Hohman Still At Large After Jail Break
Convicted murderer George Hohman of Bennington and two other convicts remained at large after sawing through a fire escape window at Rutland Regional Correctional Facility. Authorities issued a 13 state alert. Hohman, 36, falsified murder conviction for the 15 year old Mary Ann Peterson death, with accomplices Kirk Wool and Bruce Robair.
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George ‘Jack’ Hohman
Bennington
Rutland
Hohman
Kirk Wool
Burlington
Bruce Robair
Wood
Addison County Superior Court
Mary Ann Peterson
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Miss Peterson
Buck Hill Road
Shaftsbury
Michael Chater
Chater
Carter defense cuts signal restraint to Moscow and arms talks
The Carter defense budget of 120.3 billion will cut spending versus the Ford plan to signal restraint to the USSR and boost Western readiness. It lags Ford by 2.75 billion but exceeds 1977’s 110 billion. Measures include stretching B-1 bomber purchases, slowing MX missile work, and halting Minuteman 3 production with amendments to be submitted to Congress.
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Hedrick Smith
N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
Carter
Moscow
Europe
Ford
Pentagon
Congress
Defense
Vance wraps Middle East trip with hope for PLO shift
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance ended an eight day mission in Damascus with private assurances from Arab leaders that the PLO will soften its demand for Israel’s destruction. He said Arabs and Israelis could meet at a Geneva conference later this year if Palestinian participation questions are resolved.
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Damascus
Syria
Cyrus Vance
Middle East
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Vance
Geneva
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Hafez Assad
Egypt
Hafez al-Assad
United States
U.S
Assad
Anwar Sadat
PLO
Jerusalem
Sadat
PLO National Council
Cairo
Lebanon
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Carter
Europe
Yitzhak Rabin
Fossil fuel party is over says Pattison in town meeting
U S Rep Edward Pattison likened fuel use to a depleted savings account and urged renewable income energy. He urged conservation, car pooling, home insulation, and criticized auto makers for not offering 40 mpg cars.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
United States
U.S
Edward W. Pattison
West Sand Lake
Pattison
Hoosick Area
Bennington Local: Human Services operations and costs
Inside Benningtons Local section details the functions of Human Services agencies and their costs, page 3 notes. The TRB column on page 4 discusses illegal aliens outnumbering the unemployed and includes an MAU annual meeting editorial comment.
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Bennington
TRB
U.S
MAU
Pownal
Arlington School Board
Rutland Savings Bank
Windmills tested to ease rural power needs in Colorado
Federal program in Rocky Flats, Colorado unveils six small wind machines built by international firms to evaluate wind power for remote rural areas. The $24 million project hopes to prove viability, cut costs, and spark mass production for up to 1 percent of U.S. power by century's end, aided by NASA and private industry.
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Rocky Flats
Colo
Great Plains
Rockies
Energy Research and Development Administration
Energy Agency
Rural Electrification Administration
Louis V. Divone
Alaska
Hawaii
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Janice
Heacock, David Frost and
Chris Comi
Matu
Metre
France
la Rochelle
George V Metro
Paris
George Lerrigo
Ussr
Palestine
Ned Pattison
New York
Hoosick Falls
Manchester
Stevie Wonder
Grammies
Brattleboro
Panthers
Stillwater
St. Mary’s
Dr. J
Cavs
Esposito
Rangers
Richard D. Lyons
The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sandusky
Ohio
Recreation Commission
Shaftsbury Grange Hall
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