State Board Sets Hearing On Regionalized School Aid
The Vermont State Education Board schedules August 26 for a public hearing on a regionalization driven school construction aid policy. It would base 30 percent state subsidy on student counts and allow districts to merge to qualify for aid, with Aug. 6 set for a second hearing on southern Vermont standards and ongoing site waiver reviews for Chelsea and Fair Haven.
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Scribner
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Brattleboro Union High School
Chelsea
Fair Haven
Orange County
Pinkertons Track Welfare Abuse in Montpelier Probe
The Pinkerton agency, hired by Gov. Deane C. Davis in Montpelier, will field two investigators for $6,000 to spend a month examining welfare recipient abuses across Vermont. The anonymous specialists will aid the governor’s Committee on Social Welfare in an independent review and report to Administration Commissioner William French.
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Governor’s Committee On Social Welfare
Davis
William French
Misinterpreted Public Mood Says Ex-FPC Commissioner Ross
Former Federal Power Commissioner Charles Ross told Vermont legislators that electric utilities have misread public sentiment. He urged broader environmental consideration in site reviews for nuclear plants and earlier, more transparent state involvement in land purchases for power sites.
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UPI
Charles Ross
Legislative Council
Electrical Energy Study Committee
Ross
Hinesburg
Nixon Tours World on Peace Mission After Moon Message
President Nixon began an 11 day round the world trip carrying the peace message from America's moon astronauts. He will visit Honolulu Johnston Island USS Hornet Manila Jakarta Bangkok New Delhi Lahore Bucharest and Mildenhall with a possible stop in Vietnam to meet troops. Vice President Agnew voiced hope for peace progress and human understanding.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Moon Men to Receive Hero’s Welcome in U S Tour
Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin return from the Moon to a national celebration. President Nixon schedules Aug 13 visits to New York Chicago and Los Angeles with ticker tape parades and a Los Angeles dinner in their honor after lunar quarantine.
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Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
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Hornet
Pacific
Kennedy's license suspended over Chappaquiddick crash
Massachusetts registry reports Kennedy at serious fault in the fatal Chappaquiddick accident. His license suspended pending a statutory hearing. possible six month revocation if fault is confirmed. No hearing date set. Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, drowned when a car Kennedy drove swerved off a bridge into eight feet of water. Police noted ongoing inquiries and related party questions. The case follows immediate license suspension rules after fatal crashes.
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Oak Bluffs
Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Richard E. McLaughlin
Air National Guard
Chappaquiddick Island
Katama Bay
Here
Mary Jo Kopechne
Massachuetts
Dominick J. Arena
George Killen
Arena
Killen
Vermont demands distinct plan for American Central project
Gov. Deane C. Davis said American Central must alter its Vermont development unlike prior projects. Walter Blucher advised that the Stratton plan be different, and Foote agreed. Davis signaled possible quick changes to the 1968 Planning and Development Act to allow immediate subdivision regulation.
Aiken pushes law on AEC reclassifying nuclear plants
Senate remarks by Senator George D. Aiken push to shift nuclear plant licensing from research to commercial status. He seeks a federal law via the Anderson Aiken bill, aiming to curb monopoly concerns and extend antitrust scrutiny. The new AEC classification takes effect June 30, 1970, with Vernon's Vermont Yankee project cited as potential impact.
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R-Vt
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Anderson - Aiken
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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vernon
Vermont Yankee
Aik
US to Remove Nerve Gas From Okinawa
The Defense Department confirmed that lethal nerve gas munitions had been shipped overseas and are being removed from Okinawa. The statement noted no overseas deployment of toxic chemical agents since early 1960s and said further storage could exist in West Germany and possibly South Korea. 24 Americans and one civilian were briefly observed after a minor gas leak at an Okinawa depot. all recovered and returned to duty.
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United States
Okinawa
Daniel Z. Henkin
Pacific
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Henkin
Melvin R. Laird
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South Korea
John F. Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
World Bank
Defense
Defense Department
Japan
Tokyo
267Th Chemical Company
Army
Nazi Germany
College Program Sparks High School Intellects
Four Vermont high school seniors study pottery at Bennington College under ceramicist Stanley Rosen. The four week workshop, part of a 24 student program, aims to spark intellectual growth without exams or grades, promoting self motivation and creative exploration beyond typical classrooms.
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Vermont
Leonard Rowe
Rowe
Works Shop
Thomas Geer
East Arlington
Geer
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