Paula Welden missing for three decades in Vermont mystery
Bennington recounts Paula Jean Welden's 1946 disappearance after a hike in the Bickford Hollow area. The Stamford Connecticut teen, then 18 and a Bennington College student, vanished as searches, tips, and even a clairvoyant failed to uncover her fate. Her case helped spur a Vermont state police force and remains a famous unsolved mystery with decades of investigations and rumors.
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Bennington
Paula Jean Welden
Stamford
Conn
Bennington College
Long Trail
Bickford Hollow
Woodford
Vermont
Paula
W. Archibald Welden
Connecticut
Mt. Anthony
Middie Rivers
Paula Welden
Weather Outlook For Two Days Of Snow And Cold
Light snow gives way to mostly sunny skies then clouding tonight as light flurries may develop Thursday. Cold with highs in the upper teens to 20s and low teens tonight. Sunset at 4 20 and sunrise at 7 06.
Brezhnev urges Carter push stalled arms pact
Brezhnev publicly urged the incoming Carter administration to prioritize the stalled Soviet American strategic arms accord. He called for ending the year old freeze and urged action in the same spirit, addressing 150 American business and government executives at a Kremlin dinner during the U S USSR Trade and Economic Council meeting. The leader linked trade policy to concessions on emigration and most favored nation status, noting two way trade could exceed 2 5 billion this year as grain sales boost exports.
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Christopher S. Wren
N.Y. Times
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Washington
Brezhnev
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Kremlin
U.s.-Ussr
Congress
Soviet Union
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Department of Commerce
United States
Lee Brezhnev
Selectmen refuse park fee amid budget stand
Bennington selectmen vote to halt a final bill of about 2000 for Memorial Park planning. Absent Morrissey and Leake, Perrott, Corcoran, and Eastman backed the move, with Sheridan abstaining, denying more than 7400 to Rist-Frost Associates and Allen Organization.
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John Leaning
Bennington
Memorial Park
Gerald Morrissey
Richard Leake
Richard Perrott
Rist-Frost Associates
Allen Organization
Perrott
Timothy Corcoran
Lorraine Eastman
Paul Sheridan
Selectmen
Gilmore wins right to facing Utah firing squad
Gary Gilmore won approval from the Utah Board of Pardons to proceed with his execution but failed to win opponents of the death penalty to drop their opposition. The board ruled 2-1 against commute or delay, prompting immediate appeals and a pending hearing to set a new execution date.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Utah Board of Pardons
Gilmore
4Th District
Provo
J. Robert Bullock
Utah
Noall Wootton
Bennie Bushnell
Wootton
Bullock
Ronald Stanger
Britain Presses Devolution Plan For Scotland and Wales
LONDON. The Labour government moves toward devolution by proposing elected Scottish and Welsh assemblies by spring 1978 to dampen independence drives and preserve the United Kingdom. Leader Michael Foot vows to push the bill through before 1977 end, while nationalist parties warn of discrimination and seek stronger powers or independence. Foot flags oil revenues as UK, not regional, funds.
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United Kingdom
Michael Foot
House of Commons
Foot
Dafydd Williams
Plaid Cymru
Wales
Scotland
Britain
North Sea
England
Inside Edit highlights a Vermont born president and more on Page 4
This week’s museum column reveals a U S president born in Vermont not Coolidge, plus an editorial on Judge Morrissey’s ruling about disclosing names on Salmon’s pardon list. Page 4 also notes David Broder on Larry O’Brien’s Carter advice.
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Vermont
Coolidge
Morrissey
Salmon
David Broder
Larry O’brien
Carter
John Gardner
Hoosick Falls
UPS Near Settlement Could End Five Month East Coast Strike
About 18 000 Teamsters on strike against United Parcel Service were summoned to the union’s national headquarters to review a new contract offer. The move suggests the talks may end the 15 state stoppage that tied up pre Christmas shipments on the East Coast. Details of the offer were not released and it was unclear if the union would recommend acceptance. The strike began September 16.
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Washington
UPS
United Parcel Service
Parcel Service
Teamsters
Judge's pardon list access to court is ruled in dispute
The Vermont Supreme Court may decide if pardon recipient names become public records The WCAX station will appeal Superior Judge John Morrissey ruling that pardons are public records but viewable only with a good reason The case centers on Gov Salmon withholding pardons citing privacy and a court order blocking release from the Parole Board chairman
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Burlington
UPI
State Supreme Court
WCAX
John Morrissey
Peter Martin
Morrissey
Thomas Salmon
Attorney General’s Office
Salmon
State Parole Board
Raymond Giroux
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Overlea Inn
North
Reuben Levin
Readsboro
Adams
Mass
Boston
Ft. Devens
Middle Rivers
Shaftsbury
Shell Station
North Bennington
Arlington
Stanger
Thomas Jones
Pardons Board
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
U.S. Supreme Court
Jones
Robert Excel White
Texas Electric Chair
White
High Court
London
Scottish National Party
Scottish Assembly
Shaftsbury Ptg
John Page
MAU
Fidrych
Barnes
Murtaugh
Dorsett
Heisman
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