Governor to decide on crime grant in Vermont
Vermont Governor Thomas Salmon may approve a federal LEAA crime grant after endorsement by the Emergency Board. Salmon has delayed decision, study ongoing with law enforcement officials, including the regional FBI director, as opposition from some board members persists. Also notes problems with the Transportation Agency and regional energy policy among New England governors.
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Emergency Board
Salmon
FBI
Diamond
New Transportation Agency
New England
Vermont
Funding revived for Bennington Tutorial Center likely in 1976
Bennington Human Services Commission voted to recommend restoring the Tutorial Center's $6,000 funding for fiscal 1976 after mismanagement disclosures. The panel imposed safeguards: checks co signed, separate town account, annual audits, no outside fundraising, and bonding. The center currently serves 58 active and 28 semi active students with 10 volunteers and three Manpower employees.
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Bennington Human Services Commission
Barbara Geer
Judy Meneeley
Richard V. Perrott
Edward Holden
Margaret Howes
Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union
Perrott
Holden
Human Services
Jeffords backs Ford veto on major job bill in vote
UPI reports Rep. James Jeffords R VT joined the majority to sustain President Ford s veto of a large job producing bill. Senators Stafford and Leahy urged swift new unemployment legislation while noting Jeffords may back an override if an alternative program is guaranteed. The measure would have funded about 4.4 million for Vermont public service jobs and youth programs.
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Washington
Sadat Opens Suez Canal Reopening With Parade of Ships
President Anwar Sadat reopened the Suez Canal in PORT SAID aboard the destroyer October 6, declaring the move a contribution to peace while pledging to oust Israel from occupied Arab lands. Iranian crown prince Ali Reza attended as crowds cheered and ships sounded.
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Egypt
UPI
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
Middle East
Sadat
Israel
Mediterranean
Ismailia
Suez Canal Authority
Ali Reza
Shah Mohamed
Sinai Peninsula
Bar-Lev
Ford grants amnesty to West Point students
President Ford and aides addressed the nation’s service academies urging a stronger defense to maintain world peace. At West Point the cadet corps received amnesty for minor offenses while Rockefeller and Schlesinger spoke at the Naval and Air Force academies respectively about unity, realism, and retaining military power to protect shared values.
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United Press International
Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
James Schlesinger
U.S
West Point
Rockefeller
Schlesinger
Naval Academy
Air Force Academy
NATO
United States
Washington
Air Force
Leahy Defends Labor Record Amid Council Criticism
Vermont Senator Leahy rebutted a Vermont Labor Council verdict that he has a weak labor record. Governor Salmon backed him, noting his votes for food stamp, tax cut, and price controls. Leahy touted a 92.44 percent attendance and explained missing votes while abroad for interparliamentary talks.
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Leahy
Senate
Congress
Illegal billboards to be torn from county roadside
Vermont Highway Department crews will begin removing illegal outdoor advertising in Bennington County as part of a statewide effort to enforce the 1968 Outdoor Advertising Act. The program targets roughly 700 interstate signs statewide, with compensation rules for those legally erected and leased in 1974. Sign removal starts late this week in district one, noting 108 signs sent notices in Bennington County.
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Russ Garland
Vermont Highway Department
Bennington County
Vermont
Congress
Washington
Highway Department
State Travel Information Council
Travel Information Council
Gleason W. Ayers
Ayers
St. Johnsbury
St. Albans
Barre
Montpelier
Brattleboro
Rutland
Burlington
Federal Highway Administration
Boynton Saia
Sara
Goldwater pushes for B1 bomber flight as arms funding fights shape up
In Washington, Senator Barry Goldwater urged Air Force to let him pilot a production B1 bomber, while liberals faced stiff opposition as a $25 billion defense package moved forward. The Armed Services Committee backed about $600 million for B1 research but rejected $77 million for first procurement, amid battles over AWACS and missile accuracy funding.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Air Force
Department of Defense
Armed Services Comittee
Milion Air Force
George McGovern
D-S.c
United States
Goldwater
Edwards Afb
Calif
Strom Thurmond
Inside National and Local Highlights Abridged
Proponents of busing in Boston mount filibuster and Sen Church clashes with Rockefeller CIA whitewash on Page 2. MAU Awards Assembly spotlight and NE governors press rail takeover on Page 3. Tom Braden describes Holland life as editor questions proliferation of recreation on Page 4. Tom Wicker ponders murder ethics on Page 5. Arlington schools high marks. fresh air, rate cases, and BBS plans on Pages 6 7. Fonteyn to dance at SPAC and Riddle organ recital at North Adams church on Page 9. Delinquent taxes in Bennington area on Page 11. MAU baseball stats and NBA rule changes with Pete’s U.S. soccer move on Pages 12 13.
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Church
Rockefeller
CIA
MAU
N.E
Tom Braden
Holland
Tom Wicker
Arlington
BBS
Fonteyn
SPAC
John Riddle
North Adams Church
Bennington
NBA
Pete
U.S
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Vt. Labor Council
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Thomas Salmon
Vermont Labor Council
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