Eagle Square plans expansion and tax concessions in Shaftsbury
Eagle Square Mfg Co and Stanley Tools unveil a $3.5 million expansion to double Shaftsbury operations, adding about 130 jobs and 135000 square feet. They seek a long term tax package approved at a Dec town meeting, with public info sessions and Community Days to showcase the plan and history.
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Eagle Square
Shaftsbury
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Stanley Tools
Double Eagle
Globe-Union
Bennington
Stanley Works
Eagle Street
Benjamin Reid
Jeffords Seeks Extension to Comment on Vermont Yankee Report
Vermont Attorney General James Jeffords received an extension to respond to the Atomic Energy Commission on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp environment report. The state now has until Dec 10 to file comments as hearings on radioactive emissions proceed on Dec 1 and 2.
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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation
Federal Register
Anti-Nuclear Committee For Survival
Bennington
Peter A. Morris
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont Yankee
Vernon Selectmen
Eve
Harriette Lyon
Bennington College
Irving Lyon
Puffer Trucking Co
Raymond Puffer
Puffer
Vernon
Selectmen’s Office
AEC
Jeffords
Vermont Health Board
Guinea repels third invasion attempt near Conakry
Abidjan reports that Guinea’s Voice of the Revolution said Portuguese fascists and mercenaries attempted a third night landing to topple President Ahmed Sekou Toure but were beaten back by Guinean forces. Portugal denies involvement.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
UPI
Guinea
Voice of the Revolution
Radio
Conakry
Ahmed Sekou Toure
Portugal
Toure
United Nations
U.N
Washington
State Department
October rise in living costs hits Nixon inflation drive
The government reported a 0.6 percent jump in October consumer prices, led by cars, clothing, gasoline, and services, pushing annual inflation to 5.9 percent. Real earnings fell as weekly earnings dropped and the workweek shortened, while transportation and clothing costs rose sharply and food prices edged lower.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U S raid fails to locate POWs
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird disclosed a small Army and Air Force task force landed about 23 miles west of Hanoi in a weekend raid to free prisoners but found the POWs had been moved. The operation, first of its kind in North Vietnam, followed heavy air raids as peace talks stalled and Hanoi accused U S bombing. Laird defended the mission, pledged future efforts, while White House said no further ground operations planned.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Hanoi
Laird
New York
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Nixon
Sontay
Paris
Defense Secretary
Ficers
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Mallary hints of cut in state aid to schools
Vermont’s new administration may not sustain 40 percent state aid to education. Sen. Richard W. Mallary told school superintendents that Gov. Davis may not deliver full 40 percent support and plans no sweeping education package when the 1971 session opens. He warned against mandatory district reorganization as austerity dominates, a stance educators greeted with skepticism.
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Chittenden
UPI
Vermont
Richard W. Mallary
Rorange
Vermont School Superintendents Association
Davis
Sen. Mallary
Lloyd Kelley
Pittsford
Economists and banker tackle ecology reform at Bennington forum
At Bennington College, economist Thomas Standish and guest Robert Swann with Catamount Bank president S Whitney Dickey urged reform of economic policies to fight environmental problems. Swann emphasized attitudinal change and Gandhi’s ethic. Dickey warned rapid, pragmatic action. Standish called for fundamental market restructuring.
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David Scribner
Bennington
Bennington College
Thomas Standish
Robert Swann
Catamount National Bank
S. Whitney Dickey
Tishman
Swan
Dickey
Standish
Swann
Catamount
Inside A Letter Pleads for YMCA Support
A letter appeals for help to finish the YMCA project as pages note its progress and reader backing. The feature hints at ongoing community effort to complete the facility.
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YMCA
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Bennington Sisters
Mason Lee
West Germany
Lackawanna
Buffalo
N.Y
U.S
William Beecher
Times News Service
M.K. Gandhi
Tom
Manchester
Mount Anthony
Burr & Burton
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