Vermont Unemployment Rate Rises Sharply in Week
The Vermont insured unemployment rate climbs to 4.3 percent from 4.0, with St Albans at 6.8 percent as layoffs hit construction and services. Newport drops to 6.2 percent. Bennington up to 4.9 percent. Benefits paid rise to 347,355. the state seeks another 1 million borrowings to cover December payments. Frank H. Mudgett notes October unemployment at 3.9 percent in Bennington amid layoffs in services, printing, trade, construction, and apparel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Bennington
Vermont Department of Employment Security
Vermont
St. Albans
Frank H. Mudgett
Department
Mudgett
Kissinger Says Energy Crisis Solvable With Unified Action
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warned the energy crisis is grave but solvable through international cooperation. He urged North America Europe and Japan to cut oil use, develop new energy sources, and to form a united front to combat crude oil diplomacy with a target to cut consumption by 3 million barrels daily by year end 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
North America
Europe
Japan
Inside Rockefeller Nomination Faces Expected Confirma
Page 2 reports the nomination of Rockefeller moving toward Senate confirmation with expected tally. Page 3 features the Wadsworths discussing turkey stuffing. Page 4 includes Tony Lewis’s note on a pre-Thanksgiving hunger effort. Page 5 presents Karen Fortney’s dialogue on sexism in language. Page 8 covers the State Arts Council meeting at Big House. Page 10 recalls Mt Anthony Patriot football and previews St Joseph basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Wadsworths
Coal talks move forward on three year contract
United Mine Workers bargaining council resumes consideration of a proposed three year contract amid claims it is good for miners and the country while owners warn higher pay and benefits will raise prices for coal power steel automobiles and other goods. The pact offers 9 percent wage rise first year then 3 percent yearly with cost of living adjustments and substantial pension increases. The council, with 38 members, may vote to recommend passage to 120 000 striking miners, before district conference review in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
United Mine Workers’ Bargaining Council
UMW
Arnold Miller
Guy Farmer
NBC Today Show
Miller
Bargaining Council
Pittsburgh
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Partridge laments rise of TV candidates in Vermont election
Brattleboro Reformer reports Waring Partridge administrative assistant to Rep. Mallary, sees advertising triumph over expertise in the Vermont election. He notes the rise of independent candidates, the decline of the two party system, and the impact of 30 second TV ads on incumbents. Partridge cites governors Hoff Davis Salmon as examples, and recalls Vermont's political shift toward media packaged campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.m.soper
Brattleboro
Vermont
Waring Partridge
Richard W. Mallary
Partridge
Mallary
U.S. Senate
Patrick J. Leahy
Chittenden County
Enjamin W. Partridge
South Windham
State Environmental Board
Cora Cheney Partridge
Banner
Mallory
Hoff
Davis
Salmon
Luther Hackett
Israel accuses U.N. of muzzle attempt at debate over Palestine
Israeli Ambassador Yosef Tekoah blasted a U.N. General Assembly plan to limit each nation to one major address during the Palestine debate. The 75-23 vote with 18 abstentions backed Algerian President Bouteflika to curb speeches while Arafat received honors usually for heads of state. Tekoah warned the move muzzle Israel's speak time as diplomats warned the session showed deep Middle East tensions and a possible dialogue drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
UPI
Yosef Tekoah
General Assembly
U.N
Palestine
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Algeria
Tekoah
Bouteflika
Yasser Arafat
Israel
Arafat
Middle East
Palestine Liberation Organization
Cuba
Yigal Allon
50 Nations
Allon
Ford says inflation is receding as he faces lame duck session
President Ford told a Phoenix news conference that inflation is starting to recede and outlined a 31 point economic plan aimed at curbing a weakening economy. He plans to cut $5 billion from the 1975 budget, review his Asian trip, and press Congress to pass his proposals while confronting Democratic majorities and a stalled vice presidential nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Ford
Phoenix
Ariz
Congress
GOP
Harry S. Truman
White House
Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalists’ Society
Orr urges mandatory energy controls to curb oil dependence
Vermont Energy Director Forrest E. Orr warns mandatory conservation is needed to avoid rising U S reliance on Mideast oil. He proposes a 90 day voluntary cut first, then a five cent gas tax if targets aren’t met, and notes recent price increases for gasoline and heating fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mideast
Orr
CVPS seeks lifting ban on electricity promotion in Vermont
CVPS quietly asks Public Service Board to lift an energy crisis ban on advertising electricity use. The utility argues ample hydro and nuclear power and lower oil use justify promoting electricity, while demand remains below projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Public Service Board
PSB
Martin Miller
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
Miller
Thomas Hurcomb
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barre-Montpelier
Burlington
Middlebury
Rutland
St. Johnsbury
Springfield
White River Junction
Shaftsbury Hollow
New York State
Searsburg
Carlo Walter
Nelson Rockefeller
Turkey
Cyprus
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!