Vermont to Join Minnesota in Suit Against AEC
Vermont joins Minnesota as amici curiae in a legal fight over nuclear plant regulation. AEC minimum standards may be overridden to allow stricter state rules at plants including the Monticello installation. Vermont officials cite thermal pollution and radioactive concerns at Vernon and Lake Champlain plans, warning of potential federal aid loss.
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G. Robert Johnson
Burlington
Deane C. Davis
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Davis
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U.S. Supreme Court
Vernon
State Water Resources Board
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Lake Champlain
U.N. Assembly Opens For 24th Session
Diplomats from 126 countries gathered for the opening of the 24th United Nations General Assembly as private talks on the Middle East, nuclear disarmament, and China’s UN seating potential overshadow the 104 agenda items. Key figures include Nixon, Rogers, Gromyko, Eban, and Jarring as gatekeepers of peace talks.
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Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
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Abba Eban
Rogers
Gunnar V. Jarring
Sweden
Jarring
U Thant
Underground blast tests new hydrogen weapon near Las Vegas
UPI reports a subterranean hydrogen weapon test near Pahute Mesa Nevada produced an underground explosion described as a future weapon vital to American security. The device created a 700 foot cavern displaced 10 million tons of rock. A red frame shack rose 30 feet, and a 100 foot instrument package detonated 3800 feet underground. The $3 million test was watched via TV monitors from 12,000 feet away with a 1500 foot hill shielding the view.
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Astronauts Present Flags To Congress
NASA heroes Armstrong Aldrin and Collins sent moon flags to Congress for display as brief remarks and a formal presentation accompanied legislation to create the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. The test code named Jorum produced a powerful underground detonation with no radioactivity released, aimed at weapons development for security.
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Neil Armstrong
Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin
Michael Collins
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Aldrin
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Hanoi Envoys to Meet Wives of Missing GIs
Paris reports say the North Vietnamese delegation will receive four American wives who flew to Paris seeking news of their Air Force husbands missing in Vietnam. A Hanoi spokesman noted the women had no appointment and would be received, timing and format to be arranged. The talks meanwhile face stalemate as Nixon's troop withdrawal plans stir debate among delegates.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
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Bonnie Singleton
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Joy Jeffrey
Paula Hartness
Nixon Appeals To Hanoi For Meaningful Talks
President Nixon announced a further 35 000 U S troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam by Dec 15 bringing total withdrawals to 60 000 by that date. He urged Hanoi to pursue meaningful peace negotiations and reaffirmed the right of South Vietnam to determine its own future. He noted the new ceiling lowers U S troop strength to 484 000 by Dec 15 and emphasized the urgency of negotiations to end the war.
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Turkish Airliner Hijacked To Sofia From Istanbul
A Turkish Airlines Viscount turboprop with 57 passengers and four crew diverted from Istanbul Yesilkoy Airport to Sofia after an unidentified hijacker placed a pistol at the captain’s head. The crew included Nazmi Kirsever, Enver Kuchuk, Rezzan Yaman, and Nermin Corma. several non-Turkish passengers were on board, with alert to Bulgarian authorities.
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Yesilkoy
Nazmi Kirsever
Kirsever
Enver Kuchuk
Rezzan Yaman
Nermin Corma
No Radical Changes in Vermont Welfare Report
Vermont Welfare Commissioner William French said a special welfare report will not demand radical changes. The draft chapters, awaiting final assembly, outline keeping standards, expanding day care, vendor payment plans, and stronger hospital bill collections while the final report is prepared. Director John Wackerman prepares his own findings from 120 case studies by Pinkerton detectives.
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Welfare Department
John Wackerman
Pinkerton
Underground power lines and Senate counting tactics
On page 4 an editorial envisions underground power lines and columnist Tom Wicker discusses leadership in the Senate through counting. Page 6 reports the state disapproving a fire protection system for Manchester Elementary School.
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