Carter Sets 6 Percent Growth, 1.5 Point Unemployment Cut
President elect Jimmy Carter announced aims to lift the economy by 6 percent growth and cut unemployment by at least 1.5 points in 1977. He said a comprehensive program will be prepared by inauguration day, while noting a tax cut would not be his presumed method for economic stimulation.
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Philip Sharecoff
N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Unem
Capitol
Carter
Rayburn
Bennington town hall keeps options open on flood aid and park bills
Bennington selectmen heard federal disaster aid of 33449 for flood damage and noted a properly filed water extension grant. They flagged three recreation funding items tied to Willow Park and Lions Field as murky, with conflicting papers and possible BOA involvement. A new parking fine ordinance passed unanimously, raising fines up to 10 dollars for emergency and fire zones. Carter aides discussed near final Cabinet lists ahead of his oath, stressing cooperation with Congress and a busy legislative-branch agenda.
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Daniel Cadiz
Willow Park
Recreation Commission
Savelas
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Cadiz
Commission
Lions
Mt.Anthony Union High School
BOA
William H. Morse
Rotary Club
Bor
Lions Field
Selectmen
Carter Wins Expected Honeymoon with Congress
Washington reports a bipartisan forecast of an easy start for President Carter with Congress. GOP leaders praise cooperation while anticipating occasional disputes, and Democrats foresee a unified approach to foreign affairs despite possible early arguments.
Snelling re appoints Johnson for conservation post
Gov elect Richard Snelling named Martin Johnson to return as Environmental Conservation Secretary and held the announcement at the state house. Snelling said he talked with Transportation Secretary Arthur Ristau and that Ristau would not join the new administration amid concerns among state employees about job security.
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Arthur Ristau
Ristau
Johnson
Snelling
Lee Snelling
Bush to step down as head of CIA
George Bush announced he would resign as CIA director on January 20 and pledged full assistance to President-elect Jimmy Carter until Carter is sworn in. He briefed Carter in Plains, Georgia on CIA matters on November 12 and notified Ford of his plans. He has led the agency for about a year after succeeding William Colby and James Schlesinger amid defense team tensions.
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UPI
George Bush
Central Intelligence Agency
Bush
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Plains
CIA
Ford
William Colby
Defense
James Schlesinger
National Defense Team
Senate
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Church
GOP
United Nations
Richard Nixon
U.S
Peking
Robert Dole
Ralph Yarborough
Drug thieves strike again in Manchester
Thieves burglarized Whipple Pharmacy on Route 7 after 4 30 am taking up to 6000 Valium Seconal Meprobamate and Digitoxin pills along with cigarettes Timex watches and other drugs The alarm failed to sound as two or three suspects entered by breaking a north side window Police Chief George Hoag and Cpl James Webb investigate Hoag noted prior burglary attempts and the case remains open with additional comments from a pharmacist and store owner Ronald Wilcox.
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Manchester
Whipple
George Hoag
Dana Thompson
Hoag
Cpl
James Webb
Town Police
Whipple’s
Vermont AAUW slide show marks two centuries statehood
Vermont’s 200 year statehood slide show is planned by the American Association of University Women to highlight the state’s heritage. The feature appears in Inside Local with local historical notes and upcoming community programming.
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Vermont Aauw
Vermont
Taft
Woodford
Russell Baker
Mt. Holly Farm
Hoosick Falls
Park McCullough
Ford weighs lifting gas price controls before Jan 20
President Ford considers ending federal price controls on gasoline after hearings nationwide by the Federal Energy Administration within 30 days. An FEA recommendation will guide a repeal order to Congress, potentially taking effect Jan. 19, just before Carter’s inauguration.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
White House
Ron Nelsen
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Congress
Nessen
House
Senate
Record 67 years in prison ends for 92 year old Grigsby
Johnson Van Dyke Grigsby, 92, who began serving time in August 1908, could be freed after 67 years in Indiana State Prison. The case makes him the longest-serving inmate in U.S. history per Guinness. He was jailed for second-degree murder after a tavern brawl in 1907.
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Ind
UPI
Johnson van Dyke Grigsby
Grigsby
Indiana State Prison
U.S
Alexandria
Indianapolis
Indiana
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