North Bennington may take title to historic railroad station
North Bennington Village Trustees seek voter approval next Wednesday December 9 to accept title to the old North Bennington Railroad station at no cost, with a donor offering to cover restoration if the village assumes maintenance. The 1880s brick building, once a bustling hub, has fallen into disrepair and could host commercial uses or a community center if restored.
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North Bennington
McCullough
North
Fred Welling
Welling
Little League
Main Street
Montreal
Troy
New York City
Lyon Calls for injunction as Vernon fuel arrives at plant
Bennington College biologist Dr. Irving Lyon urged Attorney General James Jeffords to seek an immediate injunction halting Vernon reactor activities. He cited a Vermont Yankee release announcing the first uranium fuel shipment arriving to support loading next April, and questioned lack of open inspection by independent engineers. Lyon, also with Save New England and the Committee for Survival, pressed Jeffords for full hearings and 50 questions on health and safety before further Vernon action.
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Irving Lyon
James M. Jeffords
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Bennington College
State Board of Health
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Albert A. Cree
Lyon
AEC
Save New England
Six-State
Committee For Survival
Jeffords
Brattleboro Health Board
Rowe, Mass
Cree
Health Board
Inside Editorials on Dr Irving Lyon 50 Questions
On the Inside Editorials section comment on Dr Irving Lyon's 50 questions and the latest snafu in Bennington affairs. The Mankiewicz Braden column questions if the Hickel lesson of don't talk back to the boss will work. Hoosick Falls school board opposes county sales tax for education. Hans Thorner has an I told you so for the ski people who made snow for Thanksgiving.
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Irving Lyon
Bennington
Mankiewicz-Braden
Hickel
Hoosick Falls
Hans Thorner
Montreal holds siege as Cross kidnapping near break
Canadian forces seal a four block area in Montreal surrounding a two story house believed to hold British diplomat James Cross. Police say Cross alive and negotiations with FLQ are underway as bomb squads and riot police顶 brace for possible booby traps. Prime Minister Trudeau uses wartime powers to tighten control over FLQ suspects while St Helen's Island remains closed.
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Montreal
UPI
James R. Cross
FLQ
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Army
St. Helen’s Island
Cross
Cuba
Jerome Choquette
Canada
Laporte
St. Lamert
Armstrong Street
St. Hubert
St. Lawrence River
Berne
Switzerland
Des Recollets Street
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Ottawa
Trudeau
Pownal Ready for School Bond Vote No 5
POWNAL Vermont voters face a $600000 bond for a 34000 square foot two level addition to Pownal Elementary School. Electric heating would be installed if approved. Voting is Tuesday December 8 at Town Hall from 10 am to 7 pm after three pre referendum hearings with limited turnout.
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Pownal
North Pownal
Town Hall
Aiken weighs SST vote ahead of congressional decision
U.S. Senator George D. Aiken declines to reveal how he will vote on the 290 million SST appropriation for two Boeing prototype aircraft. He cites need to balance rural air service, industry leadership, and potential environmental research while noting General Electric’s Vermont impact. Page 16, Col. 1.
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Washington
U.S
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Boeing
Senate
Vermont
Winston L. Prouty
Aiken
New England
General Electric
Caetano proposes autonomy for Africa colonies in Portuguese reform
Portuguese premier Marcello Caetano unveils sweeping constitutional changes aimed at granting self government to colonies such as Angola and Mozambique, expanding individual rights, curbing police powers, and ending press censorship. Liberation struggles continue amid bold moves toward a modern democratic nation.
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Lisbon
API
Marcello Caetano
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Caetano
Angola
Africa
Mozambique
Veterans describe torture and murder of Viet Cong prisoners
A group of Vietnam era veterans testified at an unofficial inquiry that American soldiers tortured and murdered Viet Cong prisoners to extract information. They alleged prisoners were thrown from helicopters and subjected to electric shocks to genitals and breasts, with others driven into the ears by six inch pegs and women threatened with further abuse.
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Washington
UPI
Livingston
Kenneth B. Osborne
Osborne
Edward Murphy
Philadelphia
Stephen S. Noetzel
New York Area
Murphy
Boot camp in reverse proposed for returning Vietnam vets
Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Charles J. Levy urged a "boot camp in reverse" to ease veterans back into civilian life, citing disorientation and blurred lines between Vietnam and home. Testimony to the Senate Veterans Affairs Subcommittee included taped veteran excerpts and accounts of dehumanization, violence, and trauma lasting after the war.
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Washington
UPI
Harvard
Charles J. Levy
Senate Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
Vietnam
Levy
Subcommittee
Veterans claims helicopter killings of Viet Cong prisoners
UPI reports Rev. Herbert Gardiner a Vietnam veteran recounts seeing three or four cases of Viet Cong prisoners forced to jump to their deaths from American helicopters to frighten others into talking. He says his lieutenant dismissed the incidents as part of the brutal war. Gardiner, now disabled and a Queens VFW chaplain, condemns the acts as unnecessary harmful beyond wartime necessity.
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New York
UPI
Herbert Gardiner
Vietnam
Gardiner
Queens County Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Burlington
Will North
Quebec Liberation Front
By Geoffrey Chapman
Colonies
Salazar
National Veterans Inquiry
Gordon Livingston
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Livingston
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Col
George S. Patton
Robert J. Lifton
Yale University
Hiroshima
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