Atlantic Richfield Eyes Machiasport Refinery Project
Atlantic Richfield plans a one year option on 3500 acres near Machiasport Maine to study a potential inland refinery of 100000 barrels per day using Alaskan crude. The site would connect by 12 mile pipeline to pier facilities and support a foreign trade zone with Maine, while officials weigh supply demand labor and port logistics. Governor Curtis welcomed the interest while urging timely favorable federal decisions.
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Maine
UPI
Machiasport
Texas
Atlantic Richfield Co
New England
Louis M. Ream Jr
Atlantic
St. Regis Paper Co
Washington County
Maine Port Authority
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Los Angeles
Washington
Occidental
Armand Hammer
Ream
Atlantic Richfield
Kenneth M. Curtis
Close Senate Vote Looms On ABM As New England Trio Remains Undecided
A UPI survey shows Vermont's Aiken and Prouty and New Hampshire's McIntyre undecided on Nixon's ABM plan as a likely close Senate showdown nears. Dodd also undecided but expected to back deployment, while Smith and other moderates weigh amendments and costs.
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Washington
McIntyre
Russia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
McIintyre
Nixon
Armed Services Committee
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Smith
Aiken
S. Prouty
New England
Edward W. Brooke
Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Edmund S. Muskie
Claiborne Pell
R.I
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
John O. Pastore
Dr.i
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Dodd
New England Governors Seek Federal Aid For Sewage Plans
Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis will urge New England peers to back a resolution for expanded federal funding of sewage treatment facility construction. The draft protests cuts in funding while demanding water quality standards and asks Congress to oppose reducing federal support. Vermont will back the measure at the July conference and money repaid from prefinanced grants is urged. Also on the agenda is a progress report on the regional Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Center with Dr. Sidney Cohen explaining federal policy. Vermont's unemployment rate fell to 1.3 percent with 1,467 claims filed the last week of June, as St. Albans and White River Junction remain notable pockets of joblessness.
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Scarboro
Maine
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
New England
Sidney Cohen
National Institute of Mental Health
Division of
Montpelier
UPI
Employment Security Department
St. Johnsbury
Middlebury
Newport
St. Albans
White River Junction
Constitutional Question Stays Purchase of Home Mortgages
Vermont state officials discuss using the Vermont Home Mortgage Credit Agency to float up to 10 million dollars in bonds backed by the state full faith credit to buy bank mortgages and inject money into the mortgage market. Bond counsel must test constitutionality. Former treasurer Hincks backed federally insured loans for retirement funds. Davis halted the policy over ethics and uncertainty of mortgage use.
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Peter Hincks
Davis
Death of 15 month old girl prompts inquiry
Authorities investigate the fatal shooting of Mary Lynn Morrill a 15 month old East Burke girl. Caledonia County State's Attorney Robert Gensburg says a final ruling will come Monday after state police complete their investigation. The child died five hours after an abdominal wound from a .44 pistol at Brightlook Hospital in St. Johnsbury. Her 10 year old brother was in the house.
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
East Burke
Caledonia County
Robert Gensburg
Mary Lynn Morrill
Gensburg
Horace Morrill
Brightlock Hospital
St, Johnsbury
Daniel DeRoschers
Danville
Reginald Currier
Currier
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury
DeRoschers
Louise Barsnett
Vermonters Support ABM in Nixon Poll
C Douglas Cairns of Burlington, Nixon campaign state chairman, released an Opinion Research Corp poll showing 75 percent of Vermonters favor an anti ballistic missile defense system and 65 percent think Congress should approve Nixon's ABM plan. Sixteen percent oppose and 14 percent reject congressional authorization.
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Burlington
UPS
Vermont
Nixon
Cairns
State Buys Rutland Airport For Vermont Regional System
Vermont relocates to expand its regional airport network. Aeronautics Commissioner Edward F Knapp notes negotiations for Middlebury International Airport and reports eight owned facilities under 1967 law with a tenth under construction and an eleventh planned. Since January 1968 acquisitions include Bennington Springfield Barre Montpelier Rutland and Newport. Legal work continues for Middlebury, Caledonia Lyndon opens in August, Franklin Highgate projects underway pending federal funds. State pays one dollar per airport acquired.
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Montpelier
VPS
Rutland
Edward F. Knapp
Middlebury
Knapp
Bennington
Springfield
Barre-Montpelier
Newport
Caledonia County
Lyndon
Franklin County
Highgate
Bravio’s Spree Terrifies Berkeley Neighbors
Bravio the hunting hawk escaped and roamed a Berkeley yard, terrorizing four people including an 18 year old photographer. He attacked pets including six goldfish and a two month old kitten before returning home within twenty minutes after a patrolman was called.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
Bravio
Saul Belilove
Jim Belilove
Jim
Morrisseau to pursue Democratic Congress bid from Vermont
Vermont’s sole announced candidate for 1970, Dennis Morrisseau of Burlington, resigns from the National Association of Home Builders to wage a fulltime bid for Congress. He plans a weeklong Long Trail hike to kick off the campaign and has drawn attention for past antiwar protests.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Vermont
Dennis Morrisseau
Burlington
Morrisseau
National Association of Home Builders
Lee Morrisseau
Army
Accident Kills Four Bulgarian Refugees in Mohawk River
Four Bulgarian refugees died when their car plunged from Crescent Bridge into the Mohawk River after hitting guard rails while overtaking a southbound truck on Route 9. Victims include Karl Petkov 46 Anna Petkov 23 Dimko Petkov 21 Wanda Zalewski about 37 and Casmir Zalewski 42 survived with injuries.
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Albany
Crescent
Mohawk River
Karl Petkov
Ballston Ave
Ballston Spa
Anna Petkov
Dimko Petkov
Wanda Zalewski
Fairground Ave
Casmir Zalewski
Berkshire center opens in former church on Washington Ave
In North Adams the city’s neighborhood center, housed in a former church on Washington Avenue, opened today. Miss Gloria Bussel and Miss Amy Yasuna, Bennington College students, and Mrs. Annie Maroni will direct this summer program for kindergarten through sixth grade with activities for older children and adults. ADAMS firm led by Wilfred E. Lillie bought Burke's Inn in the Zylonite section, former Burke ownership, planning a total renovation. WILLIAMSTOWN vandals cause over $1,000 in ski area damage on Berlin Mountain. area may close to many hikers and picnickers as inspections continue.
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North Adams
Washington Avenue
Gloria Bussel
Amy Yasuna
Bennington College
Annie Maroni
Bussel
VISTA
Williamstown
Williams College
Berlin Mountain
Hancock Shaker Village to be cited as historic landmark
Hancock Shaker Village will be designated a National Historic Landmark on July 18 with a bronze plaque unveiled by Henry G. Schmidt of the Interior Department. The ninth annual Friends Day reception will be held that day.
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Hancock — Friends
Hancock Shaker Village
National Park Service
Henry G. Schmidt
U.S. Department of the Interior
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