Hunger activist to speak at Interfaith Dessert meeting
Rosalee Sinn New England Director of Heifer Project International will speak at 7 30 p m April 13 at St Francis Parish Hall on Hunger The Christian Response. She will present slides showing how the program helps Indian families in New York and Arizona low income Maine and southern families and natives of Central and South America. Tickets at 1.00 from Mrs Harry Hayden Mrs Robert Buck and Mrs John Scarey.
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Rosalee Sinn
New England
Heifer Project International
Church Women United
St. Francis Parish Hall
New York
Arizona
Maine
The
South
Harry Hayden
Robert Buck
John Scarey
Jewish landlord orders Nazi tenants out of Rudolph Hess Bookstore
A Auschwitz survivor landlord in San Francisco orders the local Nazi party tenants to leave a building now housing the Rudolph Hess Bookstore. Neighbors report vandalism including a smashed window and tomato splatters while police monitor nightly Nazi guards near the synagogue Temple B'nai Emunah.
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San Francisco
UPI
Auschwitz
Nazi Party
Rudolph Hess
Pacific Ocean
Nathan Green
Paul Wong
Ursula Land
Funeral for William P. McLaughlin Held in Bennington
The funeral of William P. McLaughlin formerly of 180 North St Bennington was held at St Francis de Sales Church with Rev Thomas Mattison officiating. A wake service was held at Mahar and Son Funeral Home and K of C Council 307 members recited the Rosary. Bearers were four grandsons Robert P McLaughlin Jr James T McLaughlin Jr William H McLaughlin and Sean M McLaughlin. Burial followed in Park Lawn Cemetery Chapel with further services planned for spring burial. He died Tuesday evening at Springfield VT Convalescent Center after a long illness.
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William P. McLaughlin
North St
Bennington
St. Francis de Sales
Thomas Mattison
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Robert P. McLaughlin Jr
James T. McLaughlin Jr
William H. McLaughlin
Sean M. McLaughlin
Msgr
Flanagan
K of C Council
McLaughlin
Park Lawn Cemetery
Springfield, Vt
Kennedy murder conspiracy claims and Nazi store eviction rally
A UFO of confusing items: Oltmans alleged a Dallas attorney Loren Hall offered $50,000 to murder Kennedy and named Oswald as first, de Mohrenschildt second, with CIA and FBI claims. Meanwhile a Nazi bookstore eviction in San Francisco prompts fear of violence and debate over tolerance amid Jewish residents voicing safety concerns and opposition.
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Texas
Logue
Loren Hall
Kennedy
Oltmans
Hall
Dallas
Richardson Preyer
Dn.c
ABC Tvs
Ken
Nedy
Oswald
de Mohrenschildt
Ruby
Brazil Reform Push Faces Opposition Standstill
Brazil's government pushes judiciary reform to curb opposition and preserve military influence. In 1968 Congress was shut for nine months with opposition purged. this week the opposition refused compromise, blocking the two thirds majority needed to pass the bill. They object to reinstating habeas corpus and to protections against arbitrary judge removals.
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Congress
Snelling urges block grants to give states welfare control
Governor Richard Snelling urged federal officials to replace many small grants with broad block welfare grants to states. He argued federal rules create bureaucratic barriers that hinder long term anti poverty efforts and claimed programs should be run close to the people served, tailored to each state. A Rutland County official opened an inquiry into escapes at Rutland Regional Correctional Center after an inmate fled through an open window.
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Rutland
UPI
John Liccardi
Rutland Regional Correctional Center
Liccardi
Ronald Benway
North Granville
N.Y
Snelling
New York State
New York City
Vermont
Montpelier Memo on Fiscal 1979 Budget Risks
Governor Snelling warns against a $3 million deficit next year and urges a timely compromise on state spending and taxes. He argues the 1979 budget sets the pattern for future years and stresses avoiding gimmicks, planning long term, and maintaining legislative control over budgeting.
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Snelling
Hash Bash festivities overwhelm University of Michigan police
Campus guards and police were outnumbered by a growing crowd at the University of Michigan for the Hash Bash marked by students and younger youths. About 1,000 celebrants crowded the Diag around noon, with several arrests for marijuana possession and alcohol. Authorities lamented the event’s spread and rising participation since 1973.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
UPI
University of Michigan
Diag
Donald Johnson
John Zissis
Dave Breakey
Walter Krasny
Experts seek lead problem solution with lead-free sites
Two experts on lead and design a solution as no treatment exists now. Town officials provide three lead-free water distribution sites and the state Health Department offers free water quality tests for residents who submit samples. Sample containers are available at the Water Department and the 310 Main St supplemental food office. Officials urge families with young children who have high lead levels to use the sites for drinking and cooking water. blood tests for children may be recommended in some cases. Karelekas notes Dr Patterson wants to compare water lead levels before and after treatment to gauge effectiveness, while Savelas Friday raises a related possibility.
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State Health Department
Water Department
Supplemental Food
Main St
Karelekas
Patterson
Bennington
Savelas Friday
Shoe industry faces job losses and import surge
The sector shows 70,000 fewer jobs, a 30 percent drop, while imports more than double in two years. Strauss argues marketing agreements aim to roll back imports and warns the President can act decisively if talks fail. Mark Richardson of the American Footwear Industries Association labels Carter’s move a cruel blow, predicting plant closures and unemployment as 90 days pass while seeking voluntary export reductions from Taiwan, South Korea, and others.
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Mark Richardson
The
American Footwear Industries Association
Carter
Taiwan
South Korea
Laconia
Lowell
Mass
Sanford
Maine
Selig
Congress
Meldrim Thomson
Congressional
New Hampshire
Bennington Rec Commission to Meet April Fourth at Rec Center
Briefs note the Bennington Recreation Commission will convene Monday April 4 at 7:30 pm at the Rec Center Napolitano’s Pizzeria promotes its kitchen and meals. The town weighs funding options for medical treatment equipment and a HUD grant addresses replacing lead pipes in low and moderate income homes with anti recession funds discussed as fallback.
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Bennington Recreation Commission
Rec Center
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Missing teacher Carole Todd searched in North Adams case
United Press International reports a resumed search for Carole Ann Todd, the missing Falmouth teacher, after a 10 week snow delay. Police used air and ground teams, but no trace of the 27 year old was found. Todd vanished from a blood spattered Sheraton North Adams Inn on December 12, 1976, with blood evidence feared to indicate murder.
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North Adams, Mass
UPI
Falmouth
Carole Ann Todd
North Adams
Milo Brown
United Press International
Brown
Miss Todd
Sheraton
North Adams Inn
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Hunt
Karl Herler
National Socialist White Workers Party
Brazil
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Correctional Center Probe
Ment Forum
Chile
Atacama Desert
Andes
Amazonia
National Geographic Society
Montpelier
Strauss
Napolitano’s Pizzeria
ADV
Board of Selectmen
Dudley M. Baker
Gerald P. Morrissey
Fairdale Farms
Nia
Seeha
Madkour
Monthruthurs
Evans’news
Philip Hall
In N. Adams
Carole Todd
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corp
New York Times
Landon Associates, Inc
U.S
Bennington, VT
River St
No. Adams
Holly Hobbie
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