Russell proxy votes Byrd to Senate whip position
From his deathbed Senator Richard B. Russell sent a proxy vote that secured Robert C. Byrd the Democratic whip post, defeating Ted Kennedy. The vote, cast by Herman Talmadge just hours before Russell died, kept Byrd in the race after Byrd doubted challenging Kennedy without Russell’s support.
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UPI
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Jennings
Judge Leddy dismisses Mrs. Caron's welfare rights suit
U S District Judge Bernard J. Leddy in Burlington ruled that Vivian Caron of Bennington failed to present federal questions in her challenge to Vermont Social Welfare hearing procedures. The suit, filed with ACLU backing, claimed denial of subpoena and discovery violated constitutional rights, but the judge found no such recognized right applies to welfare fair hearings. The decision ends Caron's bid to overturn the department’s October eligibility ruling.
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Bernard J. Leddy
U.S. District Court
Bennington
Vivian Caron
Vermont Department of Social Welfare
Vermont American Civil Liberties Union
Leddy
Caron
Social Welfare Department
David S. Potter
Welfare Department
Vermont teachers challenge loyalty oath in court
Twelve people including 11 University of Vermont teachers filed a suit against the state loyalty oath. The action, handled by former Gov. Philip Hoff with Vermont ACLU support, argues the oath violates free speech due process and privacy. The oath requires state supported school staff to affirm support for U.S. and state constitutions and laws.
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UPI
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Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
American Civil Liberties Union
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Rockefeller Foundation commits 12 million to population curb
New York The Rockefeller Foundation announced a 12 million program to support basic research on population control. Dr. J George Harrar urged curtailment of birthrates as the century’s overriding problem, outlining grants for basic reproductive biology, university studies, and clinical research at Yale and Rockefeller University.
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yale University
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Foundation
University of Michigan Population Studies Center
Nixon to address Congress on bold domestic program
President Nixon will deliver a 9 p.m. EST State of the Union address before Congress outlining a sweeping domestic reform agenda. He is expected to seek reshaping the federal bureaucracy, welfare reform with a minimum income, revenue sharing with states, national health insurance, and environmental pollution controls, with economy measures to follow in late January and February.
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Aiken rejects delay tactics on Vermont Yankee plant
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont said he will not back opponents who seek to postpone Vermont Yankee's operations. He noted AEC comments on the plant environment report will be published in about a month ahead of a public hearing likely in April or May. The hearing date and location remain undecided. The article covers Aiken’s stance against unwarranted delays and details on the environmental report and regulatory process.
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George D. Aiken
Aiken
AEC
Vermont
Vernon
Vermont Yankee
Irving Lyon
Bennington
Commission
James M. Jeffords
Federal Register
Jeffords
Raymond S. Puffer
Vernon Selectmen
Erma Puffer
Lee Aiken
Newsmen in bitter dispute with U S command over Cambodia Laos info
Reporters covering Indochina war clash with U S command over release of information on Cambodia and Laos operations. Officials cite national security and military needs while acknowledging political considerations and limited confirmation of in-country advisement and air support.
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Laos
Davis rejects restoring Health Board powers in Vermont
Gov. Deane C. Davis will not seek legislative restoration of the Vermont Health Board’s regulatory authority, shifting powers to the new Human Services Agency. Attorney General James Jeffords confirmed the board retains only quasi judicial and advisory roles while health officials lament lost environmental controls. The board approved a court order blocking open burning at dumps in Stowe Canaan and Hartland for State Lumber Co. It also urged restoring $125,000 for cancer research funds cut from the 1971 budget.
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UPI
Deane C. Davis
Vermont Health Board
Human Services Agency
James Jeffords
State Board of Health
Secretary of Human Services
Jeffords
Robert B. Aiken
Vermont
Stowe
Canaan
Hartland
State Lumber
Inside Chronicles and Bennington In Brief
Inside Ellen Cronan Rose guides readers to cook Ragu Bolognese and pronouncing it. Tony Lewis recalls an inaugural a decade ago and 1000 days of hopeful times. A letter warns of a spending spree in Bennington officialdom. Monument Avenue in Old Bennington preserves 70 years of serene grace in then and now pictures. Area basketball teams enter a dogfight in tonight's crosshatch games.
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Tony Lewis
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Old Bennington
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