Haste urged on radiation standards at Vermont Yankee plant
In Vermont, pressure mounts for the Health Board to adopt tougher radiation standards for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon. The New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution asks for an accelerated timetable and decisive action to protect citizens, while Health Commissioner Anthony Robbins is also expected to press for immediate adoption.
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Vermont
Coalition
Diana Sidebotham
Putney
Vermont Yankee
Anthony Robbins
Senate Extends Oil Price Controls Amid Ford Plan Clash
The Senate approved a six month extension of oil price controls despite President Ford proposing decontrol over 30 months. House action is expected to follow, with Ford's plan likely facing opposition in both chambers. The session also backed a mileage standards bill aiming for 21 mpg by 1980 and 28 mpg by 1985.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Ford
Carl Albert
House
Congress
America
Albert
Congressional Energy Program
Transportation Secretary
Backyard viewing set for Apollo Soyuz link in New England
New England residents can glimpse the Apollo Soyuz linkup Thursday and Friday as the spacecraft pass about 140 miles high. Visibility covers 65 percent of land areas with best viewing on the northern East Coast. windows occur just before dawn and after sunset with 15 to 20 minutes of visibility around the midpoints.
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U.S. Space Agency
Hawaii
Alaska
Marshall Spaceflight Center
Alabama
New England
Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory
Boston
Augusta
Maine
Astronauts Fix Docking Probe in Spaceflight Upgrade
Three American astronauts quickly resolved a minor docking probe issue on the Apollo mission while Russian cosmonauts Leonov and Kubasov led the second day of history’s first international manned spaceflight. The crew removed a stuck docking probe, TV camera glitches were addressed from Moscow, and the linkup plan continued with cheers and light banter aboard.
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Houston
UPI
Apollo
Russia
Germany
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
Soyuz
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald ‘‘Deke
Slayton
Robert Crippen
Houston Control
Crippen
Stafford
Moscow
U. S
Robert Overmyer
Leonov
Kubasov
Viktor Blagov
Brand
Mt Snow plans rescue as creditors near deal
Mt Snow Development Corp officials outlined a path to funding for next season after bankruptcy and creditor negotiations. General Manager Alan Fleischman said secured and unsecured creditors are close to written agreements that would enable operating capital, with failure possibly cancelling winter opening. The company faces a complex creditor mix tied to owner Okuraya Davos and Japan's Okuraya. Pease Elliman Realty Trust, a major creditor, may accept stock in Mt Snow Dev Corp as payment, enabling emergence from bankruptcy with tax debt remaining. First Wisconsin Mortgage Investors reportedly agreed to extend its four million dollar mortgage, a key step in finalizing any accord.
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Alan Fleischman
Deerfield Valley
Mt. Snow Development Corp
Okuraga-Davos
Mt. Snow
U.S. District Court
New York
Catskills
Fleischman
Davos
Okuraya
Japan
Okuraya-Davos
Okuraya- Davos
Pease Elliman Realty Trust
Pease Elliman
First Wisconsin Mortgage Investors of
Milwaukee
Chamber of Commerce
First Wisconsin
St Swithin and the 40 Day Rain Legend
A medieval belief links St Swithin the Winchester bishop to 40 days of rain or sunshine. The note recalls a 904 July 15 rain when relics were moved and the tradition’s verse predicting 40 days of weather, with a mix of sun and rain claimed for summer.
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St. Swithin
Winchester
England
Winchester Cathedral
Mt. Anthony
Route 7 Remains In Limbo Amid NEPA Fight
A Banner report notes Route 7 stays blocked by a federal injunction despite NEPA changes stalled in a House Senate conference. Advocate Victor Maerki says new language may shift arguments but not end the court halt. The case centers on who writes the federal impact statement for the 280 mile corridor from Connecticut to Vermont.
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Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
NEPA
Victor Maerki
Banner
House-Senate
House
Senate
Wyman-Durkin
Route 7
Harvey D. Carter
Bennington
Williams, Witten, Carter and Wickes
U.S
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
U.S. Circuit Court
James L. Oakes
Oakes
FHWA
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Judge Oakes
Carter
Vermont Highway Department
Rains cause damage in New Jersey and other notes
Inside National reports widespread damage in New Jersey from rains with notes on Solzhenitsyn addressing Congress. Local items include a con artist using a Maine bank base, SPAC concerts unaffected by a Sunday rampage, and museum notes by Gen. John Stark.
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New Jersey
Solzhenitsyn
Congress
Maine
SPAC
John Stark
Waring Partridge
New England
Prof
Connelly
Tom Wicker
Shaftsbury
Dorset
Geoffrey Chapman
Williamstown
John Page
Joe Namath
General Shriver
Reagan
Apollo Soyuz mission timetable for July 16 17
Mission events in Houston list a busy July 16 schedule for Apollo Soyuz rendezvous. Highlights include orbit corrections, long telecasts, docking at 12:15 p.m., crew transfers at 3:17 p.m., joint flight certificate, and subsequent sleep periods for astronauts and cosmonauts.
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Apollo
Soyuz
Stafford
Slayton
Leonov
Kubasov
Stefford
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