Nixon Proposes 229.2 Billion Budget To Spur Growth
President Nixon sent Congress a 229.2 billion dollar budget with an 11.6 billion deficit aiming for full employment without war or runaway inflation. The plan hinges on revenue sharing, higher payroll taxes to fund Social Security, and continued withdrawal from Indochina with Navy emphasis and future welfare reform.
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UPI
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Nixon seeks two year draft extension and army pay boost
Nixon asks Congress to extend the draft two years and authorize 1.5 billion dollars to reduce calls to zero while expanding pay. Senate chair John C. Stennis doubts a volunteer army soon. Rep. Hebert calls it utopian. New pay raises raise enlisted and junior ranks, with E2 to 229.90, E3 and E4 to 244.20 and 305.10 respectively.
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UPI
Nixon
Congress
John C. Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Stennis
Senate
Hebert
Roger Kelly
Kelly
Bennington Democrats Nominate Local Officials At Large
Bennington caucus results show 60 attendees approving at large nominations for selectmen while district voters elect by district. Nominations include Fred Baker Jr and Kennon Morse in District 31, Paul Sheridan in 3-2, Gloria Gil in 3-3 with Edward Frasier, and Dr. Richard Sleeman as sister candidate, amid a ducked slate for moderator town clerk and treasurer.
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Fred Baker Jr
Kennon Morse
J. Duncan
Gloria Gil
Gil
McCall St
Edward Frasier
Republicans Nominate Candidates at Bennington Town Caucus
Republicans gathered in the Bennington County Courthouse nominating J C Jerome and J Duncan Campbell for one and two year selectmen posts in District 31. Ormal Pierce was named for District 32 two-year seat while a clash over District 33 produced Charles E Dewey III and John Stone Jr as contenders before Stone won 28 to 23 and Dewey took the two year post. Norton Barber was chosen moderator, Mary Hodeck town clerk, and Alma Langlois treasurer. the effort to fill the three year sister post failed with John J DeVito stepping aside for the executive committee to choose a candidate.
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Bouyant
Bennington
Ormal Pierce
Board of Selectmen
Village of
Selectman
GOP
Charles E. Dewey III
John Stone Jr
Hall
Alma Langlois
James Cross
Stone
Dewey
Selectmen
Norton Barber
Mary Hodeck
Langlois
John J. DeVito
John H. Williams II
Sister
Francis J. Hogan
Richard A. Sleeman
Board of Sisters
DeVito
New England Power Shortage Sparks Regional Blackout Fears
A Massachusetts and Connecticut plant breakdowns trigger a regional power emergency in New England. Utilities including Central Vermont Public Service implement a 5 percent voltage reduction as lights dim across the area, marking the worst shortage since the 1965 blackout.
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N.E
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Power dimout and Vermont notices amid New England shutdowns
Readers learn of a regional power curtailment after Millstone Point Nuclear Plant shutdowns and fuel intake clogging caused by seaweed. Utility officials cite voluntary conservation, with CVPS reports of voltage drops and affected rural areas as subzero temperatures strain availability. Page 12 continues.
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New London
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Charles R. Bragg
Atlantic Ocean
Millstone Point Station
Long Island Sound
Waterford
New England
Rutland
Lowre
Bennington
CVPS
Nixon seeks funds for Vermont flood control projects
President Nixon asked Congress in his 1972 budget to approve 575000 dollars for operation of five flood control systems and one navigational facility in Vermont. The request covers 200000 for Ball Mountain Dam 100000 for North Springfield Lake 90000 for Union Village Dam 75000 for North Hartland plus 20000 for Lake Champlain navigational maintenance. The budget also includes 23 million for a northeastern U S water supply survey covering New York Connecticut Delaware Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Virginia and West Virginia.
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Rhode Island
Virginia
West Virginia
Rockefeller defends costly Albany South Mall project
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller at a news conference defended the high cost of the South Mall, insisting the project could be the nation’s greatest development in a century. He said an added 127 million is needed to cover delays, with total cost rising toward 800 million, and noted bond plans of 850 million while blaming site delays and mud removal for contractor hold ups.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
South Mall
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Center
Clinton
Dewey
Albany County
Heart of
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Fair and Equitable
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Little Guy
Robert E. Keough
North Bennington
David Scribner
Tom Wicker
BROC
Pownal
Town Meeting
No. 1
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Arlington Eagles
Poultney Page
John F. Lowre
Daniel Walden
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