Mekong frontline tightens as rebels seize another post near Phnom Penh
Rebels captured another Cambodian government outpost near the Mekong River, driving forces from Stung Slant southeast of Phnom Penh. The push leaves 45 miles of the river route under rebel control and threatens the capital with dwindling rations and fuel as a heavy U.S. airlift struggles to sustain defenses. Saigon reports arrests of four Communist leaflet distributors amid a crackdown as Air Force strikes hit infiltrations in the central highlands and Pleiku convoy fires.
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Meany calls for $30 billion tax cut to ease recession
AFL-CIO chief George Meany says a $30 billion tax break is needed to halt the recession and prevent unemployment rising above ten percent. He criticizes current House tax relief as insufficient and warns against Senate filibuster moves, urging separation of tax and oil depletion measures while noting 7.5 million unemployed and 26 weeks of benefits nearing exhaustion.
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Inside National DST reminder and abortion note Boston Page 2
Inside National reminds readers Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend and reports abortions will continue in Boston. The piece sits among pages 2 of the issue.
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New York
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Henry Kissinger
Gretchen Becker
MAU
Shaftsbury
Independent Party
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Indiana
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Bellows Falls
John Randolph
Battenkill
Ski lift mishap injures six at Mad River Glen
An inspector from Vermont's Tramway Safety Board prepared a final report on a ski lift accident at Mad River Glen. Six people were tossed and four injured, one critically, during a George Washington's Birthday holiday rush when a cable lost tension then tightened. Officials attributed it to human error, not a lift malfunction, and the lift remains closed pending investigation.
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Vermont Passenger Tramway Safety Board
Mad River Glen
Labor and Industry
Albert Fraser
Albert Barber
George Washington
Fraser
Vermont
Barber
Beverly Salm
Spring Valley
N.Y
Kissinger eyes Iran oil talks in Zurich meeting
Secretary of State Kissinger arrived in Zurich for oil discussions with the Shah of Iran. He met British leaders in London and planned talks in Paris with Giscard d Estaing. The focal issue was Iran's oil to Israel and possible price strategies amid Middle East tensions.
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Henry A. Kissinger
London
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Middle East
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Harold Wilson
Paris
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Jean Sauvagn
Dolder Grand Hotel
Israel
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Sinai
Margaret Thatcher
Conservative
Europe
Wilson
Shah
Giscard d’Estaing
St. Moritz
James Callaghan
Soviet Union
Callaghan
Moscow
Governors Meet in Washington on Economic Adjustment Plan
Washington hosted 46 governors for a three day National Governors Conference focusing on domestic economic adjustment amid recession. President Ford OMB director Morton and others to join sessions while governors, wary of partisan lines, plan closed door committee talks and meetings with congressional leaders.
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Ford Administration
National Governors Conference
Ford
James Lynn
Office of Management and Budget
Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton
Treasury
William Simon
William Seidman
Capitol Hill
Richard Pryor
Arkansas
Edmund Brown Jr
California
Edwin Edwards
Louisiana
James Rhodes
Ohio
Rivalries shaped Bennington growth and land grants history
Land speculation in Vermont's early 18th century shaped Bennington's first settlements on two hills now known as Old Bennington. Attorney Joseph Parks shared research on Grant 64 given by New Hampshire's royal governor in 1749, how absentee holders sold to settlers, and why the initial town center rose on the hills for defense, health, and potential water-power limits.
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Bennington
Joseph Parks
New Hampshire
Benning Wentworth
William Pepperell
Parks
Samuel Robinson
Pepperell
Hardwick
Mass
Southern Vermont College
Robinson
Ford courts GOP leaders for anti recession plan
President Ford summoned Republican congressional leaders to a White House breakfast and planned a weeklong push to marshal GOP votes in the Democratic Senate against his anti recession program. He met with the party’s conservative wing including Helms Buckley Goldwater Thurmond and hosted a Wednesday Club dinner to gain support for oil import tariff policies and other energy measures. Ford sought to bolster his 1976 presidential bid, with backing from Simon Greenspan and James Cannon, while Betty Murphy was sworn in as NLRB chair. Longley of Maine joined Ford praising action over political games and Ford scheduled talks with state governors at a White House dinner.
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Nelson Rockefeller
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Jesse Helms
N.C
James Buckley
N.Y
Barry Goldwater
Strom Thurmond
Senate
Treasury
William Simon
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Rockefeller
James Cannon
Betty Southard Murphy
National Labor Relations Board
Florida
James Longley
Maine
Congress
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