New England Senators Press Oil Import Reform
Nine New England senators charged the mandatory oil import control program discriminates against the Northeast and urged a new import plan to cut gasoline and heating oil prices. They cited higher regional costs and cited support from Occidental Petroleum for a Machiasport Maine refinery, contingent on a free trade zone approval not yet acted on.
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Washington
UPI
New England
Nixon
White House
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Machiasport
Occidental
Maine
Foreign Trade Zones Board
Machinsport
Margaret Chase Smith
Winston L. Prouty
Edeward W. Brooke
Mass
Norris Cotton
N.H
McIntyre Calls Nixon Oil Imports Silence Victory
UPI reports Senator Thomas J. McIntyre of New Hampshire labels President Nixon's inaction on oil imports as another win for the “secret government of oil,” signaling ongoing domestic energy tensions and political critique in Washington.
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McIntyre
Washington
UPI
Thomas J. McIntyre
Nixon
Government of Oil
Lincoln Center Performers Due At Vt. Schools
Three Vermont high schools North Country Union High Bristol Mt Abraham Union and Springfield High will host Lincoln Center programs in a pilot aided by a $10,500 joint state and Lincoln Center effort. About 37 artists will perform statewide under the Humanities Program as the state Education Department coordinates the project.
Dr Timothy Leary Awaits Sentencing In California Case
Dr Timothy Leary and his wife Rosemary and son John were convicted in Santa Ana California of marijuana possession and awaited sentencing as bail was revoked by Superior Court Judge Byron K McMillan. Leary faces sentencing March 11 with his wife and stepson also convicted of LSD possession.
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Santa Ana
Calif
UPI
Timothy Leary
Leary
Superior Court
Byron K. McMillan
Rosemary
John
Sg Society
McMillan
Harvard
George Chula
Laredo
Tex
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Bennington Jobless Rate Rises to 5.4 Percent
Insured unemployment in the Bennington area for January averaged 5.4 percent, above the statewide 4.1 percent. Initial claims totaled 402, up from December and well above last January, with clothing, construction, painting, and electrical machinery among the top industries generating claims. Weekly volume averaged 414, compared with 219 the prior month and 353 the year before. Benefit exhaustions totaled two, and the potential duration under Vermont law remains 26 weekly payments per benefit year.
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Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Funeral services for Harry Fruitrich at Bennington church
Obituary notes the death of 79 year old Harry C. Fruitrich, longtime Bennington College grounds keeper. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home, with Rev. William Abernethy officiating. Visitation Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Bennington Lodge of Elks conducts 3:45 p.m. Sunday service. Masonic Lodge at 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Harry C. Fruitrich
Bennington College
Hanson- Walbridge
William Abernethy
North Bennington One
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Masonic Lodge
Rail Shutdown Ban Extended to March 2
U S District Judge Howard Corcoran extended a temporary restraining order delaying any rail shutdown to midnight March 2 after a three hour hearing. He will decide by March 2 whether to issue a preliminary injunction to bar a selective strike by four shopcraft unions and a national rail lockout. The hearing followed Miami Beach talks mediated by Assistant Labor Secretary William J Usery Jr amid a work rule dispute.
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Washington
UPD
U.S
Howard Corcoran
Corcoran
Miami Beach
William J. Usery Jr
Union Pacific
Laird outlines Minuteman missile test plan
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird said the Air Force will test fire Minuteman missiles from protective silos without warheads to prove they work and provide a full system evaluation. He noted deployments at Malmstrom, Ellsworth, Minot, Grand Forks, Whiteman, and Warren air force bases.
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Washington
UPD
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Air Force
Congress
Laird
Minuteman
Malmstrong Afb
Mont
Ellsworth Afb
S.D
Minot
Grand Forks
N.D
Whiteman Afb
Warren Afb
Wyo
Students Earn Record Honors At Castleton State College
Castleton State College reports the largest fall honor roll in history with 13 on the president's list and 95 of 125 on the dean's list including John Wright Arlington Daniel J Kane Gerry Morrissey Kathleen Ottaviano Cynthia White Bennington Henry Barendse James Lyon Manchester Melanie Pike Isabelle Raymo Wilmington Karen Chapman Rutland formerly Bennington. Unions and management fight over a 1969 70 contract with sheet metal workers delaying a wage rise while other unions seek separate agreements amid a stalled dispute.
