Penn Central Officials Charged In $21 Million Diversion
Arrest warrants issued for David Bevan Charles Hodge and Olbert Lassiter on conspiracy to defraud Penn Central and divert funds to buy a stake in Executive Jet Aviation. They allegedly used $21 million to acquire EJA, fund a jet taxi network, and push profits while Penn Central lost millions. Specter says the case helped topple the railroad.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Penn Central Railroad
Arlen Specter
Specter
Riviera
United States
Penn Central
French Riviera
David C. Bevan
Gladwynne
Charles J. Hodge
Boca Raton
Fla
F. I. DuPont Glore Forgan
Brig
Olbert F. Lassiter
Beverly Hills
Calif
Executive Jet Aviation
EJA
Columbus
Ohio
Bevan
Hodge
Lassiter
Davis urges restraint in Vermont spending and programs
Gov Deane C Davis opened the 1972 Vermont legislative session with a call to curb government spending and welfare costs. He proposed a blue ribbon study of education, a revised welfare approach, and a move to expand existing firms to create up to 32,000 of the 40,000 jobs Vermont seeks in the next decade.
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Vermont
Windsor
Davis
General Assembly
Bennington Rejects State Land Offer for Route 7 Highway
Town of Bennington balks at 26800 dollar bid for 30.7 acres slated for state Route 7. Town argues 5000 per acre asking price and notes regional plans show land as suitable for industrial development. Hearing at state armory behind South Street, with town officials Norton Barber and Edward R. Lamb representing the town.
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Bennington
Willow Park
State Armory
South Street
Board of Selectmen
Edward R. Lamb
Old Town
Rocher Drive
Orchard Road
Molly Stark
Lamb
Norton Barber
State Highway Board
Barber
Bennington County
New York approves 407 million dollar tax hike plan
Albany lawmakers pass a 407 million package after days of debate in a special session. The plan includes a 2.5 percent income tax surcharge for five years, removal of credits, increased rates for high earners, and added levies on liquor, cigarettes, and gasoline. Transit fare limits and education and social service funding pledged by Rockefeller and Senate leaders accompany the package.
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Albany
N.Y
Senate
Assembly
Gov
Rockefeller
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York City
Earl W. Brydges
Muskie vows new beginning in presidential bid
Senator Edmund S. Muskie launched his Democratic presidential campaign from Kennebunk Beach Maine promising a new beginning to change the country. He urged freedom from poverty deprivation discrimination and disease while pledging to bolster the nation's world influence amid Indochina war and domestic unrest. GOP chair Dole dismissed the remarks as a badmouthing display of the United States.
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Washington
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
Lincoln
Muskie
Maine
Florida
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Kennebunk Beach
Indochina
America
Abraham Lincoln
GOP
Robert Dole
United States of America
Inside story on Ellsberg defense and Pentagon Papers
On the Inside Daniel Ellsberg plans his defense for releasing the Pentagon Papers. The Vermont Legislature opens today as its 1972 session begins.
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Daniel Ellsberg
Vermont
Liberty Union
Bernard Sanders
Stratton Mountain
Winhall
New England
Football Patriots
Vermont Legislature Opens With Record 183 Measures
A record 183 measures were prepared for introduction at the 1972 Vermont legislative session opening today. Senate items include no fault auto insurance and hospital cost restrictions for general assistance recipients, with debates on liens and aging aid. House measures cover environmental controls, welfare eligibility, power usage charges, and penalties for false alarms.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Public Service Board
Sen
Stovan Christone
The
Health Board
Vermont
District Court
State Emergency Board
General Assembly
Girl survivor of Peruvian air crash identified
In a jungle clearing hospital at Yarinacocha, teenage German girl Juliane Margarete Koepcke, the sole known survivor of the Christmas Eve airliner crash in the Amazon, is reported recovering from injuries and shock. Nurse Amada de Pina says she is lucid and calm despite a broken collarbone, bruises, cuts, and fatigue.
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Yarinacocha
Amada de Pina
UPI
Juliane Margarete Koepcke
Pucallpa
Sheboya
Miss Koepcke
Tournavista
Amada
Lima
Bennington Brush May Seek FiveYear Tax Freeze Vote
Bennington Brush Co and Aljen Co plan to begin manufacturing at the Bijur plant on South Street after leasing it from Bennington College. A five year tax freeze was denied by selectmen but may be pursued via a March Town Meeting vote, under town charter changes discussed amid tax stabilization debate. Tax policy could trigger many appeals, with residents wary of a flood of future frozen assessments. Meanwhile the Tucker Lodge of Masons seeks a separate exemption article, as past requests by the Mt Anthony Knights of Columbus and Masonry groups faced rejection.
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Bennington
Deer Park
Wilson
Dade Ranch
St. Johnsbury
Morse Construction Co
Bennington Sisters
South Street
Bennington College
Aljen Co
New York
Brush Manufacturers
Bennington Brush Co
Bennington Brush
Norton Barber
March
Bijur
Barber
Campbell
Tucker Lodge of Masons
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Masons
Knights of Columbus
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API
Amazon Jungles
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