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165 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1971 BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT Sen. Prouty Dies Of Stomach Cancer I0NUTS BOSTON (UPI) Sen. Winston L. Prouty, a close political ally of President Nixon, died Friday after a brief illness. He had turned 65 on Sept.

1. Prouty died at New England Deaconneas Hospital minutes after 6 p.m. where he was admitted 16 days ago for surgery on what aides described as a stomach ulcer. The hospital said the ulcer was malignant. In 1961, he underwent surgery for cancer.

Overshadowed by his senior colleague, Republican Sen. George D. Aiken, Prouty was characterized as a dedicated, hardworking, behind-the-scenes worker who preferred letting the more flamboyant Aiken snare headlines. Prouty, who was re-elected last year and had served 12 years in the Senate, often joined forces with the Nixon administration. He supported White House stands on Indochina, the antiballistio missile (ABM) system, the supersonic transport (SST) and the nomination of Judge G.

Harrold Car-swell to the U.S. Supreme Court. Republican Gov, Deane C. Davis can name an interim successor but must call a special election to complete Prouty third term, which runs until 1976. If he decides to give up his 10-year hold on the states lone seat in the s.

House, GOP Rep. Robert T. Stafford would be favored as Prouty successor. IN HAPPIER DAYS Sen. Winston L.

Prouty and his wife Jeanette campaigning In Brattleboro before last falls elections. Senate Vacancy Will Mean Political Turmoil A study of natures beauty, taken last week In Putney by Michael Kronley, who teaches photography at the Antioch-Putney school of education. NUHItlllUUIIIIlIHUIIIIIIIHIIUIIIIIIIIItllllllllllllHIHHIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIHtllllllllllllillltllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIItlimilllllllllllllllllllllllliltlllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIimilllllllllllillllilllllllllllllllllHIIllllllllllllllllllllllltlllll Jelly Mill Hill: Developers Permit Denied Hurricane Hits Central America By United Press International A fantastic wheels within wheels weather system stretching from the West Indies to Central America sent hurricanes slamming into the coasts of Texas and Honduras Friday, and triggered a third tropical storm near Bermuda. Still another tropical disturbance officially labeled a depression brought thundershowers to the coast of the Carolines while Tampa, was battered by torrential rains that flooded highways, forced the closing of three schools and brought flash flood warnings for seven counties. The most vicious of the storms was Edith, which ripped into the coastal fishing villages of eastern Honduras with 15-foot flood tides and winds in excess of 170 m.p.h.

Honduran officials said they had no immediate reports of casualties, but many sectors of the battered coast had still to report. Edith was ripped to shreds in its bout with the towering mountains of Honduras but started rebuilding its strength when it reached the warm waters of the Gulf of Honduras. By STEWART HANCOCK The District Environmental Commission yesterday denied an Act 250 application by a Williamsville developer for a 10-lot subdivision off Route 30 in Dummerston. In denying the application, the commission ruled that the development would cause undue water pollution. The subdivision was to have been located on a 20-acre wooded site behind the Old Jelly Mill.

Developer Donald R. Yost told the commission the development was to be named Jelly Mill Hill. At the Aug. 25 commission hearing opponents of the development testified that Yost would have difficulties installing effective septic systems and leach fields in the damp soil of the wooded area. The developer had proposed that each home would have an individual septic system.

An engineer for the applicant testified that septic systems could work in the area if they were properly designed and maintained. A group of Dummerston residents owning By RODNEY CLARKE MONTPELIER, Vt. (UPI) The death of Sen. Winston L. Prouty, will toss Vermont politics into a turmoil and could have a dramatic impact on the entire country.

The sudden Senate vacancy and the ensuing special election to fill it will touch off a scramble here that could tear the state Republican Party apart. In Washington, a delicate balance of Senate power tipped toward the Nixon administration could be upset. What happens now depends largely on one man Rep. Robert T. Stafford, R-Vt State law requires that Gov.

Deane C. Davis forthwith call special primary and general elections to fill out the remaining five and a half years of Proutys term, but the statute does not spell out a precise timetable. While it gives the governor the option of naming an interim successor until the elections, it does not require him to do so. Davis is caught in a political vise. Stafford Powerful Stafford, the states most potent votegetter in recent elections, is too powerful to be ignored.

If he wants to relinquish his post as fourth ranking House Republican, most observers feel the Senate seat is his for the asking. At 58, Stafford is young enough to carve out a new career in the Senate. And if Sen. George D. Aiken, retires at age 83 in 1974 as expected, Stafford would be Vermonts senior senator.

In the Senate, however, he could be expected to vote more often than not with the liberal bloc, a radical departure from Proutys unwavering support for Nixon administration policies. See POLITICAL EFFECTS, Page 2 development site. The residents claimed the widening of the dirt road would encourage further development of the area. The commission findings held that the soils in the area are generally graveling over compacted glacial till. They said this type of ground formation would cause water to move laterally, therefore increasing the danger of polluting nearby streams and wells on adjacent properties.

Testimony indicated that there is presently no way of assuring that septic systems will be properly maintained, and there is no way of being certain that the number of people using the homes will not exceed the design capacity of the septic See JELLY MILL HILL, Page 2 Loveless Named To Replace Moulton MONTPELIER, Vt. (UPI)-Roland Loveless was to be named today as Vermont secretary of development and community affairs, succeeding Elbert Moulton who is going to work for a land developer. Loveless, 44, is the former Vermont industrial development director. He is now with the University of New Hampshire at Durham. Formal announcement of his appointment to the cabinet level post was being prepared by the office of Gov.

