Bennington Teenager Wounded in Imperial Avenue Party
A 15 year old Bennington boy, Art Sprague, was shot at a party on Imperial Avenue around 3 a.m. He is in serious condition after a temple wound from a .22 caliber revolver. Police say the incident may be self defense or an accident and are tightlipped as 21 youths were at the Basil D. French residence. Sprague was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital before being moved to St. Peter's in Albany for intensive care.
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Bennington
Imperial Avenue
Art Sprague
Putnam Memorial Hospital
St. Peter’s Hospital
Albany
N.Y
Sprague
Basil D. French
Imperial Ave
Pearl Salmon
Catamount
Catamount Trailer Park
Pat Carpenter
Mortimer Street
Gun problems multiply Rights told of shooting canines
A high powered rifle bullet pierced a U S mail truck on Route 7 near Manchester injuring no one but shaking the driver Raymond Matatt of Hoosick Falls N Y. State police investigate and seek tips from area hunters. Legislation discussed covers when dogs may be shot to protect livestock and deer. (Wordy OCR implies local notes on dog control.)
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Manchester
Mazatt
Brzezinski defends Carter plan amid US Soviet arms talks
UPI reports Washington officials accuse the Soviet Union of inaccurate charges over Moscow talks while Carter pushes for a historic cutback in nuclear arms. Brzezinski insists the United States will not trade human rights for a deal and urges continued negotiations in Geneva ahead of May resumes.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Soviet Union
Moscow
Zbigniew Brzezinski
U.S
White House
Brzezinski
Gromyko presses U.S. ban on missiles in Europe
In Paris, U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance reports Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko threatened to raise the question of banning forward bases in Europe and the Mediterranean, potentially altering the SALT talks. Vance notes the U.S. disarmament proposal would edge ahead in warhead numbers but leave the USSR with greater payload capabilities. He also mentions shifts on the Backfire bomber and confirms U.S. support for Britain's Rhodesia changeover efforts.
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Carter
Brzezinski
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
United States
Cyrus Vance
U.S
Paris
UPI
Europe
Mediterranean
London
Vance
Vladivostok
Leonid Brezhnev
Gromyko
Britain
Rhodesia
Golden geese descend on Pownal as circus heads winter hub
A Vermont town reports the sale of its racetrack complex to a consortium including Barnum and Bailey owners and international partners. They plan turning Green Mountain Park into a winter headquarters with a convention center and new attractions like chariot races. The writer notes the piece is an April Fool fantasy.
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Lirpa Loof
Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Vermont
Miami
Ponterrill Onota
New England
Onota
Muhammed Ali
Jimmy Connors
Barbra Streisand
Farah Fawcett-Majors
Barnum and Bailey
Florida
Petersburg Fire Destroys Town Garage Amid Suspected Arson
Petersburg New York endures a second April Fools Fire as the town garage amid other facilities is gutted. Two trucks and highway equipment lost. arson suspected. State investigators and county detectives on site. Crowbar entry reported. no immediate theft found. $5,000 Catch the Bug Fund offered for information.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Petersburg Fire Department
George Jones
Greyhound
Hoosick
Grafton
Berlin
Stephentown
Hancock
Mass
Eagle Mills
Hoosick Falls
New York State Police
Daniel Keating
Rensselaer County
Sheriff's Department
James Johnson
Niversary
Fire Department
House votes to boost ailing unemployment fund
In Montpelier the House passed a controversial 1977 bill to raise employer taxes to cover a 44 million deficit in the Unemployment Compensation Fund. It expands benefits to municipal and state employers and some farm workers, tightens eligibility, and includes four proposed amendments from Gov. Snelling to curb abuses. The plan, opposed by organized labor, passed 80 64 after a lengthy debate.
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Montpelier
House
Richard Snelling
Organized Labor
Heirs of crash victims face suit may top billion
Inside the nation report notes heirs of crash victims plan a major lawsuit potentially exceeding 1 billion dollars. An average house could reach about 90 000 in nine years per the analysis. Other sections preview local specials and discussions on inequities in sterilization rules and unemployment issues.
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Wadsworths
Pete Horton
Paul Malamud
Manhattan
Merck Forest
Melvin Maddocks
District Court
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Raymond G. Bolton
Bolton
George Rogers
Geneva
Roland Brusco Jr
Longview
Wash
Portland International
Brusco
Eva
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
New York City
Forest Service
James MacGregor Burns
Oldcastle Players
Mustang II
MAYAA
Kulm
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