Stafford proposes boost for rural transit program inUTAP bill
Senator Robert Stafford Republican of Vermont promotes the Nixon administration plan to expand mass transit and add a rural transportation program. He says UTAP would authorize 1.1 billion for rural highways in 1977 and allow funds to buy buses, along with 45 million for rural public transportation demonstrations and operating subsidies. The proposal aims to help rural bus systems in Vermont and increase federal aid flexibility and assurances.
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Washington
Vermont
Robert T. Stafford
Stafford
Senate Transportation Subcommittee
Senate
Salmon urges governors to press Congress on land use bill
Vermont Governor Thomas P. Salmon calls on 49 other governors to urge support for the National Land Use Bill after it stalled in the House Rules Committee. He argues the plan aims to protect resources and curb growth costs, while acknowledging Vermont’s own plan faces intense local opposition.
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Boston
UPI
Thomas P. Salmon
Vermont
Congress
U.S
House of Representatives Rules Committee
Salmon
National Governors’ Conference
Con
New England Conference On Land Use Legislation
House Rules Committee
Togne
McGovern predicts year of at least a moderate recession
UPI reports Senator George McGovern warned that 1974 may bring a moderate recession as prices rise unemployment grows and high interest rates persist. He urged concern about administration leadership on the economy while praising Kissinger’s handling of Middle East talks and noting Watergate indictments. Douglas Woodruff of the AARP will visit Governor Salmon March 12 for a joint AARP and RETA meeting as Vermonters in the group exceed 25,000.
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Boston
UPI
George McGovern
D-S.d
Logan International Airport
McGovern
Nixon
Douglas O. Woodruff
National Association of Retired Persons
Thomas Salmon
AARP
National Retired Teachers Association
Zan Dragon Named February Swimmer of the Month
Alexander Zan Dragon of North Bennington has been named February’s swimmer of the month by the Community Recreation Center. He began swimming after a December hospital stay for a stroke and progressed from limited movement to breast stroke and crawls, earning praise for his strength return and as a model for others using the pool.
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Community Recreation Center
Alexander ‘‘Zan’’ Dragon
North Bennington
Dragon
Thetford Town Meeting votes on Nixon impeachment referendum
Residents of Thetford will vote on a referendum asking whether President Nixon should be impeached. The issue dominates debate at the town meeting, drawing national attention and sparking strong opinions about government reform and corruption.
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Thetford
UPI
Nixon
Vermont
Richard Mallary
R-Vt
Howard Bradley
Lucy
Bradley
Mrs. Lacy
Five New England governors receive SLA letters
Five of six New England governors received mimeographed letters signed by Field Marshal Cinque from the Symbionese Liberation Army. FBI said it has information and is handling the matter. Governors Thomson Curtis Sargent Salmon Noel described the letters as not threatening, with one calling it a mass mailing rather than a personal threat.
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UPI
Tvo
New England
Symbionese
Li Eration Army
SLA
Rial Group
Patricia Hearst
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Cinque
Kenneth Curtis
Maine
Francis Sargent
Massachusetts
Thomas Salmon
Vermont
Philip Noel
Rhode Island
Thomson
Sargent
Thomas Reardon
New York
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Alma Langlois
Republican Town Committee
Norton Barber
Dorothy S. Warren
Richard B. Leake
Mia
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N.E
Patricia
Reardon
First Vermont
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American Home Assurance
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