Cambridge group plots mini industrial park for Asgrow site
At a Cambridge Public meeting the Cambridge Professional and Businessmen's Association agreed to pursue buying and renovating 10 Victorian Asgrow Mandeville buildings for a small business park. The plan aims to reemploy about 180 laid off workers, with initial tax relief for five years and rents at break even. Officials discussed grants or loans but will finalize a detailed proposal before seeking funds.
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N.Y
Cambridge Professional and Businessmen’s Association
Asgrow-Mandeville Seed Company
Asgrow
Edward Pattison
Gerald Solomon
White Creek
Robert Wright
Walter R. Holbrook
Businessmen’s Association
Association
John Rich
Rich
Algrow
Pattison
Solomon
Charles Clark
Lake Champlain-Lake George
Ford Leads as GOP Convention Counts Voters for First Ballot
President Ford appears poised to win on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention after building a 1,130 plus delegate lead. Reagan's team vows to pressure on platform and rules to narrow the gap while officials warn of possible slippage and a late round of pledges.
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UPI
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Ronald Reagan
Mississippi
Doug Shanks
Shanks
Virginia
C.E. Hughes
Delaware
Reagan
James
Paul Laxalt
Sears
Kansas City, Mo
Illinois
Chicago
Don Totten
Marie Goodlow
Totten
FBI
Good
Rhodesians Said to Kill 1000 in Mozambique Raid
Tanzanian dispatch cites Mozambique Information Agency reporting up to 1000 killed in a raid by Rhodesian security forces on a refugee camp at Nagazonia in Manica province. Agency says 670 bodies found, medical staff expect toll to climb. Rhodesia claims attack on a nationalist command post near Aug 9 killed 300 guerrillas, 30 Mozambican troops, 10 civilians, and four white soldiers.
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Mozambique Information Agency
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Nagazonia
Manica
Philippine quake triggers 18 foot tsunami and mass deaths
A massive 8.0 earthquake struck the southern Philippines causing an 18 foot tsunami and over 1,000 deaths. Coastal towns were hit, Mindanao bore the epicenter, and Cotabato and Zamboanga reported heavy casualties. President Marcos declared a calamity as aftershocks followed and warnings continued.
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Philippines
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Red Cross
China
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Mindanao
Zamboanga
Ferdinand Marcos
Davao
National
Golden
Colo
Jolo
Marcos
Cotabato
Illana Bay
Quirino
Inside Local and Editorials Highlight GOP, State Dept Picks
O'Brien outlines an eight point energy plan and a 200 unit bloodmobile goal. Tom Braden questions the next secretary of State in an editorial. Wicker and Tony Lewis critique Republican candidates. Nostalgia at historic sites and school finance reviews headline culture. Stockton survives PGA scramble as John Randolph explains a design gimmick in a sports column.
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Tom Braden
Wicker
the Times
Tony Lewis
Park-McCullough
Manchester
Bennington College
Stockton
John Randolph
Offshore sale postponed hearing pleas by Marshall
The Interior Department postponed the offshore oil and gas lease sale of 876,000 acres near Delaware New Jersey and Long Island awaiting possible action by Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Affected regions include Baltimore Canyon with 154 tracts and potential oil and gas reserves worth billions, after appeals courts previously overturned an injunction. The appeals court scheduled a hearing for the week of Sept 27 on the challenge by New York State Nassau and Suffolk counties and the National Resources Defense Council.
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Supreme Court
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Statler Hilton
Thurgood Marshall
Long Island
Nassau and Suffolk
National Resources Defense Council
Baltimore Canyon
Delaware
New Jersey
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District
Jack Weinstein
New York State
the Resources Council
Can Salmon win primary in Vermont race analysis
Vermont politics buzz as Scott Skinner camps in Brattleboro seeking the Democratic Senate nomination against Gov. Salmon. Skinner, a Vermont resident since 1972 and longtime lobbyist, challenges established Democrats and garners attention from Leahy supporters and Republicans. The primary is Sept. 14, with Stafford or Welch looming for the winner.
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Vermont
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U.S. Senate
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Stafford
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Senate
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John Medieros
Vermat
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Richard W. Mallory
Leahy
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
Ralph Nader
Burlington
Winooski
Guilford
John Kristensen
Salmon
Chittenden County
Douglas Tudhope
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Tudhope
Newfane
M. Jerome Diamond
WCAX
Windham County
Bellows Falls
Montpelier
Kristensen
Mary Casey
Democratic Committee
Ron Squires
Tom Salmon
Francis A
Buddy) Speno
Brattleboro Democratic
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