Paper Firm Ordered To Stop Polluting Lake Champlain
Betsy Samuelson reports that International Paper Co. must halt waste discharges at its Ticonderoga NY plant and begin a sludge removal study by Aug 21. Vermont officials hail the Lake Champlain Enforcement Conference action as a major victory after two years of dispute with New York. The company was ordered to stop dumping by July 1.
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South Burlington
UPI
International Paper Co
Ticonderoga
N.Y
Vermont
New York State
Lake Champlain Enforcement Conference
International Paper
James M. Jeffords
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Deane C. Davis
New York
Ticonderoga Bay
Champlain Fish Found Tainted
Vermont warns Lake Champlain fish unsafe for consumption after tests show mercury levels above safe limits in northern lake samples. Health and environmental agencies, urged by Gov Davis and AG Jeffords, plan immediate cleanup and potential sale ban pending further action by federal and state authorities.
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Williams
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Mallets Bay
Mississquoi Bay
Camplain
Waste Treatment Urged At Vernon Nuke Plant
Peter S. Paine urged Vermont to reopen Water Resources Board hearings on the Vernon nuclear plant. He urged the board to require a radioactive waste treatment system similar to Northern States Power at Monticello. Paine said the system would cost 1 to 3 million dollars and reduce emissions. Governor Deane C. Davis faces pressure from southern Vermont residents.
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South Burlington
UPS
Lake Champlain Committee
Vermont
Water Resources Board
Vernon
Peter S. Paine
Willsboro
N.Y
Natural Resources Council
Southern Vermont Conservation Society
Paine
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Connecticut River
Northern States Power Co
Monticello, Minn
Vermont Yankee
Deane C. Davis
House Overrides Nixon Veto On Hill Burton Hospital Aid
The House voted 279 to 98 to override Nixon’s economy veto of a 2.76 billion dollar hospital grant and loan, sending a liberalized Hill Burton Act extension to the Senate. If the Senate agrees, it becomes the 74th vetoed bill enacted since 1792. Most Democrats supported override. Republicans split, citing fiscal restraint and health program funding.
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UPI
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Nixon
Senate
Hill- Burton Hospital
William M. Colmer
Miss
O.C. Fisher
Tex
John O. Marsh
Ray Madden
D-Ind
John Anderson
Ill
Congress
National Institutes of Health
Macneil of Barra Dies At Home in Brattleboro
Robert Lister Macneil 80, longtime chief of the Clan Neil since 1915, died at his Brattleboro home after moving from Marlboro in 1931. He dedicated years to restoring Kisimiul Castle on the Isle of Barra, a project featured in the film Talisman Barra shown on Vermont Education Television.
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Robert Lister Macneil
Macneil
Barra
Neil
Kisimiul Castle
Isle of
Scotland
Vermont Ave
Marlboro
Vermont Education Television
Nightrider Charges Dropped in Vermont Case
State's Attorney Moss dropped charges against Harry J. McDermott of Arlington related to firing shots into the Towne home, principal of Arlington Memorial High School. Judge Morrissey dismissed the jury due to a legal defect. new charges to be filed and a new arraignment set, with a trial likely in July.
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Neil S. Moss
Harry J. McDermott
Arlington
U.S
William Towne
Arlington Memorial High School
Moss
Bennington County
McDermott
John P. Morrissey
John T. Carmody Jr
Morrissey
State of
Vermont
Bennington
O’neill
Senate approves 4.8 billion education aid bill
The Senate approved a 4.8 billion education aid package, exceeding Nixon’s request by one billion and risking a possible veto in an election year. The measure passed 70 to 4, with House actions also shaping related funding, including a 150 million down payment for desegregation in Southern districts and targeted provisions on bilingual schooling and dropout prevention.
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UPI
White House
Senate
Nixon
Congress
House
Gals Breach All Male Club at McSorley's Old Ale House
Faith Seidenberg and Karen De Crow from Syracuse won a federal decision allowing women to enter and mingle at McSorley’s Old Ale House in New York. Judge Walter R. Mansfield ruled the 116 year old public house must admit women if they are escorted or unescorted, under equal protection.
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API
McSorley
Syracuse
Faith R. Seidenberg
Karen de Crow
Walter R. Mansfield
Mansfield
Inside dining and letters in Readsboro patch
Food columnist Ellen Rose writes about a Hungarian goulash dish. Phil Savory finds amusement in William H. Meyer charges against The Banner. Readsboro's iconic flatiron building is replaced by a parking lot.
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Ellen Rose
Phil Savory
William H. Meyer
Banner
Readsboro
Consequences Uncertain Long Term View of War in Cambodia
UPI analysis assesses the Cambodia operation as a short term success with tangible results including killed insurgents captured weapons and rice supplies. Long term outcome hinges on November elections and the fate of Lon Nol's government as North Vietnamese forces press an unlikely Cambodian survival.
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U.S
Nixon
Norodom Sihanouk
Cam
Laos
Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Sihanouk
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