Britain pushes for Asia defense shield in NATO plan
Britain seeks a Western Soviet defense shield to deter Chinese nuclear blackmail and attacks in Asia. Defense Secretary Heath says such a proposal would gain priority in talks with the Soviet Union during Kosygin's Britain visit next year. Prime Minister Wilson voices aim to shift focus eastward to strengthen NATO and the Atlantic Nuclear Force, while Johnson awaits European opinion on the plan.
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London
UPS
Britain
Soviet Union
Asia
Denis Healey
Alexei Kosygin
Far East
Harold Wilson
United States
Suez
Wilson
America
Johnson
NATO Defense
ANF
London Defers Debt to U S and Canada
Britain defers 173.2 million in interest and principal payments due to the United States and Canada by year end under the 1957 deferment provision. Chancellor James Callaghan said the move aims to ease balance of payments strain and pound weakness, with 138.1 million dollars owed to Washington and 37.7 million Canadian dollars to Ottawa. The loans date from 1945 postwar financing and the decision was anticipated by financial circles in London.
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London
UPI
Britain
United States
Canada
James Callaghan
U.S
Washington
Ottawa
Inside Vermont's legislative conflict of interest issue
An editorial probes the newly raised issue in Vermont regarding legislative conflict of interest. The piece appears on page 4 and discusses partisan questions and ethical concerns.
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Vermont
Foe of Reapportionment Plans Legislative Sit-In
Burlington report details Clark Hutchinson a Republican foe of realignment who urges a legislative sit-in against reapportionment and calls to fire Sergeant-at-Arms Wallace Whitcomb if police move recalcitrant lawmakers He criticizes Supreme Court overreach and urges open defiance while Rep Richard Schmidt pushes to shrink the House and Senate to 70 and 30 respectively to address urban interests and reform.
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Burlington
UPI
Clark Hutchinson
Wallace Whitcomb
Richard Schmidt
Schmidt
Senate
House
Vermont
Union School Site Chosen by Board for Mt Anthony High
The six member district school board selected a site just south of the state highway depot with an entrance on Park Street Extension side of the Soldiers Home property. The choice follows Army Corps of Engineers guidance to place the school on high ground away from Roaring Branch, with final state Department of Education approval pending.
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State Highway Department
Park Street
Highway Department
Army Corps of Engineers
State Department of Education
County Street
Allan J. Heath
Architects Collaborative of
Cambridge
Supt. Heath
Billado Says Vermonters Won't Be Forced Into Guard
Vermont Adjutant General Francis W. Billado said none of the 650 reservists affected by the Army Reserve abolition can be compelled to join the National Guard. He expects Vermont guard strength to be about 3,500 with 2,700 guardsmen and 650 reservists now. If reserves opt out, they join standby reserve with a 15 day annual active duty training obligation, to be filled from guard openings.
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Billado
United States
Nursing Home Fire Kills 20 in Indiana
A fast moving fire at the Maples Convalescent Home in Fountaintown near Shelbyville killed at least 16 by mid morning with 4 more missing and 14 survivors hospitalized. Firefighters faced ice blocked water as Brandywine creek provided limited aid. Survivors described the cold scene while officials stated most residents could not escape on their own.
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Fountaintown
Ind
UPD
Maples
Murphy Funeral Home
Shelbyville
Indianapolis
Indiana
Red Spies Sentenced To Prison
Federal judge in Newark today sentenced John Butenko to 30 years and Igor Ivanov to 20 years for plotting to pass Air Force defense secrets to members of the Russian United Nations delegation. The men called their actions a miscarriage of justice while maintaining innocence.
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N.J
UPI
John Butenko
Igor Ivanov
United Nations
U.S. District Court
Anthony T. Augelli
Butenko
Ivanov
Amtorg
Rev Greene resigns as Congregational Church pastor
The Second Congregational Church trustees accept Rev Stephen C Greene's resignation after 10 years to become pastor at South Congregational in Concord New Hampshire. He led the church during its Hillside Street build and will leave effective February 22. A pulpit committee will be named to search for a successor.
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Second Congregational Church
Stephen C. Greene
South Congregational Church
Concord
N.H
Arthur D. Taylor
Greene
Taylor
Bennington
Main Street
Hillside Street
Vermont remap plan eyed by lawmakers in bid to end malapportionment
In Montpelier two Republican leaders said the blue ribbon reapportionment panel’s plan for a 164 member House and a 30 member Senate could anchor the final program. Gov Hoff’s bipartisan panel, formed last August, suggested merging smallest counties into at large districts and shifting seats among major communities.
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Billings Jr
Woodstock
Sanborn Partridge
Proctor
Blue Ribbon
Philip H. Hoff
Billings
Partridge
Senate
Assembly
Lamoille
Essex
Grand Isle
Orange Counties
Chittenden
Rutland
Laotian and Vietnamese Plan Coordinated Air Strikes
Saigon reports a high ranking Laotian general, Gen. Phoumi Nosavan, will travel to Saigon to discuss joint air strikes against Communist supply routes through Laos. Plans trace back to a Dalat meeting and link to Ho Chi Minh Trail bases in Southern Laos.
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Saigon
UPD
Laos
Phoumi Nosavan
Foreign Ministry
Phoumi
Paris
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Dalat
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Tax hearing on Pownal track value sparks dispute
At a county appeal board hearing in Pownal the Taconic Racing and Breeding Association disputed a $5.6 million valuation of Green Mountain Park Racetrack. Town officials place the value at $700,000, while experts testified replacement cost could reach $5.322 million and mortgage bonds and stock imply far less resale value.
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Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association, Inc
Pownal Listers
Town Board of Civil Authority
Joseph M. Hurley Jr
Atty
Henry F. Black
Racing Association
Harold Boulton
Atty. A. Perley Feen
Tax Appeals Board
William C. Sennett
Feen
Black
Hurley
Joseph J. Tournabene
Pownal Sisters
Martin E. DeMatteo Jr
The
DeMatteo Construction Co
Burch Reports Back From Goldwater Strategy Meeting
GOP National Chairman Dean Burch says a survey shows he has enough votes to keep his job after a Phoenix meeting with Barry Goldwater. He noted he would like more support while acknowledging the committee will meet soon.
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UPI
GOP
Dean Burch
Barry M. Goldwater
Burch
Phoenix
Goldwater
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