Weather Underground claims attack. security tightens across federal sites
The Weather Underground claimed responsibility for the State Department bombing and a failed Oakland explosion prompting tighter security at federal buildings nationwide. FBI named several suspects and launched an intensive probe into the incidents and threats, while officials cited about 350000 dollars in damages.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Oakland
Calif
Arthur F. Sampson
General Services Administration
Weather Underground
Military Indiction
Sampson
GSA
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Economic health improves but US recession continues
The nation shows signs of economic health with a rising stock market and lower interest rates, yet unemployment claims fall for the first time in a month while reports confirm the deepest recession since the 1930s. GM closes seven plants for a week. food stamp use rises to 17 million in December. Unemployment stood at 7.5 percent in December with expectations near 8 percent.
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General Motors
Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Ford ready to meet Congress halfway on taxes energy row
President Ford signals flexibility on a 12 percent tax rebate plan with a $1000 cap but remains firm on energy conservation. In a cordial White House meeting with Rep. Al Ullman, talks aimed at bridging gaps on tax cuts continue while Ford insists on a strong, negotiable energy program and demands comparable concessions from Democrats.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
al Ullman
Ways and Means
White House
Ullman
Oregon Democrat
Congress
Harold Wilson
Burr and Burton trustees end Manchester Program sponsorship
Burr and Burton Seminary trustees voted to sever ties with the Manchester Program at the end of the school year. The move follows a favorable evaluation report published earlier in the week and a unanimous March 1974 decision to end sponsorship. Tuition for next year is set at 1700 dollars, up 200.
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Manchester
Burr and
Burton Seminary
BBS
Houghton Pearl
Bennington- Rutland Supervisory Union
BRSU
Burr and Burton
BRSA
North House
River Road
Burr
Burton
David Wilson
Wilson
Pear
Bennington selects barebones budget with $1.88 million total
After a week of cuts, Bennington selectmen approve a total town budget of 1,882,522 with 1,422,522 for the general fund and 460,000 for the highway fund. They reject a full-year recreation center closing but plan summer shutdowns and push a public works reorganization including a full-time superintendent at 14,000 annually.
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Bennington Selectmen
Barebones
General
Highway Fund
Harold R. Saunders
Selectmen
Edward R. Lamb
Saunders
Ronald Higgins
Guard issues ultimatum to Indians in abbey siege
In Gresham Wisconsin the Menominee Warrior Society occupiers of the Alexian Brothers abbey since January face a Friday noon deadline to accept a peace settlement or risk forced eviction. Governor Lucey and National Guard Colonel Simonson expressed hope for a prompt peaceful resolution. The Alexians seek federal aid to sell or lease the property for a hospital while maintaining ownership. Local whites voice frustration at perceived inaction as tensions rise.
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National Guard
Alexian Brothers Abbey
Patrick Lucey
Green Bay
Wis
Lucey
Hugh Simonson
Simonson
Alexians
Chicago
Alexian Brothers
The
Menominee Warrior Society
MAU Alumni Survey Results Featured in Inside Local
Inside Local previews the MAU graduate survey results for 1974 on Page 3. The MAU Bulletin includes an interview with Peter Pan on Page 5. County coverage notes Manchester selectmen budget approval, Woodford caucus, Shaftsbury Dems nominating Buxbaum, Pownal development hearing details. Winter thaws prompt garden talk. feeding children tips. MAU sports recap highlights wrestling, hockey, girls swimming, baseball rule changes, and a note on a $100,000 Jimmy Connors televised match.
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MAU
Peter Pan
Manchester
John Page
Dianne Hall
Jimmy Connors
23 nukes ordered shut down
Washington reports the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ordered 23 boiling water reactors shut within 20 days after Commonwealth Edison found five cracks in a reactor pipe. The action spans operators including Consumers Power Big Rock Point Michigan Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Alabama Carolina Power and Light Brunswick North Carolina Commonwealth Edison Dresden Quad Cities Iowa Electric Duane Arnold Niagara Mohawk FitzPatrick Nine Mile Point Dairyland La Crosse Pacific Gas Humboldt Bay Millstone Monticello Peach Bottom Pilgrim Oyster Creek Jersey Central Vermont Yankee Cooper Neb.
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Washington
UPI
Ilinois
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago
Consumers Power Co
Big Rock Point
Mich
Tennessee Valley Authority
Browns Ferry
Ala
Carolina Power and Light Co
Brunswick
N.C
Dresden
Quad Cities
Iowa
Peach Bottom
Boston Edison Co
Pilgrim
Mass
Jersey Central Power and Light
Oyster Creek
N.J
Vermont
Yankee
Vernon
Nebraska Public Power District
Cooper Station
Neb
Communist party tightens grip in China with army chief rise
In Hong Kong UPI reports Teng Hsiaoping, longtime party figure and vice premier, named chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army. The move elevates him to near-top status, giving the party control over the armed forces. Chang Chun-chiao named head of the army political department amid ongoing power struggles.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
Peking
Teng Hsiaoping
Communist Party
People’s Liberation Army
Teng
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Mao
Chou
Chang Chun-chiao
Army
Lin Piao
Education budget cuts spark disaster warnings in Vermont
School officials warn the Boylan alternative budget would devastate education. The Education Department memo says 1100 special education students would lose state support, vocational aid would vanish, hot lunch program supervision funding would end, and debt-retirement auditing staff would be cut. Supt. Sleeman calls it disastrous and urges public input to legislators.
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John
John J. Boylan
Orleans
Essex
Robert A. Withey
Withey
George A. Sleeman
Education Department
Boylan
Mt. Anthony Union High School
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Agency For International Development
Charles Lightner
Paul Hare
Henry Kissinger
Charles Bates
Bernadine Dohrn
Jeffrey Jones
Mark Rudd
Kathie Boudin
Robert Roth
Cathryn Wilkerson
Leonard Handelsman
Howard Machtinger
Students For A Democratic Society
United States
Richard Hughes
UPS
Dow Jones
Walter B. Winston
First National City Bank of New York
Federal Reserve
Russ Garland
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