Mobilehome park hurdle blocks quick permit decision
Geoffrey Chapman reports in Arlington that William E Dailey Construction Co faces zoning hurdles before building a 150 unit mobilehome park and a 50 unit travel trailer park in Shaftsbury. The District Environmental Commission recessed with a final decision pending conformance to local zoning laws and Act 250 criteria.
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Geoffrey Chapman
Arlington
William E. Dailey
Dailey
Richard Leake III
Commission
Mystery surrounds Walloomsac fish kill findings
State investigators struggle to identify a cause for the Walloomsac River fish kill as water and dead fish samples are tested. Officials caution that downstream pollution and lab limits hinder pinpointing a culprit while focusing on Union Carbide and Catamount Dyers near the source.
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Joe Swayze
Walloomsac River
Water Resources Department
Montpelier
Neil S. Moss
Water Resources and Fish and Game Departments
Aaa Wees
Bennington Industries
Union Carbide
Catamount Dyers
Pyuuurai
Walloomsac
North Street
Morgan Spring Brook
Union Carbide and
U S seeks new approach to unfreeze Paris talks in Indochina
The United States announces a new strategy to move the Vietnam peace conference forward. David Bruce proposes a restricted, nonpublic session to discuss the Communist seven point plan and allied peace offers while calling for a general cease-fire across Vietnam Laos and Cambodia. Madame Binh rebuts U S actions and presses Washington for a prompt reply to the July one peace package.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Vietnam
Indochina
David K. E. Bruce
U.S
Nixon
Bruce
Cambodia
Nguyen van Thieu
Xuan Thuy
Thieu
Washington
William J. Porter
South Korea
Nguyen Thi Binh
Laos
Teachers settle contract misread over insurance plan
Bennington School District board and teachers association met to resolve a misunderstanding about the 1971 72 contract. The board says the insurance section includes only the Blue Cross Blue Shield family plan, while teachers believed the Horace Mann plan replacement and Blue Cross Blue Shield family policy were included. About 75 of 100 teachers expected to benefit from the new policy, with district funding arranged from savings and new money.
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Kelton Miller
Bennington School District
Dale McDonald
Hughes bows out as 72 candidate
Senator Harold E. Hughes of Iowa announced he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination next year. He cited a desire to pursue his goals as a U.S. senator and said he would support the candidate most forthright on issues. McGovern remains the only formal candidate at this time.
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Washington
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
George McGovern
D-S.d
United States
Senate
Northern Italy hit by strong early morning quake
A powerful earthquake across northern Italy from Genoa to Florence woke millions and triggered a panicked exodus. It lasted up to three seconds, caused several building partial collapses, toppled chimneys, and cut electricity in places. A woman in Guastalla and a baker in Reggio Emilia died of heart attacks amid the scramble to flee.
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Parma
Italy
UPI
Genoa
Venice
Milan
Florence
Rome
Turin
Reggio Emilia
Guastalla
Bologna Observatory
Bologna
Ferrara
Moden
Cremona
Modena
Ferrari
Salsomaggiore
Edmea Mazzali
Poviglio
Tuscania
Inside Consumers Union tests question crash fronting protection
Summary of a page listing various items from a newspaper. It notes Consumers Union tests suggesting some bus type vehicles give limited front end crash protection. The page also mentions editorials, local homeowner complaints about a babbling brook, and social commentary on middle class life, with other items on state politics, a Weston theater review, unemployment in California, a Kennedy-Nixon AMA clash, and Post 13 winning again.
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Consumers Union
The
Times
William V. Shannon
Connecticut
Weston
California
Sen. Kennedy
Nixon
AMA
Post
Jeffords says Vermont must repay sign owners’ value
Attorney General James Jeffords ruled the state is financially responsible to compensate sign owners for the actual value of billboards ordered down under the 1968 antibillboard law. He said federal guidelines do not allow reimbursement for lost business, a stance debated as residents warn of potential costs.
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Montpelier
UPI
James Jeffords
Travel Information Council
Jeffords
Vermont
Highway Department
Dems See Agnew Through in 72
Washington based Fact, a biweekly DNC publication, reports Vice President Spiro Agnew will announce he does not want to be on the ticket with President Nixon in the next election. The piece cites accumulating evidence making Agnew's 72 prospects near-certain and criticizes his 1970 campaign and brief tour of 11 nations as meaningless.
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Washington
UPI
Democratic National Committee
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Spiro
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Florida
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Assembly Building
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Mobilehome Park
W. Robert Beer
Rutland
Erstd
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Saigon
Snafu
BSD
John Riddle
Riddle
Vention
Miami Beach
Bennington-area
Col
Fairfax Ayres
Shaftsbury
Vermont Roadside Council
Ayres
Transportation Department
Chapman
New York City
Bennington
Fresh Air Fund
Dems
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