Bennington Battle Day Parade Draws Crowd Amid Shower Delays
Crowds packed Bennington streets as fire trucks and vintage machines rolled by in the annual Battle Day parade. Parachutists were briefly blown off course but unharmed, while beer flowed openly and politicians mingled with voters. A heavy rain shower dampened the evening’s events after a festive weekend.
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Bennington
Spinelli Field
Fillmore Street
Tom Kinney
Burgess Road
Walter Gavin
Erwin F. Mattison
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Putnam Square
Vermont
Third World Nations Meet for New Economic Order
Colombo Sri Lanka UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim urged leaders of 85 nonaligned nations to address international terrorism. The five day summit opened amid protests against Western financial institutions and actions by the United States Israel South Africa and Rhodesia.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
UPI
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
United States
Israel
South Africa
Rhodesia
United Nations
Entebbe
Uganda
Security Council
Council
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
New York
London
Zurich
Paris
New York tightens controls on Ticonderoga mill discharge
New York environmental officials will impose stricter limits on International Paper’s Ticonderoga mill discharges into Lake Champlain, ending an eight year dispute with Vermont. The plan raises costs to about 3 million dollars beyond 75 million already spent on new mill and pollution controls. Daily solids limits target 10 000 pounds average and 20 000 pounds maximum with 50 mg per liter concentration, exceeding federal guidelines by about 40 percent.
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Albany, N.Y
UPI
New York
International Paper Co
Ticonderoga
Lake Champlain
Vermont
International Paper
Peter Berle
Berle
EnCon
Torn Republican party opens convention today
The 31st Republican National Convention begins in Kansas City as Ford and Reagan clash for the nomination. Ford faces a slim path with under 100 uncommitted delegates and a delegate lead for a first-ballot win slipping away, while Reagan works to erode Ford’s support and test Mississippi’s bloc can vote individually if unit rules break.
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Kansas City
UPI
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Kemper Arena
California
GOP
Reagan
Washington
Crown Center
Mississippi
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Richard Schweicker
Pennsylvania
Gil Carmichael
Harry Dent
Convention Rules Committee
John P. Lee Gop
Dorset Republican town chair announces for Assembly seat
Dorset Republican town chair man declares candidacy for General Assembly seat. Local party gathering endorses plan as county politics touch on state legislative race.
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Safire
Dorset
General Assembly
Cambridge
N.Y
Vermont
Generals
Guadeloupe eruption feared as 130000 flee La Soufriere
A rumbling La Soufriere in Guadeloupe belches ash and fumes prompting mass evacuation of about 130000 people from southern Basse Terre. Officials warn of explosive potential rivaling atomic bombs as refugees seek shelter in camps and private homes.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre
la Soufriere
Pierre Brousse
Paris
Basse Terre
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