Public Compost Heap Proposed for Bennington
Bennington residents urged the Selectmen to consider a public compost heap as part of local environmental planning. Town Manager Edward R. Lamb cited municipal byproducts like sewage sludge and fall leaves as compost materials and noted staffing limits for maintaining a public heap. He referenced Milorganite as a model and called for an education program while exploring the idea.
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Bennington
Joseph E. Higgins
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine
Milwaukee
Norton Barber
Village of
Antiwar Measure Survives Its First Test in Senate
In Washington the antiwar effort to curb U.S. operations in Cambodia with fund-cutting provisions survived a key Senate test. Backers of the measure defeated opponents who sought to block further action beyond June 30, marking a rare legislative win for the antiwar side early in the conflict.
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Senate
Washington
API
U.S
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
Robert Dole
R-Kans
Nixon
Sens
Frank Church
D-Idaho
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
White House
Village Wins Mandamus in Water and Sewer Case
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled for Joseph and Monica Corcoran, ordering Bennington officials to grant water and sewer service permits for seven lots on their property under the same terms as other applicants. Supplemental relief for additional lots was denied.
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Corcorans
Peru quake death toll climbs with 17 000 feared in Yungay
Lima reports say floods after the Peru quake may have killed over 17,000 in Yungay where 2,500 survivors remain in a cemetery awaiting rescue. Officials caution the toll could reach 30,000 across affected cities as paratroopers rush aid and air drops facing blocked roads and dust storms.
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Lima
UPI
Peru
Andes
Yungay
Jose Garaychochea
Amazon Jungle
Huaraz
Callejon de Huylas
Caraz
Llanganuco Lake
Mathis
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Senator Reveals Profits of Electric Utilities
Senator Lee Metcalf released a profit list of large electric utilities showing 1968 net income percentages, with eighteen firms above 20 percent and Citizens Utility Co. of Arizona at 50.7 percent. The data, inserted in the Congressional Record, reflects calls for rate increases despite high profits and covers many New England and New York area utilities with specific company percentages.
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Washington
Kentucky
Connecticut Light and Power
Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power
Hartford Electric Light
United Illuminating
Connecticut
Rumford Falls Power
Maine
Canal Electric
Massachusetts
Metcalf
New England
Boston Edison Co
Boston Gas Co
Wallace Wins Alabama Runoff for Governor Nomination
United Press International reports George Corley Wallace secured the Democratic nomination for another Alabama governorship term after defeating Gov. Albert Brewer in a runoff. Wallace framed the victory as a platform for a future presidential campaign amid racial tensions in the state.
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George Corley Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
American Independent Party
Albert P. Brewer
California
Jess Unruh
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Nixon
John V. Tunney
George E. Brown Jr
Ronald Reagan
George Murphy
Norton Simon
Doe Season Debate Opens as Vermont Hearing Divides
A Fish and Game hearing on the 1970 antlerless deer season drew about 60 attendees led by retired minister George Butler who questioned herd figures and warned hunting fuels the killer instinct. The vote favored the season 25 to 18 with opposition from Bennington and Londonderry contingents.
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Wilmington
Fish and Game Department
George Butler
Halifax
Butler
Bennington
Londonderry
Guy Mattison
Shaftsbury
Ray Armstrong
Pownal
Richard Cooledge
John J. Murphy
Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club
Vermont
Leroy Aldrich
Chester
Lawrence Garland
Benjamin W. Day Jr
Loi McLaughlin
UVM
Maxwell McCormack
Rupert
McCormack
Bear Mountain
Cooledge
McLaughlin
Day
Nixon’s Fact-Finders Leave For War Zones of Indochina
A UPI report says President Nixon’s personal fact finding delegation will fly to Southeast Asia for a week long mission. The group includes Sens Murphy Tower Cannon McIntyre and Reps Price Bray Whitehurst Fisher plus governors Love Shafer McNair and aides including Herbert Klein and Bryce Harlow. The trip aims to view Cambodian operations and assess progress ahead of a possible pace up of troop withdrawals.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Southeast Asia
White House
U.S
Cambodia
Indochina
George Murphy
R-Calif
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Thomas J. McIntyre
R-N.h
Melvin Price
D-Ill
William G. Bray
R-Ind
G. William Whitehurst
R-Va
O. C. Fisher
D-Tex
Debt Limit Used To Pressure President
Antiwar lawmakers plan to leverage the national debt to force President Nixon into quicker disengagement from Southeast Asia. They aim to defeat an $18 billion debt-ceiling bill as the House considers it, risking financial disruption if the ceiling falls to $365 billion by July. Democratic sponsors Vanik Fraser Bingham and Lowenstein back the move amid warnings of partial payments if acted late.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Southeast Asia
House
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Donald M. Fraser
Minnesota
Jonathan B. Bingham
Allard K. Lowenstein
New York
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Editorial and notices from a regional paper pages four and eight
An Inside The Army Corps of Engineers piece claims they move and invent mountains. A letter criticizes taxpayers who complain yet do not vote. Manchester consolidates its post offices in an official notice. A deer named Bambi I in Sunderland is now unwelcome.
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Army Corps of Engineers
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Gulf of Tonkin
Cooper-Church
Dole
Peruvian
Chimbote
NEW Hampshire — Concord Electric Co
Connecticut Valley Electric Co., Inc
Exeter & Hampton Electric Co
Granite State Electric Co
Public Service Co
New Hampshire
White Mountain Power Co
Rhode Island— Blackstone Valley Electric Co
Narragansett Electric Co
Newport Electric Corp
Vermont—Central Vermont Power Service
United Press International
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Harold Wallace
Missoula
New Jersey
Harrison A. Jr
Frank J. Guarini
Hudson County
Jersey City
Democratic
Nelson G. Gross
GOP
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Gov
David
Cargo
Anderson Carter
Joseph M. Montoya
Iowa
Robert Fulton
William Gannon
Robert D. Ray
Frank L. Farrar
South Dakota
Frank E. Henderson
Richard Kneip
Salem
Kneip
Mississippi
John C. Stennis
Ray Lee
Charles H. Griffin
John Randolph
Herbert L. Klein
Bryce N. Harlow
John A. Love
Colorado
Raymond P. Shafer
Republican Governors Conference
Robert E. McNair
South Carolina
Manchester
Sunderland
Bambi I
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