mfg
Hoosick Falls
Rolland Hewitt
Berlin
Grafton
Little Hoosick River
Mountain Road
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Pownal
Alfred Moon
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Israel and Egypt sign Suez disengagement pact at Kilometer 101
Israel and Egypt signed a disengagement agreement at Kilometer 101 on the Cairo Suez road to separate forces along the Suez Canal. Kissinger announced pursuit of a Syria-Israel pact, with Sadat and Nixon aides present. The U N witnessed, with five days of talks to implement, 40 days to remove troops, and Geneva talks to resume for a broader peace.
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Kilometer 101
Cairo-Suez
Suez Canal
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Syria
Kissinger
Aswan
Jerusalem
Anwar Sadat
Golan Heights
Middle East
United States
Egypt
Sadat
Damascus
Nixon
David Elazar
Mohammed Gmassy
Ensio Siilasouo
U.N
White House
U.S
Jaworski presses FBI probe into Nixon tape erasures
Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski said he asked the FBI to investigate the erasure of a June 20, 1972 tape after experts testified the gap resulted from a series of hand erasures. He said if the FBI finds potential information the President might hold, Nixon could be asked to provide it. White House officials pledged cooperation.
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Washington
UPI
Leon Jaworski
FBI
Nixon
Jaworski
White House
H. R. Haldeman
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Tf An
Gerald L. Warren
Senate Watergate Committee
Declining SAT scores at Mt Anthony raise alarm
Mt Anthony Union High School reports five years of falling SAT results, echoing a decade-long national slide. The College Board notes national verbal averages dropped from 478 to 445 and math from 502 to 481 over ten years. Mt Anthony data show even steeper declines, with 1962-63 verbal 471 and math 493, compared to later years.
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John Leaning
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
College Board Program
Educational Testing Service
Princeton
N.J
College Board
Mt.anthony
Pownal To Try Again For Zoning
Pownal faces another zoning vote as residents weigh development around U S Route 7. The town, Vermonts only without zoning, has long rejected ordinances amid concerns over mobile homes, housing, and the parimutuel tracks impact. A hearing before Town Meeting closes the year’s review, with coverage by Pamela Blakeman on Page 6.
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Pownal
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
Bennington County
Green Mountain
Pamela Blakeman
Nixon tapes show blank spots in recollections
Federal court heard that two of President Nixon’s dictation recollections of Watergate talks contain midsentence blank spaces. Assistant prosecutor Ben-Veniste and White House counsel Buzhardt cited 57 seconds and 38 seconds of silence. Sirica’s courtroom was crowded for the hearing.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Watergate
Richard Ben-Veniste
White House
J. Fred Buzhardt
U.S
John J. Sirica
Ben-Veniste
Buzhardt
John W. Dean
John N. Mitchell
Sirica
Ben Veniste
Inside New England energy survives cold wave analysis
Page references show regional energy resilience amid a cold snap with detailed commentary on supply and demand. The phrasing notes potential shortages and how fuel stocks, generation capacity, and regional grids may cope during severe winter conditions.
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New England
Karen Fortney
Nicholas von Hoffman
Arlington
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Banker
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