Davis appoints environmental board in Vermont
Governor Deane Davis names nine member Environmental Board led by William Cowles of Shelburne as chairman. Williams to head agency on six month term with aim to transfer Health Department divisions, forming a balanced panel of conservationists, businessmen, and dual-interest members across Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane Davis
William Cowles
Shelburne
Lake Champlain
Cowles
Consolidated Natural Resources Agency
Davis
Williams
Health Department
Margaret Garland
Burlington
Vermont Natural Resources Council
James Marvin
South Burlington
University of Vermont
Forest and Parks Board
Roland Keenan
St. Albans
Jack Weller
West Dover
Windham Regional Planning Commission
Preston Smith
Killington
Roe McKenzie
Montpelier
Montpelier National Bank
John Page
Bennington
Ross Whipple
Newport
Nixon Presses Cambodia Action As GIs Sweep North
Nixon meets with Melvin Laird and the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon to review a 10 000 strong operation aimed at destroying the Communists main command center in Cambodia. He defends the move as necessary to protect U S forces in Vietnam, pledges withdrawal after targets are destroyed, and faces mixed politics at home and sharp condemnations abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
API
Nixon
Pentagon
Cambodia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Melvin R. Laird
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Vietnam
Fish Hook
Charles E. Goodell
New York
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Southeast Asia
Church
Oval Office
A. Kissinger
H. R. Haldeman
Laird
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs
National Military Command Center
United States
U.S
Copter To Bring Home Child After Operation
A Vermont Green Mountain helicopter will transport Charlene Hicks a 4 year old from Bennington home after a congenital spinal surgery in Toronto. The flight departs at 9 a.m. and lands at Bennington Airport by midday. Charlene will travel on a stretcher with an orthopedic nurse consultant aboard, with coordinated hospital admissions and post operative home care planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
John E. Hall
Health Services of
State Health Department
Charlene
Navy
Green Mountain
Handicapped Children’s Section
State Health Services Division
Health Department
Area Extends Summer Title I Program In Bennington
The Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union extends the Title I project into the summer with a $25,282 grant for a six week remedial reading and math speech program. Classes will be held in local schools with small groups of 12 to 15 students and one aide per teacher. Speech therapy will be expanded with an additional part time therapist joining Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greg Guma
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
George A. Sleeman
Sleeman
Allan J. Heath
Bennington
Heath
Fisher Elementary
James Boylan
Williams College withholds GM proxy over pollution protest
Williams College trustees decide to withhold the college's proxy from General Motors in a protest over automobile air pollution. Alfred E. Driscoll notes GM's responsibility to cut pollution and cites Williams 21,000 GM shares and the college's Center for Environmental Studies as part of its environmental effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
General Motors Corp
Alfred E. Driscoll
Trustees’ Finance Committee
James J. Roche
Detroit
Williams
Driscoll
War Means Tight Money How Serious Is Economic Cutback
A survey of Bennington industries shows inflation and tight money hitting employment and production. Six major employers laid off 652 workers this year. unemployment in Bennington runs about 5.6 percent, higher than statewide. Ben-Mont Inc. faces possible closure without a buyer within 30 to 45 days. Garrison Corp. of North Bennington cut 100 jobs as printing and card production slow. executives blame inflation and defense spending, urging reduced war expenditures to curb prices and restore activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Department of Employment Security
Philip H. Hoff
Ben-Mont Inc
Exeter Corp
Boston
Mass
Ben- Mont
Ben-Mont
State of Vermont
Vermont Industrial and Building Authority
Garrison Corp
North Bennington
Garrison
Robert Weisz
Inside Columnist and Opinion Notes Across Pages
Columnist Ellen Cronan Rose writes on leeks falsify and parsnips in a Page 3 piece while an editorial on Cambodia and the Walloomsac River appears on Page 4. Letters criticize Nixon Cambodia plans and Pownal School Board plans on Page 4. Boston questions Vermont Yankee plant on Page 5. Forrest Moses, son of Grandma, to debut first major New York exhibition on Page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Cronan Rose
Nixon
Cambodia
Pownal
Forrest Moses
Grandma
New York
Hayes and Davis Trade Accusations in Vermont Race
Governor Deane C. Davis accuses Lt. Gov. Thomas L. Hayes of damaging the Republican party while Hayes contends Davis represents reactionary interests. Hayes criticizes Davis as siding with property groups and not true to GOP ideals, while Davis argues Hayes acts independent and outside party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Davis
Vermont
U.S
Ernest Gibson
George Aiken
Deane Davis
Gibson
Vermont Marble Co
Nixon Visit To Vermont Postponed
President Nixon’s trip to Vermont has been postponed until later this summer. Gov. Deane C. Davis said the White House informed him Nixon would not leave Washington for the next few days, apparently due to the Cambodian situation. Nixon was to discuss environmental and development issues during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
VPI
Nixon
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
White House
Washington
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Environment Board
John C. Page
New Vermont Environment Control Board
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
Red Square
Tass
Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Hanoi
Nhan Dan
Ziegler
David Scribner
Walloomsac River
Vermont Yankee
Agnew
Yale University
Kingman Brewster Jr
New Haven
Spiro Agnew
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