Gray angry at Gensburg appointment
ENOSBURG FALLS UPI The appointment of Robert A. Gensburg as Vermont acting state transportation secretary angers Highway Commissioner John A. Gray who wanted a permanent post. Gray warns against a temporary head and says he would not run a new agency as a hatchet man. He notes his record including Amtrak parking, rest facilities, and $4 million sought for rural bus lines.
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Vermont
John A. Gray
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Thomas P. Salmon
New Transportation Agency
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Motor Vehicles Department
Aeronautics Department
Public Service Board
Salmon
Transportation Post
Amtrak
Pathet Lao Seizes Laos Military as Cabinet Falters
In Vientiane the Pathet Lao moved to seize loyalist forces, having already controlled the cabinet. Prince Souvanna Phouma urged calm on radio as fear and emigration surged. right wing ministers fled. The coalition government pledged to uphold the Vientiane peace agreement while units pledged loyalty to the Pathet Lao.
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Indochina
Washington
State Department
Kham Ouane Boupha
Pathet Lao Defense
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Europe
Thailand
Kukrit Pramoj
Mekong
Souvanna
South Vietnam vows elections while purging reactionaries
Saigon reports scattered resistance to the Communist takeover and promises nationwide elections though no date is set. The new regime reorganizes in Communist style with revolutionary committees across Saigon districts and a stern push against reactionary elements. Generals, colonels, and thousands of troops surrendered under the military registration order, most allowed to return home.
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Vietnam
High fertilizer costs threaten future food supply
The fertilizer shortage lingers as prices stay high, likely driving up farm costs and consumer prices. Delta Council president B F Smith notes farmers can obtain fertilizer at sharply higher costs, risking reduced yields and possible food shortages later this year per farm economists and Raymond Casey.
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B.F. Smith
Delta Council
Mississippi Delta
Raymond Casey
Route 7 case heads toward Supreme Court review
After three years of legal battles and delays the Route 7 project likely lands at the U S Supreme Court. A writ of certiorari was filed by the federal government before the May 10 deadline. The case raises NEPA interpretation questions about which agency writes environmental impact statements and the scope of those statements for a federally funded highway. Opponents argue the federal government must write the impact statement, a position upheld through lower courts.
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United States Supreme Court
Washington
U.S
Supreme Court
Congress
NEPA
U.S. District Court
U.S. Second Circuit
Bar rules clear ACLU in fatal Burlington shooting suit
Vermont Bar Association's Professional Conduct Board cleared the Vermont ACLU chapter of unethical conduct in its court challenge to a fatal September shooting by Burlington Police Detective Harold Miles. The suit seeks 1.35 million for the widow of Luis Ponce Jr. The board found the ACLU acted constitutionally and noted attorney Richard Kohn is salaried with no extra compensation.
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Joan Ponce
Thomas Crowley
D-Chittenden County
Into
Danville
Richard Kohn
Vermont
Crowley
Professional Conduct Board
Kohn
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Inside National and Local Briefs Highlight School Order And Civic Topics
Those Green Mountain Boys protest Boston school order. Local summer school enrollment begins with tickets for The Contrast on sale. Dollars for Scholars outreach door to door. Breadline editorial questions public leadership. Rail plan discussion and Arlington National Honor Society inductees noted. The Celtics begin summer break as Islanders push history.
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Celtics
Cape Cod
Court upholds Boston segregation ruling in schools
The Supreme Court let stand federal court rulings finding Boston authorities intentionally promoted school segregation. The 1st Circuit affirmed Garrity Jr.’s findings on facilities, districting, feeder patterns, transfers, and staffing. Boston’s turmoil centered in South Boston amid ongoing resistance to busing and a 1965 state imbalance law.
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Boston
U.S
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
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Boston School Committee
1St U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Massachusetts
State Board of Education
Kevin White
1St Circuit
Denver
Detroit
Refugee aid awaits action in Congress
Officials say money shortages slow the Pacific to U S refugee airlift. Ford seeks 507 million to resettle 115000 refugees. Senate considers 127 million for 90 days with reviews. Until funds pass, Guam and Wake Island centers slow intake while capacities hold for now.
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D-S.d
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Pentagon
Government Interagency Task Force
United States
Guam
Wake Island
Frank Wisner
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Interagency Task Force
Congress
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Wake
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