Mysterious dredging at Lake Paran fuels Bennington town uproar
Reports of weekend dredging at Lake Paran near North Bennington spark secrecy from state and local police and FBI involvement. Witnesses describe a half fiberglass canoe recovered, a green metal box removed, and rumors of secret town official meetings, a Japan-based engineering report for hydro power, a new Mt Anthony water source, luxury apartment plans, a 1000 unit trailer park concept, and Buckminster Fuller inspired roadless transit ideas.
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Lake Paran
North Bennington
FBI
Albany
Paran
Bennington
Monument Avenue
Japan
Battenhill
Walloomsac
Mt. Anthony
West Road
Fillmore Farms
Fairdale Farms
Mammoth Mart
Buckminster Fuller
Bennington County
Israel to ease demands for wider Sinai peace with Egypt
Israel signals greater flexibility to reach an interim peace accord with Egypt by offering a broader package beyond territorial concessions as the United States reassesses Middle East policy. Officials say political commitments by Egypt are the key, not borders. Fahd calls for united Arab front before Geneva talks.
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United Press International
Israel Today
Egypt
Jerusalem
Sinai
United States
Middle East
U.S
Israel
National Security Council
Saudi Arabia
Fahd
Geneva
Beirut
al Anwar
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Mitla
Gidi
Abu Rodeis
Yigal Allon
Vermont House to debate major transportation and fiscal bills
Vermont's House, after breaking a logjam, planned floor debates on the 10 year transportation plan, a consumer utility policy bill, a lobbyist disclosure measure, a court unification proposal and elimination of the business inventory tax. A container deposit bill was sidetracked for revenue impact review.
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Timothy O’connor
O'Connor
House Natural Resources Committee
House
Lon Nol Flees Phnom Penh as Rebels Advance
Tearful Lon Nol exits Cambodia in exile after rebels press toward Phnom Penh. Troops fortify defenses as Mekong town Neak Luong falls into insurgent control. U.S. ambassador helps arrange departure. Sihanouk camp gains recognition from India. Sau Khamkoy named caretaker president.
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Lon Nol
Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
John Gunther Dean
Pochentong
Dean
Norodom Sihanouk
Mekong
Neak Luong
India
Sihanouk
National Union of Cambodia
Peking
New Delhi
Sarih Chhak
Senate
Sau Khamkoy
Vietnam defense crumbles as NVA overrun three coastal cities
North Vietnamese tanks and infantry overran Qui Nhon Tuy Hoa and Nha Trang as South Vietnamese defenses collapsed. Rumors of a coup swirled in Saigon while Thieu canceled a meeting with the U.S. Chief of Staff. Hanoi demanded Thieu's overthrow but offered peace talks. A U.S. airlift arrived with 14 105mm howitzers as panic spread and foreigners fled.
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Saigon
VPI
Qui Nhon
Tuy Hoa
Nha Trang
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Frederick Weyand
Ford
United States
Vu van Mau
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
Hanoi Radio
Tokyo
Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S. Congress
South Vietnam
Binh Dinh
Lee Vietnam
Kissinger Ford to meet to chart Indochina policy
President Ford summoned Henry Kissinger to Palm Springs to review South Vietnam and Cambodia and shape U.S. Indochina policy. Kissinger to meet midweek with Ford after Weyand report. Ford blames Hanoi violations and Congress funding gaps for the South Vietnamese setback, while denying blame. Ford to deliver foreign policy address around April 10 after golf vacation.
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Kissinger
Ford
Indochina
Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Southeast Asia
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S. Indochina
Army
Frederick C. Weyand
U.S
Saigon
Ron Nessen
Paris
State Department
Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
George Ball
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Washington
Waldheim urges nations to aid South Vietnamese refugees
United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim called on all capable nations to rush humanitarian aid to refugees in South Vietnam. He urged all sides to reduce civilian suffering and suggested using UNHCR or UNICEF channels for those not directly contributing. The UN already funds a 12 million program for Laos and Vietnam regions and an 800 thousand program for displaced mothers and children in South Vietnam.
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United Nations
UPI
Kurt Waldheim
South
Vietnam
U.N
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
U.N. Children’s Fund
United Nations’ Refugees Commission
Laos
North
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Unicef
Waldheim
Saigon
Vermont weighs veto on strict nuclear plant bill
Gov. Thomas Salmon kept quiet on signing a tough nuclear power control bill. aides doubt he will veto it this session. The measure would require legislative approval before any new atomic plants, shifting authority from the Public Service Board, and makes Vermont the first state to seek legislative overview of atomic construction.
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Montpelier
UPI
Thomas Salmon
Salmon
House
Public Service Board
Senate
House Judiciary
John Meaker
Meaker
Vermont
Rhode Island
Inside Local Pages Preview Vermont Delegation Voting
In this issue the Inside Local column examines how Vermont’s delegation voted in Washington, with focus on party alignment and potential shifts. The Partridge analysis questions growing independence among voters and candidates, while Louisa May Alcott’s view on the 1875 centennial is deemed not much.
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Vermont
Washington
Partridge
Louisa May Alcott
Gretchen Becker
Shaftsbury Selectmen
Paran Recreations
Hoosick Falls
Chuck Colson
Sacred Heart School
SWAC
Catfish Hunter
A’s
John Randolph
Lake Champlain
Vermont Supreme Court reverses Pray murder conviction
The Vermont Supreme Court unanimously overturned Gary Pray’s first degree murder conviction for the 1971 shooting of his father in law Edouard Garneau and ordered a new trial. The decision cites undisclosed sedation with mood altering drugs that could have affected jurors’ assessment of Pray’s insanity defense and demeanor during the trial. Marian Garneau was wounded but survived.
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Vermont Supreme Court
Gary Pray
Pray
Edouard A. Garneau
Marian Garneau
Joseph O'Neill
Rutland
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