Leahy backs rationing and solar power in energy plans
Vermont senator Patrick Leahy urges oil import cuts and rationing as alternatives to Ford's tariff. He favors 20 mpg cars, high gasoline prices with coupons, and robust solar power support. He defends reopening the Ponce shooting file and rejects secrecy, stressing long term needs for future generations.
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Ford
Leahy
Congress
Vermont
Chittenden County
Ponce
Burlington
Leah
U.S
Patrick J. Leahy
Obituaries for Lola Galusha Harold Elliott and Ora Joslin
Obituary notices report Lola B Galusha 88 of Shaftsbury died Friday at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Survived by daughter Charlotte and son Warren with grandchildren. services Sunday 2 p.m. Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery and family plot. Also notes Harold B Elliott funeral services and Masonic lodge involvement in Arlington. Ora A Joslin of East Dorset died Friday at Eden Park Nursing Home after long illness. Survived by wife Wilma, son Fay, daughter Edith, seven grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center with prior calling hours Sunday evening. Donations may go to Manchester Rescue Squad.
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Lola B. Galusha
West Mountain Road
Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Horace M. Galusha
Old Greenwich
Conn
Henry
Brundage
Connecticut
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Missionary Alliance Church
Funeral Home Office
Harold B. Elliott
Sunderland
Hanson-Walbridge
Arlington
Red Mountain Lodge No. 63
F&am
Ora A. Joslin
East Dorset
Eden Park
Rutland
Jonesville
Mich
Charles E
Harriet
Sara) Joslin
Wilma Clayton Joslin
Fay E. Joslin
Bennington
Harry E
Edith) Kristiansen Sr
Manchester
Joslin
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Manchester Rescue Squad
Oil industry promotes offshore New England drilling
Four major oil company executives briefed New Hampshire officials on offshore exploration along the New England coast within 18 months. The briefing at the state house was the first in New England, with Gov. Meldrim Thomson and Federal Energy Administration regional head Robert Mitchell in attendance.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New England
American Petroleum Institute
Oil
Trade Association
The
Petroleum Institute
Virginia
New Jersey
Maryland
New Hampshire
State House
Meldrim Thomson
Thomson
Scotland
North Sea
Aristotle Onassis
Olympic
Seacoast
Federal Energy Administration
Robert Mitchell
Mitchell
Thomson Administration
Herman Loeb
Pennzoil
Houston
Southern Oil
Two Bennington funerals mark losses at Putnam Hospital
The military funeral for Philip V. Roach of Shaftsbury was held at St. John the Baptist Church North Bennington with burial pending in St. John’s Cemetery. The Hawley funeral in Arlington honored Laura Cummings Hawley with entombment pending in Hoosick Falls. Fr Demasi led prayers and wakes. bearers named. Gulf coast oil talk notes environmental risk sharing and offshore lease revenues remain uncertain.
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Philip V. Roach
Holliday Drive
Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
Michael A. Demasi
Mahar & Son
Park Lawn
St. John’s Cemetery
Merton Snow
Lou Levin
Donald Farrar
Richard Borden
Fr. Demasi
Laura Cummings Hawley
Frederick D. Hawley
East Arlington
Bennington
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Arlington
Evergreen Cemetery
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
CVPS rejects hydro project as too costly
SPRINGFIELD Vermont central Vermont Public Service Corp rejected a plan to create a municipally owned hydro electric system as uneconomical due to high costs. The town plans a $57 million bond issue for the dams to be voted at the March town meeting.
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Springfield
UPS
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
East Main Street
Gage
Pleasant Streets
Woodford
Francis Knapp
Lawrence Knapp
Branch St
East Coach Aerotechnical School
Hanscom Air Field
Boston
Mass
Mt Anthony Union board to take stand on budget
Mt Anthony Union High School board will be asked Monday to state support or opposition to the proposed 3.26 million 1975 1976 budget. Supt Sleeman said each of the 11 members will be asked to reveal their position, with plans to discuss contingency options and alternatives if the budget fails.
