Pownal teachers capitulate over wage dispute contracts signed
Pownal teachers ending a wage dispute agreed to a one year contract at a base pay of 6500 dollars, far below the 6700 recommended by a three member factfinders panel. The board had stood by a hold the line policy and had threatened unemployment or a lockout if contracts were not signed by the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Richard Singleton
Singleton
Banner
Mary Jane Rounds
Vermont
Davis pushes plan for interim Vernon plant license
Vermont Governor Deane C. Davis moves to speed a one day hearing on a temporary operating license for Vermont Yankee in Vernon. He seeks a 100 megawatt start up test as a hedge against regional power shortages while the 540,000 kilowatt plant awaits a permanent AEC license. The plan hinges on creating accord among the company, intervening states and conservationists, with Davis acting as mediator.
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Montpelier
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vernon
Peter Martin
Davis
James Jeffords
Vermont Yankee
Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont
New England
Martin
Samuel Jensch
Public Service
Ernest Gibson
John Burgess
Brattleboro
Saigon frees 618 POWs as Thieu inauguration nears
South Vietnam announces amnesty for 618 Viet Cong prisoners and designates 2,320 more as ralliers in the open arms program. The move, tied to Thieu's inauguration, aims to free prisoners nationwide while reports circulate about possible U S prisoner relocations.
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Saigon
API
Nguyen van Thieu
Defense Ministry
U.S. urges Communists to follow Saigon on prisoners
In Paris UPI reports the United States asks Hanoi and the Viet Cong to release prisoners of war, praising South Vietnam's plan to free almost 3,000 communists as a constructive humanitarian gesture while the Viet Cong call it an impudent maneuver demanding broader releases.
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Paris
UPI
United States
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Saigon
Nguyen Xuan Phong
U.S
William J. Porter
Nguyen van Tien
Tien
Porter
Xuan Thuy
East Berlin
Nguyen Th
Phong
Prosser Wins Big Lottery Across a Football Pool
Marie Prosser, 64, a London house keeper, says she won 627000 dollars from the football pool using a finger to select numbers when her glasses were missing. The report also covers Vietnam talks with remarks by Nguyen Van Tien and Xuan Thuy, prisoner releases, and critiques of Paris negotiations.
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London
UPI
Marie Prosser
Aiken Links U.S. Loss at U.N. to Economic Resentment
Senator George D. Aiken argues that resentment toward U.S. economic policies stalled the two China proposal in the United Nations. He favors admitting mainland China, opposes a Taipei satellite, and warns against cutting U.N. funding, suggesting more multilateral finance could extend bilateral ties.
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Washington
UPI
United State
U.S
United Nations
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
GOP
Foreign Relations Committee
China
U.N
Taipei
Senate
Nixon approves Amchitka Cannikin nuke test
Within a week the White House authorizes the Cannikin underground test on Amchitka Island Alaska to test the Spartan ABM warhead. The AEC will detonate unless a federal court blocks it, amid environmental concerns and SALT implications.
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Washington
API
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Richard M. Nixon
AEC
United States
Alaska
Amchitka Island
Aleutians
Hiroshima
Nixon
James R. Schlesinger
Commission
Winhall police chief threatens suit over contract dispute
Winhall Police Chief Wayne Daniels threatens a breach of contract suit unless the Board of Selectmen grants a judicial review. The board previously extended his contract amid disputes over department management and alleged policy violations.
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Winhall
Town
Bondville
Board of Selectmen
Wayne Daniels
Daniels
Selectmen
March
John Stevens
Selectman
John Markey
Barre
Inside Look at Murder Age Law in England Editorials and Notes
A digest of page 2 through page 11 items mentions an editorial on minimum age for murder in England and calls to retire elderly Congress members. Other items preview fall fruit and nut uses, county mental health plans, tax relief, Halloween safety, oyster supper traditions, auto dealers and press, and Governor Reagan courting young voters via reissued films.
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England
Congress
Kit Foster
North Bennington
Reagan
Whitingham urged to pump sewage over mountain to Jacksonville
Engineers from Dufresne Henry Inc explained a plan for an 837000 dollar municipal sewage system serving Whitingham and Jacksonville. The project would pump clarified effluent from Whitingham over the mountain to the Jacksonville plant for primary and secondary treatment, discharging into the East Branch of the North River under state water quality standards.
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Whitingham
Jacksonville
Springfield
Dufresne Henry Inc
Selectmen
Robert Dufresne
Dufresne
North River
Whitingham Village
Lake Whitingham
Harriman Reservoir
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Shaftsbury
Chicago Tribune
U.S. Senate
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Vietnam
the Tribune
Peter Stofflet
Fitzsimons
Stofflet
Administration
Tribune
Col
Harry Heath
Army
Pentagon
Ronald Ziegler
Fitzsimons Hospital
South Vietnamese
Ministry of Defense
South Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Schlesinger
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Amchit
UPI Aec
Amchitka
By Charles Bonenti
Stevens
Harvey Carter
John Williams
Bennington
Carter
Williams
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