Highway Dept. proceeds on Peru road despite legal moves
The Vermont Highway Department plans to proceed with improvements on Forest Road 3 in Peru despite petitions by the Agency of Environmental Conservation and VNRC to reargue the case before the state Supreme Court. The 3 mile project has lingered in hearings, with towns Weston and Landgrove opposing upgrades.
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Peru
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
Vermont Natural Resources Council
VNRC
Peru Road
State Supreme Court
State Highway Department
Bennington District Environmental Commission
Weston
Landgrove
District Commission
State Environmental Board
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Environmental Board
District
Vote on Mt Anthony Jr High bond looms with sparse turnout
Nine people including BSD board chairman Richard Sleeman attended a final preview of Mt Anthony Union Junior High renovations. A 1.575 million bond to repay the BSD for Bendi building work faces a 7:30 pm special meeting and vote, as administrators defend the plan despite low public interest and questions on future apportionment suits.
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BSD
Richard A. Sleeman
Shaftsbury
Mt. Anthony Union
Bendi
Bennington
ACLU
Union
Pownal
Norshaft
Mary Moriarty
Supt. Sleeman
Durand
Donald Sumner
Hersey Associates
Cambridge
Mass
Inside the Banner's governor race picks and page cues
Inside the Banner previews Tuesday's governor candidates and notes page placements for other features. Russell Baker reflects on yesterday's news on page five. A retired local veterinarian is spotlighted in a Banner interview on page eight. Dorset's bicentennial flag is stolen and returned as committee plans advance on page eight. A Vermonter trains oxen for farm use on page ten. John Randolph discusses deer herd management on page fifteen. Coverage of Saturdays game between BBS and Poultney on page fifteen. Scott Nearing at ninetyone is praised as a later Thoreau with vigor on page twenty.
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Russell Baker
Dorset
John Randolph
BBS
Poultney
Scott Nearing
Thoreau
Nixon undergoes successful emergency surgery in Long Beach
Former President Richard M. Nixon had a successful one hour operation to block blood clots threatening his life. Dr. John C. Lungren led the team and described the procedure as uneventful with Nixon stable in recovery.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John C. Lungren
Lungren
Fiveman
Eldon B. Hickman
Hickman
Mallary trades barbs with Leahy as race tightens
Congressman Richard Mallary says he feels comfortable about defeating Patrick Leahy as the election nears. In Bennington he brushes off voting record attacks, notes endorsements shift, and defends his stance on child abuse funding and windfall profits taxes while highlighting his Capitol Hill experience.
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Richard W. Mallary
U.S. Senate
Patrick J. Leahy
Mallary
Bennington
Leahy
Rutland Herald Today
Capitol Hill
Vermont
Washington
Mallory
House of Representatives
Palestinians to establish their government in exile
Arab leaders at a Rabat summit granted the Palestine Liberation Organization authority to form an independent state for refugees on land Israel may abandon. Yasser Arafat and King Hussein pledged mutual aid as a wartime PLO cabinet and exile government plan emerged, challenging Kissinger’s peace efforts and provoking Israeli denial.
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Rabat
Morocco
UPI
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization Authority
Hussein
Jordan
Yasser Arafat
Middle East
PLO
Henry A. Kissinger
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
West Bank
Sayed Nafal
Arab League
Aharon Yariv
Jerusalem
Nafal
Economic atomic accord with India prompts tense talks
The United States and India unveiled a joint communique to curb world economic decline and prevent nuclear energy from expanding into weapons. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi invited President Ford to visit India, with Ford agreeing in principle for a 1975 trip. Kissinger met with Indian ministers and planned a Rome speech on food stocks while continuing his Europe Asia tour.
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API
United States
India
Henry A. Kissinger
Bangladesh
Indira Gandhi
Ford
Rome
Kissinger
Defense
Agriculture
Finance
Y. B. Chavan
U.S
Soviet Union
Europe
Asia
Middle East
Hunt denies he extorted White House during Watergate
E Howard Hunt Jr testified under cross examination that he did not extort the White House for money in the Watergate cover up. He said he decided to tell the truth after reading the White House tape transcripts and that he never blackmailed those involved. He faced questions about being asked to commit perjury by Richard Ben-Veniste.
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Washington
UPI
E. Howard Hunt Jr
White House
William O. Hundley
John N. Mitchell
Hunt
Richard Ben- Veniste
Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
Watergate
Bennington race profiles Shaffe Gerrish and Foster
Vermont House candidates in Bennington District 4-3 present contrasts as each outlines priorities. Democrat David B. Shaffe touts record on Natural Resources and accessibility, Liberty Union's Laina Gerrish pushes anti nuclear and public utility ownership, while Republican Lee Foster emphasizes environmental preservation and stated achievements on Health and Welfare.
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Montpelier
David B. Shaffe
Vermont House
Shhaffe
Main Street
House Natural Resources Committee
Shaffe
Lee Shaffe
Liberty Union
Laina Gerrish
Vermont
Liberty
Gerrish
Thomas H. Foster
Foster
Natural Resources Committee
Health & Welfare Committee
Lee Foster
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Highway Dept
Russ Garland
By John Leaning
Sawhill
John C. Sawhill
Andrew E. Gibson
Federal Energy Administration
William E. Simon
the Treasury
Rogers C.B. Morton
Morton
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixy Lee Ray
Robert C. Seamans
Energy Research and Development Administration
Seamans
Air Force
NASA
Barth Vander Els
Marion Smith
Union Board
A. Luke Crispe
Vander Els
Crispe
Bond
San Clemente
Indian Council of World Affairs
Jan Slusmon
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