Watergate trial ends as judge clears the jury to verdict
The Watergate cover up trial ends with Chief prosecutor James F. Neal urging the jury to return a fair verdict. He warns that public trust requires officials to be fair, honorable and lawful and cites limits on covert actions and misuse of agencies. The five Nixon aides face no direct guilty verdict request.
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Washington
UPI
James F. Neal
U.S
John J. Sirica
Richard M. Nixon
Neal
Watergate
John N. Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert C. Marcian
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Land
Ellsberg
CIA
FBI
Temples of Justice
Vermont Bicentennial transport plan faces funding race
Vermont officials push to build the Vermont 2 Transportation System a steam train and lake steamer network by 1976 with routes from Bellows Falls to Burlington and Rutland to Whitehall New York. A $4 million upgrade is needed and federal funds are sought while Steamtown Bellows Falls would operate trains and Lake Champlain Transportation Co would run the steamboat.
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Russ Garland
Bicentennial Commission
Vermont
Vermont 2
James E. Hormel
Saxtons River
Lake Champlain
Burlington
Whitehall
N.Y
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Bennington
Northeast Kingdom
Robert Burley Associates
Waitsfield
Barton-Aschman Associates
Chicago
Hormel
Green Mountain
Chester
Vermont Railway
Steamtown
Lake Champlain Transportation Co
Hormell
Department of Transportation
John S. Burgess
Brattleboro
Reaction to Salmon tax hike proposal tested in Vermont
Legislators in Montpelier reacted cautiously to Gov. Thomas P. Salmon's plan for tax increases on liquor, cigarettes, and gasoline. House Republican Leader Richard A. Snelling of Shelburne noted the fiscal seriousness and implied possible tax needs while resisting new levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Candon
Rutland
Salmon
Candon
University of Vermont
Edward C. Andrews Jr
House
Walter L. Kennedy
Ford examines energy problems in Colorado meeting
President Ford met with top advisers in Vail to refine an energy program for Congress. A clash of ideas was noted as options were narrowed, with no public discussion planned. Ford also weighs a CIA report and schedules no immediate public commentary.
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Vail
Colo
UPI
Ford
Ron Nessen
Congress
Nessen
Central Intelligence Agency
Burgess’s PSB Exit Leaves Big Gap in Vermont Board
MONTPELIER UPI The Vermont Public Service Board faces staff morale drop as commissioner John A. Burgess plans to resign after ruling on two major rate cases. Burgess, a known anti utility voice, criticizes Miller and Ruggles while sparking debate over future rate policy and a possible pro utility appointment.
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Burgess
PSB
Miller
Thomas P. Salmon
Montpelier
Commission
Ruggles
Salmon
Green Mountain
Richard DeGrasse
DeGrasse
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Wickenden Named President of Catamount National Bank
Arthur E. Wickenden of North Bennington was elected Friday president of Catamount National Bank succeeding Jonathan E. Taylor who resigned for personal reasons. Wickenden, 62, has long served the bank since 1945, rising from cashier to senior vice president and had planned retirement. The bank has expanded with multiple branches and remains independent, with plans to go public in a stock sale.
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Arthur E. Wickenden
North Bennington
Catamount National Bank
Edward G. Janeway
Wickenden
Jonathan E. Taylor
Janeway
First National Bank of
Ralph E. Jones
Taylor
Catamount
Bank
Rockefeller Center
Chemical Bank of New York
S. Whitney Dickey
New Bedford
Mass
Catamount Bank
Dickey
Manchester
Brattleboro
West Dover
Bennington Plaza
North Street
Bennington
Pownal
County National Bank of
US. Justice Department
U.S
Bernard J. Leddy
County National
Chittenden Trust Co
Burlington
Factory Point National Bank of
Vermont
Trenor W. Park
40 French Miners Die in Large Lievin Mine Blast
An explosion 2300 feet underground at Lievin State coalfields in Calais, France, kills at least 40 miners and injures six, with one missing. Judge Henri Pascal leads the inquiry as the disaster ranks among the world's largest and France's worst in 30 years.
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Lievin
France
UPI
Henri Pascal
Calais
Robert Constant
Weather forecast: cloudy with cooling temperatures
Variable cloudiness today with highs in the mid to upper 30s and colder tonight as temperatures dip to the teens. Increasing cloudiness is expected Sunday with highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
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Bennington College
Alan Jon Fortney
Chester-to-Rutland
Rutland-to-Bennington
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