Energy crisis hits town with gas shortages and price jumps
Local independents face dwindling supplies as Gasland on Northside Drive closes by order from Springfield headquarters. Lehigh on Ben Mont Avenue nears empty, with prices rising from 42 to 57 cents per gallon as supply costs and transport push margins. Station managers warn hard times for consumers and independents amid limited shipments and rationing efforts.
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Gasland
Northside Drive
Springfield
Mass
Lehigh
Ben Mont Avenue
Katherine Bishop
Norwich
Conn
Bennington
New York Harbor
Albany
Bennington Station
Petco
Gordon Whitcomb
Royalton
Vermont power and oil men fault government energy policy
Montpelier Vermont officials blame Washington for energy problems this winter as they press for policy changes. James Griffin head of Vermont electric power and Robert Garside of the Vermont Oil Heat Institute cite AEC cutbacks and fuel shortages while urging freer markets and relaxed controls. They note Vermont Yankee’s downtime and Pilgrim cuts strain generation, and forecast higher fuel and gas prices this winter. Salmon plans an energy coordinator to coordinate state and federal actions.
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Garside
Washington
Montpelier
Griffin
Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont
Nuclear Power Corp
Vernon
Pilgrim
Massachusetts
Boston Edison
Texaco
Vermont Yankee
Central
AEC
Thomas P. Salmon
NYC firemen go on strike despite injunction
New York City firemen walked off the job at 8 30 a.m. in a first ever strike for the department defying a State Supreme Court injunction. They seek a 2000 dollar yearly raise in a one year contract as medics and civilians back up emergency services while non striking fire officers refuse to handle substitute crews.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Department
State Supreme Court
Eric Schmertz
New York Newspaper Guild
Daily News
North Shire Recycling Feasibility Survey Underway
Arlington Memorial High School and Burr and Burton students survey residents in North Shire to gauge regional recycling viability. The study, led by John Simson of BCRC with Williams College researchers, covers businesses and a 10 percent household sample to shape town ordinances and potential voluntary programs.
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Martha Elliott
Arlington
Arlington Memorial High School
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
North Shire
John Simson
Bennington County Regional Commission
BCRC
Michael Shay
Williams College Center For Environmental Studies
Michele Frome
Williams College
Shay
Miss Frome
Joseph McClellan
Burr and Burton
William Callahan
Arlington Memorial
Firetown
Simson
Dorset
Sandgate
Sunderland
Inside Local issues shape Vermont elections on Page 2
The Vermont edition highlights Inside Local focus with elections dominated by local concerns. Page references include 60 Bennington property owners appealing decisions on Page 3, and District Court news on Page 3. Editorial ponderings and regional notes fill pages 4, 5, and 8.
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Vermont
Bennington
District Court News
Russell Baker
Arlington
Shaftsbury
MAU
John Randolph
Panel seeks Nixon parley for Watergate talks
The Senate Watergate committee voted to seek an informal meeting with President Nixon, sending lawyers to the White House to explore a conference. The plan, a compromise with Sen. Lowell Weicker, would publish transcripts of prior committee questions if a meeting occurs. Rose Mary Woods was ordered to testify about the Watergate tapes, including missing copies, while White House aides said Nixon has no plans for a public resignation or new substantive statement.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Weicker
White House
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Rose Mary Woods
Sirica
Miss Woods
Stephen Bull
Ronald L. Ziegler
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Ford
House
Elliot Richardson
Richardson
Jerome Waldie
Dcalif
Gerald Ford
Waldie
Vermont Bar urged to take stand on Watergate
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION UPI The Vermont Bar Association president Peter Plante says the bar should vote on a Watergate related resolution. Two Vermont ABA Board of Managers members say they could back appointing an independent Watergate prosecutor. Austin Noble and Henry Black of Montpelier and Norwich respectively favor court appointment if Jaworski lacks full independence.
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White River Junction
UPI
Vermont Bar Association
Peter Plante
Plante
Bar
Board of Managers
Vermont
American Bar Association
Austin Noble
Montpelier
Leon Jaworski
Justice Department
Jaworski
ABA
Henry Black
Norwich
Ford Seems a Shoo-In for Ford Vice Presidency
Washington hearing coverage shows Rep Gerald Ford gaining broad support in the House and Senate panel. Key figures like Birch Bayh indicated opposition but many lawmakers praised his poise and readiness for possibly becoming president, while calls pressed for swift confirmation and testimony.
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Washington
UPI
Gerald R. Ford
House
Senate Rules Committee
Ford
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Huffman fired over policy making in Vermont clash
Salmon Huffman was dismissed by state Planner Arthur Ristau amid a dispute between the Highway Department and Environmental Conservation over U.S. 7 in southern Vermont. Gov. Thomas Salmon criticized holdover state employees for acting without superiors and said Huffman’s case stemmed from insubordination and a failure to circulate papers. Huffman claimed dismissal was to keep John Gray from quitting, while administration officials denied this.
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Benjamin Huffman
State Planning Office
State Highway Department
Salmon
Huffman
Arthur Ristau
Highway Department
Ristau
U.S. 7
Vermont
John Gray
Martin Johnson
Ristan
Gray
Robert Wilson
State Highway Board
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Lehigh Station
Benmont Avenue
Vermont Public Service Corp
Vermont Electric Power Co
Yance
Yankee
Salmon Administration
Nyc
Uniformed Fire Officers Association
Summit Hotel
Schmertz
Stamford
Janice Farman
Stamford Selectmen
Watergate
Bayh
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
R-Calif
Donald W. Riegle Jr
D-Mich
Jerry Ford
United States
McCloskey
Riegle
George Mahon
D-Tex
Charles Butler Jr
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