Fairfax Ayres a Virginia Colonel turned Vermonter
Col Fairfax Ayres, a 1886 Loudoun County native living at 89 in Shaftsbury Vermont, blends myth and memory as a fifth generation soldier. The explorer and fighter recalls VMI and West Point days, boxing with Patton, and universal military training beliefs while sharing vivid tales from a Vermont farm life and a career spanning adventure, invention, and service.
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Rob Woolmington
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Fairfax Ayres
Shaftsbury
Ayres
Mark Twain
Rhett Butler
Scarlett O’hara
Col. Ayres
Loudon County
Stonewall Jackson
Brookfield
Mass
Jamestown
American West
Wounded Knee
Virginia Military Institute
VMI
West Point
Anchos
Fortune
Vermont
Buckminster Fuller
Col Ayres
Bucky
George Patton
Patton
William B. Mellon
America
Ford visits N H to seek viewpoints in 1976 trip
President Ford will spend much of Friday in New Hampshire meeting legislators business and labor leaders news executives and citizens The White House says the trip aims to gather viewpoints for the Open Door program and the White House Conference on Domestic Affairs and the Economy The visit is described as non political with no overtones and may continue to Massachusetts for bicentennial events.
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UPI
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New Hampshire
White House
Washington
Massachusetts
Lexington and
Jeffrey Eves
Office of White House
Eves
Meldrim Thomson
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
Thomson
National Conservative Caucus
Vermont wary of pulp mill plan amid environmental concerns
Vermont officials reconsider a proposed 200 million Parsons and Whittemore pulp mill along the Connecticut River after environmental questions arise. State leaders discuss joint impact studies with New Hampshire, weighing jobs and tax benefits against potential ecological risks and regulatory hurdles.
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Rod Clarke Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Parsons and Whitemore Co
New Hampshire
Connecticut River
Joseph Jamele
Thomas Salmon
Donald Webster
the Development and Communi
Parsons and Whittemore
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Webster
Saigon deploys elite paratroops toward Xuan Loc battle
South Vietnam launches a bold airlift of over 3,000 elite troops from Saigon to Xuan Loc near Highway 1 as heavy fighting rages. Reports say two human wave assaults were repelled and a third attack looms, with 1,000 enemy casualties claimed and 17 government deaths.
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Joint General Staff
Hanoi
Soviets promise Israeli security for withdrawal
Haaretz reports two Soviet emissaries offered to guarantee Israel's security if it returns to pre 1967 borders. They pressed for Geneva talks and pledged to resume diplomatic relations after a Geneva agreement. Israeli leaders did not comment, and Israel seeks a broad peace settlement with border changes.
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United Press International
Israel
Ha’aretz
Yitzhak Rabin
Yigal Allon
Middle East
Geneva
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Moscow
Americans ordered to leave Phnom Penh
UPI reports the U S embassy in Phnom Penh Cambodia ordered evacuation of all Americans as rebels siege the capital CBS News notes armed Marine guards outside the embassy and Americans nearby seen carrying arms Ambassador John Gunther Dean says officials are finalizing evacuation details White House and State Department would not confirm the report
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UPI
United States
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
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John Gunther Dean
Winter Weather Outlook for Weekend
Frigid conditions persist tonight with teens’ low temperatures and continued cold through Sunday. Daytime highs rise to the upper 30s with fair skies.
Mansfield doubts Congress will aid Vietnam aid move
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield warned Congress will likely resist large military help for South Vietnam, preferring multilateral humanitarian aid through the United Nations and Red Cross. He questioned evacuating up to 200000 Vietnamese, deployment of U.S. troops, and Ford's Cambodia plan while noting Ford's April 19 deadline is probably unachievable.
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UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
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Ford
Saigon
Mansfield
U.S
Cambodia
House
The
United
Nations
Red Cross
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Vietnam
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Senate Democrats
Trout Season Opens Quietly Across Many Homes
Trout season begins without fanfare this morning in households across the region. The quiet start contrasts with other seasonal openings as anglers sneak out to favorite spots, lines dropping into still water and mysteries rising from uncharted depths. Thousands of stories will unfold tonight.
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Virginia
William Calley
Fort Bennington
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Ty Affairs Agency
Martin Johnson
Johnson
Parsons
Whittemore
Elite
Leon Daniel
Hung Nghia
Highway 1
Daniel
Nguyen Quoc Cuong
Hanoi Radio
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Mordechai Gur
Tel Aviv
Timmy Putnam
Sunderland
Dawn
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