Army Loads Gas Warheads for Atlantic Sinkage Expedition
The Pentagon announced 418 World War II nerve gas vaults would be shipped by train from Blue Grass Arsenal and Richmond to Sunny Point N C where the cargo would be loaded onto an old ship hulk and sunk 16 000 feet off Cape Kennedy. Mayor Ronnie Thompson of Macon Ga pledges to barricade tracks to stop the train and planned to inspect safety measures. Col John J Osick defended the shipment as safe and noted the train would be safer than others on the line.
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Anniston
Ala
UPI
Georgia
Carolinas
Pentagon
Blue Grass Arsenal
Richamond
Sunny Point
N.C
Cape Kennedy
Ronnie Thompson
Macon
John J. Osick
Office of the Army Director of Chemical and Nuclear Operations
Thompson
Osick
Washington
Bennington Head Start Caps Enrollment At 2 Percent
Bennington starts Head Start this fall with two classes of four year olds at the Baptist Church in Bennington. The program will serve at most 30 children, funded at about $69,000 for a school year. Kathleen Evans of B ROC and Rev. Robert Green note expansions may come next year but funding limits remain. Registrations run through Aug. 14 at the community action center.
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Bennington
Kathleen Evans
Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council
B-Roc
Robert Green
BROC
Baptist Church
Community Action Center
BenMont Ave
Pat Ryan
Evans
Panel Recommends Smaller Train Crews On Diesels
A presidential emergency board urged merging fireman and brakeman roles on diesel freight locomotives, cutting one crew member. If UTU and railroads accept, it ends 11 years of discord and strikes over the issue, with the industry saying it is grateful.
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Washington
UPI
United Transportation Union
UTU
Charles Luna
J. P. Hiltz
National Railway Labor Conference
Milk Price Hike Prompts Small Consumer Increase
The Milk Control Board announced higher minimum prices, boosting the consumer cost by about one cent per quart as the federal Class 1 milk price rises. Agriculture Commissioner Edward Eurich said retailers will likely pass the increase to shoppers. The average half gallon now stands at 57 cents, while talks resume on broader labor dispute settledness.
Vermont GOP poll ruling upholds spending limits
Vermont Deputy Attorney General Fred Parker ruled an $8,000 public opinion survey paid by the Republican state committee did not violate campaign spending limits. The governor and Lt. Gov. Thomas Hayes dispute scope, noting the full poll was seen only by Gov. Deane C. Davis and that releasing methods were set by the GOP committee.
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Parker
Republican State Committee
Davis
Thomas L. Hayes
GOP
Vermont
State Committee
Hayes
New York Prisons Ordered To Change Discipline Rules
Federal judge orders New York prison system to formalize disciplinary rules by Aug. 30 after protests by inmates over solitary confinement. Case notes harsh conditions and calls for written procedures resembling hearings. Previous ruling cited 372 days in solitary due to political activity.
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New York
Albany
N.Y
Clinton State
Dannemora
James T. Foley
Lawrence William Wright
Robert Mosher
Foley
Constance Baker Motley
Martin Sastre
Congress Passes Postal Reform
Washington UPI reports Congress sent to Nixon a bill transforming the post office into an independent postal service. The move ends political control, creates a nine member board, and grants postal workers an 8 percent pay raise with collective bargaining rights. Rate increases are expected, and the new system will include rate setting by management and bonded financing.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Congress
House
Nixon
Winston M. Blount
Alabama
U.S. Postal Service
Blount
Post Office
Meyer hints at quitting race if Hoff accepts 30 positions
In West Rupert Vermont Senatorial contender Meyer says he may exit the race if former Gov. Hoff agrees with his 30 platform positions on foreign policy military spending and nuclear power. He cites rapid U.S. force reductions Indochina arms control UN Red China and Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon as key conditions.
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West Rupert
UPI
William H. Meyer
Philip H. Hoff
Meyer
Hoff
Burlington
Vermont
Envoys Open Bonn Moscow Nonaggression Pact
Moscow reports say Foreign Ministers Andrei Gromyko and Walter Scheel launched a four page treaty in Spiridonov Palace as a step to ease Cold War tensions. They hailed a path to lasting peace while noting it requires ratification by West German parliament and the Soviet Supreme Soviet.
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Moscow
UPI
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Walter Scheel
West Germany
Europe
Scheel
Gromyko
Spiridonov Palace
Adolf Hitler
Bonn
Federal Republic of
West
Willy Brandt
Soviet Bloc
Bonn-Moscow
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Konrad Adenauer
Ruediger von Wechmar
Supreme Soviet
Bundestag
New Face New Ideas Morrisseau Runs for Congress in Vermont
Dennis J. Morrisseau a 27 year old former Army lieutenant and Burlington resident visits Bennington County to campaign on an antiwar platform. He backs open voting in Congress and national security limits, endorses the Liberty Union, opposes SST, seeks UN backed Middle East peace, and urges city and environmental reforms to curb pollution and urban decay. He envisions shifting focus to domestic priorities and revising work schedules to ease congestion.
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Shaftsbury
Dennis J. Morrisseau
U.S. Army
Robert T. Stafford
St. Johnsbury
Burlington
Morrisseau
Bennington County
Wallace P. Scott
Trumbull Hill Road
U.S
Liberty Union Party
Middle East
United Nations
Lee Morrisseau
Inside Columnist Sees Hope in Taxpayer Revolt
Sam Ogden reports growing taxpayer revolt against spending as a hopeful trend. An editorial notes voters this year weigh pocketbooks over principles in elections. Supervised play groups gain Bennington County support. Marlboro presents fresh one act plays this week with strong reviewer praise.
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Sam Ogden
Bennington County
Marlboro
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