AEC to Hold Two Hearings on Northeast Nuclear Plants
The Atomic Energy Commission will hold hearings Tuesday on Pilgrim in Plymouth Massachusetts and Vermont Yankee in Vernon Vermont. Pilgrim aims for 625000 kilowatts with potential full power by April 1 if licensed promptly. Environmental groups and Massachusetts AG Quinn raised safety concerns about cooling, waste radioactivity, and birth defects.
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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
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Robert H. Quinn
Union of Concerned Scientists
Sierra Club
Tight controls planned for Bay State lottery chief says
Massachusetts State Treasurer Robert Q. Crane who chairs the new lottery board pledges tight oversight. He will stay closely involved the first year as the lottery begins operations with candidate for executive director to be chosen. He notes the $100 million annual program will seek top talent in marketing management advertising and data processing. Washington moves to cut costs by replacing the $25 daily per diem with a lodgings plus plan capping lodging at 15 dollars and meals at 10 dollars for 2.6 million civilian employees.
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UPI
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New Massachusetts Lottery Board
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Environmentalists push for tighter Vernon plant controls
Brattleboro reports the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp plant enters a new licensing session as environmentalists press for stricter oversight and the state urges adoption of Vermont emission standards. The 540 000 kilowatt plant sits idle awaiting Atomic Energy Commission approval to test, with forecasts of potential power shortages this winter if delays continue.
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Lyons
Kan
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New England Coalition
Connecticut River
Vernon
Atomic Energy Commission
New England
Arson Destroyed Burlington Landmark Building
A four alarm fire that leveled the 69 year old Strong building in Burlington’s commercial district caused about a million dollars in damages. Fire officials ruled arson the cause as 200 firefighters from Burlington and nearby towns fought the blaze for over seven hours. Two residents were treated for smoke inhalation. authorities later accounted for all 14 residents.
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UPI
Patrick Brown
University of Vermont
Brown
Film sparks outrage in St. Albans over explicit movie
City officials hoped a film shoot would lift spirits and bring goodwill to St. Albans but the X rated Can adian film Loving and Laughing faced backlash. Mayor Kaye and Police Chief Herbert demanded an apology after the Weldon Theatre premiere triggered indignation from locals and the Messenger newspaper.
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Cinetix
Bok Installed as Harvard's 25th President in 20th Century Ceremony
Derek C. Bok was formally installed as Harvard University’s 25th president in Cambridge. He will receive the presidency keys and take a seat in the center chair, a position linked to Harvard’s colonial past and its mid 18th century tradition.
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Harvard University
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
C. Douglas Dillon
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Board of Overseers
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Charles P. Price
Board of Preachers
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Harvard College
Stanford University
Windsor inmates arraigned in Vermont prison riot case
Four Windsor Prison inmates pleaded innocent on charges tied to a prison riot and kidnapping of guards during a 15 minute September 29 protest. Several co-defendants had pleas delayed as security remained tight and staff reported readiness to return to work next week.
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UPI
George Ellison
Vermont
U.S
Larry Ellison
Windsor County
Frank G. Mahady
James Clothey
Philip Creaser
David Robrey
Creaser
Albin Bushner
Carroll Perry
Julius Moeykens
Moeykens
UVM Will Keep Athletics Amid Tight Finances
University of Vermont president Edward C. Andrews says athletic programs will continue despite a potential half million dollar deficit from enrollment decline. An alumnus pledged 25000 to maintain current levels while the baseball program was previously dropped for non financial reasons. Meanwhile two youths died in Vermont incidents as a tractor accident killed 15 year old Bruce D. Wright and a fatal early morning fire claimed Michael W. Hoffman and sent 12 others fleeing.
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UPI
University of Vermont
Edward C. Andrews
White River
Albany Mother arraigned in four child deaths fire
An Albany mother, Dorothy M. Braoudakis, 24, was arraigned on four counts of criminally negligent homicide for the fire that killed her four children. The victims, aged 2, 18 months, and 7 months, were found unconscious by firefighters and died at Albany Medical Center Hospital. The father is at sea. Also in Albany, unknown assailants blasted the central campaign headquarters of District Attorney Arnold Proskin, causing damage with no injuries. Police investigate both incidents.
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Dorothy M. Braoudakis
Clinton Ave
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Central Campaign
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Proskin
Williamstown hires federal aid specialist under act
Williamstown official A Kelly Hooks has been hired by the Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission as a federal aid specialist at ten thousand dollars a year under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971 to fund unemployed workers in government positions. A former Sprague Electric Co. engineer, he worked 17 years there until a mass layoff last June at the North Adams plant. Fire destroyed a barn on Camp Hamelin Road in Adams, damaging Deliso property for four thousand dollars. last month a farmhouse on the same property burned at a similar early hour.
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Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission
Sprague Electric Co
North Adams
Adams
Camp Hamelin Road
Springfield
Joseph R. Deliso
Deliso
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