Hiroshima 30 Years Later Remembrance Amid Doves and Tension
In Hiroshima observers mark the 30th anniversary of the Little Boy bombing with silence and dove release as Mayor Takeshi Arai faces a protest by a youth linked to a leftist group. The Enola Gay dropped the bomb 30 years ago, killing tens of thousands with estimates ranging from 78,000 to 200,000.
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Hiroshima
Japan
UPI
United States
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Takeshi Arai
Paul Warfield Tibbets
Enola Gay
Air Force Museum
Dayton
Ohio
Vermont Austerity Targets Driver Education and Tax Divisions
Vermont's fiscal expert signals that the Salmon administration may cut programs to close another budget gap. Secretary Robert Wilson says July revenue undershot estimates, with a projected 1976 deficit of 4 to 8 million dollars and hints at abolishing driver education and tax division units.
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Springfield
UPS
Vermont
Salmon
Robert Wilson
Wilson
Thomas Salmon
Wilsons
WCFR
State Tax Department
Commission Rejects Woodford Camp Plans
The Bennington District Environmental Commission rejected John Poor of Wilmington's plan for a 124 unit camp ground off Route 9 in Woodford. Poor sought approval under the final two Act 250 criteria before detailing plans, facing opposition from the town of Bennington.
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Bennington
Inside Nation Hiss reinstated in Massachusetts bar
Local notes reveal a welcome sight for railroad buffs and regional updates. Hayes lists Manchester water system improvements, Hoosick old schoolhouse to the bicentennial information center, with hearings on a campground project facing utility and highway concerns. See COMMISSION on back page.
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Massachusetts
Hayes
Manchester
Hoosick
Bicentennial Information Center
Hercule Poirot
Gary Green
Bennington
Arnold Palmer
Red Sox
Kelton B. Miller
District Commission
Commission
Hostage standoff at Kuala Lumpur airport with Japanese Red Army
Five Japanese Red Army terrorists and 15 hostages remain at Subang airport awaiting asylum confirmation from Libya. The group plans to fly to the Middle East aboard a Japan Air Line DC8 after negotiations, while five freed terrorists wait in the lounge and a drone of officials seek a final destination.
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Malaysia
UPI
Red Army
Subang
Libya
U.S
Middle East
Japan Air Line
Ahmad Nordin
Ahmad
Robert Stebbins
Fredrik Bergenstrahle
Gerald Lancaster
Houston
Texas
Tokyo
Francis Netto
Hoffa disappearance blamed on court leak
UPI reports a court leak may have signaled the removal of James Hoffa as Teamsters leader. Hoffa, missing for a week amid plans to meet three men including reputed Mafia figure Giacalone, faced a Nixon rider delaying his return to power. The FBI joined the probe as the Hoffa family offered a $200,000 reward and Charles O'Brien denied being missing.
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UPI
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Hoffa
Nixon
FBI
Teamsters
Mafia
Jimmy Hoffa
Anthony
Tony Jack
Giacalone
Lake Orion
Mich
United States
Ford assures Japan allies stay central to Asia policy
President Ford told Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki the United States will stand by its Asian allies despite the Indochina setback. White House spokesman Ron Nessen said the administration would maintain peace and stability in Asia and support its friends, with Ford to discuss the Korean security situation and sign the voting rights extension into law.
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UPI
Ford
Takeo Miki
United States
Asia
Indochina
U.S
White House
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Miki
Congress
Nelson Rockefeller
Bennington Selectmen Back Saunders on Landfill Cure Study
The board authorized Town Manager Harold R. Saunders to continue tests and consultations with Environmental Associates of Burlington on improving the ailing Bennington landfill. An $8,000 state EPA funded study began Monday as pure research, with plans for a survey of the site life, an engineering plan, and leachate mitigation options. A new committee may probe alternative sites and disposal methods while a private firm explores a methanol plant idea as a preliminary feasibility study.
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Environmental Associates of
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Saunders
State Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Associates
Houghton Lane
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Kenneth V. Fisher
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Gerald Cornell
Netto
Charles O’brien
O’brien
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Martin Cummings
Northshire
Ralph Lee
A & W Artesian Well Co
Environmental Conservation Agency
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