Moon Day rows spark Brattleboro legal aid firing
Brattleboro Vermont Legal Aid fired attorney Peter I Diamondstone after he refused to close the VLA office on July 21 the state paid holiday. Diamondstone argued funds should aid the poor not fund a moon trip and vowed to pursue back pay and legal action. He praised local aid workers despite friction with VLA higher ups and planned further reform efforts.
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Brattleboro
Peter I. Diamondstone
Vermont
VLA
Keith King
King
Diamondstone
Poor Peoples Congress
Deane C. Davis
Atty
Waldo C. Holden
Bennington
Windham County Community Action Workers
Windham County
Vermont Atty
James L. Oakes
Brattleboro Atty
Thomas French
Health chief pledges alcoholism priority before Congress
Dr. Roger O. Egeberg, the government’s top medical official, told a Senate narcotics subcommittee he will place a high priority on alcoholism treatment and prevention. He faced questions about funding after Nixon’s budget cuts, and pledged to challenge the Bureau of the Budget to ensure real priority. He urged a national program linking medical, psychological, social, and rehabilitation help and noted the federal government as a model. Senator Harold Hughes, a recovering alcoholic, urged a broad prevention and cure program across government.
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UPI
Roger O. Egeberg
Congress
Egeberg
Nixon
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Bureau of the Budget
Lyndon B. Johnson
HEW
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Lindsay Sees Roadblock In Romney Housing Plan
Washington Mayor John V Lindsay criticized Secretary Romney s housing bill as an impractical roadblock to public housing expansion The plan would raise per room cost limits from 3150 to 3480 in high cost areas like New York while Lindsay argued actual costs run about 30 percent higher and the national goal of 26 million units by 1978 would be jeopardized.
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Washington
UPI
New York
John V. Lindsay
George Romney
Lindsay
Senate Banking
Congress
Romney
Ceige
Glimmer of Hope Seen For Center at Ripton
New England Regional Commission official views a Vermont environmental education institute at Ripton as a viable project. Richard E. Wright reviewed the former OEO center in Green Mountain National Forest to prepare a report for six governors on a $200,000 request by Gov. Deane C. Davis. Wright noted the commission has $500,000 total and faces 30 to 40 competing proposals, but education and environment are priorities. Action on the Vermont request is set for September 13 at the next commission meeting.
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Ripton
UPC
New England Regional Commission
Richard E. Wright
Commission
Job Corps
New England
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Wright
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Green Mountain National Forest
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Richard Brett
Woodstock
Weather Outlook With Showers and Thunder Possible
Cloudy conditions with a chance of brief showers or thundershowers today through Sunday. Highs mostly in the 70s, tonight’s lows around the mid 50s. Tomorrow little change expected.
Kennedy weighs decision to quit after Chappaquiddick
Sen Edward M Kennedy said there was no truth to rumors of immoral conduct after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal accident that killed Miss Mary Jo Kopechne. He asked Massachusetts for advice on his political future as he faced a suspended two month jail term and reflected on the night of the tragedy.
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Hyannisport
Mass
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
People of
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Miss Kopechne
Chappaquiddick Island
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Joseph C. Gargan
Paul Markham
U.S
Ski Team Eyes Long Trail Record Across Vermont
The U.S. X-C Ski Team led by coach Johnny Caldwell plans a 260 mile summer trek from Jay Peak to the Massachusetts line along Vermont’s Long Trail to train for winter yet seek publicity and support. The 10-man squad aims to average 26 miles daily with a rest day final, may dine with Gov. Deane C. Davis at Bolton Valley, and will pass through Bennington Stratton and North Troy with lunches provided by Brattleboro’s Mrs. Stephen Greene. Caldwell notes the record is 13 days and held by Ben Rolston. a ceremony is set at Stratton’s Daniel Webster market.
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U.S
Vermont
Johnny Caldwell
Canada
Massachusetts
Jay Peak
Troy
Molly Stark
Bennington
Deane C. Davis
Bolton Valley
Caldwell
Route 9
Green Mountain Club
Ben Rolston
Schenectady
N.Y
Appleby
Adams
Mass
North Troy
Wt. Caldwell
Daniel Webster
Stratton
William Henry
Tippecanoe
Harrison
John Tyler
Stephen Greene
Brattleboro
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