Food costs rise as retail sales lag Christmas outlook
Prices are set to climb another 15 percent next year marking a third straight year of double digit food price increases. November retail sales fell 1.3 percent amid weak auto output and softer demand for non durable goods. Xerox plans a two week plant shutdown at Webster New York idling 6000 workers and cutting 400-500 more permanently with some returning on four day weeks. Dow rose as analysts cited lower rates and possible anti recession steps. President Ford discussed a $2.5 billion public jobs plan and met auto industry leaders amid unemployment near 6.5 percent demo. Ford warned Detroit area joblessness could hit 15 percent next month.
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Agriculture Department
Commerce Department
Xerox Corp
Webster
N.Y
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Ford
White House
Ron Nelsen
Congress
Ford Motor Co
Fred G. Secrest
Senate
Detroit
Seven oppose Rockefeller in Senate confirmation
The Senate confirmed Nelson A. Rockefeller as vice president by a 90 to 7 vote. Seven senators dissented and the House Judiciary Committee was to report next Thursday with a final vote expected next week. Rockefeller, 66, was praised as highly qualified and dedicated to public service.
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UPI
Senate
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
House
Judiciary Committee
Ford
New York
Nixon
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
William Scott
R-Va
Lawmakers weigh state aid reform in Shaftsbury meeting
About 20 county legislators and others met at Irving Adler's home to review the Shaftsbury committee report on state aid to education. Adler, committee chair, outlined basic points and future coordinated efforts to push changes in the Miller formula during the next legislative session. Bennington County districts report declining state aid shares, with Shaftsbury being notably hit. Adler favors basing aid on district income in addition to property values. See STATE on back page.
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John Leaning
Shaftsbury
Irving Adler
Shaftsbury Committee
Adler
Bennington County
Vermont
Miller
Ehrlichman breaks down as he cites memory gaps
In Washington UPI report prosecutor James F. Neal says Ehrlichman told a grand jury 125 times he could not recall or did not remember Watergate details. Ehrlichman cried recalling Nixon asking him to resign as cross examination drew objections and judge Sirica admonitions.
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Richard M. Nixon
Neal
Ehrlichman
William S. Frates
Sirica
Frates
White House
Pentagon
Daniel Ellsberg
Missing Barre votes found in Vermont court recount
An appeal to the state Supreme Court seems likely in the Vermont attorney general race recount. Incumbent Republican Kimberly Cheney trails Democrat M Jerome Diamond by 373 votes and has challenged about 500 ballots across four counties. Diamond says a bundle of 300 Barre ballots surfaced, netting about 40 votes for his side, as the statewide recount nears completion with no major change.
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Cheney
Thomas Salmon
Diamond
Barre
Aiken bids farewell from Senate in last address
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont delivers his final Senate address urging salary cuts for top officials and retirees to avert economic strain. He favors constitutional limits on term presidents and two year cooling off for candidates, arguing Congress must reclaim responsibilities.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
U.S. Senate
Senate
Congress
Aiken
Sen. Aiken
Selectmen's belt trims town jobs to curb costs
Two more town employees were laid off Tuesday as Bennington selectmen pressed an austerity drive. Police positions were reduced by attrition, while the board approved a cost-cutting proposal.
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Bennington
Harold R. Saunders
Recreation Department
Cecil Dupee
Daniel Flanders
Gary Forrest
Highway Department
Recreation
Police
Charles E. Dewey III
Aborted fire bomb aimed at Pownal sex shop
In Pownal Vermont a Molotov cocktail was hurled at the new adult book store on Route 7 at 10 25 PM causing only minor damage. James Roche owner West Boylston Mass. store managers Ventresca and Johnson unreachable. Arson charge filed against Richard A. Davis 25 North Adams Mass bail set at 1000 with not guilty plea entered. State police investigator and local officials commented on the incident and local sentiment toward the store amid a broader debate on obscenity laws and town policing.
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Pownal
New
Route 7
James Roche
West Boylston
Mass
Carol Ventres
James Sincluico
Bennington District Court
Richard A. Davis
North Adams
Inside Justice Department sues networks new anti-trust suits
Justice Department moves to expand antitrust actions against broadcasting networks as part of a broader review of media competition. The suits target market practices and potential monopolistic behaviors affecting programming and consumer choice across multiple outlets.
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Goodnow
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