Nuclear Power Debate Staged at UVM Seaborg Defends AEC Role
Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, chair of the U S Atomic Energy Commission, defended the nuclear power industry at a University of Vermont conference. He rejected critics as crying wolf, noted strict safety measures, and discussed thermal pollution and regulatory gaps. Vermont Senator Aiken urged firm federal guidelines for site selection and reactor licensing and operation.
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Burlington
Glenn T. Seaborg
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Uvm
Seaborg
Roy L. Patrick
AEC
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
The
Atomic Energy Commission
University of Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Davis Role at AEC Conference Gains Environmental Support
Gov Deane C Davis moderated a Burlington hearing on nuclear power and the environment, guiding questions from AEC proponents and critics. He urged state regulation to ensure safety, prompting praise from conservationists and allies, noting a shift toward stronger state oversight and a pending Supreme Court matter in Minnesota.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Patrick Memorial Gymnasium
AEC
Vermont
Peter Paine
Champlain Committee
Charlotte
John M. Stevens
The
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
Stevens
Colorado
Harold Levander
Minnesota
Levander
Supreme Court
Ernest Tsivoglou
Pollution Control Agency
Rockefeller Cancels Latin America Report Meeting
Governor Rockefeller cancels a meeting with businessmen bankers and scholars at the Center for Inter American Relations. The postponement follows secrecy orders about his Latin American report for President Nixon, with NSC review likely next month and Kissinger the only reader so far.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Center For Inter - American Relations
Nixon
Rockefeller
San Clemente
Calif
White House
National Security Council
State Department
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon resumes B52 bombing in South Vietnam after halt
President Nixon ordered a resumption of B52 raids in South Vietnam after a 36 hour suspension. The move followed a meeting with top advisers as officials cited renewed Communist attacks and a desire to gauge the ceasefire's meaning. The session included Abrams Wheeler McCain Laird Rogers Mitchell Agnew Bunker Habib Kissinger Helms as strategy and troop withdrawal reviews continued.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
South Vietnam
Ronald Ziegler
Ho Chi Minh
Ziegler
Creighton W. Abrams
Spiro T. Agnew
Ellsworth Bunker
U.S
Saigon
Philip Habib
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
CIA
Richard Helms
Vietnam
East West Road Fight in New England Persists
Area groups keep pressing for a federally financed east–west highway across northern New England despite Volpe’s statement there are no current plans to include it in the interstate system. Local chambers in Bennington Brattleboro and Keene say the drive remains alive after discussions with a federal highway official.
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New England
U.S
John A. Volpe
New England Council
Volpe
Philip Wallwork
The
Automobile Legal Association
Hiram G. Savage
Greater
Inside Viewpoints and Highway Plans Highlight Vermont Pages
James Reston contrasts Namath and Nixon in a guest column. A passport line comparison notes Europe travel time. Charles Ross admits being misled on AEC safety. Vermont football opens 1969 season tonight. A proposed 7 million highway study in New England is discussed. Bennington and Windham County traffic patterns and a proposed east-west route through Rutland to St. Johnsbury are analyzed. The Bennington Regional Planning Commission will consider routes and may back the southern east-west option.
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Bennington
Windham
Wilmington
Brattleboro
Savage
Vermont
Rutland
White River Junction
Burlington
St. Johnsbury
Bennington County
Kosygin Talks With Chou En Lai At Chinese Summit
Premier Kosygin reported to Soviet leaders after a surprise visit with Chinese Premier Chou En-lai in Peking. The meeting, described as frank and mutually useful, aimed to ease border tensions that have escalated since 1965. No public decisions were announced. observers see it as a cautious bid to avert a crisis under the shadow of Mao’s approval and ongoing Sino Soviet strain.
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Moscow
UPI
Alexei N. Kosygin
Chou En-lai
Peking
Politburo
Chou
Mo Tse-tung
Kremlin
Kosygin
Mao Tse-tung
Tass
China
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Ion G. G. Maurer
Romania
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Theos J. Thompson
Rocky
Caracas
N.E
James Reston
Joe Namaths
Richard Nixons
Europe
Charles Ross
Patriot
M Miller
Anne Haas
Manchester
North Shire
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