Fight Paper Plant Appeal Planners Demand B Hoosic River Rating
Arlington area planners backed class B for the Hoosic River for Spruce Paper Co. of New York’s proposed $7.2 million paper plant in Pownal, with BRPC seeking to join the appeal heard July 28 in Montpelier. Leaders urged setting high standards now to spur river cleanup.
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Arlington
Bennington
Walloomsac River
Spruce Paper Co
Hoosic
Young
Charles Rounds
Pownal
BRPC
Hall
Bennington College
Kingdom Come
Bongartz
Harvey D. Carter Jr
Carter
Spruce Co
John Moore
Regional Environment Commission
New Environment Law
BCIC
Spruce
Hoosic River
Report Indicates Upturn in Economy
Washington reports show a 0.3 percent rise in GNP for the last quarter, ending six months of decline. Harold Passer says inflation cooling aids growth prospects while economists differ on timing and policy.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Harold C. Passer
Commerce Secretary
Health Board Bans Sale of Vermont Fish
Vermont Health Board bans sale of fish caught in state waters due to abnormally high mercury levels. The ban extends from Lake Champlain to other lakes, ponds, and rivers as testing continues. Health Commissioner Dr. Robert Aiken warns residents, especially expectant mothers, not to eat fish from state waters. Aiken seeks a $10,000 emergency appropriation for a photospectrometer to measure heavy metals. Governor Davis forms a task force to study mercury risks and possible controls.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont Health Board
Lake Champlain
Fish and Game Departments
Lake In
Robert Aiken
Aiken
Emergency Board
Deane C. Davis
Assailant Slashes Two Girls at Chicago Hotel
Two California girls visiting a Japanese-American convention were found slashed, one fatally, in a Palmer Hotel seventh-floor room. Evelyn Okubo, 18, was found nude in a bathtub. Carol Yamada, 18, survived after emergency surgery. Police halted floors, questioned staff, and sought leads with three notes found in the room.
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Chicago
UPI
California
Evelyn Okubo
Carol Yamada
Yamada
Henrotin Hospital
Stockton
Calif
Paul McLaughlin
Agnew Caricature Sparks Charity Donations in Watch Sales
Spiro Agnew receives 35000 dollars in advance gifts from two watch makers and a T-shirt firm after pledges to donate profits from Spiro Agnew wrist watches and Agnew themed shirts to two charities. Donations include 10000 from American Time Co of Detroit and Novelty Watch Co of Baltimore and 5000 from Varsity House of Columbus. Funds support the National League of Families of American Prisoners and the American Indian self help program of Save the Children.
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Washington
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Spiro Agnew
American Time Co
Detroit
Novelty Watch Co
Baltimore
Varsity House
Columbus
Ohio
National League of Families of American Prisoners
Save the Children Federation, Inc
Scribner to Run New York City Schools
Dr Harvey B Scribner Vermont Education Commissioner will become Chancellor of NYC School System September 1. He accepted a three year 530000 annual salary. Vermont officials express mixed feelings as he departs to lead the nations largest city system.
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New York
UPI
Vermont
Harvey B. Scribner
New York City
Scribner
Alta
Murry Bergtraum
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Marion Taylor
State Board of Education
Bennington
State Board
Br. Renner
Dr. Scribner
Ways and Means Keeps Oil Import Quotas Despite Opposition
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 16 to 5 to keep oil import quotas, a move critics say could cost Americans up to 7 billion dollars in annual price relief on oil and gasoline. The decision came as the Nixon administration opposed the quotas and a tariff plan was debated in Congress.
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Passer
Walter Heller
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Raymond J. Saulnier
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Washington
UPI
Ways and Means
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Bradford Morse
Vanik
Congress
Rivals Deny Watervliet Arsenal Closing Rumors
Watervliet residents and officials deny reports the arsenal will close. Rep. Stratton says studies show keeping the facility open is prudent and essential for large calibre weapons, while Rep. Button backs the position, noting the army would lose a key capability if Watervliet were divided or relocated.
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Watervliet
N.Y
Watervliet Arsenal
Samuel S. Stratton
Amsterdam
Daniel E. Button
Albany
29Th
Stratton
Button
F. J. Catsarek
Washington
Barry Shiletto
Defense Secretar
Henry Miley
Army Materiel Command
Fred Klass
Army and Defense Department
Rock Island
Inside the Mankiewicz Braden column on Vietnamization costs
The column critiques the rising costs of Vietnamization and tracks where money goes, signaling the financial burden on the public. Tom Wicker examines Democratic unity prospects, finding them weak. Sam Ogden notes renewed threats to Vermont town sanctity. Marlboro Theatre review hails a flawless performance.
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Mankiewicz-Braden
Sam Ogden
Vermont
Prouty Criticizes Move To Make Oil Import Law
Senator Winston Prouty sharply attacked a House Ways and Means Committee action to codify the oil import program, warning it would perpetuate an inequitable system costing consumers about five billion dollars annually. He urged reform and said he cannot vote for a bill that locks in unfair pricing for New England homeowners.
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Washington
Winston Prouty
R-Vt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Prouty
Vermont Republican
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Hayes
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Maine
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Green Mountains
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John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
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D Calif
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
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James A. Burke
D-Mass
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D-Mich
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