Shaftsbury Faces Sharp Cut in State Education Aid
Shaftsbury residents confront a drastic drop in Montpelier aid as the Miller Formula labels the town rich while local taxpayers see heavy burdens. Hinesburg and North Bennington illustrate perceived inequities, with Rep Henry Carse of Hinesburg chairing the education committee and Senate discussions highlighting the unequal distribution of for year funding. The school district meeting blamed state policy for forcing a 50 percent aid reduction, leaving only about five percent of the $622,344 budget covered by state funds and the rest to be raised locally.
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Shaftsbury
Hinesburg
Chittenden County
Henry Carse
House Committee On Education
Carse
North Bennington
Montpelier
Erly & Computer
Irving Adler
Joseph Crossman
Crossman
Lee Shaftsbury
Nixon gains concrete U S Soviet ventures at summit
Nixon and Brezhnev forge early concrete results in three year joint projects on artificial heart research, energy exploration, and earthquake safe housing. A five year oil gas and energy tech pact, plus a possible underground test ban, accompanied talks amid a public display of friendly ties.
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Moscow
UPI
Nixon
Kremlin
U.S
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Ziegler
Red Square
America
Ross Runs Hard In Vermont GOP Senate Bid Realism Over Watergate
U S Senate hopeful Charles R Ross frames a hard campaign against Mallory in Vermont praising real policy contrast and public financing. He warns voters about impeachment stakes if Nixon is impeached while attacking Mallory as the GOP machine candidate and urging clear accountability.
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John Leaning
U.S. Senate
Charles R. Ross
Hinesburg
U.S
Richard W. Mallory
George D. Aiken
Bennington
Ross
John F. Kennedy
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Mallory
GOP
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Nixon
Charles Ross
Impeachment grounds outlined by Henry Steele Commager
Historian Henry Steele Commager provides a clear, concise account of the grounds for impeachment. The feature summarizes legal standards, historical context, and the potential routes for a constitutional process.
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Henry Steele Commager
Karen Fortney
Salmon pledges energy planning legislation in Vermont
Governor Thomas P. Salmon vows to push 1975 legislation to enhance state energy planning and require stronger public representation on electric utility boards. He cites Green Mountain Power’s billing disputes and New England Telephone’s cutbacks, while opposing a state takeover of failing firms. He warns utilities risk bankruptcy without rate relief and says the Public Service Board will not be intimidated.
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Green Mountain Power Corp
Burlington
Public Service Board
Salmon
Green Mountain
New England Telephone Co
Watergate trial moves forward as Ehrlichman jurors chosen
A 24-member jury panel was empaneled in the Ehrlichman conspiracy trial as prosecutors prepare to present their case. White House counsel James D. St. Clair defended Nixon against hush money payments and the dairy industry pledge while officials discussed other Watergate matters.
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Washington
UPI
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
House
White House
James D. St. Clair
E. Howard Hunt
St. Clair
Daniel Ellsberg
John W. Dean III
Ehrlichman
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Gesell
Ellsberg
H.R. Haldeman
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
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Green Mountain Power
National Consumers Energy Advisory Committee
Ford Foundation
American Society of International Law
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House Judicary Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
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