Steamtrain to Reach Bennington Through Labor Day
Vermont Steamtrain resumes runs from Burlington to Bennington starting Wednesday at 2 PM, weather permitting. Anthony Egan said delays may occur due to flooding damage near Manchester, with hopes of a band at arrival. The expedition secured $28,000 for contractor services through September 6, after paying Steamtown Inc. $21,000 earlier.
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Mortgagees bid for Haystack as completion vows fade
Haystack Corp creditors heard AMI and RGI offer to buy the Wilmington ski resort and 293 lots for 200000 to 300000 to cover fees and debts. Deeds would go to lot owners, with 867 contract vendees to obtain new mortgages, but completion remains uncertain amid 5.7 million needed for development and pending appraisals.
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Rutland
Haystack Corp
Wilmington
U.S. District Court
Haystack
Associated Mortgage Investors
AMI
Realty Growth Investors
RGI
Charles J. Marro
Brattleboro
Richard M. Gale
Vermont
Marro
Bankers Credit Service of Vermont Inc
BCS
Lee Haystack
Truth squad shadows Carter in campaign push
President Ford taps Robert Dole as a one man truth squad to challenge Jimmy Carter. Carter speaks at an American Legion convention in Seattle and at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines while outlining military spending cuts and farm policy. Dole plans to follow Carter in Iowa and meet reporters in Washington. Carter met Hollywood stars in West Coast events and urged public servants to serve the poor and oppressed.
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Robert Dole
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Jimmy Carter
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American Legion
Seattle
Pentagon
Congress
Dole
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Fair
Kansas
Hawkeye
Washington
West Coast
Hollywood
Warren Beatty
Carroll O’connor
Louise Lasser
Sidney Poitier
Faye Dunaway
Diana Ross
Neil Simon
Lee Grant
George Peppard
Jack
Bennington man to buy expand Hoosick Falls plastics firm
Robert C. Wagner of North Bennington is set to take ownership September 1 of Specialty Insulation Manufacturing Co. in Hoosick Falls. He plans to expand output to several times current levels, aiming for about 100 employees. A new corporation, Catamount Manufacturing, will buy Specialty August 31, with the old name to be replaced soon after. Wagner says the transfer will not create unemployment, and current contracts will be renegotiated under new management.
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Bennington Man
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Robert C. Wagner
North Bennington
Specialty Insulation Manufacturing Co
Center Street
Wagner
Specialty
Edmund Skorupski
Harold Rice
Carl Kempf
New York
Catamount Manufacturing
Bennington
Sprague Electric Co
North Adams
Mass
Specialty Purchase
Dorothy Butler
Williamstown
Hoosick
The many faces of Peter Diamondstone
Vermont activist Peter Diamondstone remains with the Liberty Union and pursues the attorney general post. The piece notes his persistent bid despite slim chances and the evolving, yet constant, portrait of his political persona.
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Peter Diamondstone
John Leaning
Vermont
Liberty Union Party
Attorney General’s Office
Diamondstone
Carter backs blanket pardon for draft evaders
President hopeful Carter told the American Legion in Seattle he would grant a blanket pardon for those who violated Selective Service laws to end Vietnam era division. He outlined defense goals of lean, muscular forces, cost cuts, and peace talks, urging openness between government branches.
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Wesley G. Pippert
Seattle
UPS
Jimmy Carter
American Legion Today
Carter
Ford
Los Angeles
Congress
Police admit assassination in Soweto violence
In Soweto, a government sharpshooter killed an alleged black ring leader during violence after a general strike began. Police report 80 percent of township laborers stayed away, while in Cape Town police charged about 500 blacks with teargas. A bus was stoned injuring a black driver and a passenger.
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South Africa
UPI
Soweto
Cape Town
Here
S. W. le Roux
Antiriot
North Korea to meet UN group on ambush deaths at DMZ
North Korea and the U N Command agreed to hold a Korean Armistice Commission meeting Wednesday to discuss the slayings of two American officers in the Demilitarized Zone. The talks follow President Ford's call and a softened U S stance on North Korea's note of regret. The U S carrier Midway operated off Korea's east coast with about 75 aircraft.
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Panmunjom
Korea
UPI
North Korea
U.N. Command
Korean Armistice Commission
Demilitarized Zone
Ford
Vail
Colo
U.S
State Department
Midway
Inside National and Local Notebook Highlights
On the Inside National items cover PCB ban passage, Viking 2 life search, and arson at Boston Playboy Club. Local notes include Burgess on phone company, Vermont Life on stands, Searsburg curve analysis, and Ford commentary. County mentions clown in Vermont, Morgan horse, and Shaftsbury estate gift. entertainment profiles Stoltz and screenwriting course. sports wrap mentions Dolphins, Phillies, and Salmon record review.
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Vermont
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Searsburg
Tom Braden
Gerry Ford
Morgan Horse
Shaftsbury
Stoltz
Dolphins
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Phillies
John Randolph
Salmon
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