Easton Reactor Plans Stir Local Debate
Washington County and the New York Capital District weigh a $120 million, 350 megawatt liquid metal cooled fast breeder reactor near Easton. At a county planning meeting, critics from Allendale and Bennington College pressed safety concerns while NYASDA's Townsend touted possible sites and a 1970 start.
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FT. Edward
N.Y
Washington County
New York Capital District
Washington County Planning Board
Easton
Larry Bogart
Allendale
N.J
Chemical Company
Irving Lyon
Bennington College
Bogart
Lyon
Lyttle
Townsend
Fas
Niagara - Mohawk Power Corp
Hudson River
Ogdenspurg
Massena
Authority
Nyasda
John Guzi
Argyle
Planning Board
Guzi
Midwest
Bennington
Aiken Joins Opposition to ABM
Senate ABM opponents gain a crucial ally as Senator Aiken joins their push to block deployment. The move leaves 49 senators opposing, 48 in favor, with three undecided, including Prouty and McIntyre. Prouty will decide next week, citing conscience and arms control concerns.
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UPI
Senate
Nixon
George D. Aiken
Senate Republicans
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Aiken
John J. Williams
R-Del
Winston Prou
R-Vt
Thomas J. McIntyre
N.H
Prouty
Johnson
Vermont
United States
Soviet Union
ABM
John Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Spock Conviction Reversed By U.S. Court of Appeals
A federal appeals court in Boston reversed the antidraft conspiracy convictions of Benjamin Spock and three others. The court held their actions to criticize the Vietnam War protected political speech. The ruling upheld broad rights to dissent.
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Spock
U.S. Court of Appeals
Boston
UPI
Benjamin Spock
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Harvard
Michael Ferber
Buffalo
N.Y
Yale
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Mitchell Goodman
Temple
Maine
Bailey Aldrich
Frank M. Coffin
Edward M. McEnte
Bailey
Coffin
Goodman
Marcus Raskin
Institute For Policy Studies
Washington, D.C
Ferber
Nixon backs Thieu plan open elections in Vietnam
Nixon endorsed Thieu’s proposal for open national elections in South Vietnam inviting the Viet Cong to participate. He linked it to his eight point peace plan and troop withdrawal timelines, saying peace requires sincere effort and reciprocity from Hanoi. The article notes the lull in combat activity is too early to draw conclusions and outlines subsequent political and legal developments including a court ruling on draft case appeals.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Vietnam
Thieu
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Midway Island
U.S
Capitol Hill
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Saigon
Paris
House Panel Kills Nixon Voting Plan
Washington The House judiciary subcommittee rejected President Nixon’s plan to extend the Voting Rights Act to all 50 states and end literacy tests in states with discriminatory practices. The panel backed a simpler extension limited to the seven covered states, with no amendments offered for debate.
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UPD
House
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Senate
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Soviet naval task force heads toward Cuba near Florida
A six-ship Soviet task force 260 miles southeast of Jacksonville moves southwest toward Cape Kennedy en route to Cuba where warships have not previously called. U S Navy planes and ships shadow the fleet as Tass says the group will reach Havana by July 20 and stay through Cuba’s revolution July 26 and Soviet Navy Day July 27.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ede
U.S
Cape Kennedy
Cuba
Independence
Thomas J. Gary
Navy
U.S. Navy
Russia
Tass
Havana
Inside Fragments and Garden Wisdom in Local Column
A look at mourners for ODT and a guest column on caring for garden vegetables. Theatre reviewer Bill Gilbert critiques Weston’s Oklahoma as a charade. Hoosick Falls man dies in a tractor accident in a tragic page six report.
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Bill Gilbert
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Vanderbilt Webb
Shelburne
American Crafts Council
Arlinka Blake
Deane C. Davis
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Webb
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