Seismic crew tests Vermont border for oil and gas
A Geophysical Service Inc team of 30 works from North Hoosick toward the Vermont border testing for subterranean oil or gas for Gulf Oil. The five-truck seismic survey from Amsterdam to Shaftsburg uses a doghouse central computer and a vibrating pad system. Results show only formations hospitable to energy, not actual presence, with further drilling possible if hopeful.
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Geophysical Service Inc
GSI
North Hoosick
N.Y
Vermont
Gulf Oil
Amsterdam
Shaftsburg
Gulf
A Geophysical Service Inc
Weather Outlook With Snow Or Sleet Possible
Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with a chance of snow or sleet late today. Highs will reach the upper 20s to mid 30s. Snow or sleet shifts to rain tonight with lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Rain diminishes to scattered showers Thursday. Windy and mild with highs in the 40s.
Bell extends FBI director search and tenure plan
President Bush administration weighs options as Attorney General Bell asks FBI Director Kelley to stay until February 15. Johnson’s nomination collapsed due to ill health. five candidates remain under review, with Kelley set to retire and teach in Alabama if a replacement is not named. Johnson formally requests withdrawal. back-page note on Lee Johnson.
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UPI
Griffin Bell
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Bell
Senate
Frank Johnson
Kelley
Pennsylvania Avenue
University of Alabama
Johnson
Montgomery
Ala
United States
Lee Johnson
Carter lauds Egypt Israel for historic peace breakthrough
President Carter praised Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin for direct talks that reduce Arab Israeli distrust. He warned Congress he will veto any energy bill not protecting consumers and advancing conservation and production while outlining a late December to early January foreign trip.
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Carter
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Israel
Middle Ae
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Menahem
Begin
Congress
House-Senate
Poland
Iran
India
Saudi Arabia
France
Belgium
Sadat
United States
Cairo
Alfred Atherton
U.N
Middle East
Syria
Libya
Soviet Union
House
Senate
Lee Carter
Bilodeau to inspect own work amid town blackmail accusation
Town officials abruptly reversed, naming engineer Eugene Bilodeau to inspect the Houghton Lane water line project after a letter Bilodeau sent, which a high municipal official called blackmail. Skepticism about Bilodeau’s prior performance and inspector delays linger as the board weighs hiring a different inspector.
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Bilodeau
Bennington
Eugene Bilodeau
Houghton Lane
East Road Water Line
Louis C. Sarelas
Savelas
Dudley Baker
East Road
Snelling names Behney Vermont development secretary
Gov. Richard Snelling appoints C. Harry Behney, executive director of the Greater Burlington Industrial Corp., as Vermont secretary of development and community affairs. Behney, a South Burlington resident with prior roles in GBIC and state economic planning, replaces Arthur Kreizel amid a push to boost jobs and new industries statewide.
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Elbert Moulton
John Simson
Behney
Arthur Kreizel
Kreizel
Stowe
South Burlington
South
Inside National House Rejects Senate Abortion Proposal
National political brief notes the Inside section reports another Senate abortion proposal being rejected by the House as page 2 coverage.
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National House
Senate
Committee rejects Dickey Lincoln hydro project in Maine
Augusta Maine UPI Gov James B Longley biography Longleys Dickey Lincoln Review Committee voted 6 4 against the 690 million hydroelectric proposal after more than 18 months of study The panel says no clear single recommendation and final decision should reflect Maine and national energy policies Longley will decide whether to support the project which would meet 17 percent of New England peak power needs
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
James B. Longley
Dickey-Lincoln Review Committee
Longley
St. John River Valley
New England
West River Valley towns debate own hydro power plan
About 100 residents and 12 town selectmen gathered in Jamaica to hear state Senator Chester P. Scott Jr and MICC officials discuss using Ball Mountain Dam for hydroelectric power. CVPS has sought federal tests. a rival local plan could form a cooperative project. A December meeting will gauge municipal opinions and form a committee to pursue feasibility.
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West River Valley
Jamaica Town Hall
Chester P. Scott Jr
Springfield
Middle Income Consumer Council
Ball Mountain
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Army Corps of Engineers
MICC
Roland J. Moore
Brookline
Dummerston
Landgrove
Londonderry
Newfane
Peru
Stratton
Townshend
Windham
Winhall
Weston
Wardsboro
Sen
Scott
Black River
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Frank M. Johnson Jr
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William Lee Bilodeau
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Ledbetter
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Shaftsbury
Stanley Tools
Manchester Rec
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Vitale
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