Senate debates nuclear bomb funding over feared radiation threat
The Senate held a secret session to consider Hatfield's bid to delete funds for a neutron enhanced radiation bomb. Reports said the weapon's radiation could kill within a half mile, raising fears it would lower the nuclear threshold and blur lines between conventional and nuclear warfare.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ove
Hatfield
Gerald Ford
Congress
Washington Post
Walter Pincus
Army
The
Post
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Shaftsbury Voters Back Grade 7 8 Return and Budget
Shaftsbury voters endorsed bringing back grades 7 and 8 to the local elementary school and approved a record budget of 779279 dollars. Barbara Burnham defeated Wilbur Fiske 48-37 for a seat on the school board as debates centered on an advisory vote about Mt Anthony overcrowding and the fate of federal windfall funds.
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Shaftsbury
Barbara Burnham
Wilbur Fiske
Burnham
Mt. Anthony
North Bennington
Bennington
Joyce Adler
Phillip Viereck
Federal Economic Development Administration
Cole Hall
Colvin
Merton Snow
Joseph Crossman
Carter speeds up budget balancing timetable for surplus
President Carter forecast a $3.9 billion surplus in fiscal 1980 as part of an accelerated plan to balance the federal budget. He described growing economic growth, unemployment easing to 6 percent then 4.5 percent, and projected future surpluses of $42.1 billion in 1981 and $75.5 billion in 1982, while noting current deficits for 1978 and 1979.
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Carter
Senate
Energy Research and Development Administration
Senate Appropriations Committee
Water, Power and Energy
Washington
UPI
Vermont delegation blasts federal funding plan for EDA
Vermont's three-member delegation criticized the Economic Development Administration over its funding decisions. They said EDA would keep allocations in five surplus counties Addison Orleans Rutland Lamoille Windham and make limited changes in other counties. Officials cited mechanical errors and noted July 11 as the next final allocation date.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Federal Economic Development Administration
EDA
Addison
Lamoille
Orleans
Rutland
Windham
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
James Jeffords
Economic Development Administration
Neal Houston
Sen. Stafford
Bennington
Chittenden
Houston
Brattleboro
Burlington
Arlington Sees EPA Grant Withdrawn for Sewer Project
Arlington officials learned the Step II grant totaling 128000 from the EPA was withdrawn for the 3.3 million sewer system. At a last night meeting selectmen and engineers moved to put the sewer issue to a vote in September, warning the pullback will delay construction for months and trim expected federal funding by more than 30 percent.
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Arlington
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Inside Edit and Editorial Protest Over Rate Hike
A compact item on Central Vermont Public Service facing a rate hike request with a letter and an editorial protest. Page references include Arlington EPA funds uncertainty and community concerns about concerts in Pownal.
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Central
Vermont Public Service
Arlington
EPA
Pownal
Jays
Bellows Falls
Misalliance Opens Williamstown Summer Theatre
George Bernard Shaw's Misalliance opens the 23rd Williamstown season led by director Nikos Psacharopoulos. The Edwardian comedy of manners features Bentley Summerhays Hypatia Tarleton Lina Szczepanowska and Lord Summerhays among a witty ensemble. Performances run June 30 and July 1 2 5 6 7 8 at 830 p.m. in Williamstown Massachusetts.
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George Bernard Shaw
Williamstown
Nikos Psacharopoulos
Lord Summerhays
James Cahill
Hypatia Tarleton
Blythe Danner Bentley Summerhays
Peer Evans John Tarleton
Gunner Richard Kavanaugh Lina Szczepanowska
Danna McKechnie John Tarleton Junior
Gastone Roseilli
Mrs. Tarleton Carol Tdted Percival Kenneth Walsh
Mass
Surrey
England
Bentley Summerhays
Lina Szczepanowska
Sleuth at Weston Playhouse Opens 40th Summer Run
Anthony Shaffer mystery Sleuth runs at Weston Playhouse through July 4 in the 8 30 p m show with Malcolm Gill directing. Cast includes Andrew Wyke Walter Boughton Mile Tindle Eric Castle Inspector Doppler Samuel Kerr Lockhart Detective Sergeant Tarrant David Rubin and others as Weston marks 40 years of summer theatre with a Wiltshire living room set and noted production work.
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Anthony Schaffer
Weston Playhouse
Malcolm Gill
Andrew Wyke
Walter Boughton
Mile Tindle
Eric Castle
Inspector Doppler
Samuel Kerr Lockhart
Tarrant
David Rubin
Higgs
Frank Aronson
Weston
Wiltshire
Lee Weston
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Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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Mt. Anthony Union School Board
Congressmen Chide
Commerce
Robert Hall
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Colonies
Summerhays
John Tarleton
Thomas Hill
Jan A. Theatre Festival
Bernard Shaw
Wein
Isabel Gwinn
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