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MAU
Mt. Anthony Union High School
George A. Sleeman
Banner
Sleeman
Clarence Pelkie
Jonathan Durand
Leading banks cut prime rate to 9 1/2 percent
United Press International reports the nations top banks lowered their prime rate for the third straight week as the Federal Reserve eases policy to fight recession. Bank of America and First City National Bank of New York cut to 9 1/2 percent with other banks following. optimism rose on Wall Street. The Fed aims to spur business loans by cheaper credit and expanded money supply while easing reserve requirements.
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United Press International
Federal Reserve System
Bank of America of
San Francisco
First City National Bank of New York
James J. O’leary
Irving Trust of
New York
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Fed
Brattleboro ex Weatherman faces 1969 Chicago charges
Barry Stein, a former Weather Underground member and Brattleboro native, faces aggravated battery and mob action charges from the Days of Rage riots in Chicago in 1969. He fled after arrest, later surrendered, and is held on bond with a March 7 continuance set. Stein founded a Brattleboro health center and used the alias Danny Wight.
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Brattleboro
Chicago
UPI
Cook County Criminal Court
Barry Stein
The
Weatherman
Stein
William
Martin
Chancellor Craig under fire at Castleton rally
Vermont State Colleges Chancellor William G. Craig faces protests over his plan to reorganize the state colleges and merge with the University of Vermont. About 200 Castleton State College students marched with candles, rallying around a bonfire to oppose the proposals amid talks of budget constraints and cost cuts.
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Craig
Castleton
Burlington
UPI
Vermont State Colleges
William G. Craig
University of Vermont
Castleton State College
State Colleges Board of Trustees
Johnson State College
Lyndon State College and Technical College
Vermont Technical College
Randolph
Vermont Community College
State Colleges
Franklin County dairy prices spark farmer consumer meeting
More than 500 farmers and consumers gathered in St. Albans to press the need for higher federal milk prices to avert economic ruin for dairymen. Franklin County Milk Coordinating Committee organized the event to raise consumer awareness of dairy industry troubles.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Franklin County Milk Coordinating Committee
Leo O’brien
Europe
Obscure federal law may bring school aid for districts
Three districts in the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union may qualify for federal money under an obscure law called the impact act. Louis Axt, director of special education, says the Bennington Woodford and Arlington districts could receive about 200 dollars per eligible child. The main issue remains the total authorization Congress has provided for the law.
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Vermont
Congress
Vermont to transfer prisoners to federal system costs cut
Vermont will sign a two week contract to move state prisoners to federal custody at Windsor. The Bureau of Prisons will charge about half the current Vermont cost of 19 000 per inmate annually, with Windsor housing about 90 prisoners before its June 30 shutdown. Per student grants could reach 20 000 for Bennington and 4 000 to 5 000 for Arlington and Woodford, pending Washington approval expected in June.
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Axt
Bennington
Arlington
Woodford
State Education Department
Washington
Catamount bids top estimates for school work
Three bids for the Catamount Elementary School renovation all exceeded $500000. Pizzano Construction of Pownal bid $578730, Morrissey of Bennington offered $589960, and Granger Construction of North Bennington bid $656860. Superintendent Sleeman aims to negotiate with Britton Associates and seek state financial aid, with a decision expected for the Bennington School District Board late next week.
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Catamount
Pizzano Construction
Pownal
Morrissey
Bennington
Granger Construction
North Bennington
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Photography
Etvestereo
Main Street
N.E
Gulf Coast
Loeb
Atlantic
CVPS
New York Stock Exchange
Franklin County
Bennington Briefs
Community Recreation Center
Gage Street
Napolitano’s Pizzeria
Ben Mont
Sona
E.owers
Jons
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corp
New York Times News
Feds
Windsor
Northside Drive
MART
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