Financing woes at Vernon plant hearings focus on safety and bonds
Southern Vermont Conservation Society urges the Public Service Board to impose strict environmental safeguards before approving Vermont Yankee Nuclear Corp’s $80 million bond issue. Officials cite potential health hazards from low level radiation, with AEC physicists and Linus Pauling backing the environmental concerns. The day’s testimony also covered the bond finances to repay $20 million in short term loans due October 28.
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Montpelier
Southern Vermont Conservation Society
Public Service Board
Vernon
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Corp
PSB
Ernest Gibson III
Harvey D. Carter
I-32
Pownal
Vermont
Atomic Energy Commission
John W. Gorman
Arthur Tamplin
California
Gorman
Vermont Yankee
The
Conservation Society
James R. Nelson
Charles E. Merrill
Jeffords urges control equipment for nuke radiological discharges
Vermont lawmakers push tighter emission standards for Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon. Attorney General Jeffords backs holding stacks or carbon filtration to reduce discharges to 10 percent of AEC levels at the discharge point. Gov. Davis supports the plan as a reasonable approach amid ongoing Public Service Board hearings.
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Jeffords
Connecticut River
Vermont
Water Resources and Health Boards
Ernest Tsivoglou
Georgia Tech
Minnesota
Monticello
AEC
Vermont Yankee
Albert Cree
Arabs Free Hostages as Hijacked Jets Sit Near Amman
Arab guerrillas released about 60 women and children in Amman and planned to move the remaining 250 plus hostages aboard three hijacked jets to the Jordanian capital. Red Cross negotiators warned of ongoing talks with no set release time while U S and other nations boosted security.
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Amman
Nicosia
Cyprus
Yvonne Addassi
Hayward
Calif
TWA
Swissair
British Overseas Airways
BOAC
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Britain
Israel
Switzerland
United States
West Germany
Washington
White House
U.S
Middle East
Desert Air Strip
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Baghdad
Abu Nidal
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP
Dawson’s Field
UPI
David Zeman
Revolutionary Airstrip
Family of five hospitalized after North Pownal fire
A North Pownal wood-frame house burned after 6:45 a.m. trapping a mother Gladys Hall 53 and four children Sharon Comas 18 Pamela Jelley 16 Jodi Jelley infant and Wayne Jelley 9. All were hospitalized with burns cuts injuries the home was a total loss and an explosion in the kitchen was reported.
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North Pownal
Gladys Hall
Sharon Comas
Pamela Jelley
Jodi Jelley
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownal
Wayne Jelley
Hall
Sharon
Pamela
Jodi
B. L. Powell
Powell
Charles Kokoras
North Pownal Company
Kokoras
Lee Pownal
Jelley
Albany to Replace Ten Eyck with New 450-Room Hotel
Gov Rockefeller announced a four block renewal in downtown Albany including a 450 room hotel to replace the Ten Eyck. The State Urban Development Corp plans to buy the Ten Eyck for 1.4 million and demolition could start next month. The project includes a Greyhound bus terminal a three level complex and underground parking for 1300 cars with escalators linking levels and convention facilities.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Ten Eyck
State Urban Developement Corp
Greyhound
Pearl, Pine State
Lodge Streets
UDC
Sisters push town reappraisal campaign in Bennington
Bennington listers led by Frank J. Hogan seek a town meeting article for a professional reappraisal of all real estate and personal property after a $1.6 million cut by the Board of Civil Authority. They cite inequities from aging records and limited staff, noting about 4 600 parcels exist and 300 changed hands last year while costs could exceed $60 000.
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Bennington Listers
Courthouse
Bennington Board of Selectmen
Listers
Frank J. Hogan
Bennington
Board of Civil Authority On
Hogan
Nixon urges Congress to act on domestic reform drive
President Nixon urged Congress to enact his wide ranging domestic programs, arguing the 70s should be an era of reform not revolution. He warned of stagnation and lost opportunities if Congress stalls, listing 16 broad categories and over 40 specific measures awaiting action.
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Nixon
Congress
Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
White House
Welfare Board orders Betit to issue clothing allowances
The Social Welfare Board directed Social Welfare Commissioner Joseph Betit to issue school clothing allowances. The unanimous compromise recognizes need but limits by state funds, ordering individualized judgments under 1967 welfare law while facing a projected $745,000 deficit and protests from Bennington residents.
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Welfare Board
Betit
John Williams
Bennington
Cassie Tripp
Pat Battis
Pat Main
Joseph Caracciola
J.C. Jerome
John Stone
the Herald
Inside Sam Ogden on Vermont’s Southeast Corner
A Vermont column by Sam Ogden begins a series examining regional changes with a focus on the Southeast Corner. The piece previews ongoing shifts in local coverage and community perspectives.
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Sam Ogden
Vermont
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Linus Pauling
U.S. District
Amherst College
Federal Power Commission
Securities
Fords
United Press International
Deane C. Davis
Pownal Center
Albany Savings Bank
South Mall
Elizabeth Dwyer
Mankiewicz-Braden
Arlington
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