Gov Snelling Says Track Closure Won't Hit State Revenue
Gov Richard Snelling said Vermont can absorb the revenue loss from Green Mountain Park shutdown, focusing on the Pownal area's job impact. He noted two thirds of the damage occurred after the track shifted from horses to dogs, and pressed state officials to speed industrial development and employment stability while acknowledging private ownership limits.
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Shaftsbury
Richard Snelling
Vermont
Green Mountain Park
Snelling
Pownal
Joseph Kerr
Elbert G. Moulton
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Economic Development Council
Holy Smoke Road
Orrin Beattie
Manchester
Beattie
Rooney
Robert Graf
Rupert
Finger Lakes
New York State
Sadat to Address Israeli Parliament in Historic Visit
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat accepted Prime Minister Begin’s invitation to speak to the Knesset this Sunday making history as the first Arab leader to visit Israel. Begin announced Sadat would arrive Saturday night and speak at 4 p.m. local time. Fahmi resigned in protest and Mohammed Mahmoud Riad was named to replace him.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Anwar Sadat
Menahem Begin
Begin
Sadat
Jerusalem
Ismail Fahmi
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Assad
Ismaili
U.S
Hermann F. Eilts
Fahmi
Mohammed Mahmoud Riad
Knesset
Israel
Washington
Jersualem
Minckler murder trial witness recounts deadly night scene
Windsor County jurors heard Thomas Shanahan describe a mortally wounded Harry Cirelli crying out You bastards you shot me. He linked the gunfire to Richard Minckler during the Palace Hotel killing in Manchester on October 5, 1976.
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Woodstock
Manchester
Thomas Shanahan
Windsor County Superior Court
Harry Cirelli
Shanahan
Thomas L. Hayes
Richard L. Minckler
Swanton
Cirelli
Palace Hotel
Bennington County
Raymond G. Bolton
Cirelli’s
Massachusetts
Boston
Cambridge
Mass
Suffolk Superior Court
Bolton
Cifelli
Inside National and Local Rundown Highlights
On the Inside National notes food prices rising six percent next year while parents blamed for polio resurgence. Local items report cable tower repairs ongoing and Oldcastle seeks RSVP volunteers. Page sections cover editorials on justice in Vermont and television wonders.
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Oldcastle
RSVP
Vermont
Cokie Roberts
Route 5 decay protests show local concerns over repairs
Vermont residents rally over Route 5 deterioration amid state repair priorities. Rep. Donald E. Edwards notes federal funding hurdles tied to a sufficiency formula based on traffic, accidents, and condition. Officials say Route 7 upgrades shift priority and Route 5 waits for future funding.
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Bennington County
Putney
Donald E. Edwards
Grafton
Edwards
Agency of Transportation
Vermont
Secretary of Transportation
Ronald Crisman
Banner
Crisman
Ski areas draft law to ease insurance plight
Vermont ski industry faces rising insurance costs and closures as courts award more to injured skiers. VSAA seeks winter legislation to shift some risk to skiers, lowering the statute of limitations from three to one year. Six areas cannot obtain coverage. Mt Mansfield and others face high premiums and potential closures.
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Mt. Mansfield
Stowe
Smith
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Sherburne Corp
Killington
Dover Corp
Mount Snow
Chamber
USAA
Vermont
Wright
The
American Home Insurance Co
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Richard A. Snelling
Robert J.M. Matteson
Friends of Seven
Highway Department
Fayville
Paul Scott
Matteson
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Sinai
Syria
Arabia
Minckler
By Anne Eisenmenger
Palace
Harry
Budolt
Ricky Minckler
Bennington District Court
Harry Cifelli
Woodford
Scott
Manchester Selectmen
Murray Hill
Arlington
WHS
MAU
Route 5
By Rob Woolmington
By Maggie C. Bucholt
Green Mountain
Preston Leete Smith
Vermont Ski Areas Association
VSAA
Mansfield
Ohio
Police Department
American Home
Mount Snow Corporation
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