Air Force seeks approval to test Minuteman II deorbit over West
The Pentagon said eight Minuteman II missiles could be launched from Malmstrom AFB Montana next winter and in 1975 with debris raining down across Montana Idaho Oregon and possibly California and Washington en route to the Pacific The plan calls for missiles to be fired from underground silos without warheads and to destroy in the air if a malfunction occurs within the first 102 seconds after launch debris would fall an inert metal object with the force of a B52 crash
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Washington
UPI
Air Force
Pacific Ocean
Pentagon
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Great Falls
Mont
Pacific
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
California
Washington State
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Malmstrom
The
Congress
Kennedy
Salmon
Highway Department
Blue Cross faces focus on cost cutting before rate rise
Vermont Banking and Insurance Commissioner James Guest will review Blue Cross performance in restraining health costs prior to approving a requested average 29.5 percent rate increase in Vermont and 17.8 percent in New Hampshire. The filings follow a Vermont Supreme Court ruling that forced a new review. Oliver Fifield, acting Blue Cross president, said hospital costs are being monitored and reductions are expected in 1974.
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Blue Cross
Vermont Supreme Court
Guest
New Hampshire
Vermont
Oliver Fifield
Bennington Brief Sees Napolitano Pizza and Missile Test
Bennington brief blends a New Year greeting from Napolitano's Pizzeria with notes on pizza and subs and shifts to a military topic. It discusses Minuteman missile weights, potential debris paths if destroyed midflight, predicted fall areas, and a $27 million Air Force test briefing to Congress, spanning Idaho to Oregon and the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napolitano’s
Ben Mont
Bennington
Massachusetts Lottery Puts $35 Million to Cities and Towns
The Massachusetts State Lottery raised 35 million dollars for 351 cities and towns in the past year. Boston will receive 6.2 million while Mt. Washington gets 49.80. Since 1972 the lottery has distributed 57 million to municipalities and 61 million to prize winners. There were 450,000 cash winners including 19 millionaires and multiple six-figure achievers. Expenses were 11.9 percent of gross proceeds.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
State Lottery
Mt. Washington
Crane
Nixon relents on Manpower Act amid economic strain
President Nixon signed a $1.8 billion renewal of the Manpower Act as fuel shortages and rising layoffs in airlines and auto plants push unemployment higher. The law shifts job training funding to states, extends public works, and targets funds by local unemployment and income.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Peter J. Brennan
White House
San Clemente
General Motors
Detroit
American
Transworld Airlines
Hading
Congress
Labor Department
Brennan
Snow delays hit New England ski season amid cold snap
Skiers delay plans as Maine venues report heavy cancellations though Sugarloaf and Saddleback see partial recovery. Vermont and New Hampshire see snowmaking under way while officials warn of a tougher season with reduced midwinter business and postponed subsidized bus service.
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Maine
Sugarloaf
Harry Baxter
Baxter
John Christie
Saddleback Mountain
Christie
New Hampshire
New England
N.H
Funerals in Bennington Honor Two Local Residents
Funeral services were held for Chester R. Cherbonneau of Shaftsbury with the First Baptist Church pastor officiating. Bearers included grandsons Bruce Carroll and Craig Cherbonneau among others, and burial will be in South Shaftsbury Cemetery in the spring. Delegations from Red Mountain Lodge and Eastern Star attended. Cherbonneau was past worthy patron and past master. A separate funeral for Peter E C Hill, WWI veteran, was conducted at Mahar and Son with Rev. Leo Hourihan officiating. Grandsons served as bearers and the flag was presented to Eunice Kelson. entombment followed at Park Lawn Chapel Vault with spring burial in White Chapel Cemetery.
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Chester R. Cherbonneau
East Street
Shaftsbury
Hanson- Walbridge
Floyd I. la Bombard
First Baptist Church of
Bennington
Bruce Carroll
Craig Cherbonneau
John Briggs
Paul Cross
Raymond Gates
Barry Patton
la Bombard
Park Lawn Chapel Vault
South Shaftsbury Cemetery
Red Mountain Lodge of
Arlington
Arlington Red Mountain Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Cherbonneau
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Vermont
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Leo Hourihan
North Bennington
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Center
Denise Fischer
Colchester Center
Rutland Hospital
Fischer
Rutland
Cathy Brooks
Bennington Brief
Main ST. Bennington
Laney A
Triple “‘S
Grand Union Empire
Nichols
Robert Q. Crane
Lottery Commission
Montpelier
Thomas P. Salmon
Walter Kennedy
Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Colchester
Environmental Board
Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Martin Rogers
Cambridge
M.E. Hatkoff Inc
Albany
Val Erb & Son
Woodford
E. W. Milstrey & Sons
Schenectady
Reinhart & Schmidt
Feibes
Schmitt
John Percy
Werner Feibes
Walter Davendanis
Richard A. Severson
Pete Phillips
Smuggler’s Notch
Jeffersonville
Joseph Parkinson
Vermont Ski Area Association
Tom Corcoran
Peter E.C. Hill
Main St
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Atl
RT.7
Amont Homestead Restaurant
Pownal, VT
Putnam Square
Greater
Bennington Area
Catamount National Bank
FDIC
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