Carter backs AFL CIO labor reform limited by right to work
White House says President Carter will back the AFL-CIO plan to revise federal labor law if it does not repeal right to work rules. The endorsement would mark a labor victory as the bill aims to boost union organizing, especially in the South, with a formal announcement expected later in the week.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Carter
Afl-Cio
South
Congress
Bookkeeping loses grant for VLCT
Vermont's VLCT had an $85,000 LEAA grant terminated after an audit found inadequate recordkeeping. The cut, ordered June 3 by the LEAA Boston office, halted an 18 month police management study project run through the Governor's Justice Commission.
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Stewart
LEAA
Irene
VLCT
Governor’s Justice Commission
Justice Commission
Vermont Chiefs of Police Association
Vermont EDA funds restart after errors prompt reallocation
Public works money for Vermont is scrapped and will be reissued with a clean list. Vic Maerki says towns will receive new application packets under a revised distribution formula as the Economic Development Agency restarts the process. Five counties were omitted previously, with others underfunded, prompting a fresh, uncertain timeline.
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Vermont
Vic Maerki
Robert T. Stafford
Economic Development Agency
Washington
Maerki
Stafford
Addison
Orleans
Rutland
Lamoille
Windham
Bennington
Manchester
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Mt. Anthony
EDA
Carter plan to trim defense budget and cancel bomber order
Administration sources say Carter will send Congress amendments to cut next year's defense spending by about 1 billion dollars. Proposed changes delete 1.5 billion in procurement for five B1 bombers and shift funds to accelerate cruise missiles, with final details pending between the Pentagon and OMB as the 111 billion military bill awaits Senate action.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
White House
Jody Powell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington Post
U.S. Strategic Arsenal
Pentagon
Office of Management and Budget
Administration
Senate
Laetrile called hoax in hearing
Washington UPI reported that FDA chief Dr. Donald Kennedy told a Senate subcommittee Laetrile is worthless against cancer and unsafe. He said Laetrile profits promoters and hurts patients already facing the disease. NCI head Dr. Guy Newell added about 50,000 Americans use it yearly despite costs. A mouse study found Laetrile ineffective.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Donald Kennedy
Senate Health Subcommittee
Kennedy
Guy Newell
National Cancer Institute
United States
Truck Escape Lane Planned Near Danville Hollow
The Vermont Highway Department builds an escape lane along Route 9 east of Danville Hollow to aid trucks at a sharp curve where three died in a fiery crash July 2 and a motorcyclist was injured a week earlier. The project, proposed in 1974, was authorized July 5 and runs along a former logging road with a 15 degree grade on the south side of Route 9 near the ledges.
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Claude E. Burke Sr
State Highway Department
Woodford
Danville Hollow
Mondale seeks subsidies to aid foster child adoptions
Vice President Walter Mondale announces a plan to use federal foster care funds for adoption subsidies aimed at low and moderate income families willing to adopt hard to place children. The proposal would allow Medicaid benefits to follow the child and retain support as adoptions proceed, while HEW argues for increased funding to maintain welfare and foster care, criticizing current law for cutting funds after adoption.
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Washington
UPI
Walter Mondale
Mondale
HEW
Joseph Califano
Jeffords urges energy savings on farms in Vermont
Rep James Jeffords R VT warns continued energy waste could trigger food shortages or famine in the United States. He frames it as a challenge to farmers to ensure a stable food supply and notes solar heating for barns as a partial, economical solution as mass production makes it feasible for average farms.
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Burlington
UPI
United States
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Jeffords
University of Vermont
MAU Board Drops Coordinators for General Supervisors
Mt Anthony Union High School directors voted to replace the coordinator role with two general supervisors for humanities and science technology. They will oversee teacher observation, evaluation, curriculum, and act as a community liaison, while department head teachers will assist administrators and also teach full schedules. The move, called a major reorganization, was approved unanimously and will be publicly warned for the next high school board meeting.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Donald Banchik
Banchik
Joseph Hall
John Putre
Supt
George A. Sleeman
Sleeman
Tom Gallagher
Southwest Vermont Education Association
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Economic Development Administration
MAU Board
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Laetrile
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