Vermont sportsmen face new limits after open season ends
The open season for upland game ends tonight and starting November 1 Vermont restricts small game shooting to hares rabbits and wildfowl. Other notes include a 190 pound bear killed, a magic act at Bennington High, labor disputes at Bijur Lubricating and BenMont Papers, high power rates, calls for a Vermont Power Authority, Halloween theft at a coal station, a new independent study program at Bennington High, and forecast political outcomes with Hoff. Also historical notes mark Nevada statehood in 1861 and bank closures in 1931 and a 1963 Indianapolis gas explosion with 67 deaths.
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Vermont
Abel W. Harrington
South Shaftsbury
Green Mountain
East Road
Shaftsbury
Aladdin
Bennington High School
Bijur Lubricating Corporation
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union
Ben- Mont Papers Inc
New England
United States
Marshall Dimock
St. Lawrence
Ralf S. Kates
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Robert M. Wilson
Philip H. Hoff
Nevada
U.S. Treasury Department
Indianapolis
Who Cares About Nukes In Vernon Vermont
A reader letter questions nuclear waste safety tied to the Vernon plant and argues for stopping new reactors. It cites leaks, lack of reprocessing, and fears of radioactive spread, while endorsing off shore wind projects and urging political action in Vermont ahead of elections.
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Vernon
William Heronemus
New England
National Science Foundation
Jesse Denton
Heronemus
Cal Tech
MIT
The
Country Journal
Main St
Brattleboro
Vermont
Gladys Lodge
When politicians become marshmallows
The piece laments the erosion of party discipline amid a rise of independents and the rise of candidate personal organizations. It notes voters doubt party labels, mocks conservatives and liberals as cultural types, and argues that moderates lack passion, fueling moral and political folly. It cites Broder and Evans and Novak, warning against nonideological voting.
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David S. Broder
Broder
Nixon
Evans and Novak
Gary Hart
George McGovern
Hart
Colorado
Democratic Party
Evans
Novak
Candidate Proposes State Despot Run Opposing Farmers
A spoof campaign text rails against farmers and tax policy, offering to run Vermont as State Despot. The piece mocks farmers, advocates federal forms, tax favors for outsiders, and demands mandatory meetings while pledging to raise taxes for the author’s salary. It targets Burlington education funding and Washington control.
Hoaxes in Congress Prompt New Record Security
Members of the House confront hoaxes in the Congressional Record with claims falsely attributed to two colleagues. Speaker Carl Albert orders statements to be collected from a secure box in the House chamber to curb misattribution and protect the public from altered remarks in print.
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House of Representatives
Congressional Record
Carl Albert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont
Vermont Natural Food and Farming Association
Dorset
Lurie
O.K
Nicholas von Hoffman
Burlington Free Press
Washington
California
Vietnam
Middle East
Capitol Hill
Drysdale
South ST
Bennington
Armory
Bennington, Vt
Gretchen Becker Marlboro
Montpelier
New Jersey
Burlington
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvert
Lord Calvert
Calvert Dist. CO
N.Y.C
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