Priest in Laos Defends McCloskey Refugee Remarks
Rev Matt Menger director of Catholic Relief Services in Laos challenges Paul McCloskey's claim of US village destruction. He says bombing did not drive the 300000 Lao refugees, and notes McCloskey's limited Laos stay and refugee interviews. Menger has no government ties and was in Washington for consultations.
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UPI
Paul N. McCloskey
Laos
California
United States
Matt Menger
Catholic Relief Services
McCloskey
Brooke backs push to rename Niggerhead Pond
UPI reports Sen Edward W. Brooke Republican Massachusetts joined Otis McRae in a campaign to rename Niggerhead Pond in Marshfield Vermont. Brooke said the name implies a derogatory slur against blacks and noted it was not intended by local citizens. A Vermont Library Board hearing adjourned amid objections to the testimony and McRae planned to press the issue in Washington during an anti war demonstration.
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Goddard College
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Brooke
Vermont
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Vermont Library Board
World figures in Woodstock for off the record talks
World leaders and hundreds of figures converge on Woodstock for a private off the record discussion series chaired by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. Participants include Henry Kissinger, George Ball, Robert Bourassa, and others, with no resolutions or votes issued. The event runs through Sunday in a high level rendezvous style.
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UPI
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Federation of Italian Industries
Henry A. Kissinger
George W. Ball
Bloodmobile tops quota with 158 pints in Bennington area
Bennington area residents once again answered the Red Cross Bloodmobile call and surpassed the quota with 158 pints. The event featured varied donors from Union Carbide to local schools, Mt Anthony Junior High helpers, and new Gal on Club members, with volunteers and a new baby-sitting service for donors. The next Bloodmobile visit is scheduled for Wednesday June 16.
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Ronald Giles
Mt. Anthony Junior High School
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Tom Maroney
Glen Angeli
Colgate Hall
George Kerbs
Charles Hayward
Caroline Darlington
Fred Gunzel
Dean Hanson
George Atwood
Lottie Brash
Arthur Muchmore
Robert Lap
Paul Bohne III
Paul Koninis
Vermont Names Liaison For Colleges And UVM
Gov Davis appointed Mrs Procter H Page Jr of Burlington as special liaison between the Vermont State Colleges and the University of Vermont to speed cooperation. He said this does not imply a merger and stressed fiscal efficiency in higher education. Page, a former Vermont State College trustee, reports to the governor. In Rutland County, Saverio Pietrangeli, 29, was indicted for first degree murder in the April 15 shooting death of his mother in law Ilona Ruth Lee, 41, at her Brandon home. He is held on $50,000 bond and faces arraignment soon.
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Vermont State College
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UPI
Rutland County
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Saverio Pietrangeli
Ilona Ruth Lee
Pietrangeli
Rutland County Court
Vermont college trustees to interview three candidates
Vermon State Colleges trustees will interview three candidates in an executive session to choose a successor to former President Robert Long who resigned last August. Interim president A John Holden has led since.
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UPI
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Salem man killed in Route 22 pickup crash
A 63 year old Salem man died Thursday after noon when his pickup failed to negotiate a curve and hit a tree on Route 22 north of Shields Road in Jackson town Washington County. He was taken to Mary McClellan Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The accident occurred as Burton Morris of West Broadway was driving. Colonie Town Board designated Shaker Cemetery off Old Niskayuna Road as a historical site to be maintained after a state license. The gravesite holds United Society of Believers remains and Shaker prophet Ann Lee who died in 1783.
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Mary McClellan Hospital
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Shields Road
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Washington County
Colonie
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United Society of Believers
Shakers
Ann Lee
Revised Bear Swamp plan includes underground visitors center
New England Power proposes a revised Bear Swamp Pumped Storage Project layout with an underground visitors center, a hidden switchyard behind a hill, a picnic area and boat ramp at Sherman Pond, plus a $25 000 pledge to the state Department of Natural Resources. The 60 million dollar plant along the Deerfield River spans about 560 acres, approved by the FPC in 1968. Portland-based details note the switchyard would sit behind a ridge from River Road.
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