Primary Poll Picks Davis Prouty And Hoff
UPI reports in Winooski that Democratic primary contests for governor and lieutenant governor are tossups, while Republicans Prouty Stafford and Daine face likely landslides in the Sept. 8 primary. Pollster Vincent Naramore cites a July 11 Salisbury poll showing Daley ahead of O'Brien 52 to 48, Miller ahead of DuPont 51 to 49, Hoff at 64 percent in a three way race, Bove at 27 percent, Meyer at nine or less.
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Winooski
UPI
Vincent Naramore
St. Michael’s College
Salisbury
Naramore
John J. Daley
Leo O’brien
Chittenden-Grand Isle
Kelton Miller
Shaftsbury
Edmund DuPont
Didate Philip H. Hoff
Fiore Bove
Chittenden- Grand Isle
U.S
William Meyer
Winston L. Prouty
Robert Stafford
Deane C. da
Hoff-Prouty
Prouty
Hoff
Bove
Meyer
Davis vows veto of sales tax hike if reelected
Vermont Governor Deane C. Davis said he would veto any increase in the 3 percent sales tax if he wins re election in November. He opposed new general fund taxes but would accept a gasoline tax increase next year. He challenged Lt. Gov. Hayes and Democratic candidates to state positions on repealing the tax.
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Davis
Phnom Penh Sea Link Cut And Attack On Training Base
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops severed Phnom Penh lifeline by cutting Highway 4 to Kompong Som and attacked the Romeas army training base 40 miles northwest of the capital. Cambodian Premier Lon Nol sought Thai military aid while Gen Westmoreland urged allied moral and material support. Fights also reported at Sre Khlong, Srang, and Kompong Chhnang as allied air and artillery actions continued in the region.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Lon Nol
Bangkok
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
Washington
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Sre Khlong
Highway 4
Romeas
Viet Cong
Vietna
Srang
Kompong Chhnang
Saigon
Hue
Daley Promises Refinement of Vermont Sales Tax
John Daley criticizes parts of the 3 percent Vermont sales tax as harming the elderly. Speaking to Fair Haven chamber, the ex lieutenant governor pledged not to repeal the tax but to refine it, opposing inclusion of patent medicines and home heating fuel. He urged laws to shield fixed income seniors with tax adjustments and Social Security increases tied to the cost of living index.
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John Daley
Fair Haven Chamber of Commerce
Daley
Inside On U S 7 Page 4 Metaphor Row
In a letter to the editor George M. Graves offers pointed metaphors about the proposed U S 7. The Mankiewicz Braden column notes a batch of South civilians would be nothing new. The audience laughed, but a reviewer fell asleep as Fire damaged the Eagles Clubhouse in Manchester.
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George M. Graves
U.S. 7
Eagles
Manchester
Midwest governors push nuke pollution pact plan
Fifteen Midwestern states formed at the conference in Columbus to back a Midwest nuclear compact. Gov. Norbert T. Tiemann proposed the pact while Gov. Harold LeVander noted a Minnesota court challenge over radioactivity limits. Gov. Milliken urged regional action, an environmental inventory, and fees to fund monitoring, while Illinois plans a Chicago conference in mid October to promote a regional compact.
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Columbus
Ohio
Norbert T. Tiemann
Nebraska
Neil House
Harold LeVander
Minnesota
Northern States Power Company
Monticello
Atomic Energy Commission
William G. Milliken
Michigan
Milliken
Lake
Stair
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Middle West
South
New England
Chicago
Muskie petitions to designate mercury hazardous substance
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie urged Interior Secretary Walter Hickel to designate mercury a hazardous substance under the 1970 act and asked for a list of pulp and paper industries discharging mercury. He pressed for quick action to guide monitoring and potential bans, and sought details on plant names, locations, and other hazardous materials affecting health.
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Muskie
Hickel
Mercury
Washington
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Interior
Walter Hickel
David D. Dominick
Federal Water Quality Administration
Senate Air and Water Pollution Subcommittee
Pulp and Paper
Vermont Unemployment Rises to 4.9 Percent in June
Vermont’s unemployment rate climbed to 4.9 percent of the covered workforce in June, up 0.7 percentage points from May. Officials attributed the rise to more students entering the labor market, with manufacturing layoffs offset by gains in construction and service sectors. St Albans posted 7.2 percent, while White River Junction logged 1.1 percent.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Employment Security Department
St. Albans
White River Junction
New Petersburg Piper Gets National TV Spotlight
Invermark School of Piping in Petersburg, the only permanent piping school in America, received nationwide TV coverage via NBC. The feature showed Petersburg's location, interviewed students and the director, and noted ongoing interest in ancient classical music. James Fraser Lindsay founded the school in 1962. his son Donald recently took over leadership amid expanded plans for next summer.
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Edith Beaumont
Petersburg
N.Y
Invermark
America
NBC
WRGB
Dean Brelis
New York State
James Fraser Lindsay
Morristown
N.J
Grafton Mountains
Stillman
Lindsay
Scotland
James Lindsay
Donald
Air Force
Donald Lindsay
Invermark School of Piping
Ann
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Fresh Air Kids
Cass Gilbert
Salem
Gwen Benjamin
Hector Estrada
Claire Becker
Hayes
John Burgess
Chester
Frederick
Phnom Penh Sea
Midwest
Donald Janson
Times News Service
Dominick
New Petersburg
Angus Fraser
Oban
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