Green Mountain receipts total over 41 000 for county
The Vermont state treasurer received a 148 313.04 check from the U.S. Treasury. Green Mountain National Forest receipts for July 1972 to June 1973 totaled 593,252 from use fees and timber product sales. Twenty five percent returns to Vermont towns, totaling 148,313.04, based on acres of forest land, to fund schools and roads. Mt. Tabor leads with 24,811 acres and 14,953.65. several towns exceed 10,000. Brandon receives 53.64 from 89 acres. Supervisor Floyd J. Martin notes value of forest beyond receipts and cites wildlife and public use.
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Rutland
State of
Vermont
U. S. Treasury
Floyd J. Martin
Green Mountain National Forest
Forest Service
Mt. Tabor
Hancock
Ripton
Chittenden
Granville
Lincoln
Manchester
Woodford
Rochester
Sunderland
Brandon
Martin
Bennington County
Vampire Bats in Vermont Spark Scientific Curiosity
In Vermont, a small colony of vampire bats at the University of Vermont College of Medicine draws study on kidney function and disease. Dr. Roy Horst, an anatomy professor, notes the bats’ rare biology and examines how their kidneys concentrate urine, aiding human health research while dispelling fears about their blood feeding.
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Burlington
Vermont
Roy Horst
University of Vermont College of Medicine
U.S. Public Health Service
National Science Foundation
Horst
Mexico
William Wimsatt
Cornell
List of books and authors for adult and juvenile works
An extensive catalog of titles and authors across adult and juvenile sections. Notable entries include Kent works like Form Line of Battle and The Flag Captain, Lewis novels The Prince Caspian and The Magician's Nephew, Wilder classics The Little Town On The Prairie and These Happy Golden Years, plus numerous other authors and volumes such as The Morro Castle and The Dictionary of Needlework.
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Blackbriar
Sleater
Eaton
Lewis
Wilder
Prairie
Betsy and the Boys
Haywood
Lippman
Cochise
Arnold
Woods
Burlington seeks six month variance for Moran plant
The Vermont Air Quality Variance Board reviews a request from Burlington Electric Light Department for a six month extension of a variance from state air pollution rules. City officials testified Moran plant cannot meet standards this winter, while regulators call for faster compliance and deem current regulations onerous.
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Richard Valentinetti
Department
Velco may be state controlled by Vermont officials
Charles Ross former Public Service Board chairman and Federal Power Commissioner urged the state to take control of Velco Vermont Electric Power Corp stating it would be in the public interest to acquire or gain controlling interest. He suggested a merger between Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power could follow.
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Waterbury
UPI
Public Service Board
Charles Ross
Vermont Electric Powr Corp
Velco
Vermont
Ross
Hoff Electrical Energy Study Commission
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Rutland
Green Mountain Power Corp
Burlington
Burlington pledges bonds for 1200-car garage urban renewal
Fidelity Mutual Life of Philadelphia pledged to guarantee bonds for a 1200 car Burlington parking garage seen as first step toward a $10 million urban renewal project. Construction would start 60 days after bonds are sold, while Mon-Dev said Rattison Hotel chain will build a 200-room hotel and convention center as part of the project. Congressional Quarterly reports Nixon support among Vermont's delegation cooled, with only Sen. Stafford maintaining a pro-Nixon stance.
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Burlington
UPI
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co
Philadelphia
Mon-Dev
Rattison Hotel
Minneapolis
Albany Police corruption claims widen scope in SIC hearings
In Albany NY Officer Y testified to widespread crime in the Albany Police Department including burglary and larceny and corroborated Officer X’s earlier testimony about corruption and political appointments. Mayor Corning denounced SIC Chief Counsel Fisch as a hatchet man calling the hearing a cheap circus and hinted witnesses may have been paid.
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Albany
Albany Police Department
State Investigation Commission
Erastus Corning
Joseph Fisch
Corning
Fisch
County seeks million in delinquent taxes from bankrupt railroads
Troy Rensselaer County aims to recover over $1 million in owed property taxes from bankrupt railroads. Legislator Earl R. Carrier asks the state attorney general to intervene in federal bankruptcy actions involving Penn Central Transportation Co. Boston and Maine Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad and the Troy and Greenbush Railroad. The county is barred by a federal court order from pursuing the money.
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Troy
Rensselaer
Earl R. Carrier
Penn Central Transportation Co
Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Albany Railroad
Troy and
Berkshire Mayor Defies ABCC License Order
Pittsfield Mayor Donald G. Butler refused to return the Third Base Cafe liquor license and would not disclose his plan for the license after an ABCC meeting. The commission deemed the city’s revocation notice improperly submitted and the cafe has been closed since August 28 following a unanimous licensing board decision.
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Pittsfield
Donald G. Butler
Third Base
State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
ABCC
Butler
Boston
Adams-Robert J Erler Jr escapes prison in Florida
Robert J Erler Jr 29 a native of Adams and former resident known as the catch me killer has escaped from Belle Glade Correctional Institution Florida almost five years after his Phoenix Ariz murder conviction He a Green Beret in Vietnam pleaded by telephone to Hollywood police catch me I just killed three people and led officers to arrest after a voice match to a former fellow officer
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Adams
Robert J. Erler Jr
Florida
Phoenix
Ariz
Erler
Vietnam
Belle Glade Correctional Institution
Hollywood
Fla
Fort Lauderdale
Florida school closes over tainted water scare
Gabriel Abbott Memorial School shut at noon Thursday due to tainted water after a well ran dry on Wednesday. Classes were to remain closed until Monday while officials tested supply. the well had replenished by Thursday but water quality remained in question, suspending classes again.
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Florida
Gabriel Abbott
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U.S. Forest Service
Keewaydin Environmental Education Center
Lake Dunmore
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Genoa
Italy
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Dorset
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Peru
Pownal
Readsboro
Searsburg
Winhall
Paul Scoles
Willis Paull
University of Vermont
Roy Hurst
Featuring
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Mammoth Mart
Bennington
New England
al Dalton
C.ennington
Main St
Loyal OrDer of Moose
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Midway Attractions
AL Baine
W.R. Valley Band
Rex Sheldon
McCullough Library
Roth
Caulfeild & Saward
Greenberg
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Washington, D.C
Congressional Quarterly
Nixon
George Aiken
Robert Stafford
Richard Mallary
Stafford
New York
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Berkshire
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