Fourth of July Celebrations Warm Arlington Town Center
Arlington marked a traditional Fourth with a parade floats and a crowd enjoying a beef roast over 500 pounds. Gov. Salmon spoke as town crier Lyle Salter oversaw reminiscing, while residents joined races and Bicentennial Queen contests amid hot afternoon sun. In Bennington, flags flew with 38 star banner dated around 1878.
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Arlington
Thomas P. Salmon
Salmon
Lyle Salter
Bennington
Vis
Thomas C. Thomas
Pleasant St
Colorado
Vermont weighs pulp mill push amid environmental and jobs concerns
Vermont officials including Gov. Thomas Salmon signal a shift toward weighing a proposed 200 million pulp mill by Parsons and Whittemore. The project could create over 500 jobs along the Connecticut River if environmental and development standards are met, with the state emphasizing the right kind of industry and potential opposition impact.
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Parsons and Whittemore Co
Connecticut River
Vermont
New Hampshire
Alabama
Salmon
Donald Webster
Webster
Parsons
Whittemore
Salmon Echo
Ed Websters
Salmon and
Parsons and
India bans 26 political parties in emergency crackdown
New Delhi India moves to crush opposition after Indira Gandhi declared a nationwide state of emergency. The ban targets extremist left and right groups while major national parties are spared though their leaders are jailed. Gandhi says India is not a police state.
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New Delhi
UPI
Indira Gandhi
India
Ford stresses personal freedoms in Baltimore speech
President Ford urged a century devoted to individual freedom in a July Fourth address at Fort McHenry Baltimore celebrating the Star Spangled Banner bicentennial. He linked reduced government and strong citizen sovereignty to American vigor while witnessing 41 naturalizations and a flag raising amid large crowds.
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Baltimore
UPI
America
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Fords
State workers end strike with staged wage increases
Pennsylvania's largest state employees union vote to end a three day strike after bargaining with Gov. Shapp yields a wage package. Immediate 16 cent an hour raise, 3.5 percent, then 11 and 30 cent steps totaling about 12 percent, plus amnesty for picket arrests.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Gerald McEntee
American Federation of State
McEntee
Shapp
Three FM applications still pending FCC action
FCC hearing on Bennington area FM licenses has been delayed with July 22 pre hearing set and no definite date for formal hearings. Competing bids from Catamount Broadcasters Equinox Wireless and Bennington Radio Inc. face long proceedings, possible appeals, and broad reach claims into New York Massachusetts and beyond.
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Rubin Lozner
Bennington
Buck Hill Road
Shaftsbury
Equinox Wireless Co
Palmer C. Dante
WTSV
WECM
Claremont
N.H
Bennington Radio Inc
Thomas J. Dunn
Wor-Tv
New
Two Die as Las Vegas Flash Flood Rages
A severe flood in Las Vegas caused more than $1 million in damage across the Strip and suburbs. Two men, Mike Williams and Richard Hawkins, died while others were rescued. Sterling Moss helped save three people from a submerged car at Caesars Palace.
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Nev
UPI
Mike Williams
Richard Hawkins
Sterling Moss
Caesar’s Palace
Moss
Las Vegas Strip
Caesar’s Palace Hotel
Flamingo Hotel
Casino
Trash collected as NYC workers return after wildcat strike
New Yorkers woke to clanging garbage cans as 58,000 tons of refuse were cleared after a three day wildcat strike. About 3,000 police, fire and correction officers were rehired, easing safety and cleanliness concerns amid political maneuvering over a $330 million tax authority. Dozens of off duty officers helped reissue gear, while residents blocked firehouse closures in Brooklyn.
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UPI
New
Abraham D. Beame
Hugh L. Carey
Albany
Engine Co. 218
Brooklyn
Robert Butler
Beame
Anthony Genovese
Manhattan
32Nd Precinct
PBA
Weekend Forecast: Warmth Returns With Possible Showers
The region endures a hot and sunny spell with temperatures in the 80s. Tonight remains clear, and Sunday may bring isolated showers as the weekend mood shifts.
Holiday toll rises with tragic Fourth of July deaths
The Fourth of July weekend saw multiple fatalities across cities as Tammy Thomas, 6, and Eric Lacombe, 8, died in interstate and state highway crashes. Marcus Byrd, 14, died after a hit and run on Chicago's South Lake Shore Drive, while Leo Flack, 59, died in Detroit near the scene of another hit and run. A UPI count tallied at least 89 traffic deaths in the period, with the National Safety Council projecting 480 to 580 more.
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Tammy Thomas
Hunter
Utah
Parowan
Tammy
Eric Lacombe
Flint
Mich
Linda
Glennie
Susie Judson
United Press International
National Safety Council
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Vance Brand
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