Rival SVSU probe by VSSDA announced
The Vermont State School Directors Association will launch a fact finding inquiry into alleged problems in Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union. BSD, Mt Anthony and Woodford school boards may join. The panel will include VSSDA officers and aim to present the facts objectively, beyond four cited concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leaning
Vermont State School Directors Association
VSSDA
Vermont Supervisory Union
Bennington School District
BSD
USSDA
Charles Nichols
Mt. Anthony Union
Nichols
SVSU
Orrin Griffis
Arlington
Roderick Maclay
Strafford
Shirley Tyler
Brattleboro
Griffis
Nixon Gains Sweeping Powers Over Energy Crisis
The Senate approved a broad energy emergency bill 78 to 6 giving President Nixon authority to ration gasoline and fuels, curb oil exports, and relax some environmental rules. A Washington Post report also links a plan to ban Sunday gas sales and restrict weekend use to curb driving.
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Nixon
Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Washington Post
Powers granted by energy emergency act 1973 shift U.S. fuel policy
Washington reports the Senate approved the National Energy Emergency Act of 1973 granting the President powers to ration gasoline and fuels during emergencies, convert power plants to available fuels, suspend certain clean air requirements, incentivize mass transit, and coordinate international energy efforts. The President could outline a nationwide rationing and conservation plan aiming to cut energy use by 10 percent in 10 days and at least 25 percent in a month, though not required to impose it.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
United States
Nixon
White House delay in surrendering Nixon tapes granted
The White House won a one week delay to hand over the first batch of Nixon Watergate material due to the illness of lawyer Samuel J. Powers. Judge John J. Sirica approved the postponement as the Senate extended the grand jury's tenure to finish its work. Nixon prepared to meet GOP governors in Memphis amid these developments. The Senate approved extending the grand jury life on a voice vote.
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White House
Nixon
Washington
UPI
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Senate
Watergate Grand Jury
Sirica
Samuel J. Powers
Miami
Memphis
Tenn
GOP
Grand Jury
House
Watergate Committee
Nixon commended by GOP governors in Memphis meeting
GOP governors praised President Nixon for foreign policy, deterring Watergate, and energy crisis steps. In a unanimous resolution, they commended his peace efforts in the Middle East, restraint of the Soviet Union, fiscal integrity, inflation under control, and unemployment at peacetime lows. They urged full public disclosure on Watergate ahead of Nixon’s conference visit.
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Memphis, Tenn
Upi
Nixon
Linwood Holton
Virginia
Republican Governors Association
Middle East
Soviet Union
Inside Colored Inks and Local Health Cautions
Page references show inks in magazine printing may cause lead poisoning. Other items include a workshop on solid waste issues and political analysis by Tom Wicker about Memphis governors and a potential Kissinger-Meir discussion. Contained notes mention zoning decisions, a Somerset feature, a recreation program, and a deer hunting profile.
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Tom Wicker
Memphis
GOP
Tom Braden
Kissinger
Somerset
Recreation Department
John Randolph
Vermont agency opposes second home developments
The Agency of Environmental Conservation will oppose further second home developments and other expansions that broaden the energy base. Secretary Martin Johnson said the policy aims to curb energy use during the national energy crisis, marking the boldest state action besides Salmon administration’s 50 mph speed limit.
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Montpelier
UPI
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Vermont
Martin Johnson
Salmon Administration
Bennington BCA rejects Barbara-Jean tax appeal on Monument Plaza
The Bennington Board of Civil Authority unanimously denied Barbara-Jean Realty Co. of Cambridge Mass. a tax cut for Monument Plaza shopping center after reviewing site and financial records. The vote excluded two officials connected to Barbara-Jean from participation and the session remained closed to public press.
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Jan Slusmon
Bennington Board of Civil Authority
Barbara-Jean Realty Co
Cambridge
Mass
Monument Plaza
BCA
Mary Hodeck
Miss Hodeck
John J. de Vito
William Hoisington
Barbara-Jean
Ray Carey
Barbara Jean
William C. Sennett
Bennington
Grant’s
First National
Listers
Sisters
New England
Panel backs Ford for vice president in Senate vote
Senate Rules Committee unanimously approved Rep. Gerald R. Ford’s confirmation as vice president after four days of hearings. Senator Marlow Cook said the panel will prepare its report during Thanksgiving recess, with Senate debate and a vote set for next Tuesday. House Judiciary Committee continued closed hearings with three witnesses also questioned by the Senate panel.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Rules Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Marlow Cook
Cook
Senate
Ford
House
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Robert M. Winter-Berger
Arnold Hutchnecker
New York
Alice Weston Showalter
Winter-Berger
Kennedys' tragedy echoes a decade on in Dallas
A UPI report recalls the 1963 Kennedy assassination decade later. Marina Oswald Porter and her stepfamily live quietly on a Texas farm, backed by interviews and memoir advances. Oswald's mother and Tippit’s widow remain distant from publicity, while others in law enforcement still doubt Oswald acted alone.
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Dallas
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Oswald
J.D. Tippit
Law and Order
Rose Hill
Marina
Kenneth Jess Porter
Porter
Life Magazine
Tippit
Harry Dean Thomas
Congress
Texas A&m University
Charles Allen
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Bernard Asbell
Heal’ Magazine
June
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Asbell
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