Deane C. Davis. land adjacent to the proposed development appeared at the hearing and told the commission they wanted to retain the seclusion which they sought when they moved to the remote wooded area. They also opposed a proposed widening of Town Road 45 which leads into the proposed Attica Prison In Stalemate ATTICA, N.Y. UPI Negotiations with 500 rebellious inmates at the Attica State Correctional facility broke off Friday with the inmates refusing the release 30 hostages threatened with death despite a judges guarantee of no administrative reprisals.

In an afternoon meeting in the debris-strewn prison, riot leaders presented State Correction Commissioner Russell G. Oswald with another list of demands including free passage to a non-imperialistic country." Oswald announced a delegation from New York City would arrive late Friday afternoon for another talk with the inmates and provide further insurance that after order is restored, inmates will be given fair treatment. With half the maximum security prison back under control, Oswald met with riot leaders in the midst of broken glass, smashed chairs and other equipment. Montpelier Memo: Reactions Pour In By United Press International Messages of sorrow and comfort poured in quickly Friday following the death of a quiet man known for hard work and dedication to his job, Sen. Winston Prouty, R-Vt.

President Nixon telephoned Mrs. Prouty at 7 less than an hour after the senators death, and then released a statement: Americans everywhere join the people of Vermont in mourning the death of a distinguished United States Senator and outstanding patriot. Mrs. Nixon and I share acutely in this public grief and in the personal bereavement of Sen. Winston Prouty 's family.

Sen. George Aiken, Proutys colleague in the Senate since 1958, said Prouty had deep concern for the underprivileged. I have worked with Win for 30 years or more. During all this time he has been concerned with the needs of his state and of underprivileged people of the nation. Since he has been a member of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare he energetically supported aid to needy people.

He has been a credit to the state. Elliott L. Richardson, secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare spoke of Proutys quiet good judgment. Price Freeze: Montpelier Schools Probed MONTPELIER, Vt. (UPI) The Montpelier school system will be investigated by federal authorities for allegedly violating President Nixons wage and price freeze.

Montpelier teachers received their first pay checks of the new school year Friday, checks which included a pay raise in apparent defiance of the freeze. James Perry of the Internal Revenue Service office in Burlington said he will have to deal with the action as what he called an alleged violation of the economic stabilization act. Perry said he will meet soon with city school officials to discuss the situation. HiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiuumiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiii Where to Find It Weapons Cost Cuts: Do It Now or Later? WASHINGTON (UPI)-Two perennial Senate adversaries on defense policy differed again Friday on whether to cut military spending now, but agreed that U.S. security will be in danger unless the Pentagon quickly halts increasing weapons costs.

On the opening day of Senate debate on a $21 billion weapons procurement bill, Sen. William Proxmire, argued that the Defense Department budget could be reduced by up to 10 per cent in view of the Money Tight in Montpelier U.S.1 withdrawal from Vietnam. But Sen. John C. Stennis, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, contended that the so-called peace dividend of $18 billion a year was being eaten up by inflation and rising technological costs for new tools of war.

Proxmire, a leading critic of Pentagon spending policies, called for substantial cutbacks in keeping with the 90-day wage-price freeze imposed by President Nixon. We are spending such an excessive amount of money on wasteful military items, cost over-runs for unneeded and duplicate weapons, for excessive gold-plating, for redundant bases overseas and for extravagant logistic and supply items that the basic and fundamental needs of our military defense are short-changed for funds. Stennis, usually one of the Pentagons staunchest allies in the Senate, also said that U.S. security would be threatened if the Defense Department failed to turn to less costly and less complicated new for each category are generally confined to support the particular programs. Dont Say That Well aware of the clout grass roots sportsmen have with local legislators, as evidenced by the pressure against the Fish and Game Departments deer management program, few persons even publicly suggest the possibility of combining the estimated $2.4 million of fish and game money with other state revenues.

Discussion centers on the impact such a merger would have with federal funds the department receives, and pales off with a By BETSY SAMUELSON MONTPELIER, Vt. (UPI)-The money message from Montpelier this fall is that finances are tight. For administrators it means that the three-year Davis administration regime of belt-tightening will extend for the fourth. Already, Human Services Secretary William Cowles Jr. and Education Commissioner Joseph Oakey are direly warning that departmental programs will have to be cut back and state support for others curtailed.

The Davis administration has embarked on a new mode for budgeting whereby the governor divides expected revenues among department heads with orders to tailor their programs to fit the figures. The rationale is to place the burden of fixing priorities at the level of decision making that has the responsibility for carrying out the programs. But, the state year-in and year-out makes one key priority decision by default, thanks to a longstanding system of separate funds to collect various state taxes. Untouchable Kitty We now have a $30 million priority put beyond question, is how House Appropriations Chairman R. Marshall Witten, R-Bennington, views the distinctly different kitties for general, highway and fish and game funds.

The highway fund really determines state priorities, he says. There is no discussion of the $30 million for highways which is money right off the top, he adds. The state plans to collect about $172 million for the current fiscal year with $120 million forecast for general fund revenues, and earmarked to support most of the state social services, educational and administrative programs. Subtracted from the grand totals are funds allocated to highway, fish and game and special regulatory agency funds. While the legislature periodically raids the special accounts for extra pennies to balance general fund needs, revenues raised UPI HIGH PERFORMANCE SPEED DAYS CENTRAL PARTS ANDSUPPLY Saturday 1-5 P.M.

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