Carter plans sweeping welfare overhaul with new system
President Carter urged scrapping the current welfare framework and creating a simple cash payment system with area-based cost adjustments. He warned the plan would take four years or more to implement, prioritize a balanced budget by 1981, and tie new programs to fiscal restraint. He outlined incentives to work, public jobs, and phased federal takeover of local costs, while offering few specifics and promising legislation by August.
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Washington
Carter
White House
New York City
Weather outlook and Flower Moon notice
Sunny cool and mostly sunny today with highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Clear tonight with Lows 25 to 35 in the mountains and 30 to 35 in the Champlain Valley. Sunny to partly cloudy Wednesday, a bit warmer. Sunset at 7 56 p m, sunrise 5 44 a m. Full Flower Moon tonight with highs 55 to 65.
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Champlain Valley
Carter proposes ethics legislation with safeguards and special prosecutor
President Carter announced plans for far reaching ethics legislation to curb abuses by federal officials. The proposal includes an Office of Ethics under the Civil Service Commission, expanded conflict of interest rules, financial disclosures, post office work restrictions, and a temporary special prosecutor to handle misconduct by high ranking executives.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Office of Ethics
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Alburg Creamery Fire Ties to Fraud Case in Vermont
The July 1973 Alburg Creamery blaze destroyed records and left 400 Vermont farmers unpaid as the Milton Co-op faced $206000 in unpaid debt. Investigators linked the collapse to financial misdeeds by Falcone and Curreri, with a federal grand jury later indicting them for bankruptcy fraud. The fire halted the co op and unresolved debts lingered.
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Vermont
Alburg Creamery
Lake Champlain Island
New York
Canada
Milton Co-op
Falcone Dairy Products
Brooklyn
N.Y
Co-Op
Albury Creameries
Coop
Pere Sheltra
Sheltra
Joseph Falcone
Albury Creamery Inc
Marble Island Club
Malletts Bay
Here
Falcone
Albury
Albert O. Axten
FBI
Montpelier
Axton
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Joseph Curreri
Ing
Alburg
Two Men Die In Major Bennington Fire On Middle Pownal Road
A late Monday blaze gutted a single story wood frame home on Middle Pownal Road killing Lewis Mears 60 and Francis Sweet 48. Smoke inhalation is the suspected cause pending blood tests. Over 60 firefighters from three departments fought the two hour fire as wind gusts reached 25 mph. Fire officials traced the cause to an overheated chimney pipe from a wood stove. One firefighter, Donald Bailey, treated for smoke inhalation. See FIRE on back page.
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Pownal Road
Lewis Leon Mears
Francis Albert Sweet
Arthur S. Faris
Glenn Hall
Robert Horton
State Police
Bennington
Edward Haddad
Robert Morrissey
Donald Bailey
Putnam Memorial Hospital
South Pownal
North Bennington
Wind power potential studied in Vermont and job market hopes
Inside Local reports wind potential for power is being studied in Vermont while the job market shows a modest uptick this year. Page 3 coverage notes economic signals amid regional changes and energy research.
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Vermont
Tom Braden
Mt Anthony budget talks hide budget surplus details
MAU directors discuss a hypothetical surplus of 39500 while uncovering 38000 unknown expenses. They explain freezing and economizing to cover shortfalls and discuss fast reimbursements this fiscal year to maintain the projected balance. The interview outlines payroll planning and looming budget gaps for next year.
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MAU
Banner
Vander Els
Dimke
Mt. Anthony Union
Banner Education
Rob Woolmington
Mt. Anthony
Robert J. Dimke
Barth Vander Els
Lionel Nowak
David Humphreys
George A. Sleeman
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Times News Service
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
The
Alburg Creamery Story
Rod Clarke
Joanne Aldridge
U.S. 2
James Irick
HFCS
Shaftsbury Selectmen
Dave Fredrickson
Heinsohn
Celtics
Bell
Woolmington
Supt
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