State To Challenge Tannery
The Vermont attorney general will sue Pownal Tanning in Bennington District Court for contempt of a prior injunction against dumping into the Hoosic River. About 10,000 fish have died after a spill during waste handling at the plant, prompting calls for action and tests by state agencies. Vermont officials cite revised river classifications and seek enforcement despite New York and plant responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
New York Health Department
Hoosic
Pownal Tanning Co
Vermont
John Hansen
Pownal Tanning
Bennington
Hansen
Water Resources Department
New York State
Vermont Fish and Game
Edward F. Kehoe
Kehoe
William Albert
Vermont Water Resources Department
Albert
Water Resources
la- Lee Tannery
Nixon confident Senate will confirm Haynsworth
President Nixon defended Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, saying he has confidence in his qualifications and integrity and expects Senate confirmation. Mitchell reported no problem with the nomination, while opposition cited labor and civil rights concerns and alleged conflicts of interest in two Haynsworth decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haynsworth
Senate
Nixon
Supreme Court
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harnsworth
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
White House
Rockefeller Assaults Goodell Vietnam Withdrawal Plan
Albany governor Nelson Rockefeller denounces U S Senator Charles Goodell's proposal to withdraw U S troops from Vietnam by December 1970 as ill advised and counter productive. Rockefeller argues the bill could delay peace and undermine presidential leadership in international relations. Goodell contends the plan ends Congress passive role and enables U S disengagement efforts as Hanoi negotiates. See ROCKEFELLER Page 14, Col. 3.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U.S
Charles Goodell
Vietnam
Rockefeller
Robert F. Kennedy
Hanoi
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Senate
Goodell
Congress
Nixon
United States
Haynsworth nomination under Senate scrutiny and critique
An analysis outlines Clement Haynsworth, his 1964 circuit chief judge tenure, and Nixon's Supreme Court bid. It contrasts Fortas ethics disputes with Haynsworths stock ties and case rulings, noting critics worry about outside money and judicial purity amid partisan lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr
Greenville
S.C
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
U.S
Circuit Court of Appeals
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nixon
Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Fortas
Louis Wolfson
Wolfson
Double TT To Shift From Dairy Cows to Real Estate
Shaftsbury Vermont area dairy farm Double TT Farms announces complete dispersal of its herd with an Oct 22 sale. Merritt S Hewitt Jr owner will expand into real estate via Double TT Realty Inc and Harvest Hills Drive development plans. W A Baker of Exeter NH named sales manager.
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Shaftsbury
Merritt S. Hewitt Jr
Double TT Farms
North Bennington
Hewitt
Hewitts
W.A. Baker
Exeter
N.H
Bennington County
Bennington County Realtors Association
Harvest Hills Drive
Double TT Realty Inc
Listers Withhold Bennington Tax Assessment Details
Bennington listers refused to release names and final figures from the personal property reassessments led by James Alexander. The board voted to withhold until finalization, citing an agreement with Alexander. Deputy North Hoyt noted final assessment figures are usually public, but inventories are not. Alexander held a closed Grievance Day hearing with six appeals. one may challenge his figures at a later Civil Authority meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Mally
Alexander
Bennington Board of Civil Authority
Tax Department
Hoyt
Buckley Proposes State Return Welfare to Towns
Vermont Senator T Garry Buckley R Bennington proposes reversing welfare control to towns as a way to cut bureaucratic overhead and boost funds for the needy. The plan would have the state pay about 90 percent of local welfare costs and salaries while allowing state appeals for local decisions. Buckley calls it a trial balloon and would seek repeal of the 1967 Social Welfare Reform Act if interest grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPD
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Vermont
Buckley
Vermont Drug Board threats called flagrant abuse by legislator
Rep Harvey Carter Jr denounces the Vermont Board of Pharmacy for threatening BROC with injunctions fines and jail unless the poverty agency stops its Senior Citizens Direct Drug Service. Carter cites Proxmire led price fixing probes and urges continuation of BROC discounts for the poor while Feinberg argues regulations bar the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Drug Board
BROC
Harvey Carter Jr
Pownal
Vermont Board of Pharmacy
Washington, D.C
Senior Citizens Direct Drug Service
Board of Pharmacy Regulations
Poverty Agency
Parker
Feinberg
Flatt
Carter
Drug Service
U.S
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
See Drug Board
Inside items on Vermont native with 70 wives and 56 children
A page 3 feature outlines a Vermont native with 70 wives and 56 children. A page 4 analysis by James Reston compares Nixon and Eisenhower, saying only the styles differ. An editorial on marijuana notes conflicting claims and urges study to begin.
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Vermont
James Reston
Nixon
Eisenhower
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Tannery
Vrs
Meir
UPI
Golda Meir
Guara
Court of Appeals
Richmond
John N. Mitchell
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Mitchell
High Court
Family Foundation
Louis E. Wolfson
Clement F. Haynsworth
James B. Mead
Washington
Listers
David Scribner
Francis J. Hogan
Hogan
Norton Barber
Barber
Norris Hoyt
Burlington
Herbert J. Feinberg
Pharmaceutical Board
Bennington- Rutland Opportunity Council
Ert
Atty
Fred I. Parker
Attorney General’s Office
von Braun
Wernher von Braun
Atlanta
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