Vermont utilities split urged after audit findings
A private consultant’s year long audit recommends separating Central Vermont Public Service and VELCO to curb weak public perception and improve management. The six volume study praises CVPS’s reliability but notes past structures hinder current needs and calls for reorganization of ownership and corporate separation. It highlights CVPS holdings in VELCO and the roles of Green Mountain Power and others.
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VELCO
CVPS
Green Mountain Power Corp
Burlington Electric Light Department
Washington Electric Cooperative
Vermont Electric Cooperative
Citizens Utilities
Lyndonville
Vermont
Central
James Griffin
Heat wave causes water pump failure in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls residents are urged to conserve water after an electrical malfunction in the village water works overheated the main pump. With demand high during hot dry weather the pump ran nearly constantly, triggering alarms as storage tanks dropped. Auxiliary pumps failed to keep up, and officials say refilling awaits heavy rain. The main well also runs low and supplies poor quality water, though this is common in midsummer.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Village Water Department
William Shiland
Gerard McInerney
Shiland
Ethiopia accuses U S of arming Somali fighters in Ogaden clashes
Ethiopia says it captured thousands of Somali soldiers and large quantities of weapons including American made M16 rifles in six desert battles. Addis Ababa charges U S support for Mogadishu and notes Cuban medical and military experts arriving amid escalating Ogaden fighting.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Ethiopia
United States
Ogaden Desert
Addis Ababa
Mogadishu
Somalia
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Washington
Ogaden
Somalia Liberation Front
Havana
Bennington Works Toward Unified EDA Money Plan
Town officials and the school system push a shared plan for the 1.722 million federal money. They aim to avoid splinter groups and prioritize projects that save costs, with voters to decide on acceptance before funds enter accounts. Mt Anthony High School earned a new three year accreditation and district officials discuss overcrowding and counselor adjustments.
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Federal Economic and Development Administration
Bennington
George A. Sleeman
Sleeman
Banner
Louis C. Savelas
Houghton Lane
Mt. Anthony High School
North Bennington Graded School
Savelas
EDA
BSD
Thomas R. Haley
St. Francis de Sales
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
SVSU
Mother of Supt
Mau
Mt. Anthony
North Bennington
State Board of Education
Donald Banchik
Regina Nash
Jonathan Durand
Montpelier
Egyptians beat Libyans in border battle with air and ground forces
Egyptian troops shot down two Libyan planes and destroyed forty Libyan tanks and thirty other vehicles in fierce fighting along the shared frontier. Twelve Libyan soldiers were captured and thirty saboteurs arrested as both sides traded air and ground attacks near Salloum and Mosaed. Nine Egyptian soldiers were killed in a previous four hour artillery clash amid escalating hostilities.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Mosaed
Libya
Carter backs amnesty for some illegal aliens
President Carter plans to send to Congress a proposal granting full amnesty to aliens who have worked illegally in the United States for seven years or more. The plan would grant permanent resident status and allow family immigration for those seven year veterans, with limited rights for others, while signaling stricter future enforcement and penalties for employers.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Mexico
United States
White House
Inside National End to heat in sight and CIA taps
A roundup of Inside pages notes increased pressure from the National Endowment amid new CIA experiments revealed. Jaworski resumes leadership as Kit Foster praises bog preservation and Tom Braden cites Kissinger methods in editorials.
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Jaworski
Kit Foster
Tom Braden
Ed Colvin
Shaftsbury
EDA
Marlboro
BBS
Kirk
SVAC
Pownal
Blodgett
UVM
June CPI Shows Steady 0.6 Percent Cost of Living Rise
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index rose 0.6 percent in June, held by cheaper gasoline and slower food price increases. Despite the rise, spendable income grew 3.4 percent due to lower income tax withholding, the fastest gain in two years. The June CPI stood at 181.8 with a 1967 base of 100, meaning $18.18 buys goods worth $10 a decade ago. Analysts expect the Commerce Dept to release broader signs of a healthy economy, with GNP forecast around 7 percent for 1977 and 6.9 percent for Q1.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Commerce Department
U.S
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Arlington
Dave Cole
Jim Wade
John Werner
Dan Cullinan
Matt Cook
By Ramondy Wilkinson
Philip Sharecoff
Times News Service
Warty
Aly
Frankfurt Foreign Currency Exchange
German Federal Bank
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