Democrats end mid-term convention with unity
In Kansas City 2500 delegates closed a three day Democratic mini convention with a new party charter and renewed unity. The event produced the first formal constitution for a major party and signaled momentum toward 1976. No clear presidential front runner emerged despite talks by Udall Jackson Carter and others.
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Kansas City
UPI
Democrats
White House
Robert Strauss
Democratic Party
America
U.S
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Alabama
George Wallace
Labor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Miki Becomes Japan Prime Minister After Tanaka Affair
Takeo Miki, a veteran lawmaker known as the Liberal Democratic party’s "Mr. Clean," won a Diet vote to become Japan’s 66th prime minister, succeeding Kakuei Tanaka amid a political scandal. The ruling LDP secured 278 to 117 over Socialist Tomomi Narita as Tanaka resigned following accusations of wealth buildup linked to money politics. Miki, 67, and long a deputy leader, has been praised for balancing ties with the United States and Communist nations and helped restore China relations during his tenure with the LDP.
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Tokyo
UPI
Takeo Miki
Diet
Miki
Kakuei Tanaka
Liberal Democratic Party
Tomomi Narita
Socialist Party
Sanzo Nozaka
Communist Party
Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Koemito Party
Ikko Kasuga
Democratic Socialist Party
Japan
Mr. Clean
Tanaka
Bungei Shunju
United States
China
Vermont football ends after trustees vote to cut program
Forty three University of Vermont players face transfers after the board of trustees, by 12-7 vote, ended the 77 year old football program to save money. Athletics and students debated the loss as alumni rallied while several players weighed new offers.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
Carl Falivene
Decison
Vermont
Rocky Thompson
Bob Bateman
Gary Gottfried
Gottfried
Denis Lambert
Edward C. Andrews Jr
Centennial Field
Falivene
Hoisington Real Estate Leader Dies At 47
William E. Hoisington, 47, of Bennington and owner of Hoisington Real Estate Agency, died early Sunday after a heart attack. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Second Congregational Church. interment in Park Lawn Cemetery vault with spring burial at Factory Point Cemetery in Manchester. Hoisington, a former Vermont Realtor of the Year, was president of the Vermont Association of Realtors in 1972 and at death led the Bennington County Board of Realtors. He founded his agency in 1968 after eight years with Lonergan & Thomas Inc, and helped assemble local shopping centers. He served in civic roles, including Bennington Free Library president, zoning board member, Rotary, and others, and had run unsuccessfully for the legislature.
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William E. Hoisington
Bennington
Hoisington Real Estate Agency
Adams St
Second Congregational Church
Thomas D. Steffen
Park Lawn
Factory Point
Manchester
Vermont Realtor
Vermont Association of Realtors
Bennington County Board of Realtors
Lonergan & Thomas Inc
Hoisington Realty
Main Street
Vermont Appraisal Society
Ernest W
Gloria
Williamson) Hoisington
Agawam
Mass
St. Joseph Junior College
Russell Sage College
Troy
N.Y
Tri-State Realtors Institute of
Concord
N.H
Bennington Free Library Board
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Rotary Club
Board of Civil Authority
Hoisington
Inside Mondays bridal page lacks brides and features divorces
On the Inside Mondays bridal page shows no brides but many divorces. The TRB column asks if Planet Earth can survive. Gerald Raftery urges applying one man one vote to the United Nations. The Octavec column debates free will versus determinism. Winners of bicentennial medal contest named with their designs. Vermont Yankee returns to service after two months. Levi Strauss impact on blue denim boosts demand. MAU Patriots take Troy High into camp. College and pro basketball news update.
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Planet Earth
Gerald Raftery
United Nations
Vermont Yankee
Levi Strauss
MAU
Troy
F&G chief quashes 'Wildlife'
Vermont Natural Resources Council members questioned state leaders at Middlebury Inn. Attendees included Fish and Game Commissioner Edward F Kehoe and Environmental Board Chairman Schuyler Jackson. The VNRC session followed a morning meeting where the council discussed IRS actions affecting See VNRC on back page.
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Middlebury
John M. Farmer
WNRC
Jonathan N. Brownell
Calais
Internal Revenue Service
VNRC
Vermont Republicans keep state chairman amid party divisions
The Vermont Republican State Committee voted 19 to 15 to table a bid to oust Stewart Smith, a Rutland car dealer, amid strong internal strife after heavy defeats. Smith accused RNC member Roland Seward of engineering the move, while supporters called for principled leadership and party unity. A further challenge could come at a future meeting.
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Mary D. Thurber
Charlotte
Smith
Pearl Harbor
Frank Mahady
White River Junction
Mahady
Seward
Richard W. Mallary
Senate
Greeks reject monarchy in decisive referendum
In Athens thousands celebrate a two to one vote to abolish the 142 year old monarchy and establish a republic. With 92 percent counted the tally shows 2,899,282 in favor and 1,318,827 against. The result paves way for a new constitution and presidential elections as King Constantine contemplates exile.
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Athens
UPI
Constitution Square
Greece
Constantine
London
Nicos Georgopoulos
Otto
Bavaria
Defense says Ehrlichman faces unfair trial in Watergate case
At the Watergate cover-up trial Judge Sirica blocked a 1973 Krogh memo exonerating Ehrlichman from direct responsibility for the 1971 Ellsberg psychiatrist office break in. The court also barred Ehrlichman from calling Krogh’s former lawyer William Treadwell and prosecutor Seymour Glanzer.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
John J. Sirica
John D. Ehrlichman
Sirica
Egil
Bud” Krogh
White House
Daniel Ellsberg
Ehrlichman
William M. Treadwell
Krogh
Seymour Glanzer
Handicapped group aims to form local chapter in Bennington
In Vermont Bennington hosts a two day push by Sharon Ryan and Peter Grassadonia of the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped to raise awareness of the committee, improve agency coordination, and organize a local chapter. They emphasize barriers faced by handicapped people and the need for public sensitivity.
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Sharon Ryan
Peter Grassadonia
Vermont
Bennington
Grassadonia
Governor’s Committee On Employment of
Ryan
Rutland
Montpelier
State St
Governor’s Committee On Employment
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Vladivostok
Cornelia
Wallace
Montgomery
UVM
F&g
Russ Garland
GOP
Constantine Caramanlis
Tas
George Mavros
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