Fire razes Old Bennington home in early morning blaze
A fire destroyed the former Mary Sanford house in Old Bennington, leaving only a charred frame and cellar debris. Unoccupied vacation home of Rudolpho Mediavilla of San Juan Puerto Rico, the blaze was spotted at 2 45 a.m. by police officers on patrol and fought for nearly four hours by Bennington firefighters.
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Jan Slusmon
Mary Sanford
Old Bennington
Rudolpho Mediavilla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Bennington
Thomas Crowe
Steven Brookman
Ben
Publishers decry threats to the press
The American Newspaper Publishers Association warns of growing threats to First Amendment press freedoms and government encroachment. A compromise proposal would shield reporters unless an overriding public interest requires disclosure during trials. The Miami Herald case against a Florida free reply space law is also supported. Fire destroys a two story Bennington home. water pressure and planned power outages hindered firefighting. a hand injury to a firefighter is reported.
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Peter Kihss
N.Y. Times News Service
New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
House Judiciary Committee
The
Publishers Association
Miami Herald
Supreme Court
Florida
Nington
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Pownal
East Pownal
Bennington
Robert Paul
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Old Bennington
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
Lawrence Fales
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
Explosion rocks midtown Manhattan
An explosion and fire in a basement near 45th Street and Second Avenue in midtown Manhattan, likely from a gas leak, injured 82 people with 8 in serious condition and forced evacuation of 250 families. Firefighters battled a ground floor blaze as windows blew out across the area.
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New York
UPI
United Nations
East Midtown
Second
First Avenues
Envoy Towers
Forty-fifth
46Th Streets
Second Avenue
E. 45Th St
United Nations Complex
East River
42Nd Street
48Th Street
U.S
John T. O’hagan
Sal Desposito
John Moglia
Mid- Manhattan
Bellevue Hospital
Lester Snyder
Hearings Begin on National Health Insurance Congress Faces Finance Battle
Hearings start Wednesday on financing the nations health care as about 25 million uninsured and many underinsured face rising costs. Bills from CHIP and Mills Kennedy plans aim to extend coverage and curb catastrophic costs, with differences over compulsion, administration, and payroll taxes.
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Washington
UPI
Capitol Hill
Leslie P. Henry
Health Insurance Association of America
Congress
Nixon
House
Ways and Means
Russell B. Long
D-La
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Kennedy-Mills
Kennedy Mills
Inside Death Toll Rises to 1000 in Ulster
Ulster page two reports a death toll reaching 1000 in the ongoing conflict. Page three notes the House speaker’s wedding. Page four features a TRB column on a man’s losing streak. James Reston discusses population decline and its mixed effects. Page five covers UVM research on Vermont deer herd. Page eight reports trustees raising out of state tuition by 100 dollars. Page twelve has Pats better against Windsor while BBS loses in baseball. Page fourteen notes renewed copper mining interest in Vermont.
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TRB
James Reston
UVM
Vermont Deer Herd
Windsor Eagles
Vermont
Kissinger says US not ready to restore ties with Cuba
At an Atlanta OAS session Kissinger reaffirmed no immediate plan to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba and suggested it might never occur. He noted debate among Latin American members about lifting sanctions while urging closer, more understands but not a common front. The talks mark a shift in US Cuba isolation and Latin American policy.
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Kissinger
U.S
Cuba
OAS
Argentina
Nixon
U. S
Americas
Latin America
Bennington BSD weighs public meetings and open channels
A Bennington School District board meeting drew eight attendees as it heard critics and discussed the Vermont Education Association report on polarization and communication gaps. Efforts by a teacher administrator committee and the Bennington Design for Education seek ongoing improvements, with a May 1 session and future meetings. The Mt. Anthony Union School District and a Community Educational Forum plan further public discussions on goals, freedom, and controls.
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John Leaning
Bennington
Vermont Education Association
VEA
BSD
Donald R. Brown
Bennington College
Bennington Design For
Molly Stark
Mt. Anthony Union
Mt. Anthony
Community Educational Forum
CEF
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Fales
Town Sewer Department
Town Water Department
Erwin F. Mattison
Robert Horton
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Midtown Manhattan
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Ulster
Atlanta
United States
Fidel Castro
Henry A. Kissinger
Organization of American States
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