AEC resumes Vermont Yankee hearings Monday in Vernon
The Atomic Energy Commission reverses course and plans a third Vermont Yankee licensing hearing Monday in Washington and Vernon. Vermont Yankee seeks rapid start up tests with Gov Davis backing to curb New England power shortages. New Hampshire confirms it will seek a permit under its water quality rules since the plant sits on the Connecticut River.
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New England
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New Hampshire
Connecticut River
Nader pushes three dollar revolution on campuses
Ralph Nader travels campus lecture circuit urging a three dollar assessment from students to fund public interest law firms. He envisions regional groups with budgets around one hundred thousand dollars, employing about 15 members to drive consumer environmental and political reforms. He cites Oregon Minnesota and other states as pilots while noting the idea remains for student action.
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University of Minnesota
West Virginia
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Illinois
Missouri
Massachusetts
Georgia
Washington, D.C
Senate panel reports aging poverty rise and housing needs
A Senate aging committee finds one in four Americans over 65 in poverty, with Social Security benefits urged to rise. It notes more older workers are pushed out early, a growing “no man’s land” of being too young to retire but too old to hire, and reports 6 million older Americans in substandard housing needing 120,000 units annually.
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UPI
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Vermont Names Six To State Educational Advisory Council
Commissioner Joseph H. Oakey appoints six new members to the Vermont State Educational Advisory Council based on recommendations from Chairman Douglas B. Kitchel. New appointees include Sen. William Doyle, Dr. Royce Pitkin Sr., Mrs. Alice M. Chapman, John Goss, Louis Provost, and Mrs. Judith Lavallee. Terms run July 1, 1971 to June 30, 1974. council formed in 1968 to advise on federal programs. total 16 members serving three-year staggered terms.
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Montpelier
Vermont State Educational Advisory Council
Joseph H. Oakey
Douglas B. Kitchel
Lyndonville
William Doyle
Royce Pitkin Sr
Twinfield Union School
Marshfield
Alice M. Chapman
Green Street
Brattleboro
John Goss
Brattleboro Union High School
Louis Provost
John F. Kennedy School
Winooski
Judith Lavallee
State Educational Council
Aiken to lead fight to confirm Earl Butz as agriculture chief
UPI reports Sen George D Aiken Republican of Vermont will floor manage the confirmation of Earl Butz as U S agriculture commissioner after ranking GOP member Jack Miller opposed the nomination 8 to 6 in the Senate Agriculture Committee. Aiken calls opposition political and campaign linked with 1972, while saying some oppose programs within the department. Interim Sen Robert Stafford has not yet taken a public stand.
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UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Earl Butz
U.S. Agriculture
Aiken
GOP
Senate Agriculture Committee
Jack Miller
Iowa
Butz
Agriculture Department
Robert T. Stafford
New York Senate backs agency merger to save 5 million
Albany political move proposes merging Commerce Department, Office of Local Government, and Office of Planning Services into a single Commerce and Local Development Department. Budget would drop from 16 million to 11 million, but 205 current jobs and 149 vacancies would be eliminated. Two Albany area deaths blamed on Thanksgiving snowstorm. Patsy Malatesa, 64, died in Albany after his car hit a building on Hudson Avenue. Donald Felt, 41, of Wilkins Avenue, died when his pickup was hit by a train in Schodack.
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Rockefeller
Warren M. Anderson
Senate Finance Committee
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Office of Local Government
Office of Planning Services
Department of Commerce and Local Development
Patsy Malatesa
Hudson Avenue
Donald Felt
Wilkins Avenue
Schdoack
Berkshire housing policy rejected by Adams Selectmen
Adams selectmen rebuffed a Taxpayers Association bid for a referendum policy on housing projects, saying they cannot set policy for future boards. The association leader criticized actions around approving Landover Associates housing on Myrtle Street amid protests.
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Selectmen
Landover Associates
Myrtle Street
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