Ford asks for 1 billion in aid and evacuation powers
President Ford asked Congress for nearly 1 billion dollars in aid for South Vietnam plus authority to use U.S. forces to evacuate Americans and tens of thousands of South Vietnamese refugees. He outlined contingency plans to evacuate up to 6,000 Americans and 200,000 South Vietnamese if Saigon falls, while noting evacuation of some Americans has begun.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
South Vietnam
U.S
Administration
Saigon
Cambodia
Comunists
House
Democratic
Thomas P. O’neill
Vietnam
United States
Rockets hit airlift plane in Cambodia. American pilot killed
In Cambodia near Phnom Penh the Khmer Rouge rocket attack damaged a DC3 airliner after takeoff, killing an American pilot and a Taiwanese co pilot and a Cambodian crew member. The incident occurred as the insurgents pressed toward the capital amid ongoing aerial supply runs. Government forces suffered advances and Nguyen Boret discussed purported rebel negotiator claims in Bangkok.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Recreation headed for renaissance in Bennington plan
Bennington's recreation program aims for a renaissance says director Roger W Goodnow as the new recreation center on Gage Street opens next week with an invitation to see the facility and share ideas. The plan includes a restructured Parks and Recreation Commission with more muscle, biweekly meetings, and coordination with other groups to expand programs and community involvement.
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Rob Woolmington
Bennington
Roger W. Goodnow
Gage Street
Goodnow
Parks and Recreation Commission
Ralph G. Wright
Parks and Recreation’ Commission
Wright
Ford's Vietnam Aid Appeal Draws Bipartisan Skepticism
New England politicians from Massachusetts to Vermont criticized President Ford's plea for more South Vietnam aid after his Thursday speech. Representative Harrington called the plan misjudged and a blame game, while Herbert Skeller labeled it a cop out. House Leader O'Neill doubted Congress would approve 722 million dollars. A Brattleboro resident favored humanitarian aid over military supplies, and in Barre a bartender noted no one watched the address amid hockey.
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Soviet Union
China
United States
Middle East
North Vietnam
Russia
Paris
Indochina
Ford
White House
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
New England
Michael Harrington
D-Mass
Boston
Herbert Skeller
Harrington
Thieu
Skeller
Thomas P. O’neill
House of Representatives
Hildegard Durfee
Brattleboro
Government troops reinforce Xuan Loc as siege intensifies
South Vietnamese paratroopers fly in four dozen helicopters including six CH47 Chinooks to bolster defenders of Xuan Loc near Saigon. Ground forces push toward the city but face heavy Communist resistance ten miles west. Refugees flee along Highway 1 as battles flare, with 903 enemy soldiers reported slain and 17 government troops killed. Washington seeks nearly one billion in aid to Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPS
Xuan Loc
Highway 1
South China Sea
Washington
Ford
Congress
South Vietnam
Ford Lee Vietnam
Budget conference to hammer 1976 budget in Vermont
A six member conference committee will hammer out the 1976 budget after the Senate passed a $207 million plan amid clashes with the Salmon administration. Leaders delayed adjournment as lawmakers push to finish the year with major appropriations. The panel includes Sens. Boylan Gannett Soule and Reps. Hebard Tudhope Kunin.
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Burlington
Madeleine Kunin
Soule
Boylan
Hebard
Brian Burns
House
Timothy
Brattleboro
Senate
Conference Committee
Salmon
Vermont
Tennessee monkey trial heats up on page two
Inside National reports a new Tennessee monkey trial development starring the controversial case and related political drama. A husband of Mrs. Ford's secretary is suspected in a death by his own action. The item sits amid a broader national scene with editorial and cultural notes.
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New
Tennessee
Vietnam
Freedom Train
Hoosick Falls
Burlington
HFCS
Safire
Nixon
Mau
Vermont
Reds
Dodgers
Nichols
Nicklaus
Buffalo
Bennington schools plan K twelve alcohol education program
School officials, joined by principals and the Bennington Regional Alcohol Council, announce a district wide effort to create a Kindergarten through Grade 12 alcohol curriculum. The plan aims to standardize education beyond the high school health course, with a teacher training session set for late spring and a statewide problem framed as nationwide in scope.
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Bennington
Bennington Area
Louis Axt
George A. Sleeman
Vermont Yankee blasts stricter health rules as repressive
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. calls upcoming radioactive emission regulations discriminatory and an operating nightmare at a public Health Board hearing. Officials say rules tougher than federal standards could force 280 shutdown days annually and cost electric customers over 21 million dollars.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Vermont Health Department
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vermont Yankee
Donald Rushford
Health Board
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