Nixon Signs Postal Reform Law Reshapes Service
President Nixon signed a sweeping postal reform act creating the United States Postal Service as an independent agency replacing the Post Office Department. The measure raises stamp prices to 8 cents, adds an 11 member board, allows bonds for modernization, and grants a wage raise of 8 percent to 750,000 employees with future pay scales subject to arbitration.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Post Office Department
Winton M. Blount
Blount
United States Postal Service
Board of Governors
FBI Captures Fugitive Priest
The Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan was arrested at the Block Island home of William Stringfellow and handed to federal authorities to begin a 3 1/2 year sentence for destroying draft records as part of the Catonsville Nine. He raised a V for peace as he was taken into custody.
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Providence, R.I
UPI
Daniel J. Berrigan
Berrigan
Catonsville
FBI
Block Island
William Stringfellow
Anthony Towne
Everett Sammartino
U.S
Lewisburg
Philip
Selective Service Office
Tences
Supreme Court
New York
Customs House
Baltimore
Daniel Berrigan
Catonsville Nine
Mary Moylan
David Durst
Stringfellow
Inside editorial on state duty to Woodford sanitation
An Inside editorial argues the state bears responsibility to small towns such as Woodford in sanitation matters. James Reston questions whether words should replace blood in public discourse, while William Gilbert reviews the Chekhov production at Williamstown.
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Woodford
James Reston
William Gilbert
Williamstown
Nixon vetoes two large spending bills as inflation risk
President Nixon vetoed a $4.4 billion Office of Education bill and an $18.1 billion independent offices measure, arguing they would spur inflation by spending beyond his requests. Lawmakers anticipated possible overrides though support varied, with first votes set for Thursday.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
House of Representatives
Office of Education
Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Capitol Rik 4
House
Senate
Independent Offices
Joint Committee On the
Suit Instituted To Halt Dumping Nerve Gas at Sea
SOUTHPORT N C UPI The Army prepared to move two trainloads of nerve gas rockets to an old freighter for dumping 282 miles off Cape Kennedy Fla despite a federal lawsuit by Gov Claude Kirk and the Environmental Defense Fund in Washington seeking an injunction. The suit fears 16000 foot depth would crush vaults releasing gas killing marine life and possibly humans. The Army plans a shallower 5000 foot burial as proposed in past operations. Crowds along routes watched the convoy, calling it excitement and a parade.
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Southport
N.C
UPI
Army Arsenal
Anniston
Ala
Sunny Point Ocean Terminal
Blue Grass Arsenal
Richmond
Army
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Claude Kirk
Florida
Environmental Defense Fund of New York
Washington
Lee Rogers
Kirk
Environmental Defense Fund
Ed Marse
Clinton, S.C
Clinton
North Bennington vows to keep charters amid vote split
North Bennington and the Bennington Rural Fire District rejected surrender of their separate charters. In North Bennington 13 votes favored surrender and 254 kept the charter intact, a near 20 to 1 landslide. The Rural Fire District ballot 256 to 47 against surrender by all outside towns, with local officials noting volunteers ran the election at no cost.
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North Bennington
Bennington
North Village
Kendall Rich
Beech Street Firehouse
Prudential Committee
Normand LaCroix
Alden Harwood
Harry J. Percey
Frances Snow
Aiken Opposes ABM Expansion in Senate Speech
UPI reports Senator George D. Aiken R Vermont, ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opposed expanding the antiballistic missile program. He supports a bipartisan amendment limiting a new Whitman Air Force Base ABM site to Montana and North Dakota while allowing continued core research. He urged SALT talks progress and warned of measures to defend U.S. survival if Russia balks.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Aiken
Senate
Whitman Air Force Base
Missouri
Defense Department
John Cooper
R-Ky
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Montana
North Dakota
United States
Russia
Vienna
Vermont
Election Today in Townwide Races for Three Interim Selectmen
Polls opened at 10 a.m. and run to 7 p.m. for an at large town election. Voters choose three from three districts with J C Jerome Leon Boutin Ormal Pierce Paul Sheridan Salvatore San tarcangelo Edward Frasier as the listed candidates. Bennington Elementary School hosts most voters while North Bennington check list residents vote at Mc Cullough Firehouse.
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J.C. Jerome
Leon Boutin
Ormal Pierce
Paul Sheridan
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Edward Frasier
Bennington
North Bennington
McCullough
Selectmen Face Leash Law Clash in Bennington Debate
An irate Bennington village trustee accuses the Board of turning away from enforcing the town leash law. Officials defend guidelines and discuss amendments to ease dog handling while preserving enforcement. Also notes a Sept 30 town meeting, a planning discussion Aug 18, and beltline displacement concerns.
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David Scribner
Bennington
Board of Selectmen
Joseph A. Pello
Pello
J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
Norton Barber
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Drysdale
Barber
George Rogers
Safford Street
Molly Stark
Town Planning Commission
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Suez Canal
Mideast
Post Office
N.Y. Times News Service
Hill-Burton Hospital
Sanford Buxbaum
Fred Welling
Robert Lerner
Jack Lowre
Phoebe Crosier
Francis “Bud” Lauzon
GOP
Selectman
J. C. Jerome
Bennington Beltline
Jerome
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