Wallace Daley unite at Democratic unity plea in Kansas City
George Wallace and Richard Daley urged unity as Democrats opened the first mid term convention in U S history. Delegates debated a party charter while candidates courted 2035 delegates and labor balked at charter planks amid calls for wage and price controls.
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Daley
Kansas City
UPI
George C. Wallace
Richard Daley
Reform Democrats
White House
Chicago
Afl-Cio
George Meany
al Barkan
Meany
Robert Strauss
Eisenhower
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Blue Cross Blue Shield consider Vermont New Hampshire merger
Blue Cross and Blue Shield seek a single New Hampshire Vermont corporation in 1975 with separate state rate structures. Fifield said the merged group would set rates by state cost and hopes enabling legislation early in the session. Joint board of about 30 members proposed to replace two large existing boards.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
New Hampshire
Vermont
Oliver Fifield
Fifield
Insurance Commissioners
Supreme Courts of
James Guest
Frank Whaland
Ford
United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
General Motors
Rejuvenating Vermont's Queen City
Burlington redevelopment led by Arthur R. Hogan has driven a decade of downtown renewal since the late 1950s. The 27 acre project yielded new offices, slum clearance, and promises of more parking, retail space, and a new hotel as it spurs business growth amid tight funding.
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Russ Garland
Burlington
Arthur R. Hogan
Hogan
Church Street
Champlain Street
Battery Park
Ford pressed on souring economy amid rising unemployment
The November unemployment rate rose to 6.5 percent the highest since 1961 as thousands of workers nationwide received layoff notices. Ford officials forecast extended auto plant idlings, while GE and Westinghouse announced further layoffs. The White House eyed brisk public service jobs and energy conservation plans as Ford sought to offset oil import reliance.
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Ford
Labor Department
White House
Ron Nelsen
Nessen
Congress
Ford Motor Co
General Electric
Louisville
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Horseheads
N.Y
William Heller Inc
Moncks Corner
South Carolina
Trustees may restore UVM football and nursing programs
University of Vermont President Edward C. Andrews Jr warned trustees Friday they may overturn cuts to the football program and the two year nursing program as 40 citizens testified. Trustees planned a vote on the budget cuts Saturday with some seeking a one week delay. The nursing program appeared likeliest to survive. football was seen as less likely. Andrews cautioned the university still seeks 1.4 million dollars next year amid inflation and a state order to avoid budget increases.
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Andrews
Carey H. Howlett
Bridport
Thomas P. Salmon
Federal flood policy shift aims to move people from water
Arlington report recounts a shift in federal flood protection to restrict development in floodplains. Federal official Robert Archila explains that subsidized insurance and maps define flood-prone towns, with six months to appeal designations. He notes towns face a quick, rough mapping process and a goal to reduce taxpayer flood losses.
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Arlington
Robert L. Archila
St. Margaret Mary’s Parish
Bennington County Regional Commission
BCRC
Archila
Congress
New England
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Bennington County
Mills affair stalks Mills as Foxe seeks marriage
Fanne Foxe says she would marry Rep. Wilbur Mills after a turbulent scandal that involved an onstage kiss in Boston and Mills facing political uproar. Mills, 65, was hospitalized for extreme exhaustion, while Foxe, 38, describes a complex bond and hopes for marriage despite the controversy.
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Mills
Washington Park
Weather Outlook Signals Cloudy Weekend Rain and Snow
The forecast shows cloudy skies with highs in the low to mid 40s and overnight lows in the 30s. Rain is likely Sunday, with snow mixed in on higher elevations.
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Queen City
Richard Hughes
Dimitri Balatsos
Manufactuer Hanover Bank
New York
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Floyd H. Norris
University of Vermont
Edward C. Andrews Jr
Fanne Foxe
Wilbur
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