Nixon outlines broad federal reorganization plan
President Nixon proposed the most extensive government reorganization, creating four new departments Natural Resources Human Resources Economic Development and Community Development to align cabinet work with major national purposes. He pledged funds for health care research environmental expansion and health coverage aims while defending local aid and non discriminatory use of revenue sharing.
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New York
Newark
Detroit
Nixon
Natural Resources
Congress
Blooper Bill Passes Again In State Legislature
MONTPELIER The annual Blooper Bill S-15 passed Thursday by the state legislature a housekeeping measure listing corrections in spelling and punctuation that could have altered the meaning or intent of previously passed bills.
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Montpelier
Housekeeping
Slippery roads blamed for five local mishaps
Five accidents blamed on slick streets in Bennington and nearby towns. In Bennington a 53-year-old passenger, Steven Bender, suffered facial cuts after a car skidded into a pole on Route 7. Harold Daley, 40, treated for chest injuries, was released from Putnam Memorial Hospital. A second incident in Pownal involved a 53-year-old driver, Albert Jennings, whose SUV rolled onto its roof. his wife Alma Jennings was treated for an eye laceration. A northeast Vermont collision near Bromley ski area left 18-year-old Thomas Smith with a cut eye and a sprained shoulder. A Shaftsbury crash left no injuries. In Arlington a police cruiser and a panel truck collided in the northbound lane. Bennington reports two minor accidents on Pleasant Street and Kocher Drive near the YMCA pool.
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Bennington
Steven Bender
Harold H. Daley
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bender
Daley
Pownal
Albert A. Jennings
Adams
Mass
Jenning
Alma
Peru
East Dorset
Bromley
Thomas S. Smith
Julien Cote
St. Madeleine
Quebec
Smith
Frank E. Harrigan
Manchester
Shaftsbury
Chrysler
Leilani M. Callahan
Hoosick Falls
Arlington
John N. Dwyer
Westford
Carl E. Bailey
Shaftsbury Barracks
Dwyer
Edward H. Bowmaker
Pleasant St
Pleasant
Main Streets
Ford
Mark S. Stevens
Cape Neddick
Maine
Kocher Drive
Chevrolet
Raymond C. Howe
Park Street
Volkswagen
Steven Briethaupt
Leonard St
Briethaupt
Howe
Funeral held for William Mac Martin 52 native of Hoosick Falls
William Mac Martin 52 a Hoosick Falls native whose funeral was held in La Cruces New Mexico where he had resided for years He was the son of the late Daniel and Lila Smithers MacMartin a graduate of Hoosick Falls High School and Tri State College in Angola Indiana He worked in Fairbanks Alaska before moving to New Mexico Survivors include his wife Catherine two sons Donald and Duncan several nieces and nephews most residing in Hoosick Falls He was brother of the late Mae Scott and the late Spencer and Duncan MacMartin of Hoosick Falls
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William MacMartin
Hoosick Falls
la Cruces
N.M
MacMartin
Daniel
Lila (Smithers) MacMartin
Tri-State College
Angola
Ind
Fairbanks
Alaska
New Mexico
Catherine
Donald
Duncan
Mae Scott
Spencer and
Duncan MacMartin
Sheep deaths in Utah valley blamed on halogeton poison
Scientists ruled out atomic radiation as the cause of over 1400 sheep deaths in Antelope Valley Utah. Investigators blame halogeton poison with oxolate crystals detected in stomachs. Ranchers question conclusions as some claim radiation from nearby underground tests may have played a role. Livestock losses valued at about 100000 plus wool value.
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Antelope Valley, Utah
UPI
Utah
Antelope Valley
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
Wayne Binns
Utah State University
Poisonous Plants Laboratory
Binns
University of Utah
Robert Pendleton
ABC
Greg Llewellyn
Angus Ingram
Don
Clarence
Canada
Papa Doc picks son as Haiti successor in referendum plan
President-for-life Francois Duvalier announced on radio that his 21 year old son Jean Claude will succeed him. He said the move will be put before the nation for ratification and that Jean Claude, a law student, will assume the presidency after preparation. Thousands gathered outside the presidential palace as the announcement followed a January constitutional revision lowering the presidency age to 20 and granting Duvalier power to name a successor.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
UPI
Forife
Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier
Jean Claude
Duvalier
University of Haiti
Law School
Nervous hijacker takes secondary destination
A nervous hijacker on a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 commandeered a flight with 60 aboard en route from Milwaukee to Washington. He sought Algeria but Cuba became final after a refuel stop in Detroit. The hijacker, Gerald Grant, threatened to blow up the plane with a bomb in a briefcase. FBI agents remained distant during the tense incident.
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Miami
UPI
Algeria
Havana
Northwest Airlines
Detroit
Jose Marti
Gerald Grant
Minneapolis
Fred Walter
Detroit Metropolitan
FBI
Cuba
William Lucas
Wayne County
Northwest Flight 493
Rochester
Minn
Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
Northwest
U.S
Bennington Briefs and Local Updates
Bennington Pack 345 meets Monday at 7 30 p m at Mt Anthony Country Club with all den leaders chiefs and committee members urged to attend. parents must accompany any signing up boys. Heritage House Restaurant closes Monday Jan 25 and Tuesday Jan 26 for repairs reopening 7 am Jan 27. Northwest Flight 493 hijacking details include no sky marshal or anti hijacking device at Milwaukee gate and a calm passenger crew response.
