Carter to focus on energy over tax reform in 1977
President Carter plans to delay final tax reform to press ahead with the energy program and Social Security changes. He said most work is done but will hold final tax decisions until economic data clarify the outlook. Officials floated splitting the package into two parts to avoid delays.
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al Ullman
Dore
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Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Memo fuels one man rule criticism in Vermont
MONTPELIER UPI A memo from Human Services Secretary Elizabeth Candon to Health Department officials prompts renewed criticism of Gov. Richard Snelling's centralized authority. Dated Oct 24 the memo asks all department reports recommendations and decisions to be formally approved by Candon and Health Commissioner Marshall McBean before submission or enactment. McBean and Candon say the issue remains under review and seek clarification of the memo's purpose.
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Human Services Agency
Debate on Palestine opens with discord at UN
The Security Council opened a debate on Palestinian rights with an Israeli boycott and a mild U S protest as all sides aimed not to hinder progress toward resuming Geneva peace talks. Israel’s UN ambassador Chaim Herzog skipped the session while the PLO sat as a non voting participant after a 10 1 vote with four abstentions.
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James Leonard
Andrew Young
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Beleaguered Sarelas fights back on three fronts
Town Manager Louis C. Sarelas faced three charges this week charging dishonesty duplicity and dereliction of duty. He denied claims about Squires resigning Rogers health plan revocation and delay in issuing a boil water order. He said he ordered media notification of the order and accused rivals of conflicts of interest and political maneuvers in personnel changes. He pledged to present Corcoran related files to the state attorney by late afternoon.
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Jan Squires
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Sarelas
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Health Department
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Corcoran
Gerald P. Morrissey
Timothy R. Corcoran
Morrissey
Selectman
Frances Bender
Water Department
California blaze extinguished and Carter orders arms embargo
National report notes a California blaze being put out and President Carter issuing an arms embargo. Local items preview holiday dips from the Wadsworths and a Trick or Treat date confirmation. Capitol Hill tensions rise per Anthony Lewis. County updates cover Arlington water hearing officials, North Village board Bible debate, and Manchester rink plans by volunteers in two weeks. Sports mention MAU hockey win and Vikings attempting a bounceback after a Los Angeles game with protests over ruins violence.
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Capital Hill
Anthony Lewis
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Manchester
Los Angeles
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MAU
Galbraith See Vermont’s Future in Tourism
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith told a Burlington audience that Vermont’s economy will rely on tourism and vacation homes. He urged federal actions, saying taxes should not be cut while funds are needed for cities and the less fortunate, and favored more government intervention with wage and price controls.
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Vermont
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Murderer Battick suit against Manchester set for trial
Burlington court will hear the civil rights case filed in 1976 by Edward M. Battick against the town of Manchester, Manchester village, and ex officer Eugene Gaiotti. Trial before U.S. District Court Judge Albert W. Coffrin is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 9:30 a.m. Battick, serving a life term for the 1972 murder of Manchester Police Chief Dana Thompson, claims he was shot while wounded during a shootout at Whipple's Pharmacy. The case questions insurance liability and whether the town’s insurers cover intentional acts by police.
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Manchester
Eugene Gaiotti
U.S. District Court
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Gaiotti
Whipple
Whipple’s
Dana Thompson
George M. Hoag
Hoag
Thompson
U.S. Medical Center
Springfield
Albert W. Coffrin
Peter Langrock
Middlebury
Richard Hull
Rutland
Kimberly Cheney
Montpelier
Ludlow
Former Vermont governor speaks to Dorset Historical Society
Former Vermont Governor F Ray Keyser Jr president of Vermont Marble Co spoke to Dorset Historical Society on marble uses and future prospects He noted foreign competition a shift to fillers extenders and praised Swiss buyer Pleuss Staufer AG He outlined ground marble in plastics paints paper and even gum while describing Vermont Marble plans and a new Proctor lab conversion to support R&D See MARBLE on back page
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Dorset Historical Society
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Pleuss-Staufer
Vermont Marble
Philip H. Hoff
Chelsea
Proctor
U.S
Fred Whittemore
Historical Society
Callahan Ams
Sutherland Club
Proctors
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