Death Toll Rises as Tornadoes Hit Twelve States
United Press International reports 341 deaths across 12 states and Windsor Ontario as major disaster declarations go to Ohio Alabama Kentucky Indiana and Tennessee. Indiana Monticello recounts shattered business district and 100 homes wreckage while workers search rivers for missing teens. Weather worsens with more tornadoes across the Southeast.
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Alabama
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Tennessee
Nixon
Gerald Ford
Georgia
West Virginia
Meadow Ridge
Virginia
Midwest
Windsor
Ont
North Carolina
Michigan
Illinois
Oklahoma
Carl A. Capper
Monticello
Tippecanoe
Canadian
Brandenburg
C.J. Sullivan
Jasper
Guin
Cookeville
Charles Denning
Cookeville Herald Citizen
Nixon faces tax bill that may force sale of home
President Nixon carries a $467000 tax debt that could leave him financially nearly wiped out and possibly require selling one of his homes to pay the bill. A White House spokesman said Nixon may need to reassess his finances and consider a loan as the IRS seeks $432,787.13 in extra taxes plus interest for 1969 through 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Long
D-La
Congressional
Nixon
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Lawrence N. Woodworth
Washington
UPI
White House
White
Frank Demarco Jr
Los Angeles
Demarco
Arthur Blech
IRS
Warren
San Clemente
Calif
Biscayne
Fla
Congressional Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
NEA probes schools cited as possible options
John Leaning reports that NEA investigations into schools raise several possible options. While new to Bennington Vermont such probes by the education association occur in other areas with varied motives and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
National Education Association
Bennington
Vermont
Professional Education Association
Bennington installs new listers amid sharp rebuke of predecessors
Bennington, three new listers James Davis Kathy O'Donnell and Walter Noyes were sworn in by Town Manager Edward R. Lamb and lectured on duties by Town Counsel Norton Barber. He urged fair appraisal using fair market value, cautioned against overloading the Grand List, and criticized the prior board for tax practices. Barber said the town must become a fair taxing town again and warned against inequities, while colleagues pledged support.
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James Davis
Kathy O’donnell
Walter Noyes
Edward R. Lamb
Norton Barber
Board of Selectmen
Richard A. Sleeman
Kenneth R. Clayton
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Barber
Listers
Bennington
Simon raises gasoline allocations for all states in April
Washington reports that every state will receive at least 90 percent of 1972 gasoline usage in April, a 5 percent rise from March. William E. Simon said 11.1 million barrels must be drawn from stocks to meet the April allotments and noted additional Middle East oil could boost supplies soon. Sawhill warned summer lines remain likely if conservation lapses occur. Morton announced a $3 to $5 billion energy expansion plan for the next five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
William E. Simon
Simon
United States
Middle East
John Sawhill
Sawhill
FEO
Rogers C.B. Morton
Gas crisis to resume in Vermont amid 13 percent cut
Vermont faces a 13 percent cut to its April gasoline allocation, losing more than two million gallons of an 18 million gallon allotment. Gov. Salmon's spokesman said the state was not notified in advance and warned that shortages and rising prices could hit later this month. Rutland area dealers report Mobil price increases of 5.7 cents in 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Mobil
BLS
Patricia Hearst assumed to join SLA under duress
San Francisco UPI reports authorities believe Patricia Hearst may have spoken under duress when she renounced her former life and said she was joining the Symbionese Liberation Army. DA James Browning notes no evidence she was a willing kidnapping victim and cites the possible gunpoint pressure behind her taped message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
James Browning
U.S
Berkeley
Browning
Inside Page Title Screams on Session Ends and More
Inside notes reflect on the closing legislative session with a biting label. Folios tease Pete Horton remarks, the Fortney Dialogues, a new Parmelee Gallery opening at Bennington Museum, and a Sage City Symphony concert. Hoosick Falls School Board faces financial woes amid local reports.
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Pete Horton
Fortney
New Parmelee Gallery
Bennington Museum
Sage City Symphony
Hoosick Falls
Aaron
Mt. Anthony
New Jersey
Joblessness dips slightly in March report
Washington data show the unemployment rate at 5.1 percent in March, with 4.6 million unemployed. Employment and civilian labor force were broadly steady, while part time workers fell by 210,000 and earnings rose 0.5 percent.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
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United Press International
Huddle On Staff
By John Leaning
Jan Slusmon
Board of
Southwest Vermont Education Association
SVEA
Vermont Education Association
VEA
Harvey Zorbaugh
New England
Boston
Washington, D.C
Zorbaugh
Congress
Patricia
Federal
Patty
Catherine Hearst
University of California
Chang- Fang
Wes Davis
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