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Mt. Anthony Country Club
Heritage House
Arlington Lions Club announces 1971 variety show talent search
Arlington Lions Club co chairs Larry Brush and Ronnie Ryan with program director Philip Elwell invite the public to a talent search at the community house from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Participation is open to all. They seek photos of the Arlington pulp job of the 1930s if available.
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Larry Brush
Ronnie Ryan
Arlington Lions Club
Philip Elwell
Cochairmen
Arlington
Funeral notices for Mrs Gilbert Twitchell and others
The funeral of Mrs. Gilbert Twitchell of Shaftsbury formerly Nellie Bacon, was held at Mahar & Son Funeral Home with Rev A J MacDonald officiating. Bearers were Harlan W Fowler, Guy Mattison, Gilbert Mattison, Randolph Lorom, Benjamin Bacon and Victor Bacon. Entombment was in Park Lawn Chapel with spring burial at Waite Cemetery. Also noted is the military funeral of Walter M Keough of Arlington, attended in St. Margaret Mary'sChurch with a Requiem High Mass by Rev Gerald Buckley. Bearers included Richard Keough and others. flags were presented by Joseph Lobravkco for Post 69. Keough, a former Vermont legislator and Sunderland native, died after a long illness. Relatives attended from multiple nearby towns. Arrangements by Mahar & Son. Joseph E Graney, killed when his vehicle left Route 22, Hoosick Falls, had a funeral at Mahar Funeral Home and Church of the Immaculate Conception noted. Bearers listed. large Elks attendance. A police report from Bennington described a fight at Reagan's Mobil Station. Carlton E Sprague, longtime AP operator and weather official, died in Escondido, California. Surviving relatives include his son Carlton Jr., sister Mrs. Bart Long, and four grandchildren.
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Gilbert Twitchell
Shaftsbury
Nellie Bacon
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
A.J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury First
Walter M. Keough
Arlington
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Gerald Buckley
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Richard Keough
Lawrence Molloy
Gerald James
Michael Mavrides
Donald Keough
Thomas Whalen
Father Buckley
American Legion Post 69
Keough
Vermont
Sunderland
Park Lawn Chapel
Post 69
American Legion
Joseph Lobravkco
Joseph E. Graney
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Hoosick Falls
Route 22
White Creek
Mahar
John Ryan
U.S.A
James F. Quinn
St. Agnes School of
Utica
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Father Ryan
DeForest Pitt
Carl Kempf
Morgan Burke
Walter LaPorte
Joseph Santerre
John Fitzpatrick
John Murphy
Carl Armstrong
Stiles Smith
Thomas Dwyer
Joseph McGuire
William Stevens
Lincoln von Haggin
Joseph Salluzzo
BPO Elks of
Carlton E
Doc” Sprague
Associated Press
Banner
Escondido
Calif
Ernest
Julia
Proud) Sprague
North Adams
Mass
The
Bennington
Weather Station
Pittsfield
George R. Bulgarelli
Bulgarelli
U.S
Government
Weather Bureau
Wake Island
Pacific
Sprague
Carlton Jr
Sullivan Island
S.C
Bart Long
Syracuse
N.Y
Vermont private colleges warn of closure without state aid
In Montpelier the House Education Committee heard from leaders of several private colleges urging a subsidy to enroll Vermont students. They warned private schools could go out of business within a decade without public assistance as legislators consider aid legislation.
Baptists hold annual meeting at First Church in Jan 24
The First Baptist Church schedules its annual business meeting Sunday evening January 24 at 6 after a men’s dinner led by Richard Hunt. Lewie C. Dodge will open proceedings to approve 1970 minutes, hear the pastor’s message, review budgets, nominations, pulpit reports, and other business. Also included is Vermont higher education legislation supporting VSAC funding for private colleges with public aid split, and a proposed 25 percent state cost share offset by a 20 percent tuition cut for Vermonters.
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First Baptist Church
Richard Hunt
Lewie C. Dodge
VSAC
Hackett named UVM trustee and welfare board chair
Luther F Hackett, former House Appropriations chairman, was named a University of Vermont trustee by Gov Deane C Davis. He succeeds Walter C Paine to a six year term with Paine's term expiring Feb 21. Hackett had recently been named chairman of the Social Welfare Board succeeding William Wright.
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Montpelier
UPI
Social Welfare Board
Luther F. Hackett
House Appropriations
Friday
University of Vermont
Deane C. Davis
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Bennington Briefs
Helene Thompson
Main Street Fight
Reagan
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Main Street
Carlton E. Sprague
Baptists
Robert E. Boardman
Dchittenden-Grand Isle
Henry H. Carse
Rhinesburg
House Education
Vermont Student Assistance Corp
Withey
George Kidder
Vermont Higher
Triple
Grand Union
IST
Main ST. Bennington
Motor Inn
New
Ashford, Mass
ATE
Shaftsbury, VT
Hackett
UVM Trustee
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
VLD Toys
Londonderry, Vermont
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