Aiken in Pownal hears of stench and pollution
Dr. Robert B. Aiken Vermont health commissioner visited Pownal to inspect contaminated water and open sewage at Ponderosa Trailer Park and air pollution from Pownal Leathers Inc. In a two hour session with local health officials and residents he heard accounts of children playing in sewage and nightly vomiting from the tannery odor. He noted the health code issue and discussed eviction obstacles, while residents feared disease and sought new housing.
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Pownal
Robert B. Aiken
Trudy Carter
Joanne Anderson
Aiken
Ponderosa
Pownal Leathers Inc
Gibney
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Carter
Sarkis
Moss
Edward Rice
Health Department
Anderson
Sarkis Park
Power Shortage Triggers Widespread Voltage Cuts
Eastern seaboard tightens power supply with New England reducing voltage by five percent and New York City cutting eight percent as utilities ship power to Pennsylvania New Jersey and Maryland. Consolidated Edison trims three percent while officials urge voluntary cutbacks. President Nixon’s Office of Emergency Preparedness calls for essential use only.
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United Press International
Seaboard
New England
Washington
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
New York City
Consolidated Edison
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Nixon
Office of Emergency Preparedness
George A. Lincoln
Motive questioned after Albany departmental slayings
Joseph W. White a 25 year old state labor department analyst returned from sick leave with a Remington public safety item and killed four secretaries on the fifth and fourth floors before killing himself in 15 minutes. Victims were Sandra Peters Linda Willis Patricia Chromik and Mary Ann Reimisch. Authorities say motive is unknown and the case remains under investigation.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Joseph W. White
State Department of Labor
White
Sandra L. Peters
Amsterdam
Linda D. Willis
Waterford
Patricia Chromik
Mary Ann Reimisch
Miss Reimisch
Arnold Proskin
Department
State University of Albany
U.S. to Evacuate Americans From Amman Amid Civil War
U S officials planned to airlift Americans from Amman using three chartered Arab airliners with Jordanian army protection to avoid American troops, while Britain and other nationals began similar evacuations. Fighting persisted in Amman and Irbid as Arafat rejected a ceasefire and Meir warned of regional risk.
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U.S
Amman
Washington
Inter- Continental
Middle East Airlines
Beirut
Britain
Damascus
Irbid
Jordan
Yasser Arafat
Israel
Hussein
Golda Meir
Moscow
Middle East
Geneva
International Committee of the Red Cross
Manchester town manager resigns for second time this year
Walter Hazard announced immediate resignation as Manchester town manager after discussions with Selectmen Fleming and Benson. He cited incompatibility with another official and said he will vacation in Rhode Island for his 35th wedding anniversary and birthday. Bond with the board was strained. Page 14, Col. 2.
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Manchester
Board of Adjustment
Manchester Town
Walter Hazard
Hazard
The
Banner
Ralph Fleming Jr
Harold Benson
Clyde Bryant Jr
Benson
Fleming
James L. Woodard
Arlington
Board of Selectmen
Rhode Island
Bryant
Selectman
Selectmen
Inside Mt Anthony student wins nationwide essay contest
A Mt Anthony student wins a nationwide essay contest, described as telling it like it is. Other items include Kit Foster recounting Robert Frost on the Long Trail and driver education resuming at Burr & Burton. No decision after an Environmental Board hearing on the proposed Dailey gravel pit. A new local sports column debuts.
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Mt. Anthony
Kit Foster
Robert Frost
Burr & Burton
Dailey
Blast injures passengers on Aer Lingus jet in London
An Aer Lingus Boeing 707 from New York to London suffered a blast that ripped a hole in the front section as it neared Heathrow. Ten crew and 112 passengers were aboard. 10 treated for shock and one hospitalized. Officials said it was not a bomb, with a three by two foot hole above the first class section.
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London
API
Aer Lingus
Heathrow
New York
Legal chicanery in nuclear plant licensing questioned
Aiken aide says investor owned utilities press to weaken anti trust laws in nuclear plant licensing and urges reclassification to keep plants under anti trust. Holifield bill changes cited as weakening safeguards. Vermont Yankee case noted. Lyon argues pre emptive federal control blocks state standards and urges legal action to challenge Vermont Yankee license.
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George D. Aiken
R-Vt
King
Aiken
Washington
Weaver
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Holifield and
Vermont
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Massachusetts
U.S. House of Representatives
Dickey
Lincoln
Maine
Bennington College
Irving Lyon
Lyon
Atomic Energy Commission
Minnesota
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Swayze
Harvey D. III
Mrs. Carter
Harvey D. Carter
Middle East News Agency
Mena
Ali Maher
Cairo
Habes Ali- Majali
U.S. Airforce
Kitzingen
Germany
32Nd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
Wuerzburg
Chet Holifield
California
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