Aiken Outlines Policy to Curb Power Monopoly Plans
Washington policy notes cite Senator George Aiken R Vt detailing new Justice Department guidelines to curb private electric power monopolies. He cites two opinions backing rural cooperatives municipal utilities and small private investor utilities. proposes licensing nuclear plants as commercial operations subject to antitrust review and prelicensing pollution checks. The DOJs stance includes ensuring access to low cost power and avoiding regional pools that violate antitrust laws.
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George D. Aiken
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Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
New England
Atomic Energy Commission
Harvard Panel Maps Changes To Ease Student Unrest
The Harvard Committee of 15 Progress Report outlines six areas for reform to university governance. Proposals include a new university wide representative body, redefined governing boards, clearer administration accountability, regularized discipline, and university level planning for expenditure and moral questions. The panel is reviewing last spring's University Hall occupation.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard University
Committee of 15
University Hall
Rights Panel Probes Housing Discrimination in Vermont
The Vermont Human Rights Commission will survey housing in the Burlington area to verify reports of racial discrimination. Chair Paul Hackel said action followed informal complaints. The panel will ask Burlington firms about housing for employees and Black community members and supported University of Vermont efforts to modify carnival elements viewed as offensive.
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Rutland
UPI
Vermont Human Rights Commission
Burlington
Paul Hackel
Commission
William Gilbert
University of Vermont
Vermont Tax Records Open to Public Inspection
Vermont officials outlined access to property tax transfer records with the Tax Commissioner stating non government interests may request permission to inspect. The change accompanies a state attorney general opinion, while access is not limited to officials and applies to attorneys appraisers and real estate brokers as well as local officials.
Albany governor shifts Henrietta probe to special grand jury
Gov Rockefeller removed Monroe County DA from the Henrietta misconduct inquiry and ordered Atty. Gen. Lefkowitz to pursue the case with a special grand jury from the Appellate Division. The probe covers expenditure of public funds conspiracy conflict of interest larceny bribery and corruption, with a grand jury member tied to an official cited as reason for the jurisdiction change.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Monroe County
Henrietta
Louis Lefkowitz
Appellate Division
State Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Berkshire man charged in statue theft case in Lee
Ernest C. Ferry 29 living in Lee is charged with receiving stolen property tied to a Daniel Chester French statue theft from a local summer home garden. His case was continued to Nov 6, bail set at 500 after he pleaded not guilty. police suspect Ferry sold the item to a Pittsfield junkyard. A Pittsfield newsletter cites U.S. Rep. Conte proposing a railroad safety bill amid 38 derailments in Berkshire Franklin counties in two years.
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Ferry
Pittsfield
U.S
Silvio O. Conte
R.mass
Berkshire
Franklin
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