Monitoring Powers Questioned at Vermont Yankee Meeting
About 60 residents urged Gov. Deane C. Davis to halt Vernon’s $125 million Vermont Yankee reactor and reopen hearings on its permit. Gerald James led the group demanding a suspension and re evaluation via Water Resources Board petition. Governor said no executive order authority exists and stressed legal limits amid broader questions on state powers.
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David Scribner
Montpelier
James
Davis
State Water Resources Board
Vernon
James M. Jeffords
Vermont
Northern States Power Corp
Minnesota
Jeffords
Water Resources Board
Supreme Court
Federal Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont Water Resources Board
Northern States Power
AEC
Monticello
Minn
The
Harold Levander
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
JCAE
Times Reporter Caldwell Held in Contempt for Refusal to Testify
New York Times journalist Earl Caldwell was found in contempt of court for resisting a federal grand jury probe into Black Panther activities. Judge Alfonso J. Zirpoli stayed execution pending appeal as Caldwell cited First Amendment rights and claimed illegal electronic surveillance.
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San Francisco
UPI
New York Times
Earl Caldwell
U.S
Alfonso J. Zirpoli
Aie
9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Caldwell
Grand Jury
Zirpoli
Stanford Law
Anthony Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Nation's Jobless Highest in 5 Years
Washington reports May unemployment at 5.0 percent, 4.1 million job seekers. Labor data show adults white workers most affected, with whites rising from 4.3 to 4.6 percent while Negro unemployment dips to 8.0 percent. Meany and Proxmire denounce economic policies and call for inflation and rate relief.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Capitol Hill
Nixon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
BenMont Papers Cuts 50-75 Workers Amid Supply Shortage
BenMont Papers confirmed a brief but sizeable layoff of 50 to 75 workers due to a temporary shortage of supplies. Leonard Epstein, VP, said the cut aligns with the annual vacation shutdown and may last a few weeks, with about 100 employees still at work. Peter Donavan Jr. denied reports of a complete closure.
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BenMont Papers
Leonard Epstein
Epstein
BenMont
Peter Donavan
Vermont Heroin Warning Warns of Spreading Use
Federal narcotics official John Finlater warned Vermont residents that heroin, while not yet a problem statewide, is creeping from ghettos into other neighborhoods. He cautioned that within 18 months trouble could spread to junior high schools and communities across the state.
Nixon to form high level commission after hijack crisis
President Nixon telephoned wounded TWA pilot Capt. David Hope to wish him a speedy recovery and expressed pride in his service. A high level commission of officials, airline executives, and pilots is under active consideration to address airline hijack risks. A Delta Dart interceptor shadowed the hijacked TWA 727 during the eight hour ordeal. There were 58 aboard as suspect Ruthor G. Barkley was arrested on federal piracy charges.
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Fairfax Hospital
Nixon
Mary Jane Mastorovich
Hope
Guadalcanal
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Navy
Ziegler
New Mexico
Dulles
Washington
Virginia
Pentagon
Dover
Del
Air Force Base
TWA
Doris
Dennis
Perry
Kan
Ruthor G. Barkley
Phoenix
Ariz
AIM Promotes Low Phosphate Detergents in Manchester
In Manchester a phase two water pollution experiment seeks reduced phosphate use. Despite interest from residents and AIM, there is no noticeable drop in town sewage phosphate levels. A seven day lapse separated phases one and two as volunteers test consumer shifts toward low phosphate soaps and brands amid broader promotion efforts and data collection.
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Manchester
State Water Resources Department
Action In Manchester
AIM
IGA
Grand Union
Manchester Center
Bovey
Montpelier
University of Vermont Medical
State Water Resources Board
Department of Water Resources
Weather outlook with mild weekend conditions
Partly cloudy morning gives way to a chance of scattered showers and a high in the low 70s. Tonight will be fair and cool with near 50 degrees. Sunday looks fair and mild with highs in the mid 70s.
Draft Counseling Center To Open Here
A benefit music concert Music in the Garden will be held Sunday June 7 at Bennington College to raise funds for a draft counseling center in Bennington. Faculty and students will perform original and traditional works from 5 30 to 7 p m behind Jennings Hall. Marshall Knapp a local conscientious objector who has offered counseling will speak after the concert about the proposed center with donations planned for legal books and journals.
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Bennington College
Bennington
College
Jennings Hall
Marshall Knapp
Rutland
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Mt. Anthony
David Wasco
David
DUO
Sen
George Aiken
Times
Augusta
Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
New England
Frederickton
N.B
New York
Quebec
New Brunswick
Gov. Curtis
New England States
Meany
Proxmire
Harold Goldstein
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Exeter Corp
Boston
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