Brown backs standby draft and budget cuts to B1 bomber
Defense Secretary Harold Brown told the Senate Armed Services Committee he favors creating standby draft machinery to enable rapid conscription if needed and is weighing changes to President Ford's defense budget, including possible slower B1 bomber production, with final Carter decisions due next month. He supported Rumsfeld's memo proposing a standby system to replace Selective Service, inherited by Carter as Congress debates draft restoration. Committee Chairman Stennis signaled momentum toward returning to conscription.
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Carter
National Security Council
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Ford Administration
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Congress
John Stennis
Dmiss
Lee Brown
Unease over Arlington sewer plans stirs local debate
Arlington residents and officials debated the proposed 3 million dollar sewerage treatment plant beside the Battenkill River at a December 16 meeting. Selectman George Novotny urged stronger tertiary treatment, while officials weighed EPA funding for final design and potential shifts between centralized and alternative wastewater approaches under federal Water Act provisions. The controversy pits Section 201 guidelines against Section 208 alternatives, with a BCRC review of the funding set for February 3.
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Battenkill River
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Environmental Protection Agency
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MacKenzie
Battenkill
Henry Breunich
Merchants in Bennington rally against New York tax
Eleven Bennington area businesses agreed to hire attorney R Paul Wickes to challenge New York State Tax Department assessments for unpaid sales taxes. The chamber executive director said the Feb 1 deadline is unreasonable and issues remain unresolved. NY agents were in Bennington last week to assess bills for goods shipped to NY residents.
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Bennington Merchants Fear New York Tax Win
Newell says Bennington merchants would owe Vermont tax on out of state sales if ordered to pay New York tax. Griffin case involved. New York asked about $300,000. Vermont handed Griffin records to New York. chamber suspects Vermont hopes for a New York victory to retaliate.
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Young poised for Senate yes as UN ambassador on Vietnam
Rep Andrew Young cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 14 to 0 for U N ambassador confirmation and said Carter would not object to recognizing Vietnam and admitting it to the United Nations. He noted talks with Vance within 60 to 90 days on issues including MIAs, with conditions that Vietnam cooperate and U S satisfaction on missing in action data. Ford administration previously vetoed U N membership for Vietnam.
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UPI
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Senate
U.N
Vietnam
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Carter
United Nations
Cyrus Vance
NBC Today
Mondale vows support of West Berlin during Rome visit
Vice President Walter Mondale arrived in Rome after tours in West Berlin where he viewed the Berlin Wall. He pledged to uphold US commitments to West Berlin with whatever means necessary and stressed Europe’s central role in U.S. foreign policy. Mondale cited Italian heritage Americans and spoke on the significance of Italy to American life.
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UPI
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Levesque assuages investors despite hostile reception in New York
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque spoke in New York to 1750 Economic Club members about independence plans, saying support is growing and a referendum will be prepared. Critics called the speech seditious, pressing Levesque to stress that foreign investment would be welcomed under a future Quebec regime. He cited an "investment code" for sectors open to outsiders, naming banks and media. He warned that national status won’t erase cross border ties with Canada and the United States.
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UPI
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Canada
United States
Levesque
New Jersey approves life support withdrawal guidelines
New Jersey unveils a first in the nation procedure to withdraw life support from comatose patients with no recovery hope. A prognosis committee at each hospital would review cases, with input from physicians, a theologian, and a lawyer, and then allow physicians to withdraw life support with family concurrence if consensus supports the prognosis.
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Alfonso A. Narvaez
N.Y. Times
Trenton
N.J
Karen Anne Quinlan
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State Medical Society
Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
New Jersey Hospital Association
New Jersey State Supreme Court
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