Krogh Pleads Guilty and Drops National Security Defense
Egil Bud Krogh Jr., once head of the White House plumbers, pleads guilty to one count of civil rights violation over breaking into Dr. Lewis Fielding’s office to obtain Pentagon Papers material on Ellsberg. He says conscience no longer supports a national security defense and may testify against associates. sentencing postponed.
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Krogh
Daniel Ellsberg
Special Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Gesell
Fielding
Jawaorski
Gas rationing considered but not yet required
President Nixon’s energy task force told him rationing remains a future possibility, not a necessity, contingent on success of conservation measures. John Love urged utilities to convert to coal and noted a pricing plan to shift refinery output from gasoline to heating oil. Nixon had announced a 15 percent cut in gasoline allocations and a parallel increase for home heating oil.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Task Force On Energy
John A. Love
Love
Cost of Living Council
Nation
Colorado
Sirica moves to turn over four Watergate tapes to grand jury
Washington Judge John J. Sirica said four Nixon Watergate tapes could be released to the grand jury immediately after a Jaworski request to avoid delays. He will review five other tapes earlier sent by the White House and decide if they should go to the grand jury.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
John J. Sirica
Nixon
Grand Jury
Sirica
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
John W. Dean III
Dean
White House
Weekend Weather Outlook With Snow Flurries Likely
A cloudy Saturday brings occasional snow flurries, breezy and colder with highs in the 30s. Saturday night will clear and grow colder, with mountain lows near zero to ten above and higher teens elsewhere. Sunday dials back to mostly sunny with another high in the 30s.
Stove Boom In Vermont As Energy Crisis Spurs Firebox Craze
Do it yourself heat is rising as The Firebox stove gains traction in New England. Dave Lipps of Richmond Mass designs a versatile unit burning wood or coal, with top loading and a detachable front that becomes a grill. Tuttle’s prints $139 price. demand clips supply as chainsaws and axes fly off shelves.
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Geoffrey Chapman
Route 7
Vermont
West
New England
Dave Lipps
Richmond
Mass
Lipps
Bennington
Tuttle’s
Capitol rhetoric fuels Vermont 1974 race over capital gains tax
Vermont politicking heats up as House Speaker Walter Kennedy and Gov. Thomas Salmon clash over the capital gains tax. Kennedy denounces the tax as a disaster and urges repeal, while Salmon argues the tax is working and aims to make it the top issue next year. The GOP seeks unity to reclaim the State House, with former Gov. Deane Davis poised to push party cohesion. Salmon faces eroding GOP support as party leadership weighs a fresh strategy for 1974.
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Republican Party
U.S. Senate
George D. Aiken
Kennedy
Salmon
Chelsea
John T. Gray
Gray
Vermont
James Jeffords
South Burlington
Luther Hackett
State House
Stewart Smith
GOP
State Republican Committee
Congress
Better TV seeks to prove its worth with new leaders and ideas
Better TV in Bennington has a new manager James Ross replacing Tom Owen who moves to Holyoke and South Hadley Massachusetts. Colony Communications of Providence owns both systems. The CAASV arts group proposes using existing cable facilities for community programming including meetings and school events. Local response could determine how far the plan goes.
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Better TV
Antenna Pictures
Better TV Inc
James Ross
Ross
Tom Owen
Bennington
Owen
Holyoke
South Hadley
Mass
Colony Communications Inc
Providence
R.I
Colony
George L. Sisson Jr
Sisson
Community Arts Association of
Vermont
CAASV
Arts Association
PSB Asked to Approve Lower Grade Fuel Use
Green Mountain Power seeks Public Service Board permission to burn No 2 home heating fuel at its Berlin 50 000 kilowatt gas turbine plant. The request aims to ease a No 1 fuel oil shortage while air quality officials may be consulted before a ruling.
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Montpelier
UPI
Public Service Board
Berlin
PSB
Gordon Stensrud
Green Mountain Power
Stensrud
Sage City Symphony marks first birthday concert Sunday
Bass soloist Richard Frisch brings strong Copland ties to the Sage City Symphony birthday program at 8 p.m. Sunday in North Bennington Elementary School gym. Frisch, Bennington College faculty member, is noted for contemporary works and Copland interpretations. The program also includes a percussive tribute to Gene Krupa led by tympanist Grecia Alexiev. The concert is free and open to the public.
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Richard Frisch
Sage City Symphony
Frisch
Bennington College
Stravinsky
Abraham and
Isaac
Aaron Copland
Copland
America
Gene Krupa
Grecia Alexiev
North Bennington
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Charles “Tuck” Nichols
Dorset
Manchester
Deane C. Davis
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Banner
Green Mountain
Copland Interpreter
Scribner
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