Angered lawmaker impugns Judge Oakes on Route 7 case
Rep Lawrence Powers accuses Judge James L Oakes of bias over the Route 7 dispute. Carter, counsel for plaintiffs, seeks contempt for highway department actions, while Oakes upholds injunctions and defers to federal procedure reviews including Section 4 f and an upcoming EIS.
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Lawrence Powers
North Bennington
Harvey Carter
James L.) Oakes
Powers
Montpelier
Bennington
Carter
The
Conservation Society of
Southern Vermont
Oakes
Circuit Court
U.S. District Court
Vermont Highway Department
Department
Highway Department
National Forest Service
Lye Brook
Ways and Means votes to block auto mileage rebate
Washington New action by the House Ways and Means committee votes 31 to 5 to scrap President Carter's proposed rebate for high mileage cars and opens discussion on a compromise tax plan targeting gas guzzlers citing harm to the U.S. auto industry.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Carter
Ford
Chrysler Motor Companies
House Ethics Committee
Lawrence S. Eagleburger
Yugoslavia
Henry Kissinger
Brent Scowcroft
Kissinger
National Security Council
William Hyland
NSC
Scowcroft
Juanita Moody
National Security Agency
Washington Post
Ethics Committee
Court rules New York contraceptive ban unconstitutional
Supreme Court majority led by Justice Brennan strikes down New York rules banning contraceptive advertising and criminalizing distribution to minors. The decision holds that protecting procreation rights applies to youths, and rejects health or promiscuity grounds for the regulation. The report also notes a separate energy tax reform debate among Carter aides and auto industry concerns about model-year exemptions.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
New York
William Brennan
Brennan
Third escapee caught in Vermont prison break
Burlington UPI reports two of three Vermont prison escapees are back in custody and police will probe the fatal shooting of the third. Philip Creaser was captured outside a St. Albans bar with no resistance, while Donald Brant, 44, of Pawtucket Rhode Island, remains at large.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Philip Creaser
St. Albans Correctional Center
Donald Brant
Pawtucket
R.I
Rhode Island
Peter Mulholland
Peabody
Mass
Creaser
St. Johnsbury
Church Street
Brant
Chittenden County
William Sorrell
Nicholas Ruggiero
Franklin County
Ronald Kilburn
Interstate 89
Sorrell
College Street
Atlanta
Erie
Mulholland
Corrections chief seeks federal study after Vermont jail escape
Corrections Commissioner Cornelius Hogan asked for federal aid to study security at the St. Albans correctional center after three dangerous inmates escaped from a cell window. Police killed one suspect, and others were captured in Burlington. Hogan plans a security review including guard dogs and electric fences.
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Windsor
Hogan
St. Albans
Computer foulup plagues EDA figures in Vermont and Pa
Officials scramble as Philadelphia EDA releases target allocations misaligning with prior estimates. Vermont loses about 7 to 8 million while Arlington Shaftsbury and Sunderland funding totals appear garbled. Lawmakers and regional leaders call the data a mess and distrust the numbers.
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Philadelphia
The
Economic Development Administration
Vermont
Patrick Leahy
Paul Bruhn
Pennsylvania
EDA
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Sunderland
Bennington County Regional Commission
Greg Burke
Amin returns to Kampala after secret meeting hoax
Uganda Radio said President Idi Amin flew to the capitals of Kampala meeting revolutionary leaders from Tanzania and Zambia near borders with Rwanda. The return followed a three day hoax threatening a surprise appearance at the London Commonwealth conference.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Kampala
Tanzania
Zambia
Radio
Uganda
Amin
London
Rwanda
Ancient Vermont carvings spark debate at Castleton event
Cast len profs discuss earth mounds stone carvings and inscriptions in an ancient script claimed by Harvard professor Barry Fell to translate. Warren Cook showed Stratton Mountain School students photographs of relics while noting several sites remain unlocated.
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Stonehenge
Vermont
Winhall
Harvard
Barry Fells
Castleton State College
Warren Cook
Stratton Mountain School
Fell
America
Cook
Old Bennington stones draw local relic seekers
In Bennington County a citizen asks locals to photograph or sketch unusual rocks and mound formations found near colonial sites. He cites evidence of primitive inscriptions, slash-script carvings, and ancient quarries, with relics like large carved phalluses spotted near Phallus Hill. See ANCIENT on back page.
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Bennington County
Castleton
Cook
Vermont
Warren Dexter
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VSO
Southern Vermont Arts Center
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