Vermont Marble Sculpture Highway Aims To Mark Scenic Points
Interstate 89 and 91 will host nine original marble sculptures at designated scenic points from Massachusetts to Canada. Sponsored by state and federal agencies plus arts groups, the project features works by Minoru Niizuma and Herbert Baumann, highlighting Vermont Radio Black and Danby White marbles.
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Vermont
Massachusetts
Canada
State Highway Department
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
State Interagency Committee On Natural Resources
Vermont Council On the Arts
North Bennington
John G. McCullough
Vermont Radio
Minoru Niizuma
New York City
Herbert Baumann
Germany
Agnew Attacks Mills Over Revenue-Sharing Bill Delay
Vice President Spiro Agnew condemned House Ways and Means Committee Chair Wilbur Mills for delaying Nixon's revenue-sharing bill. He called the delay a distortion of representative government and blamed Mills for blocking progress despite broad support. Agnew spoke at a White Plains meeting of the President's Advisory Commission on Inter-Governmental Relations.
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White Plains
N.Y
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
House Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur Mills
Nixon
Congress
Agnew
President
Advisory Commission On Inter-Governmental Relations
Will labor cooperate with pay boards in post freeze plan
Treasury Secretary Connally urged AFL CIO President Meany and other labor leaders to join the new wage and price oversight panel while warning the government will clash with boards if inflation rises. Meany delayed commitment and called a Tuesday meeting to decide labor cooperation as Republicans back Nixon’s program and critics press for clarity.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
John B. Connally Jr
AFL Cio
George Meany
Meany
Connally
White House
Nixon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
State workers enjoy Columbus and Veterans Day weekend
About 6,000 state employees in Montpelier will take a long weekend for Columbus Day on Oct. 11 and Veterans Day on Oct. 25. Most offices close, but 13 Liquor Control Dept stores stay open. Open stores include Bellows Falls West Brattleboro Bennington White River Manchester Center Fair Haven Montpelier Newport Stowe Rutland Burlington Pearl Street.
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Liquor Control Department
Bellows Falls
West Brattleboro
Bennington
White River
Manchester Center
Fair Haven
Montpelier
Newport Stowe
North Main Street
Rutland
Pearl Street
Burlington
Governor says Act 250 working in Vermont
Gov. Deane C. Davis declared the 1970 Land Development Control Act effective as he keynoted the Governor's Conference on Natural Resources in Montpelier. He cited calmer growth, noted concerns over implementation, and highlighted panel discussions on land use, water pollution, and power planning.
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Isabel Gwinn
Montpelier
Deane C. Davis
Vermont
Capitol Theatre
Davis
R. Marshall Witten
Bennington
Shaftsbury visitor Chicago cop drives for jail reform
Chicago officer Renault Robinson, a seven year veteran with a near perfect undercover record, faces expulsion as he champions prison reform. He helped found the Afro American Patrolmen's League to address racially biased policing and now seeks changes from street level to courts and institutions. He notes Vermont attitudes echo national issues and urges all cops to adopt reform for broader impact.
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Chicago
Renault Robinson
Robinson
Police Civil Service Commission
Vermont
Walter G. Hooke
Myers Road
Shafts
Bury
Fortune Society
Chicago Force
League
GOP
Weekend Weather Outlook for Local Area
A mostly cloudy to partly cloudy period with morning sun turning cloudy by afternoon. Highs near 60 degrees and a chance of showers this afternoon, then increasing showers tonight with a low around 40. Sunday remains partly cloudy with a chance of morning showers and highs near 60.
Senior citizens see politics in White House aging confab
Vermont seniors warned the White House conference on aging will be politically manipulated. Rudolph T. Danstedt of the National Council of Senior Citizens said the event will be closed and in effect a political convention. The council also pressed for higher income, health care, and housing.
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White House
Danstedt
Vermont
Chittenden County
Welfare Rightsers protest school lunch rule changes
Vermont activists from Welfare Rights Organization and OEO say USDA changes to child lunch programs reduce access for low income families. They cite a lower income eligibility cap, potential loss of free or reduced meals, and threats to the food stamp program while noting added administrative costs.
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Burlington
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Vermont Welfare Rights Organization
Champlain Office of Economic Opportunity
Federal Department
Barbara Hockert
Chittenden County
Joseph Vanhoenacker
OEO
Vermont
Maine shores up housing goal with modular homes boost
Gov. Kenneth M. Curtis said Maine is making progress toward its goal of 10,000 new housing units yearly. He touted the modular home industry as a major new Maine job creator with production capacity rising from 302 units last year to an estimated 2,600 by the end of 1972.
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Scarborough
Maine
UPI
Kenneth M. Curtis
Curtis
Maines
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Martin L. Johnson
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Power Needs
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Vermont Electric Cooperative Inc
Vermont Yankee Power
House
John D. Weller
Dover
State Environment Board
Shaftsbury Visitor
John Leaning
Shaftsbury
USDA
Miss Hockett
Louie Lamon
Look Magazine
Norman Rockwell
Arlington
Stockbridge
Mass
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Look
Audubon
Monument Mountain
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