Wildlife land near Weston offered for sale in letter
A letter from Wildlife Wonderland Inc. President James D. Kinsey indicates the 627 acre Route 155 land in Weston and Mount Holly may be up for sale. Officials note no formal sale listing or withdrawal of the Rutland district application, while the property could fetch upper $300,000 for all acres and potential alternative uses are mentioned.
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Russ Garland Weston
Wildlife Wonderland Inc
James D. Kinsey
Route 155
Weston
Mount Holly
Planning Commission
Rutland District Environmental Commission
State Environmental Board
Vermont
Vermont Supreme Court
Wildlife Wonderland
Rutland District Commission
Robert S. Brown
Kinsey
Environmental Board
Supreme Court
District Commission
Arthur J. Q.dea
Weston Selectman
Planning
Mount Holly Planning Commission
Richard Dawley
Rutland Herald
Kin
Fire swamps Los Angeles area in massive brush blaze
A wide swath of Southern California is hit by the Tujunga Canyon fire, the worst in five years. Gov. Brown declares a state of emergency as 2,000 firefighters tackle flames across 43,000 acres and 3,000 residents flee. Red Cross refugee centers open while 26 aerial tankers join the effort.
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Glendale
Calif
UPI
California
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown Jr
John Tunney
D-Calif
Ford
Mojave Desert
Tujunga Canyon
Angeles National Forest
San Fernando Valley
U.S. Forest Service
Jim Unterwegner
Red Cross
Schweitzer hospital in Gabon to close on New Year
Paris reports the ramshackle hospital founded by Dr. Albert Schweitzer at Lambarene on the Ogoue River in Gabon will close Jan 1 after an international fund raising effort failed. The Schweitzer Foundation hopes the leper village nearby will continue with Gabonese aid. Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1952, died in 1965 and is buried near the hospital.
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Paris
UPI
Albert Schweitzer
Africa
Lambarene
Republic of Gabon
Schweitzer
Doctors must inform more. rules court decision
MONTPELIER UP I doctors must warn patients of all potential treatment risks, a ruling that could affect medical malpractice trends. The Vermont Supreme Court reversed a lower court, sending Sanford and Genevieve Small v Gifford Memorial Hospital back for retrial after alleging hepatitis from anesthesia. Chief Justice Albert Barney authored the majority decision.
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Supreme Court
Albert Barney
Bennington students oppose futures report and back faculty
A ballot by 237 Bennington College students shows 138 no-confidence votes against President Gail Parker and broad backing for faculty opposition to the futures committee report. Turnout was strong, with 237 of 600 voting and 98 comments submitted, signaling concern and a call for more student input before any decisions.
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Bennington College
Gail T. Parker
Bennington
Ms. Parker
Diane Welevit
Kip Perkins
Deborah Teller
Student Educational Policies Committee
Tom Matthews
SEPC
Len Wilson Named State Planning Director in Vermont
Leonard Wilson, 48, of Waitsfield, named state planning director by Gov. Salmon. He will replace Arthur Ristau and begin Jan 1. Wilson, a former Vermont planning head in the 1960s, sits on the Environmental Board and is a University of Vermont trustee. He leaves the Council of State Governments for the Salmon administration with a salary around 22,350.
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Vermont
Salmon
Norman James
Wilson
Ristau
Maryland governor Mandel indicted on mail fraud charges
Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel says he is innocent and will not resign after a federal indictment charging him with 20 counts of mail fraud and two counts of prohibited activity tied to real estate ventures. The 24 count case also accuses a corrupt relationship with five associates, amid the ongoing probe that previously led to Spiro Agnew’s resignation. Mandel faces possible prison terms up to five years per mail count and ten years per prohibited activity count.
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Baltimore
UPI
Marvin Mandel
Spiro T. Agnew
Mandel
Annapolis
Blair Lee
W. Dale Hess
Maryland
House of Delegates
Irvin Kovens
Agnew
Harry W. Rodgers III
William A
Hess
Ernest Cory Jr
Laurel, Md
Vermont delegation votes and Cheney bid eyed for governor
Inside Local reports how the Vermont delegation voted with Cheney possibly pursuing the governor's office. Editorial note on Bennington College controversy appears. County notes cover selectmen meetings in Pownal and Shaftsbury, bridge work on N Y 7 in Hoosick, and Merck Forest Foundation plans year round environmental education. Sports highlight Morrall replacing Griese with the Dolphins, John Hubbard's Arlington visit, and MAU scrimmages at Williams town.
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Vermont
Cheney
Bennington College
Pownal
Shaftsbury
N.Y
Hoosick
Merck Forest Foundation
Morrall
Griese
Miami
John Hubbard
Arlington Eagles
Mau
Williamstown
Ford limits Chile testimony in secret executive sessions
President Ford allows CIA Chilean testimony only in executive session. Senate Intelligence Committee plans hearings on U.S. role in Allende's 1970 bid and the 1973 coup. Church committee members and documents cite prior testimonies. Colby confirms covert funding while denying direct coup involvement. Nixon implication reports surface.
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Washington
White House
Church
CIA
Sen
Frank Church
D-Idaho
CBS
William E. Colby
United States
Directon
Allende
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Chile
Church Committee
Nixon
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