Stormy Vermont storm shuts county offices and schools
Wind driven blizzard pounds southern Vermont driving two feet of snow, closing all Bennington County schools and many banks and businesses. CVPS line crews battle four foot drifts to restore outages while roads Route 2 and Route 346 halt travel. State offices close at noon and postmen pause as power, lines, and telephones falter.
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Central Vermont Public Service
Bennington
Robert Dikeman
Conrad Hoffman
Postal Service
United Parcel System
Main Street
Petersburg
N.Y
Massachusetts
Pownal
CVPS
South Stream Road
Dikeman
Jackie Chouinard
Silk Road
Fairdale Farms
West End
Bennington County
Catamount Bank
North
Carter Cabinet Hearings Rise In 95th Congress
Confirmation hearings for Carter cabinet picks and Ford's final State of the Union mark the first full week of the new session. Kreps Harris Vance Bell Brown Schultze Bergland Blumenthal Califano Marshall named, with hearings on tanker spill investigations and a March funding continuation for the Kennedy King assassinations panel.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Ford
House
Congress
Carter
White House
Senate
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
HUD
Patricia Roberts Harris
Cyrus Vance
Griffin Bell
Defense
Harold Brown
Charles Schultze
The
Council of Economic Advisers
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Treasury
Werner Blumenthal
HEW
Joseph Califano
Labor
Ray Marshall
Senate Commerce
John Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Israel seeks extradition of Munich massacre mastermind Abu Daoud
Paris reports Israel has asked for the extradition of Abu Daoud, a PLO official linked to the 1972 Israeli athletes massacre at the Munich Games. Daoud was arrested in Paris with a PLO delegation. West Germany considers a formal extradition request amid Arab protests.
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Paris
UPI
Israel
Abu Daoud
Daoud
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
West Germany
Hans Jochen Vogel
Bonn
Algeria
Libya
Iraq
Munich
Notre Dame Cathedral
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Mahmoud Ould Saleh
France
Council of Europe
Ezzeddine Kalak
Saleh
Jordan
Khartoum
U.S
Firehouse Under Construction Tornado Blows It Down
Partially built firehouse on Bernal Road in West Arlington was torn from its foundations and shattered by high winds at about 9 30 a m. Jennie and Mary Skidmore who visited with Bertha Stearns witnessed the destruction. Fire Chief Pickering said doors not yet arrived left the front open and the back enclosed, contributing to the collapse. Power outages affected East Arlington. crews placed on standby at the East Arlington station. Insurance covered the building.
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Boston
UPI
Gloucester
Coast Guard
Chester Poling
Cape Ann
Richard Griggs
Boston Coast Guard
Grand Zenith
Griggs
United States
Lee
Bernal Road
Arlington
Jennie
Mary Skidmore
Bertha Stearns
Harry Pickering
Pickering
East Arlington
Alden petitions court to hear his protest in Vermont
John Alden, defeated candidate, seeks an immediate hearing in Washington County Superior Court to halt Lt. Gov. Buckley from taking office if a hearing cannot occur soon. Burgess says the suit challenges ballot handling, sealing, and certification under state law and may invoke the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Alden
Montpelier
UPI
T. Garry Buckley
Washington County
John Alden
John A. Burgess
Buckley
General Assembly
John Burgess
Burgess
Secretary of State
GE Pittsfield job losses may hit 1000 to 1200 in 1977
GE vice president Bruce O Roberts warned that Pittsfield plants could shed up to 1200 jobs in 1977, lowering total employment to about 7800, the lowest since 1940. Ordnance and transformer units drive most cuts while the plastics division is expected to grow slightly.
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Pittsfield
Mass
General Electric Co
Bruce O. Roberts
Roberts
Ordnance Systems
Navy
Ordnance
Plastics
America
Power Transformer
U.S
Inside Local Summary for Bennington Rotary Visit
Bennington Rotarians hear from Swedish visitor as Page 3 notes. column notes economic news depends on teller and Ford swan song on Page 4. County entries cover an Olympic rider clinic at Shaftsbury stable and student forest and park jobs on Pages 6 and 7. Entertainment items include Muskie proposing a sunset bill on Page 8. Sports roundup cites Patriots over Hartford with Lemieux injury, MAU wrestlers over Cosmos, HFCS wrestlers lose, Panthers win on Pages 10 and 11. An additional note explores Howard Hughes fascination in entertainment on Page 12.
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Bennington
Gerry Raftery
Ford
Olympic Rider
Shaftsbury Stable
Sen. Muskie
Sunset
Patriots
Hartford
Lemieux
MAU
Cosmos
HFCS
Panthers
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Poultney
Brattleboro
CB Sports
Union Carbide
Vermont National
Robert Eaton
Bennington- Rutland
Vermont National Bank
Putnam
Four Corners
Kreps, Harris
Senate Commerce Committee
Brock Adams
Transportation Department
By Kirk Scharfenberg
Burr and Burton
George Allard
John Hawkins
E.H. Henry Center
Bulldogs
Otter Valley
Howard Hughes
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