Area lawmakers call session on U S 7 fixup
Bennington County legislators and citizens meet next Thursday at 7 30 p m in Shaftsbury Cole Hall to discuss Route 7 conditions. Rep Jane Gardner Arlington says the aim is not to choose old versus new but to address desperate repair needs and consider petitions seeking a thorough rehabilitation study by the Highway Department.
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Bennington County
Jane Gardner
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
State Highway Department
Gardner
Federal District Court
Arlington-to-Manchester
Bennington
Harvey D. Carter Jr
William Painter
The
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
Carter
Painter
Conservation Society
Highway Department
Thomas Mayo
Manchester
Arthur Goss
Department
Frank Aldrich
Two U S 7 proposals aired for Shaftsbury
The Vermont Highway Department presented two Route 7 betterment plans at Cole Hall in Shaftsbury, one to add a passing lane through Center Shaftsbury and another to widen the stretch with two lanes and shoulders. The public denounced the passing-lane option in a village setting, while a popular bypass plan for Bottom Hill won broad support to ease a dangerous curve.
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Shaftsbury
Vermont Highway Department
U.S. 7
Cole Hall
Center Hill
Ace Auto Sales
West Mountain Road
Center Shaftsbury
Edwin A. Colvin
Colvin
Highway Department
Terrace
Trumbull Hill Road
Bottom Hill
Depot Road
Public access urged to state efficiency study papers
Attorney General M Jerome Diamond seeks public access to background documents of a state efficiency study that could save 9 4 million annually under 294 recommendations. Governor Snelling’s aides offered no comment, while a Democratic push to release the papers was rebuffed.
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Diamond
Attorney General
Charles Butler Jr
John Gray
Snelling
Economy Index Dips 0.6 Percent in June
The Commerce Department reports the leading indicators index fell 0.6 percent in June marking the second straight monthly decline. The drop is tied to tighter money supply and higher unemployment, with unemployment rising to 7.1 percent for the first June increase.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Veterans Home option on Bennington land for state office building
A five member committee of the Vermont Veterans Home trustees has offered the state an option to buy a 3 acre parcel near Route 7 in Bennington for a federally funded state office building. The price remains undisclosed, described as fair, with potential subtraction from the home’s next budget. The proposal awaits approval from state officials and lawmakers including Ralph Peters and Rep. Peter Giuliani, who oppose funding maneuvers. The building would be a one story facility consolidating local state offices. further details appear on the back page.
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Vermont Veterans Home Trustees
Thomas R. Haley
Haley
Chamber of Commerce
Deer Park
Route 7
Peter Giuliani
Giuliani
Vermont Veterans Home
Peters
Boston Ballet Set to Perform in Bennington This Thursday
Sponsored by the Green Mountain Arts Collaborative the Boston Ballet will present at MAUHS auditorium Thursday at 8 p.m. The program includes Pas de Deux from Le Corsair Rael Lambs Butterfly Gray martial arts inspired Flowering Into New Battles and Concerto Barocco choreographed by Balanchine to Bach Concerto in D Minor. Tickets are available in Bennington stores.
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The
Green Mountain Arts Collaborative
Boston Ballet
Bennington
MAUHS
le Corsair
Rael Lamb
Martha Armstrong Gray
Concerto Barocco
George
Federal judge reopens Medicaid abortion payments nationwide
A Brooklyn federal district judge issued a new temporary restraining order maintaining Medicaid abortion reimbursements nationwide until a hearing next Wednesday. Judge John F. Dooling Jr. delayed halting payments, citing potential life endangerment for young poor women seeking illegal abortions. The order responds to Hyde Amendment concerns and follows Supreme Court guidance on state control of reimbursement grounds.
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Max H. Seigel
N.Y. Times News Service
New York
N.Y
Brooklyn
John F. Dooling Jr
Dooling
Supreme Court
High Court
Maher
Roe
Beal
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Rhonda Copelon
Inside National and Local News Briefs Itemized
National note on Fred Beaudoin receiving fifty thousand dollars from sympathetic strangers. Pipeline oil reaches Valdez. Local discussion on open season for housewives. A letter decries the mail service. Malamud’s column reviews the blackout. County asks if town clerks should resign. Infant Medical Center closes in Manchester. Sports note: Soccer League championship to be played Monday. Greyhounds gaining popularity in Southern Vermont.
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Fred Beaudoin
Jfirst
Valdez
UCS
Malamud
Jane Gardner
Infant Medical Center
Manchester
Greyhounds
Vermont
NRC okays Yankee expansion plan in Vermont
The NRC has given preliminary approval to triple the Vermont Yankee plant’s spent fuel storage capacity in Vernon. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. could face closure without more storage. NRC staff found no health or environmental threat, and state officials voiced no major objections though an appeal by anti-nuclear groups is possible.
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NRC
Yankee
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U.S
By Rob Woolmington
Vincent Hoy
Nelson “Smokey” Williams
Hoy
Williams
Ivor S
Tink”’ Pelsue
Hoy House
Arthur Aldrich
Santa Barbara
Robert Jenquin
California
Benson Scotch
Veterans Home
By Lee Harrison
Banner
Ralph Peters
State Secretary of Administration
Rep
Henry J. Hyde
R-Ill
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