Bangladesh Leader Mujibur Rahman Assassinated In Coup
UPI reports from Dacca say Sheikh Mujibur Rahman founder of Bangladesh was shot dead by his bodyguards during a military coup that installed Khondakkar Mushtaque Ahmed as president. Ahmed pledged loyalty from top generals and others as the regime renamed the nation Islamic Republic of Bangladesh.
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UPI
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Dacca
Calcutta
Mujib
Mansoor
Khondakkar Mushtaque Ahmed
Ahmed
Awami League Party
Pakistan
Mohammed Hussain
Radio
Rakhi Bahini
India
Soviet Union
People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Islamic Republic of
U.S. State Department
New balance of payments in the black
The Commerce Department reports a 1.23 billion dollar second quarter surplus, the first six month surplus since records began in 1960, driven by higher exports and reduced American travel and investment abroad, signaling a stronger dollar and easing domestic inflation pressures.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Commerce Department
U.S
Ford vetoes oil price controls and tariff removal stance
President Ford says he will veto a six month extension of oil price controls and remove the $2 a barrel tariff on imports if sustained. He argues decontrol will raise gasoline prices modestly and warns Congress against delaying energy policy, urging a veto to spur conservation and domestic production.
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Vail
Colo
UPI
Ford
Congress
Washington
White House
Senate
House
Little Acquitted in Ice Pick Jailer Murder Trial
In Raleigh North Carolina a Superior Court jury acquitted Joan Little a Black defendant of killing her white jailer with 11 ice pick blows during an alleged sexual assault in her cell. The verdict followed a high profile case with national attention.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Joan Little
New England attorneys general optimistic on oil tariff appeal
Nine state attorneys general led by Massachusetts say they expect the Supreme Court review of the Ford oil import tariff ruling. They fear continued collection costs, seek to refund nearly 1 billion dollars to consumers, and consider returning funds to state needs or to utilities for customer relief.
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Boston
API
Ford
White House
Massachusetts
Francis X. Bellotti
Bellotti
U.S
Supreme Court
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Maine
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
Minnesota
Robert H. Bork
U.S. Supreme Court
Harold Dondis
Library of Congress
Route 7 Hurdles Slow Vermont Route Plan Progress
Vermont Highway Department officials concede that Route 7 from Bennington to Manchester faces several hurdles even as impacts update emerges. The debate centers on construction timelines, environmental concerns, and funding asks from state planners, with officials warning a final decision may take longer than hoped.
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John Leaning
Vermont Highway Department
Bennington
Manchester
Ford
Highway Department
Robert Schwartz
Hearst to testify before grand jury in federal probe
Catherine Hearst and reports say she received a federal grand jury subpoena in Harrisburg related to her daughter Patricia Hearst and possible dealings with Jack Scott and a $200,000 reward. The case spans the Hearst family, FBI involvement, and connections to the Symbionese Liberation Army.
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Hearst
Catherine Hearst
Patricia Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Randolph Hearst
San Francisco
Charles Bates
FBI
Berkeley
Calif
Patricia
Symbionese Liberation Army
Harrisburg
Jack Scott
Scott
Hearsts
Pennsylvania
Miss Hearst
Micki
Jack
Tripoli
London
W.J. Scott
Walter
Philadelphia
Marlboro opens half million guild theatre with VIP premiere
Marlboro College unveiled its new half million dollar guild theatre in a premiere that drew VIPs including former Sen. and Mrs. George Aiken and former U S ambassador and Mrs. Ellsworth Bunker. The thrust stage design by architect David Stainton showcased a five year project with bare lobby floors and tiles awaiting finishing touches as guests toured pre opening displays.
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Marlboro College
Guild Theatre
Oliver Goldsmith
Geoffry Brown
Marlboro
George Aiken
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Marc Connelly
Guild
Vermont
Edward Janeway
Robert Gannett
Windham County
Vietnam
Marlboro Guild Theatre
Inside National and Local Briefs Across Pages 2 to 8
Summary of national crime reopenings and political notes including Robert Kennedy and Hoffa cases, local features on salads and town news, editorial views on town management and morality, nostalgia on fire department links to Battle Day, regional river study, budget cuts at Hoosick Falls School Board, and a Paris exile taking on men's pants with a statehouse welfare dispute. plus sports on Arlington soccer and NCAA rule changes.
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Selectman
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Regional Commission
Hoosick Falls
Eldridge Cleaver
Paris
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Arlington
Pembroke
Shrine Camp
NCAA
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D. B. Kelley
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James L. Oakes
Oakes
FHWA
State Highway Department
NEPA
U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Marlboro Theatre
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