Bennington NRT Faces Jobs Shortage Amid Recession
Non-resident term students at Bennington College confront fewer paid off campus job opportunities due to the recession. Spokeswoman Rebecca Stickney notes clear difficulty in securing jobs and more students taking unremunerated or low paying positions as the NRT runs Jan 5 to early March. Some students pursue unusual work, including Alaska education posts and a stint with Senator Muskie, while others rely on independent study with faculty approval.
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Bennington College
Rebecca Stickney
NRT
Bennington
Catharine O. Foster
State Department of Education
Juneau
Kodiak
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Miss Stickney
Suspects Held in Laporte Kidnapping Murder Case
Three prime suspects Jacques Rose Paul Rose and Francis Simard were arrested in a St Luc farmhouse raid near Montreal for the kidnapping and murder of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte. Autopsy showed strangulation with a religious medal chain. Bernard Lortie earlier implicated the trio.
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Montreal
UPI
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Jacques
Paul Rose
Francis Simard
St. Luc
Laporte
Bernard Lortie
Queen Mary Road
Lortie
Rose Brothers
Simard
St. Hubert
Congress Near Wind-Up Amid SST and Food Stamp Debates
Washington congress faces final week with key issues unresolved. SST funding remains blocked by Senate filibuster though House negotiators seek a compromise. A work requirement for food stamp recipients sparks McGovern opposition as the session heads toward adjournment and possible new session calls.
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Washington
UPI
91St
Congress
Senate
House
POWs Call For End To War In CBC Interview From Hanoi Hilton
Two Navy commanders held near Hanoi spoke in a CBC interview Christmas Day urging withdrawal of U S troops to end the war. Pentagon officials questioned the film as censored propaganda while noting the POWs appeared well and receive monthly letters and packages. A separate peace group reported visiting five POWs at the same camp, describing the captives as healthy with ruddy skin.
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Ders
Hanoi
Hanoi Hilton
NBC
CBS
United States
Pentagon
Daniel James Jr
Defense
James
U.S
Jerry W. Friedheim
Wilber
Pennsylvania
Washington
Vietnam
See Navy
Mendel Rivers Dies at 65 in Alabama
Rep. Mendel Rivers, longtime chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, dies at 1:40 a.m. CST in Birmingham after heart surgery a week before. The South Carolina Democrat, famed for pro military positions, had heart failures following a leaky valve replacement. His death shifts committee leadership temporarily to Rep. See Rep. Rivers.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
L. Mendel Rivers
House
Armed Services Committee
South Carolina
University of Alabama Medical Center
Mendel Rivers
Hisildhood
Rivers
Congressional Committee
Pentagon
Defense
Congress
Rep
Corcoran discounts underworld threat in Vermont
Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Edward W. Corcoran said underworld activity in the state is not an immediate threat and that money traced to illegal sources funds vacations and businesses. He emphasized drugs as the top law enforcement worry and proposed fire code revisions allowing non police officials to work with the fire marshals office.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Public Safety Department
Public Safety
Edward W. Corcoran
Corcoran
State Police Bureau of Investigation
Inside Out Column Prompts Pesticide Dilemma
In today’s Inside Out column Gerald Raftery weighs a stark choice between pesticide exposure and personal crisis, outlining the moral and health stakes. Page 4 also previews Grandma Moses legend on page 8 and Kit Foster’s review of a gourmet garden book on page 9.
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Gerald Raftery
Grandma Moses
Kit Foster
Brandt Named Time Man of the Year for Europe Vision
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is Time magazine’s Man of the Year for uniting Western Europe. Time cites his 1970 nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union and a treaty recognizing postwar borders of Germany and Poland, though parliamentary ratification remains pending.
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New York
Upi
Willy Brandt
Time Magazine
Western Europe
Charlemagne
Napoleon
Time
Europe
Soviet Union
Germany
Poland
Vermont in 1970 politics pollution and poverty
Vermont faced a year of political continuity and environmental upheaval in 1970. Republicans retained control of the legislature and major offices while Libety Union gained little. Hoff and Hayes failed in bids for higher office as the state pursued strong pollution laws and new environmental safeguards. Green-up Day drew 80,000 volunteers to clear roadside trash, even as economic decline pressed Vermonters.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Prouty
Thomas L. Hayes
Davis
Farmer urges Nixon to use moral powers on race
James Farmer, who resigned as an assistant secretary in HEW, urges President Nixon to employ the moral powers of the office to resolve racial problems. He warns of a potential civil conflict and notes blacks returning from Vietnam with guerrilla training. He praises some admin actions but calls for clearer stance on civil rights.
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James Farmer
Nixon
Washington
UPI
Farmer
Health, Education and Welfare Department
America
Vietnam
Republican Party
Cbs-Tv
Four Alarm Fire Hits Bank Building in Downtown Boston
A four alarm fire engulfed the partially constructed First National Bank of Boston building at Congress and Federal Streets in downtown Boston. The blaze began around 11 15 a m and spread quickly through the structure with at least one injury reported. Details were not immediately available.
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Boston
UPI
First National Bank of Boston
Congress and
Federal Streets
McCarthy blasts Vietnamization prolonging war claims
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy warns Nixon’s Vietnamization could extend the war by four to ten years. He predicts the issue will surge in the 1972 elections and says the administration has tied U.S. presence to prisoners of war, treating them as cause rather than consequence of the conflict. He is retiring this month after 22 years in Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nixon
Minnesota
McCarthy
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Scientists at odds over national goals in energy crisis
The article surveys a heated debate over AEC radiation standards and nuclear power versus hydroelectric options. It notes Gorman and Tamplin push lower limits, industry concerns, and environmental fear shaping policy. It discusses nuclear power as clean but cites warnings from conservationists and scientists about risks.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Sheffield
Falls Village
Conn
Sheffield Falls Village
AEC
California
John W. Gorman
Arthur R. Tamplion
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Livermore
Gorman
Energy Resources
Palmer Putnam
Philip Sporn
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Lemoore
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Terview
Ec Co
Corre
Wcax-Tv
Mt. Anthony
By Rodney Clarke
Winston L. Prouty
Robert Stafford
Deane C. Davis
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Hayes
HEW
Meet the Press
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