CVPS seeks 18.2 percent rate rise in Vermont
Central Vermont Public Service Corp requests 18.2 percent rate increase to raise about 4.5 million dollars in added revenue. The Vermont Public Service Board will hold hearings. the company had earlier gained an 11.8 percent rise with another 19 percent request previously withdrawn or adjusted. Public officials react with concern as financial pressures continue.
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UPI
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Vermont Public Service Board
Central Vermont
Public Service
Ernest Gibson III
L. Douglas Meredith
Meredith
Vermont
Gibson
Bennington Manager backs floodwall as defense for Veterans Home
Bennington Town Manager Edward R. Lamb told selectmen the floodwall behind Mt. Anthony Union High School will work and that the Vermont Veterans' Home faces no flood danger. He dismissed a Williams College student's claim of a dangerous “fun nelling” effect and outlined limits under a 1970 act on local river bed clearance.
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Edward R. Lamb
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Vermont Veterans’ Home
Williams College
Veterans’ Home
Park Street
Army Corps of Engineers
Lamb
Water Resources Board of Vermont
Walloomsac
State Board
Norton Barber
J. Duncan Campbell
Edward Frasier
Water Resources Board
Campbell
Frasier
J.C. Jerome
Fiscal panel stays out of Acebo Mosher squabble
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee refused to intervene in the cash versus accrual accounting dispute between Vermont auditor Alexander V. Acebo and Finance Director Bruce Mosher. They deemed accrual too costly and impractical, urging internal resolution while backing rapid computerization of accounting, estimated at about 1 million dollars.
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UPI
Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee
Vermont Auditor of Accounts
Alexander V. Acebo
Bruce Mosher
Mosher
House Appropriations
R. Marshall Witten
Bennington
Alleged slayer may be deported to Italy
In Rutland, Superior Judge Robert Larrow prepared to decide Saverio Pietrangeli a 29 year old Rome native charged with first degree murder whether he should stand trial in Vermont be deported to Italy or committed to a mental institution following a six hour Rutland County Court hearing.
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UPI
Robert Larrow
Rome
Vermont
Italy
Larrow
Saverio Pietrangeli
Iona Ruth Lee
Brandon
Opposition waning on Riehle as secretary of state
In Montpelier UPI reports the Legislature shows growing reluctance to appoint Theodore Riehle of South Burlington as secretary of state to replace Richard C. Thomas. House GOP leaders say a poll of members favors a hands off stance and no recommendation to Gov. Davis. The governor’s office has not decided and will await Thomas’s formal resignation.
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GOP
Deane C. Davis
Thomas
Senate Committee
Washington
James Sanderson
Riehle
Davis
Hatfield McGovern clash eyed as Senate vote nears
Inside The Senate reports the renewed Hatfield McGovern amendment to end the war was expected to be voted on this afternoon. Page 2 also notes columnist James Reston’s look at war ironies and the end of a conflict never officially declared. Page 4.
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James Reston
Roy Marsden
Greater
Injunction bars Times from Pentagon war report publication
UPI reports a federal judge issued a temporary injunction to halt further New York Times publication of a Pentagon Vietnam war report, with a hearing set for Friday on a possible permanent order. The Times vows to press the case, saying the public deserves the truth and that this raises major issues of national security and press freedom.
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Times
Murray Gurfein
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Justice Department
John N. Mitchell
U.S
Whitney North Seymour Jr
United States
Pentagon Report
Secrecy surrounds Vietnam War project X report
The New York Times conducted a secret study into the origins of the Vietnam War, code named Project X. Reporters and editors were confined to a Manhattan hotel suite as a 45 volume Defense Department study was reviewed under tight security. Only a few top Times figures knew of the project, with strict injunctions limiting information flow.
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UPI
New York Times
Defense Department
Manhattan
Boston Herald Traveler
Herald
New York
Washington
Neil Sheehan
Times
The
James Reston
A.M. Rosenthal
Max Frankel
Hedrick Smith
E. W. Kenworthy
Fox Butterfield
Washington Washington
Sheehan
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
Village Voice
Nat Hentoff
Robert Phelps
Tom Wicker
Publication of top secret Vietnam texts alarms officials
Washington officials fear 공개 of New York Times installments containing verbatim diplomatic and military cables from 1963 to 1965 could enable the Soviet Union to crack U.S. codes. Justice Department sought a court order to halt further publication. Pentagon and security agencies worry decoded plaintext might expose broader messages and endanger national security.
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UPI
New York Times
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U.S
the Times
Justice Department
The
Times
Pentagon
Vermont Yankee Officials Say Schedule Will Be Met
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp officials insist an Atomic Energy Commission request for more safety studies will not delay the Vernon plant’s operation. The AEC report backs the project health, but urges data on testing equipment before full operation. Public relations officer Lawrence Keyes said testing could begin in October with line-in within three months, while license hearings in Brattleboro this summer face strong conservationist opposition.
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Lawrence Keyes
Vermont Yankee
AEC
Commission
Brattleboro
Nixon names Robert F. Froehlke Army secretary
President Nixon appoints Robert F. Froehlke as the new secretary of the Army to replace Stanley R. Resor. The 48yearold Laird ally must win Senate confirmation after a career at the Pentagon and in Wisconsin business. Froehlke served in World War II and has been a longtime friend of Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird.
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UPI
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Robert F. Froehlke
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Melvin R. Laird
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Senate
Laird
Marshfield
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