BSD Board vows to press budget plans amid election chaos
The Bennington School District board pledges to pursue a $1.575 million August bond to renovate Mt Anthony Union Junior High, while contending with election irregularities. Board questions linger over ballot discrepancies, subpoenaed records, and a state inquest led by Neil Moss as they discuss voting machine use and ongoing normal operations.
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Moss
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Independence Day celebrations shadowed by deaths and injuries
Independence Day observances across the nation featured celebrations and protests. A pipe bomb exploded near a Chicago suburban high school during a fireworks display, killing one and injuring another. In a second Chicago suburb, 12 people received minor eye burns from fireworks and were treated. Police later arrested six suspects in Chicago.
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Maine
Nixon
Jaworski calls Watergate dark tragic episode
Special prosecutor Leon Jaworski called Watergate a dark and tragic episode and urged the legal profession to guard against similar scandals. He spoke to Texas aspiring lawyers, citing Colson’s guilty plea and warning that dictators target the legal system to erode freedom. The remarks framed Watergate as a rare national burden to prevent repetition.
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Kissinger Opens Rome Tour to Brief European Leaders
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrives in Rome under heavy security to brief European leaders on the Moscow summit. He meets Italian President Leone and Pope Paul VI during a 22 hour stay, then continues discussions in Paris with President Giscard d Estaing on Franco American ties and the European Security Conference.
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Giovanni Leone
Giscard d’Estaing
Inside Tornado Sweeps Southern Maine
Page 2 summarizes a weather event in southern Maine titled Inside Tornado. Ag Rockwood returns from an out of town trip on Page 3 with her column. Pete Horton discusses gardens for all on Page 4. A Class of 74 philosophy piece appears on Page 4. Karen Fortney analyzes Title IX effects on Page 5. Dorset celebrates bicentennial flag on Page 7. Reviews of three local dramas appear on Page 9 in Williamstown Dorset Roundhouse. Generals split two with Brewers on Page 10. Is Post 13 in a slump on Page 10.
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Ag Rockwood
Pete Horton
Karen Fortney
Dorset
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Roundhouse
Ehrlichman Testimony On Elisberg Profile Revealed
Washington UPI Ehrlichman testified before a federal jury that he learned only after the Elisberg psychiatrist break in that investigators sought a psychological profile of Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Elisberg. He faces charges of lying to the grand jury and conspiracy in the Fielding break in as he and three others are tried in U S District Court.
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Lewis J. Fielding
Elisberg
U.S
House Committee
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White House
Alexander M. Haig
Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
Nixon
Daniel Ellsberg
Kissinger
Haig
William Frates
Key Biscayne
Fla
John J. Chester
Gene A. Staudt
Batk Page
Dana seeks hearing after recreation director ouster
Dana late this morning asked for a hearing before the board of selectmen to refute charges tied to his firing and said he is considering legal action against the town. fellow staffer Pat Schaffer backed him and claimed program director Hank Tenney lied to town officials.
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Loomis G. Dana
Board of Selectmen
Dana
Pat Schaffer
Hank Tenney
Selectmen
John Lyons
Recreation Commission
Tenney
Lyons
The
Banner
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Nixon risks life on Middle East trip with leg clot
President Nixon, burdened by a permanent blood clot in his leg, traveled to the Middle East after a prior warning of a deadly risk. White House physician Dr. Walter Tkach says the clot now attaches to the vein wall in a fixed position and no longer threatens the heart or lungs. Nixon reports feeling well and resting after Moscow talks with Leonid Brezhnev, while press secretary Ronald Ziegler notes the leg remains slightly swollen but no danger persists.
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Salzburg
Austria
Tkach
William Lukash
Camp David
Ronald L. Ziegler
CBS
Dan Rather
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