O'Brien would repeal Vermont sales tax when feasible
Vermont Democrat Leo O'Brien pledged to repeal the 3 percent sales tax when economically feasible, replying to Gov. Deane Davis who warned he would veto any tax increase if re elected. O'Brien urged eliminating tax features hurting average people while Davis defended the levy and projected revenue relies on business and tourists. Davis spoke of expanding the tax base to raise new state and municipal revenues.
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O’brien
Davis
Burlington
UPI
Leo O’brien
Vermont
Chittenden-Grand Isle
Deane C. Davis
Stowe
State To Get $900,000 For Recreation Aid
Forest Orr, executive secretary of the Interagency Committee on Natural Resources, said Thursday Vermont will receive 900000 from the federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation for fiscal 1971. Local communities must provide half the project costs since the state has committed its 40 percent elsewhere. The funds may be used any time over the next three years and do not revert to the federal treasury.
Mercury Survey In Vermont Seeks Pollution Sources
Game wardens across Vermont conduct statewide surveys to locate mercury use and contamination sources. Brown notes industries, hospitals, funeral parlors and other sites are being examined to map mercury flow into streams and lakes. Health officials cite Lake Champlain fish advisories and emphasize eliminating pollution sources promptly. Historical cases reveal mercury’s persistence and health risks, with limited local human symptoms yet concern over broader environmental impact.
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Vermont
Roaring Branch
Lake Paran
Brown
Bennington
Soil Conservation
Fish and Game
Governor’s Office
Vermont Health Board
Robert B. Aiken
State Health
Stamford Voters Approve Permanent Zoning by Wide Margin
Stamford residents voted 156 to 45 in favor of a permanent zoning law. The measure, praised by Planning Board chairman Fred Whitham as a rip roaring success, takes effect immediately and keeps forest lands in Opie and Haynes holdings from being developed without variances and a public hearing. Proposals would also require ENRC review and separate environment considerations.
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Stamford
Stamford Planning Board
Fred Whitham
Whitham
Whitam
Frank Opie
Ayer
Mass
Lincoln Haynes
Wilmington
Inside Sam Ogden on natural history themes
On the Inside Sam Ogden reflects on natural history aspects. A letter to the editor scolds Pownal for wasting time and money with no school to show for it, while Fairfax Ayres criticizes Vermont. Weston's drama week is called thought provoking in Kathe Dillmann's review on page 6. Little League notes from the battleground appear on page 8.
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Pownal
Fairfax Ayres
State of Vermont
Weston
Kathe Dillmann
Welfare Reform Does It Pay To Work
Washington focus on Nixon era welfare reform reveals that a welfare mother could profit more from unemployment than a $7000 job under the plan. HEW secretary Elliot Richardson acknowledged little could be done without billions more. Charts show Medicaid and housing benefits counted as income in kind, affecting incentives.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Elliot L. Richardson
Robert H. Finch
HEW
Richardson
Finch
Stennis launches 70 drive for ABM defense push
Sen John Stennis opened the Nixon administration 1970 drive for the Safeguard ABM system, urging focus on growing Soviet forces. He presented a lean $19.2 billion procurement bill, noting committee cuts including naval aircraft and Air Force reductions, while warning critics who want broader ABM funding. He backed a $200 million Lockheed contingency to save C5 production, arguing tight bill language prevents fund diversions.
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Washington
UPI
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Air Force
U.S. to sue 10 firms over mercury pollution
The Justice Department will file civil suits against 10 companies in seven states under an 1899 act to stop mercury discharges into navigable waters and remedy past pollution. Agencies warn of risks as mercury concentrates in fish flesh and poses human health dangers.
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U.S
Washington
UPI
Justice Department
John N. Mitchell
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Shiro Kashiwa
Georgia-Pacific Corp
Bellingham
Wash
Puget Sound
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Niagara Falls
Delaware River
Diamond Shamrock Corp
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Pond Creek
Tennessee River
Allied Chemical Co
Solvay
N.Y
Onondaga Lake
International Mining and Chemical Co
Orrington
Maine
Penobscot River
Pennwall Chemical Co
Calvert City
Kashiwa
Mitchell bans Mafia terms from U.S. vocabulary
Attorney General John N. Mitchell with President Nixon's approval bans the terms Mafia and Cosa Nostra from all government news releases speeches and public statements. He cites offense to Italian-Americans and favors the term org crime. A spokesman notes many complaints including a July 9 rally led by Joseph Colombo Sr. against FBI headquarters.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Cosa Nostra
Mitchell
FBI
New York
Joseph Colombo Sr
Justice Department
Colombo
Mafia
Coke pledges reform after migrant worker criticism
Coca Cola plans better housing sanitation and recreation for migrant workers in Florida citrus operations. Senate hearing cited squalor with workers living in camps lacking indoor plumbing and social controls tying housing to work. Company officials outlined reforms including housing, childcare medical care and safer transportation.
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Washington
UPI
Coca-Cola Company
Senate Subcommittee On
Migratory Labor
Florida
J. Paul Austin
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
J. Lucien Smith
Smith
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Philip Moore
Coca
Coke
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Robert B. Choate
Senate Consumer Subcommittee
Choate
Kellogg
By David McConkey
Board of Health
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Minamata Bay
Aiken
State Health Board
University of Western Ontario
Alberta
Norvald Fimrelte
Lake St. Clair
Michigan
Ontario
Detroit
Bennington District Environment Commission
John M. Moore
Arlington
Sam Ogden
Congress
By Roy McGhee
Thomas Dodd
Connecticut
Grace
Senate
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