Trustees demand prompts talk with Bennington College dean
Bennington College trustees press for a prompt discussion with Dean Reinhoud van der Linde about continuing in his post after a faculty demand to suspend President Gail T. Parker. The move follows faculty dismay over a futures committee report urging sweeping college changes and claims of misrepresentation by Parker.
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Bennington College
Reinhoud van der Linde
New York
Gail T. Parker
van der Linde
Futures Committee
Bennington soda fizzle draws action
The Vermont Retail Grocers Association seeks Agency of Environmental Conservation review of the Bennington Redemption Center’s state license, raising questions about the permit’s legality after control shifted from Ralph G. Wright to a corporation. Local grocers petition Mt. Anthony school board to bar the Bennington Boys’ Program from participating, citing unfair competition and tax issues as the center plans to sell soft drinks tomorrow.
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Vermont Retail Grocers Association
Bennington
Ronald Goldberg
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Goldberg
Ralph G. Wright
Mt. Anthony
Cost of living index shows continued climb in November
The Labor Department reported a 0.7 percent rise in the cost of living for November, keeping an 8.4 percent annual rate and hitting autos, mortgages, property taxes, natural gas, telephone services, new cars, and some foods with notable increases while real earnings lag. Kissinger pressed Senate leaders on curbing covert Angola aid, meeting 25 leaders in a three hour session without reversing opposition.
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UPI
Labor Department
Alan Greenspan
President's Council of Economic Advisers
James Pate
Commerce
Pate
Commerce Today
Colvin education aid scrapping plan draws House panel interest
Rep Edwin Colvin proposes ending state aid to education and using funds for property tax rebates to Vermont residents. The plan would raise local taxes but ease homeowner burden while out of state owners pay more. Appropriations Chair Emory Hebard backs local control. Ways and Means Chair Peter Giuliani works up a rival. House Education Committee has rejected the idea, but leaders want further study. Colvin aims for statistical analysis before January session.
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Colvin
House Education Committee
Moluccan gunmen surrender in Amsterdam consulate siege
South Moluccan gunmen who held about two dozen hostages in the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam surrendered after 15 days. Twenty five hostages walked out smiling at 1:22 pm followed by the seven gunmen. Four people died in the twin sieges on a train and at the consulate.
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Netherlands
UPI
Indonesia
Spice Islands
Royal Constabulary
Semol Mellary
Johannes Manusawa
Sutopo Yuwono Projohandoko
Exner seeks tell‑all to JFK link in book or TV deal
The inside world features Ms. Exner pressing for a tell‑all book or TV program about her relationship with John F. Kennedy. Page 2 highlights other items such as seasonal breath‑sav ing tips from the Wadsworths, a library column with holiday greetings, and fines amnesty on Page 3.
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Carter
Vermont
Vietnam
Woody Guthrie
Bethlehem
N.H
NHL
John Hubbard
Congress packs up taxpayers to lose
Congress and President Ford dig in over a federal spending ceiling tied to a tax cut, keeping withholding higher by about four to six dollars weekly. With no compromise in sight, Christmas recess ends with no tax relief this year and a likely retroactive cut still uncertain next year.
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UPI
Ford
Congress
House
Ronald Reagan
James Lynn
Senate
Ford pardon testimony review ordered by House panel
House Judiciary Committee staff is to review President Ford's last year testimony on his Nixon pardon decision. White House maintains Ford's account was accurate and complete including his claim the issue was not raised by any Nixon representative.
Governors confer on State of States report at White House
President Ford meets Thursday with a National Governors Conference committee at the White House to discuss their State of States report. Vermont Governor Thomas Salmon sits at Ford's left with Otis Brown Indiana Governor Robert Ray Arch Moore West Virginia among others. in foreground are Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey and Kansas Governor Robert Bennett.
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Bennington
Bennington County
Robert L. Weichert
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Banner
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White House
National Governors Conference
Vermont
Thomas Salmon
Otis Brown
Indiana
Robert Ray
Brown
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Gov
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Robert Bennett
Kansas
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