Bennington selectmen oppose Willow Park expansion until fields done
Bennington selectmen kept a firm stance against further Willow Park development until current ballfields are completed, while signaling willingness to back the Planning Commission’s plan to limit auto junkyards to commercial industrial zones. They also learned Town Manager Louis C. Savelas will pursue federal jobs bill applications.
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Willow Park
Planning Commission
Louis C. Savelas
Ford
Congress
Recreation Commission
David Maroney
Selectmen
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Maroney
Beech Street
Tansitor
Selectman
Richard Perrott
Tansiter
Morrissey
Commission
Firing demand eyed for Steam Train aide over deficits
Vermont lawmakers debate a $300,000 loan boost for the Bicentennial Steam Train only if vice president Anthony Egan is fired or resigns. The project has exhausted $500,000 in authorized loans and runs about $10,000 daily in losses despite rising passenger numbers.
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Ronald Crisman
Bicentennial Transportation Committee
Crisman
Vermont
Montpelier
Hebard
Egan
China quake toll feared high
The 8.2 magnitude quake struck northeastern China around 4 am near Peking and Tientsin. A major 7.9 aftershock followed 15 hours later. Heavy casualties feared in Tientsin. Japanese casualties reported. rail lines possibly cut. concerns rise over dams and canals. Gough Whitlam and officials were in Tientsin but uninjured.
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Hong Kong
UPI
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Peking
Foreign Ministry
Tokyo
Tangshan
Golden
Colo
National
U.S
New York
Hopeh
Hai Ho
Po Hai Gulf
Shanghai
Earthquake Information Center
Colorado
Australia
Gough Whitlam
Tientsir
Astronomical gas price rise unites consumer opposition
Washington UPI reports a coalition of consumer labor and local government groups opposing the Federal Power Commission fuel price hike. The FPC approved higher interstate gas prices, raising average annual household bills by 15.60 dollars, to 1.01 per thousand cubic feet for 1973 75 and 1.42 thereafter. Energy Action leads lawsuits and cites a historic increase supported by FPC chair Dunham Holloman Watt.
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UPI
Federal Power Commission
Energy Action
FPC
State of
Minnesota
United Auto Workers
U.S. Conference of Mayors
The
National Farmers Union
Richard L. Dunham
John H. Holloman III
James G. Watt
Viking set to scrape Mars soil and bribery scandal in Japan
On the Inside reports Viking missions to collect Martian soil while a bribery scandal spreads in Japan. The museum column discusses paper preservation for distant futures and other features across pages 2 and 4.
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Viking
Mars
Japan
Museum
Patrick Buchanan
Carter
John Page
Connally backs Ford as Schweiker shocks GOP
John Connally endorsed Ford on Tuesday marking a major shift in the Ford Reagan contest. The former Texas governor cited Schweiker as a factor in the battle and joined others who still view Ford as the stronger general election candidate.
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Clay F. Richards
United Press International
Ronald Reagan
Richard Schweiker
Reagan
John Connally
Ford
Texas
Schweiker
Mddrim Thomson
New Hampshire
MAU Board tests Shaftsbury seventh graders return
Mt Anthony Union School Board plans a one year trial to send Shaftsbury 7th graders back to the local school at a cost of 3000 to 5000 dollars borne by Shaftsbury. If approved, 43 Shaftsbury students would join MAU 7th grade in September and parents would be surveyed before scheduling. The board also forms a high school principal screening committee and accepts the resignation of Principal Clarence Pelkie effective July 30.
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Shaftsbury
Rob Woolmington
Mt. Anthony Union School Board
Shaftsbury School Board
Mt. Anthony
Mt. Anthony Union
Jonathan B. Durand
Durand
Dimke
Vander Els
Joseph Hall
Sleeman
Pelkie
Thelma Coley
Louis A. Axt
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