Pedal People conclude 560 mile Burlington to Montreal ride
Seventeen youths and three adults completed a 280 mile ride from Burlington to Montreal and back riding bikes loaded on a trailer after traveling by car. The group included Mr and Mrs Whittemore and Mrs Steffen with no rain or mishaps until the last day.
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Burlington
Montreal
Joel
Carolyn) Whittemore
Thomas
Nancy Jean) Steffen
Bennington
Queen City
Middlebury
Robert
Marian) Cummings
Doria Threatens New England With Hurricane Watch
Hurricane watches stretched along southern New England as Tropical Storm Doria moved up the coast toward six states. Warnings reached Portsmouth New Hampshire while gale alerts extended to Eastport Maine. Civil Defense units in four states were on alert as Doria, at 60 mph winds offshore, approached Long Island and the Connecticut coast.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Doria
National Weather Service
Manasquam
N.J
Cape Ann
Gloucester
New York City
Connecticut
Portsmouth
N.H
Eastport
Maine
Allen Zenowitz
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Long
Land
N.Y
North Carolina
Cape Lookout
N.C
National Hurricane Center
Atlantic
Norfolk
Long Island
Ky seeks high court order to remove his name
In Saigon, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky asked Vietnam's Supreme Court to strike his name from the Oct. 5 presidential ballot, hoping to withdraw as the election is deemed unlawful. The court had last week put Ky and Truong Vinh Le on the ballot, despite ineligibility concerns, while Thieu campaign efforts continue.
East Germans back Big Four plan on Berlin status
East Germany said it would not block talks with West Germany to implement the Big Four agreement on Berlin. Neues Deutschland praised the accord as recognizing sovereignty and limiting West German rights in West Berlin, while noting details remained secret. Talks by Britain France the Soviet Union and the United States were set to start next month after government approval.
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Berlin
Neues Deutschland
Communist Party
West Berlin
Europe
West Germany
Federal Republic
East Germany
West
France
Soviet Union
United States
Weather outlook with showers and mild temperatures
Rain today and tonight diminishing to a few showers Sunday. Local streams may flood. Lows near mid 50s to 60s with highs in mid 60s to 70s today and tomorrow. Precipitation chances fall to 80 percent tonight as easterly winds rise to 12 to 25 mph.
Romney floats profit curb in wage price plan
UPI reports Housing Secretary Romney urged including corporate profits in long term wage price controls while labor leaders resist. He backs a wage price review board with court backed enforcement and hints at excess profits tax. Japan lets yen float boosting US competitive edge as business indicators rise and Dow nudges higher.
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Washington
UPI
America
George Romney
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Romney
Canada
U.S
Treasury Department
United States
Japan
Justice Department
Labor
James D Hodgson
Meany
U.S. denies funds for school busing
The Nixon administration announced the first $22.5 million of a total $62 million in desegregation grants and said none may be used for pupil transportation. Office of Education officials cited White House policy to avoid busing funding, with Hillsboro County School Board in Tampa receiving the largest award at 2.225 million and Jackson Miss. district next at 2.0165 million. Funds are spread across multiple southern and border states.
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Washington
UPI
Office of Education
Herman R. Goldberg
Goldberg
White House
Nixon
Hillsboro County School Board
Tampa
Fla
Jackson, Miss
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Gov Davis Tours Earth Peoples Park Commune
Gov Deane C. Davis spent several hours at Earth Peoples Park in the Northeast Kingdom. The 70-year-old governor toured cabins, gardens, and spoke with about 100 inhabitants, saying their land devotion seemed genuine and well held. He visited after rumors and wanted to see it himself.
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Norton
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Earth Peoples’ Park
Northeast Kingdom
Davis
Bennington Water Dept Regulars Hike To Camp Coomash
In the mid-1920s an inspection tour of Sucker Pond was a regular Bennington Water Department trek. The group also hiked there repeatedly to meet at Camp Coomash with walking sticks. Pictured from rear left are Harry G. Breese, Joseph M. Ayres, former health officer, F. Haviland Sibley, Robert K. Smith, the only one still living and a Water Board member, Grover.
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Sucker Pond
Bennington
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John P. Morrissey
Raymond E. Howard
Harry Phillips
Lucretius H. Ross
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