Bennington Bicentennial Picnic Draws Small Crowd in Festive Spin
Bennington observed its town birthday with a sprightly afternoon at Mt. Anthony a Declaration of Independence reading by Town Counsel Norton Barber and a watermelon contest. about 400 picnickers, weather brief rain, 19th century costumes, and music from Pumpkin Hook Old Time Orchestra defined the day.
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Bennington
Norton Barber
Thomas Jefferson
Mt. Anthony
Arvel M. Steece
George Serrigo
John J. Welch
U.S. Senate
Pumpkin Hook Old Time Orchestra
Jerry Jenkins
Lee Town
Carter to Meet Mondale as Muskie Session Ends
Jimmy Carter announces a Thursday meeting with Sen. Walter Mondale as the second candidate on his vice presidential list. The meeting will occur at Carter’s Plains Georgia farm after a recent session with Sen. Edmund Muskie at the same venue. Carter, assured of the Democratic nomination, also named other possible running mates and praised Israel’s Uganda raid.
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Hershey
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
Carter
Georgia
Mondale
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Plains
John Glenn
Ohio
Frank Church
Idaho
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Uganda
CIA
George Bush
New York
Muskie
Israel may seek death penalty for hijackers after Entebbe raid
Israel weighs reining in policy against executing guerrillas following the Entebbe operation. Prime Minister Rabin signals cabinet review of a life sentence for murder by Palestinian militants, citing possible blackmail risk, with existing death penalty laws tied to anti terrorism and Nazi crimes.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Uganda
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Adolf Eichmann
Entebbe
Inside and Nation News Highlights and Page Flags
FBI finds dynamite cache in Massachusetts and flu vaccine program doubts loom. Local notes list Jazz Lab scholarship winners and weekend accidents. Various editorials and columns cover tax concerns, busing history, bicentennial pictures, and Hoosick Follies. Sports report highlights Post 13, Generals sweep, Fidrych All Star, Red Sox playoff hopes. Supreme Court death penalty deliberations noted.
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FBI
Massachusetts
Jazz Lab
TRB
Tom Braden
America
John Gould
Maine
Gerald Raftery
Supreme Court limits state to federal appeals in illegal search cases
The high court ruled 6 to 3 that a defendant cannot challenge a state court conviction in federal court on the grounds of illegal police evidence. It says state courts can resolve such issues and federal review is unnecessary, reversing lower court orders for two murder defendants. Justice Powell writes that exclusionary rule often deflects truth in criminal proceedings.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
David L. Rice
Omaha, Neb
Lewis F. Powell
Queen Elizabeth II Arrives in Philadelphia on Britannia
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip docked at Penn's Landing aboard Britannia for the first leg of a seven day U S visit. Governor Milton Shapp and Mayor Frank Rizzo greet them as city officials welcome the royal couple at City Hall amid weekend litter and fireworks fallout.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Elizabeth II of England
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Britannia
United States
Penn’s Landing
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Frank L. Rizzo
City Hall
America
Bacteria count still high in town water supply
Bennington residents must boil drinking water for at least five minutes through Wednesday as tests show elevated coliform bacteria levels despite chlorine. Officials flush hydrants and await Burlington lab results. private wells need testing before use without boiling.
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John
Bennington
Louis C. Strelas
State Health Department
Savelas
Burlington
Sarelas
Ken Stone
Stone
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