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Castleton
Castleton State College
Vermont
Bennington
John Wright
Arlington
Daniel J. Kane
Gerald P. Morrissey
Kathleen Ottaviano
Cynthia White
Henry M. Barendse
James F. Lyon
Manchester
Melanie Pike
Isabelle Raymo
Wilmington
Karen (Bowmaker) Chapman
Rutland
Bennington Debates Village Power and Consolidation
Trustees accuse town of withholding revenue under shared ordinances while seeking new village authority. The town manager says forming a city would be costly and unnecessary as consolidation already covers sewer, disposal, recreation, and tree programs. Village finances face shifts as the village supplies only 53 percent of the town budget.
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Higgins
Edward R. Lamb
Bennington
Lamb
Board of Sisters
Alma Langlois
Memorial for Burton Winslow at Old Bennington
Burton Winslow a longtime public servant and civil engineer, born October 12 1882 in Nobleboro Maine, died in Old Bennington. A memorial service is set for February 22 at 2 p.m. at the First Congregational Church with burial February 24 in Evergreen Cemetery Brockton Massachusetts. Memorial contributions may go to the YMCA building fund. He held positions with Brockton city engineering, Akron water department, Stoughton town manager and was a director of several local institutions. His wife Mary S Winslow survives along with a cousin and two nieces.
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Mr. Winslow
Nobleboro
Maine
Burton Z
Ednah H. Winslow
Brockton
Mass
City of
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Cooperative Savings & Loan Association
Ymca Building Fund
St. George Lodge
FM & AM
American Society of Civil Engineers
International City Managers Association
Mary S. Winslow
Raymond Drake
First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
Hangon - Walbridge Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Stoughton
U S and Red China Hold One Hour Diplomatic Talks
U S and Communist Chinese diplomats met for about an hour in a businesslike atmosphere at the U S embassy. They agreed to meet again and keep discussions confidential with no date set. Walter J Stoessel and Lei Yang said they would be in touch soon.
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Warwaw
UPI
United States
Nixon
U.S
Walter J. Stoessel
Peking
Lei Yang
Stoessel
Yang
Washington
China
MSJ Students Seek Private School Aid
Mount St Joseph Academy students canvassed Rutland area for support of a bill to provide state aid to children in public or private schools on a per capita basis. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Westphale Lamoille and Sen. O'Brien D Chittenden Grand Isle, received no committee recommendation. Rev. John O Connell organized the effort, with 4 500 signatures collected in under six hours, exceeding expectations by 3 000.
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Fred Westphale
Lamoille
John O’brien
Chittenden
Grand Isle
Senate Education Committee
John O’connell
Chicago protesters pledge to defend rights at convention
Hayden and SDS founders defend peaceful protest in Chicago amid charges, saying defendants did not seek riot but exercised constitutional rights. They claim scapegoating and compare the convention violence to courtroom conduct, noting personal acts like letting air out of tires.
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Hayden
Past Rulers Of Elks Lodge Converge For Sunday Meet
Joseph Y. Shaffe invites all past exalted rulers of Bennington Lodge of Elks to the meeting room Sunday between 6 and 7 p m. The annual Past Exalted Rulers night includes initiation of a class of candidates. Displayed will be past exalted rulers including John H. Maloney and John J. DeVito among others.
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Joseph Y. Shaffe
Bennington Lodge of Elks
John H. Maloney
Michael Fraher
Charles Boyle
Henry White
Ralph Bennett
John J. DeVito
Robert Cummings
Earl Weeks
Henry Ryan
Edward Silver
Louis Bellemare
John Foster
Tler
Donald Greenslet
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