Death toll rises as Belfast battles flare and internment returns
British troops clash with snipers in Belfast’s barricaded Catholic districts amid blazing buildings and mass casualties. Officials report at least 14 dead and nearly 100 wounded as internment without trial is reintroduced to curb IRA violence, prompting cross border refugee movements and fears of civil war.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republic
Britain
Ireland
Anderstown
Londonderry
Armagh
Dungannon
Newry
Coalisland
Faulkner
Teachers Stand Firm Refuse Contracts at Mt Anthony
Mt Anthony Union High School teachers rejected signing two year contracts by 5 p.m. deadline. They voted 535 to seek possible injunctions to block hiring replacements and to pursue sanctions from the Vermont Education Association and the National Education Association. Several teachers voiced resignations or intent to resign, and the group prepared for possible legal action to protect staffing and education.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony Union School
Vermont Educational Association
National Education Association
Mt. Anthony
Charles E. Neuschafer
John H. Williams II
Williams
Norman Bartlett
Vermont Education Association
Bartlett
VEA
NEA
Boston
Factfinder blasts board as unfair and unreasonable
Paul W. Bohne III, the fact finder chosen by the teachers, denounces the Mt. Anthony Union School Board as arbitrary unfair and unreasonable. The board-appointed trio also includes Arthur E. Wickenden and Marion Smith of Shaftsbury. They released the factfinders report on June 28.
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Arthur E. Wickenden
Bohne
Marion Smith
Shaftsbury
Mt. Anthony
Mauhs
Factfinders
Dollar under siege on European markets
UPI reports the dollar remained under pressure across European money markets as gold hit multi-year highs and global distrust of the dollar surged. In Zurich and Paris authorities moved to curb dollar flows, while Hong Kong saw gold reach a 15-year peak amid market volatility and shifting exchange controls.
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London
UPI
U.S
Europe
Far East
Hong Kong
Frankfurt
Congressional
Zurich
Switzerland
France
United States
Subcommittee On Internal Exchange and Payments
Bennington Fire Department readies Battle Day celebration
After initial rejections at town meetings, the Bennington Fire Department pushed to fund a Battle Day weekend with a parade down Main Street. Activities include Kids Day contests at 2 PM Saturday at the high school field, a treasure hunt for younger children, a teen party at the Armory with the Louie Motherball Memorial Mud Band, and Sunday water polo and a noon parade forming at Park Street. The event, highlighted by 41 marching units and 20 floats, aims to be the largest yet.
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Joe Swayze
Bennington
Walloomsac
N.Y
Vermont Yankee hearing opens in Brattleboro
The Atomic Energy Commission began licensing hearings for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant in Vernon with about 200 people present at Brattleboro High School. Gov. Davis attended, and groups including the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution pressed for broader environmental review under a recent federal court ruling. The case could stretch into September as parties seek assurances on safety and environmental impact before a final license decision.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vernon
Samuel Jensch
AEC Licensing Board
Vermont Yankee
Connecticut River
Vermont
Brattleboro High School
Jensch
Gov. Davis
Peter Martin
New England Coalition On
Quinton Dawson
Coalition
Dawson
The
New England Co
Maryland
Kansas
Davis
Inside story of yacht seized by pirates and Coast Guard rescue
A dramatic account of a yacht captured by pirates and then rescued by the Coast Guard reads like fiction. The narrative unfolds amid district court updates, a Firemen's Convention wrapup, and a survey of local civic and cultural items across pages 2 to 6.
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Hoosick Falls
Chuck Shafer
Third class postage hike to go into effect soon
The U S Postal Service said third class mail rates will rise to the full planned amount over five years, taking effect Sept 16 and lasting until 30 days after the Postal Rate Commission acts. The Direct Mail Advertising Association plans to sue to block the change, arguing commission approval is required.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
Direct Mail Advertising Association Inc
Commission
Postal Service
Congress
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Peter Chapman
George Sleeman
Gilman, Smith, McWaters
Supt
Corcoran
Adler, Pelsue, Murray and
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Keir
Joel Treffey
William E. Lally Jr
Factfinder
Board
Southwest Vermont Education Association
Mt. Anthony Union
Wickenden
Mrs. Smith
Bohen
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