Hohman gets 30 years to life
George Jack Hohman of Bennington was sentenced to 30 years to life for second degree murder of a 15 year old Bennington girl. The judge rejected bail pending appeal and Hohman was placed in custody to begin serving the sentence.
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Addison County
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Hoh
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Windsor County Public Defender
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Graham
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William Keefe
Bolton
George Hohman
Carter names Vance Secretary of State and Lance Budget Director
Jimmy Carter announced Cyrus Vance will be secretary of state and Thomas Bertram Lance budget director. Vance, 59, a negotiator and Washington insider, will delegate most negotiating while pursuing renewed arms talks and Middle East peace efforts. Lance, 45, is president of the National Bank of Georgia and longtime Carter associate.
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UPI
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Washington
Atlanta
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Vance
New York
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Middle East
Kissinger
Ford Administration
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
Cyprus
Lance
The
National Bank of Georgia
New Englanders thaw after first snow
United Press International reports a region thaw after a fierce early winter blast. Motorists faced frozen locks and dead batteries as temperatures plunged to zero and below across six states. High winds and ice turned highways into skating rinks while emergency calls surged.
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United Press International
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Massachusetts
Vermont towns to receive nearly 1.5 million in public works funds
Vermont cities and towns will soon get checks totaling about 1.5 million dollars in federal counter cyclical public works funds. The money comes from the Public Works Act of 1976 and was mailed from the federal office of revenue sharing. Distribution uses each community’s revenue sharing allotment and local unemployment rates, per Gov. Salmon’s proposal to use a state unemployment basis.
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UPI
Vermont
Federal Office of Revenue Sharing
Thomas Salmon
Supreme Court grants stay in Gilmore case
The Supreme Court issued a temporary stay of Gary Mark Gilmore's execution, asking Utah to file papers by 5 p.m. EST Dec 7. The stay came on the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's request and followed Utah Supreme Court’s denial of a stay for Gilmore’s mother.
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Gilmore
Washington
UPI
Gary Mark Gilmore
Utah
High Court
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Bessie Gilmore
Utah State Supreme Court
Robert Excell White
Texas Electric Chair
Draper
Park-McCullough House an unlikely success story
A North Bennington mansion once doomed by neglect and cost has become a thriving combination museum and community center. Since 1968 a foundation and later the Park-McCullough House Association transformed the Civil War estate into a functioning cultural hub. By 1975 title shifted to the association and in late 1976 the group speaks with growing independence and optimism.
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Park- McCullough
North Bennington
Elmer Johnson
Hall Park McCullough
Park-McCullough House
The
Park-McCullough House Association
Tordis Ilg Isselhardt
Weekend Snowfall Forecast for Local Area
Weather briefing notes snow mostly cloudy with periods of snow likely tapering off early Saturday night. Snow accumulation around an inch with temperatures from 15 to 25 degrees. Sunday will be clearing and cold.
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