Bennington Museum Opens 43rd Season With Three Exhibits
The Bennington Museum launches its 43rd season this Sunday with a three part focal display. The McCullough-Vhack Vermont Copper Coins recoverable after a theft and a series of bequests from Esther Dewey Merrill Parmele plus a room replica from the forthcoming Topping Tavern Museum in Shaftsbury anchor the show. The tavern room centers the project as the Topping Tavern, once a 1777 stage coach stop, is to be run by the museum.
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Bennington Museum
McCullough - Vhack
Vermont
Esther Dewey Merrill Parmelee
Topping Tavern Museum
Shaftsbury
Topping Tavern
Peter Matteson
Western Vermont Railroad
Matteson
Beatrice Gosford
Beatrice Claflin Breese
Fifth Earl of Gosford
Lady Gosford
Supreme Court Denies Hearing for Klansmen in Mississippi Slayings
The UPI report states seven men convicted in 1967 for participating in a Ku Klux Klan plot to kill civil rights workers in Meridian, Mississippi had their appeal denied by the Supreme Court. They face jail terms from three to ten years after being released on recognizance during appeals.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Meridian
Miss
Sth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Convic
Neshoba County
Sam H. Bowers Jr
Laurel
Imperial Wizard
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Alton Wayne Roberts
Cecil R. Price
Billy Wayne Posey
Jimmy Arledge
Jimmie Snowden
Horace D. Barnette
Plain Dealing
Abe Fortas
Barnette
Schwerner
Congress of Racial Equality
Goodman
New York
Chaney
Price
Rail Unions Agree To Return To Bargaining Talks
UPI reports leaders of four shopcraft unions will resume contract negotiations with the railroad industry after meeting AFL-CIO President George Meany. Talks restart Monday at 2 p.m. as federal no-strike orders risk a nationwide rail shutdown. no agreement reached, multiple work-rule disputes linger.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Miami Beach
Fla
Meany
Lafayette Square
White House
Nixon
Congress
William W. Winpisinger
Winpisinger
U.S
Howard Corcoran
Union Pacific
Kunstler seeks reversal in Chicago Seven convictions
Chicago attorney William M. Kunstler urged U S prosecutors to ask the federal appeals court to overturn the convictions of five Chicago Seven members on charges of crossing state lines to incite a riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Prosecutor Thomas A. Foran dismissed the demand and defended his trial conduct, saying the public should learn what occurred.
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Chicago
UPI
William M. Kunstler
U.S
Thomas A. Foran
Foran
Kunstler
Chicago Seven
Cook County
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Conrad Hilton
Shaw Sues Garrison for 5 Million in Kennedy Inquiry
Clay L. Shaw filed a 5 million dollar suit against District Attorney Jim Garrison in New Orleans alleging illegal and fraudulent investigation into the Kennedy assassination. Shaw, acquitted March 1, 1969, accuses Garrison and others of soliciting perjured testimony and drugging, bribing witnesses.
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New Orleans
UPI
Clay L. Shaw
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Shaw
Garrison
Kennedy
Jeffords backs options to fund St Albans schools
Attorney General James Jeffords outlined three state actions to keep St Albans schools open as Mayor Larry Larrow threatens to close the district. The plan includes legislature-imposed school taxes, a court-ordered tax, or a state borrowing scheme to cover $4.75 tax limit or $144,000 emergency aid. Jeffords warned the city will pay, one way or another, to educate its children.
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St. Albans
Jeffords
House Rules Committee
House
Attorney Generals
Court of Equity
Justice Hugo Black Celebrates 84th Birthday on Court
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black marked his 84th birthday with a rare public tribute from Supreme Court colleagues. Chief Justice Warren Burger called Black a very uncommon man and extended wishes for health, vigor, and wisdom. The court noted the birthday unanimously with no dissents.
Laird Questions Timing of All Volunteer Draft Shift
Washington UPI Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird and Rep. L. Mendel Rivers voiced reservations about replacing the draft with an all volunteer armed force by mid-1971. Rivers said hearings may start late summer as the draft law expires in 1971. Laird warned the proposed date may be premature and questioned whether pay boosts would attract enough volunteers. The Gates Commission had urged a July 1, 1971, transition with higher pay and better conditions.
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Washington
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
House
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
House Armed Services Committee
Commission
Rivers
Laird
Gates Commission
Nixon
Weather Outlook With Cold Night Temperature Drops
Partly cloudy today with a chance of rising temperatures to the high 30s. Tonight will be somewhat colder with higher elevations near zero. Sunday will see fair skies with continued chilly temperatures into Monday.
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Sam O’dell
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James Earl Chaney
Andrew Goodman
FBI
Federal District
W. Harold Cox
Justice Department
High Court
Department
Sheet Metal
Edward Carlough
Michigan Avenue
U.S. Supreme Court
Clay Shaw
Knutsford
England
UPD
Thomas Beswick
County Council
Larrow
Black
Reserve Officers Association
Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Cologne
Rhine River
Germany
Venice
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