Ford predicts new grain sales to Soviet Union
President Ford told Des Moines crowds that U.S. grain shipments to the Soviet Union will rise as forecasters predict a record harvest. He cited 9.8 million tons purchased so far in 1975 and noted Agriculture Secretary Butz’s call to temporarily delay further sales, a move Meany called piracy.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
U.S
Soviet Union
Des Moines
Iowa
Earl Butz
Russia
Strikers press ILGW at Catamount Dyers in Bennington
Strikers outside Catamount Dyers in Bennington demand recognition by the International Ladies Garment Workers. Cheryl Bennett says she was fired for union activity and a National Labor Relations Board unfair labor practice charge is filed. Union organizer Joseph Danahy notes a prior CB Sports victory aiding the effort as weeks of organizing continue.
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Benmont Avenue
Bennington
CB Sports Inc
Catamount Dyers Inc
International Ladies Garment Workers
Joseph Danahy
National Labor Relations Board
Boston
Bennett
Danahy
CB Sports’ Workers
Catamount Dyers
Antiunion
Ford urges bigger military budget unless Soviet help on SALT II
President Ford told the American Legion in Minneapolis he will seek an additional 2 to 3 billion dollars for nuclear weapons unless the Soviet Union helps shape a strategic arms agreement. He warned detente could be endangered by Soviet actions in Portugal and urged firmness to keep the United States first in military strength.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Ford
Congress
Soviet Union
Portugal
American Legion
United States
Des Moines
Iowa
Vail
Colo
Pekin
Peoria
Ill
Drought aides reach Franklin County farmers via pumps
State Civil Defense and National Guard units began aiding water-starved farmers in Franklin County. Pumps were set up at Lake Carmi as Gov. Salmon declared the county a disaster area and authorized $25,000 in state funds for an initial piping and pumping operation.
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Franklin
UPI
National Guard
Franklin County
Lake Carmi
Thomas Salmon
Montpelier
Salmon
IRA denies knowledge of Bronfman kidnapers
UPI reports court appointed lawyers describe the two suspects, Mel P. Lynch and Dominic Byrne, as amateurs in a ransom plot tied to the Bronfman kidnapping. IRA denies any link while authorities pursue state charges, bail battles, and details of the ransom payment and victim’s condition.
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IRA
Bronfman
New York
UPI
Samuel Bronfman II
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Belfast
U.S
Seagram
Brooklyn
Paul Curran
United States
Republic of Ireland
Martin Jacobs
William Higgins
Lynch
Peter DeBlasio
FBI
Joseph Conley
Edgar Bronfman
Yorktown Heights
N.Y
Ann Margaret Loeb
Purchase
Young Bronfman
O'Brien to join Leahy staff from Vermont agriculture post
Leo O'Brien announced he will leave his October post as Vermont agriculture commissioner to join Senator Patrick Leahy on Capitol Hill. The move follows support from Gov. Salmon and signals scrutiny of farm policy, food security, and Rural Development Act funding. O'Brien will work from Burlington and continue dairy farm ties.
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Montpelier
Leo O’brien
Agriculture
Patrick Leahy
Leahy
Senate Agriculture Committee
O’brien
Congress
Salmon
America
Farmers Home Administration
Vermont
Washington
Burlington
Inside National and Local Notice Highlights Page Mix
National reporting previews housing recovery signals with a Jimmy Hoffa alive angle and a spouse illness affecting return home. Local feature recounts Saratoga battles through a historian’s dramatic lens on page 3.
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Jimmy Hoffa
Saratoga
Hoffa Photo Appears In Mail With Disappeared Leader
UPI received a mailed photograph showing a man who appears to be James R. Hoffa standing behind an unidentified man in a wheelchair. No explanation accompanied the image. Hoffa had vanished 20 days earlier in a Detroit suburb.
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Detroit
UPI
United Press International
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Rescue Flight From East to West Amid Firefight
Pilot Barry Meeker and his partner evacuated four East German escapees from Czechoslovakia under fire. Meeker was wounded in the elbow and side, another bullet struck an escapee, while the helicopter sustained hits. They crossed into Austria and eventually reached Traunstein in West Germany for medical aid.
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Traunstein
West Germany
UPI
Barry Meeker
Vitava
Czechoslovakia
Meeker
Austria
Munich
Traunstein City Hospital
West
Czech
Authority to crack down at Willowbrook housing project
The Bennington Housing Authority reviewed tenants complaints at Willowbrook and began steps to reduce noise and inspect apartments. Eviction could follow if decibel levels do not fall. A fire alarm option and regular inspections were discussed as part of HUD guidelines. A Williams College study offered a $23,000 playground plan, funded to $6,000. The board also considered HUD Section 8 program participation to address rent gaps and repairs.
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Bennington Housing Authority
Willowbrook
Wesley E. Buzzell
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Buzzell
HUD
Timothy Smith
Raymond Scott
Smith
Town Fire Department
Costin
Hall Cushman
Authority
Cushman
Williams College
Richard V. Perrott
Phyllis Agard
Williams Group
John G. Simson
Bennington County
Simson
BCRC
Bennington
Housing Authority
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William Kuhfuss
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Kansas
Robert Bennet
Tony Dechant
National Farm Union
Catamount
Cheryl Bennett
U.S.S.R
Union For
Lee
Mel P. Lynch
Dominic Byrne
Gov. Salmon
Senate
Sen
Robert Stafford
Agriculture Department
Robert Wilson
Wilson
Arlington Water Co
Tom Braden
Bennington Rotary — Oil Industry
Sunderland
Hoosick Falls
Phils
Pirates
John Randolph
Somerset ‘Lake
Bulletin
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