Aiken Seeks Federal Visit Over Champlain Basin Pollution
Senator George D. Aiken urges federal officials to assess cross border air pollution from New York to Vermont Champlain Basin. He calls for an interstate air quality region study and obligations on New York industries to curb fumes reaching Addison to Grand Isle counties. Burlington hosts a March 30 consultation.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Champlain Basin
Vermont
New York State
Senate
New York Industries
Federal Air Pollution Control Administration
Burlington
Aiken
Addison
Chittenden
Franklin
Grand Isle
Clinton
Essex
New York
OBrien Chides Davis on Pay Raises for 1970 Race
Sen Leo OBrien criticizes Gov Davis administration for not prioritizing state employee pay raises as the 1970 legislature nears. He urges action on the salary bill, cites cost of living, and discusses campaign plans and party primary prospects with Salmon.
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Montpelier
O’brien
Davis
U.S
New England Postal Service Returns to Normal After Walkouts
Boston and Hartford postal workers voted to return to duty as mail flow resumed across six states. Boston carriers backed by 1,284 to 448 to stay at work through Friday night, while Hartford clerks voted 390 to 101 to return at midnight. Officials reported backlog clearing and Easter mail circulating, with guidance pending from national leaders and federal negotiations.
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Boston
UPS
New England
Hartford
Conn
Washington
Connecticut
George K. Walker
John Mulhern
National Association of Letter Carriers
Comet Bennett Seen from New England Early Sunday Morning
Hayden Planetarium reports Comet Bennett, a second magnitude comet discovered in December over South Africa, will appear as a diffuse starlike object with a hazy tail due east of New England between 4 and 4 30 am. The comet was previously visible only in the Southern Hemisphere. In England, Smokey the cat returns after five years, identified by a scar.
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Boston
UPS
New
Guilford Teacher Salary Cut to be Discussed Tonight
Guilford school directors and the Teachers Rights and Responsibilities Committee will discuss the wage reduction of Donald Webb from 7198 to the minimum 5800. Webb, who teaches grades five through eight science and grade five English, says procedures used to push him out were unethical. Superintendent Bruce Pulsifer reaffirmed support for innovative teaching. In Montpelier, House Speaker John S. Burgess of Brattleboro signals a run for lieutenant governor, with Rep. Michael Broutsas noting Burgess as a likely candidate.
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Guilford
Donald Webb
Stone Caucus
Montpelier
Webb
Bruce Pulsifer
Ironworkers Strike Pauses Vermont Yankee Tower Work
Only 29 ironworkers remained off the job as other workers returned to the Vermont Yankee plant under construction. A jurisdictional dispute with Local 474 and Local 549 stopped work on a steel tower over a turbine generator, idling about 800 workers. Vermont Yankee filed a protest with the NLRB.
Woodstock Bill Prompts Mass Gathering Controls in New York
Albany lawmakers hear critique of the Woodstock festival describing it as a hotbed of anarchy and vice. A health backed bill would require permits for gatherings over 5,000 people beyond 24 hours and set sanitation health and safety standards. The hearing included a police film with explicit material.
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Albany
Bethel
Health Department
Governor’s Office
Lanesboro to move boulder for Route 7 reconstruction
A boulder near Town Hall in Lanesboro will be relocated to the Town Hall lawn to clear space for a $680,000 Route 7 reconstruction project that adds two 12 foot lanes and eight foot shoulders from the Pittsfield line northward.
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Lanesboro
Town Hall
Jonathan Smith
Lanesborough
Pittsfield
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