New York sues paper firm over Lake Champlain pollution
New York Attorney General Lefkowitz filed suit against International Paper Co. of Ticonderoga in Essex County Supreme Court accusing discharges of untreated wastes into Lake George outlet of Lake Champlain. The complaint seeks a temporary injunction until a new waste treatment facility is ready. Vermont and New York officials clash over dredging 300 acres of sludge while testing five train carloads.
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Albany, N.Y
UPI
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International Paper Co
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Lake George
Lake Champlain
Essex County Supreme Court
International Paper
State Department of Health
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Champlain
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Seal Harbor
Maine
Edward Hinman
New
Support by Labor Claimed For Hoff's Senatorial Bid
Vermont labor endorses former Gov. Philip Hoff for the U S senate. The United Labor Committee for Better Government newsletter asks members to help Hoff’s campaign, with a photo showing Ralph Williams and Lou Urban by a Hoff campaign truck. Lt Gov Thomas L Hayes predicts a major elderly care study will shock Vermont, blaming the Davis administration for neglect and welfare cuts.
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Mittee
Vermont
Rutland
Hayes
Davis
Massachusetts Faces Residency Rule Dilemma in Primary
In Boston, about 1,200 votes from the September 15 Massachusetts primary may be invalid under state residency rules. The law requires one year of legal residency in the state and six months in a single community to vote in primaries and general elections.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court
Harvey M. Burg
Marblehead
Burg
Alabama
Warren E. Burger
District Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Court backs Nader stand in merger challenge Hartford Fire ITT
Hartford Court reaffirmed Ralph Nader’s standing to challenge the $6 billion Hartford Fire ITT merger as an aggrieved party. The decision supports a July Rubinow ruling, clearing the way for Nader to contest the takeover amid concerns over asset raids and consumer advocacy history.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Ralph Nader
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Leo Parskey
Jay Rubinow
Nader
ITT
Rubinow
U.S
William R. Cotter
Hartford Fire
Rains Linger in Manila as Landslide Fatalities Rise
In Manila area heavy rains persist while floods ease in parts. A deadly landslide near San Pablo, 60 miles south of Manila, kills a family of six. Officials report 32 confirmed dead with 15,000 displaced, and more damage tallied from rising floods and mudslides. Two U.S. Navy sailors die at Cubi Point in a separate mudslide incident. President Marcos says the worst is over and extends the calamity declaration.
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UPI
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Philippines
Luzon
Miguel Briones
San Pablo
Briones
Rosaline
Florida
Relief Operations Center
Philippine News Service
PNS
Red Cross
National Police
U.S. Navy Today
Navy
Cubi Point Naval Station
J.g
Joseph Craig Conrad
el Reno
Okla
Machinis
I.C. Donald E. Stickney
Columbus
Neb
Three Fact Finders Named On Police Resignations
A three member fact finding committee was named to avert mass resignations of Burlington police. Attorney Robert Eastman will represent the patrolmen, Superior Judge Harold Sylvester the city, and Msgr. Charles Marcoux the third member. Hearings must be held within a week to issue findings and recommendations. If unresolved, resignations could take effect five days after the committee’s recommendations.
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Burlington
UPI
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Bombers Hunted In Upstate New York
State police issued an all upstate alert for two youths suspected by the FBI in the University of Wisconsin Madison bombing. Dwight Armstrong and David Fine were briefly detained in Little Falls for a faulty muffler, then released. The FBI seeks Armstrong's brother Karleton and Leo Burt in a broader sabotage plot.
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N.Y
UPI
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FBI
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Dwight Armstrong
David S. Fine
Armstrong
Oneida
Canada
Karleton Lewis
Leo Frederick Burt
Ralph Hearn
Sauk County
Wis
Karleton Armstrong
Prairie du Lac
Washington
Justice Department
Wisconsin
Vermont Governor Calls Welfare Warile Ceasefire Plea
Governor Davis urges all statewide candidates to join a political ceasefire on welfare controversy. He clarifies that Social Welfare Commissioner Betit has not decided on benefit cuts despite a $41 million budget for welfare this year. Betit will present alternatives next week. no decision yet. Davis expresses strong confidence in Betit and asks Vermonters to let him work.
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Betit
Welfare Department
Cavendish Allows Student Religious Exercise
Cavendish school board votes to permit five minute before class religious activity with no staff participation and bans newsmen from grounds. Vermont Civil Liberties Union had warned the plan conflicts with Supreme Court rulings on public school prayer. Sen Winston Prouty in satisfactory condition after severe bronchitis attack while campaigning in Burlington. expected discharge soon.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Burlington
UPI
Winston Prouty
R-Vt
Prouty
Lemnitzer to Deliver Aiken Lecture at Norwich University
Gen Lyman L. Lemnitzer will speak on international affairs on Sept 22 at Norwich University. The talk is the second in Sen. Aiken’s lecture series honoring the late senator. Lemnitzer has led major commands and served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and supreme allied commander Europe, bringing deep military diplomacy experience.
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Northfield
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
George D. Aiken
Norwich University
Norwich
Sen. Aiken
Lemnitzer
Far East Command
U.S. Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Europe
Westerlo man chains to tree to protest powerline path
Robert McCormick of Stewart Road Westerlo chained himself to a pine tree Thursday to oppose the 400 foot clearing for a Power Authority project. He argues taxes on the land will still be owed and compensation will be eaten up by taxes. Crews were told to cut around him as he protested.
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Westerlo
Robert McCormick
Stewart Road
McCormick
State Power Authority
Power Authority
Planning Board Revises ByLaw On Sign Regulations
Berkshire area officials and representatives from Maurice Callahan & Sons Pittsfield contend the proposed sign bylaw is too restrictive. Board members and McColloch accept several recommendations while noting local selectmen have not approved billboard apps in 25 years. In Lenox Windsor Mountain School verbally agreed to sell 5.79 acres to the Housing Authority for a 48 unit elderly housing project. price previously cited at 680000 for 40 units, total could reach 816000 for 48 units, with income limits under 2000 for singles and under 3000 for couples, subject to Social Security increases.
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Great Barrington
Maurice Callahan & Sons, Inc
Pittsfield
G. Robert McColloch
McColloch
George J. Osgood
Great Barrington Selectmen
Outdoor Advertising Board
Selectmen
LENOX
Windsor Mountain School
Housing Authority
Spokesman Denies Four-Day Week Plan at Sprague Electric
George H. Bateman of Sprague Electric denied rumors of a company plan to adopt a four day work week as an economy measure. He stated he had no knowledge of any such plan and dismissed notices reported as announcing the change.
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Sprague Electric Co
George H. Bateman
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