Buckley bill backs wholesale tax on nonreturnable containers
Vermont Senate panel unanimously supports a Buckley bill to tax non returnable containers at wholesale. The plan aims to raise about 1 million dollars for anti litter and cleanup programs with funds directed by the administration. Buckley and Jones note possible passage by finance panel and plan to drop strict use directives.
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Senate
Buckley
Jones
Senate Finance Committee
House
No town referendum on billboard issue
Bennington Selectmen rejected a special referendum vote on compensation for billboards removed under the 1968 Riehle law. They will not place the article on the warning, deferring to the Travel Information Council for guidelines. Critics argued referendums disrupt the state’s chain of command and seek to pressure Gov. Davis and TIC.
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March
Bennington
Travel Information Council
TIC
Norton Barber
Edward Frasier
Gilroy
Deane C. Davis
John Stone
Barber
Windham County
Vermont Roadside Council
Gov. Davis
Selectmen
West Coast shippers ban movement of military cargo
West Coast Shippers imposed a ban on all military cargo including guns and ammunition for the Vietnam War to spur a settlement in the ongoing longshoremen’s strike. The order affects shipments along the West Coast and signals intensified efforts to end the labor dispute quickly.
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San Francisco
UPI
The
Vietnam
Vermont Abortion Law Urged To Clear Gray Areas
Attorney General James Jeffords told the Vermont House Judiciary Committee that an abortion reform measure is needed to clarify gray areas in state law after a Vermont Supreme Court ruling limited application. The panel weighed provisions permitting abortions up to 12 weeks, with exceptions for incest, health risks to the mother, or fetal abnormalities, amid concerns the bill must survive court tests. Meanwhile, Pacific maritime talks noted ships diverted to Vancouver and Ensenada as ILWU strike precedents and port strain affected military cargo movement and sea lift plans.
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Bunting
Jeffords
House
Judiciary Committee
John Hancock
R-Hardwick
Pacific Maritime Association
Vancouver
B.C
Ensenada
Mexico
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
PMA
Vermont Unemployment Rate Rises to 7.8 Percent
Vermont’s insured unemployment rate climbed to 7.8 percent last week, the highest in nearly a year, with 9,175 people filing for benefits. The rate matches the peak not seen since February 13, 1971. Brattleboro at 3.2 percent and Bennington at 8.0 percent.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
Brattleboro
Bennington
State protests 18 percent CVPS rate hike
Vermont attorney general and Middlebury attorney protest an 18 percent rate increase by Central Vermont Public Service Corp. as inconsistent with federal price guidelines. They filed with the Wage Price Stabilization Board after CVPS began charging the higher rates, arguing the increase is not needed for adequate service.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Middlebury
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Rutland
James Jeffords
Chester Ketcham
Wage Price Stabilization Board
Central Vermont
Public Service Board
Jeffords
Honest industry report worries some selectmen
Three of six Bennington Selectmen described as inaccurate a report on potential industrial land in Bennington by the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission. They argued the report overstates floodplain issues and prices, while J. Duncan Campbell defended the commission’s work as honest and not a sales tool.
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Bennington
Bennington County
BCRPC
Hugh Henry
University of Pennsylvania
Jerome
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
Edward Frasier
Simson
J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
Regional Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Inside A New Hampshire suit tests property tax for school budgets
The article discusses a New Hampshire case challenging property tax as the funding basis for school budgets, highlighting potential impacts on local finance and education funding structures. It outlines the constitutional or legal questions likely to be resolved through the suit.
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New Hampshire
Bennington Rescue Squad
Jeffords
Billboard
John Page
Vermont
Nixon unveils get tough policy on expropriation
President Nixon declared a tough policy against governments that seize private American property without compensation. He said the United States may withhold new bilateral benefits and veto loans from multilateral banks, urging developing nations to welcome foreign investment. The four page White House statement cited Chile and Pakistan as context, though no nations were named as targets.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
United States
World Bank
White House
Chile
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Nationa
U.S
FDIC approves $60 million loan for Detroit Bank Commonwealth
The FDIC approved a $60 million emergency loan to Detroit's Bank Commonwealth to avert closure. Depositors are protected up to $20,000. The bank faced multi-year losses and heavy indebtedness tied to Donald H Parsons's group, with Chase Manhattan foreclosing last year.
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FDIC
Detroit Bank
Detroit
UPI
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bank of the Commonwealth
Frank Wille
Commonwealth
Wille
Michigan
Donald H. Parsons
Parsons
Parsons Group
New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Bill moves to return deer control to Fish and Game Board
The Senate Natural Resources Committee approved a bill to restore control of the state deer herd to the Fish and Game Board. It heads to the Senate floor after removing a House provision delaying an antlerless deer season until next January.
Two youths charged in Chicago water poisoning plot
Two college youths Alan Schwandner and Steven Pera faced conspiracy to murder charges over a plan to poison Chicago water with typhoid bacteria. Bond set at 250000 each. Officials called the scheme harebrained and noted Lake Michigan’s vast supply would hinder such an attack.
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Chicago
UPI
Alan Schwandner
Steven Pera
Evanson
Richard J. Daley
James B. Conlisk Jr
James W. Jardine
Far North Side
Jardine
Lake Michigan
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Governor's Committee On Children and Youth
Wright
Montpelier Tavern
Mt. Anthony
Robert McWaters
Charles W. Keir
Paul Fairfield
Drysdale
Bill
Department and Fish and Game Board
General Assembly
Hanrahan
Rise
Schwandner and
Pera
Illinois
Conlisk
Lake Front
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