Pollution Measure Stalled in Senate
MONTPELIER UPI The Senate balked at House amendments to the water pollution control bill delaying action until Monday. Gov Davis backs the measure to confront Northern Oil Co over two Lake Champlain leaks. Rep Carter amended to classify Howe Pond as a public water supply, sparking Senate opposition led by Sen Buckley.
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House
Senate
Readsboro
Howe Pond
Deane C. Davis
Northern Oil Co
Burlington
Lake Champlain
Harvey Carter
Pownal
Forest and Parks
Senate Natural Resources Committee
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Carter
Buckley
Pope Leads Procession In Way of the Cross Rites
Pope Paul VI, aged 72, carried a six foot cross during a torchlit Good Friday Way of the Cross through ancient Rome. He walked the last three stations in rain, then barefoot to an empty altar at St Mary Major, kneeling to kiss the image of Christ and praying for the church, unity, Jews, unbelievers, governors, princes, and the faithful.
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Rome
UPI
Paul VI
Colosseum
Palatine Hill
Angelo Dell’ Acqua
St. Mary Major
Christ
Cross
Church
Trout Hatchery Remakes Land Locked Salmon Stocking Plan
Fish and Game official Robert Keir explains revival of land locked salmon stocking after a dam cut brood supply. Beavers ponds continue winter stocking, disease risks from IPN and overcrowding noted. Vermont projects 757,300 trout this year across brooks browns rainbows and lake trout with county totals similar to last year. Fishing season opens last Saturday in April.
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Robert Keir
Fish and Game Department
Bennington
Keir
Clyde River
Lake Memphremagog
Federal
East Orland
Maine
Beaver Ponds
Beaver Pond
Clauson
Roxbury
Vermont
Addison
Caledonia
Chittenden
Essex
Franklin
Lamoille
Orange
Orleans
Rutland
Washington
Windsor
Grand Isles
Carriers Union Head Praises Postal Talks Progress
Washington based James N. Rademacher, president of the letter carriers union, told local presidents to keep members on the job as negotiations with the government continue toward a permanent postal strike settlement. He noted seven unions present a united front and warned against unauthorized action, adding the five day deadline to end talks was not a hard clock.
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Washington
UPI
Letter Carriers Union
James N. Rademacher
Rademacher
Afl-Cio
Vermont Senate weighs study on consumer needs
The Vermont Senate backed a resolution to form a committee with the Legislative Council to conduct a $1,000 study of consumer needs and problems. Senator Ellery Purdy urged action to protect consumers from false advertising and high prices, while Senator George Morse called it a waste of money. The Easter penny hunt in Hoosick has been postponed to April 11 due to wet ground.
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Rutland County
Vermont
Town of Hoosick Lions Club
White House denies Nixon plan to replace Bunker in Saigon
The White House said there are no plans to replace Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker despite criticism of his support for South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu. Press Secretary Ziegler noted Bunker will visit the U.S. in May for consultations before returning to Saigon. The report of Nixon's displeasure stemmed from the Chau case and there was no policy change on Cambodia. Nixon arrived for an Easter weekend with his family.
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White House
Nixon
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Arlington Fire Department
U.S. 7
Sunderland
Robert Wolcott
East Haven
Thieu
Ronald Ziegler
Bunker
United States
Ziegler
Nguyen Ngoc Chau
South Vietnamese National Assembly
Chau
Washington
Cambodia
Birth Control Law Tester Released From Boston Jail
William Baird, a birth control advocate, was freed after 35 days of a three month sentence for violating a Massachusetts birth control law. He thanked supporters and urged youth involvement to push for changes as U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Bailey Aldrich noted vitality in the appeal.
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Boston
UPI
William Baird
Massachusetts
Charles Street
Baird
U.S. Court of Appeal
Bailey Aldrich
UVM Playtimers Stage Hansel and Gretel in North Bennington
The UVM Playtimers present Hansel and Gretel to the North Bennington School student body at 2 p.m. in the gym as part of their annual Vermont school tour. Children invite parents and friends to attend this community school performance.
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UVM
Hansel and Gretel
North Bennington
Vermont
Underworld Land Purchases Probed by New Hampshire AG
New Hampshire Attorney General Warren Rudman said organized crime figures are buying large tracts of unused land in the state. He urged a Land Development Disclosure Act to reveal buyers, warning residents may lose hereditary land rights if unchecked. House Speaker Marshall Cobleigh echoed the risk of crime fronting land deals.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Warren Rudman
Rudman
Walter Peterson
Marshall W. Cobleigh
State To Seek Ecology Money Pilot Program for Vermont Students
Special gubernatorial assistant Elbert Moulton will ask the New England Regional Commission for a 95000 grant to fund a yearlong environmental program for Vermont’s 63 secondary schools. Students will conduct field trips and workshops to inventory natural resources and support a land capability plan, with a proposal set for the April commission meeting.
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Moulton
Commission
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Events and Notices
Bennington Briefs reports the Hebert family’s Friday call to Norwalk for the death of Blanche Hebert’s mother Celina Delia. It notes a veterans hall dinner and dance with Wonder Valley Boys, plus a Vermont education program for veterans starting April 7 at Southern Vermont Computer Center. It also mentions Easter Sunday hours at Four 21 Restaurant and Iron Kettle dinner specials.
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Glenn Hebert
School Street
Norwalk
Conn
Blanche Hebert
Celina Delia
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Wonder Valley Boys
Data School
Vermont Board of Education
Southern Vermont Computer Center
Ben Mont Ave
Senate panel backs lower drinking age to 19 in Vermont
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved a House bill reducing Vermont's beer and wine age to 19 while keeping hard liquor purchase at 21. Sen. Fred Westphal opposed five supporters who backed the change, after an earlier 4 to 2 committee vote to set beer and wine at 20.
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Montpelier
UPI
Senate Health and Welfare
House
Vermont
Fred Westphal
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