Hearing draws support for nuke control bill
The Vermont House Natural Resources Committee hearing drew strong support for a bill allowing lawmakers to decide on nuclear plant construction, with more than 150 attendees. Opponents argued the complex field should not be left to legislators, while supporters said nuclear power is the best practical energy source and cheaper than coal plants. Attorney General Diamond offered a competing bill favoring expert guidance via a special panel to report to the House.
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M. Jerome Diamond
Diamond
House
Howard S. Lewis
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vermont
Rockefeller cites Hoover refusal spurring CIA spying
Washington reports Vice President Rockefeller told associates that former FBI Director J Edgar Hoover refused to cooperate, leading the CIA to engage in domestic spying at administration insistence. He did not specify whether Johnson or Nixon or both were involved. He spoke at a closed Republican fundraiser in New Vernon New Jersey and to associates in Washington. The commission's report on the CIA is due April 1.
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UPI
Rockefeller
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
CIA
Ford
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
New Vernon
N.J
Commission
Hoover
John Mulliken
New Jersey
Mulliken
Johnson
Nixon
Tom Charles Huston
Nixon Administration
Panel says AEC ignored nuke warnings
The Union of Concerned Scientists alleged the Atomic Energy Commission waited nine months to act on safety problems at 23 nuclear power reactors. A government order shut down similar plants for 20 days to inspect emergency cooling system piping after cracks were found, with UCS and MIT experts warning of potential catastrophic releases.
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Mass
UPI
Union of Concerned Scientists
Atomic Energy Commission
Illinois
Atomic Energy Commission Safety Board
Boston Edison
UCS
Daniel Ford
AEC
Henry Kendall
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Selectmen restore funds and outline budget changes
Bennington selectmen, urged by Town Manager Harold Saunders, added 35000 to highway funding and increased the Tutorial Center aid by 2000. They also moved to place Retired Senior Volunteer Program and Bicentennial Committee on the Town Meeting ballot. Saunders signaled a tentative 1.89 tax rate distribution.
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Jan Slusmon
Harold R. Saunders
Bennington
Saunders
Ronald Higgins
Ben Mont Avenue
North Street
J. Duncan Campbell
Richard B. Leake III
Paul Sheridan
Peter R. Donavan
Gerald P. Morrissey
Timothy Corcoran
Ford asks $2.6 billion in cuts
President Ford asks Congress to cut or delay 2.6 billion in federal spending on programs from cancer research to school and hospital construction as part of a broad budget restraint. He also sent energy legislation and approved accelerated VA life insurance dividends to boost consumer spending.
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UPI
Ford
Congress
Capitol Hill
Harold Wilson
Wilson
White House
Korea
House
Senate
Bolton seeks inquest into Bennington hit and run death
State's Attorney Raymond G. Bolton announced plans for an inquest into the January 17 hit and run death of Lloyd Clark, 55, of Bennington, who was struck while walking on Depot Street. The inquest could occur next week and will review details with a secrecy surrounding witnesses and test results from material found on a car.
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Raymond G. Bolton
Lloyd Clark
Bennington
Depot Street
Bolton
Earned re-entry extension for Vietnam draft evaders
President Ford extended the earned re-entry program for draft evaders and deserters to March 1 citing late awareness of its application. Amnesty opponents push Congress for full amnesty while pro-amnesty groups dismiss the extension as insufficient. Charles Goodell notes the Clemency Board urged six months to explain the plan.
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UPI
Ford
Congress
Louise Ransom
Charles Goodell
New York
Godell
Clemency Board
Presidential Clemency Board
Justice Department
Defense Department
Warren Hoover
National Interreligious Service Board For Conscientious Objectors
Death and fine in Vermont road death case
Milton R. Blum 49 of Yonkers New York was fined 500 in Bennington District Court after pleading no contest to violation of the law of the road. His northbound car crossed the center line and struck the southbound vehicle of Alfred Torrisi 56 of Arlington founder of Tansitor electronics Route 9 Bennington. Torrisi died in the Shaftsbury crash near the Bennington County Humane Society building. Blum was hospitalized and had initially pleaded not guilty April 8. A no contest plea does not admit guilt but often results in a court finding of guilt.
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Milton R. Blum
Yonkers
N.Y
Bennington District Court
Bennington County
Alfred Torrisi
Arlington
Tansitor Electronics
Bennington
Torrisi
Blum
Skid Row killer claims another victim on page two
Inside National highlights a new casualty in California's Skid Row killing spree as investigators pursue leads. Local items note the Wadsworths' Indian recipes and Mt Anthony students protesting curriculum cuts in letters. The Fortney Dialogue and Safire civil liberties discussion appear in later pages.
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Wadsworths
Mt. Anthony
Godfrey Sperling
Fortney
Safire
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