Railroad Era Ends Monday in Vermont and New York
The Canadian National Railway plans to discontinue all Montreal to New York passenger service starting Monday, ending passenger rail in Vermont after the Boston and Maine line suspends service pending regulatory steps. Officials note the reduction hinges on ICC rulings and PSB procedures, while Vermont officials urge careful review and possible appeals. Meanwhile in Troy, NY, the Rensselaer County Medical Society votes to boycott New York State Medicaid until four reforms are adopted, including free physician choice and direct patient billing.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston and Maine Railroad
White River Junction
Springfield
Mass
ICC
Montreal
New York
Vermont
Atty. Chester Ketcham
Middlebury
State Public Service Board
PSB
Hutchinson
Canadian National Railroad
B&m
Montreal- New York
St. Albans
Vermont Central
ICC Examiner
Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer County Medical Society
New York State
St. Mary’s Hospital
Confessions Broadcast From North Viet Nam Radio
North Viet Nam radio aired confessed U S pilots admitting bombing schools hospitals churches and civilians and crowds in Hanoi demanded their executions The U S State Department protested as violations of Geneva conventions and noted pilots expressed remorse while claiming the war is unjust and unwinnable in Vietnam Other released names include Lt Col Robinson Risner Capt Kile Dag Berg and Lt Cmdr Robert Shumaker with lingering references to bomb targets in North Vietnam such as dams and dykes
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Tokyo
UPI
Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Washington
U.S. State Department
North Viet Nam
Department
Marshall Wright
United States
International Red Cross
Air Force
Davie D. Hatcher
California
Cmdr
James Mulligan
Massachusetts
Mulligan
Hatcher
College Seeks 1.5 Million Building Loan
Montpelier Bennington College seeks 1.5 million from the Vermont Educational Buildings Financing Agency to fund two dormitories and a science building. Windham College of Putney requests 2,415,000 for a library science building and new classrooms. The agency, created in 1966 to help non profit schools borrow from private sources, met to elect officers but did not process applications.
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Montpelier
Bennington College
Vermont
Vermont Educational Buildings Financing Agency
Windham College
Putney
Daulton Mann
Peru
Mann
Horace B. Shaw Jr
Burlington
Burlington Savings
Warsaw Pact Ends Summit With Ambiguous Outcomes
Warsaw Pact leaders closed a four day summit in Bucharest with little sign of solving internal frictions within the alliance. Walter Ulbricht and Wladyslaw Gomulka departed for home as Brezhnev and Kosygin prepared to leave. A final declaration was expected to reiterate calls for peace and security in Europe amid longstanding anti Western rhetoric including accusations of American aggression in Vietnam. The declaration was seen in Washington as propaganda, lacking new commitments.
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Bucharest
UPI
Russia
East Germany
Communist Party
Walter Ulbricht
East Berlin
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Warsaw
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexi Kosygin
Europe
Warsaw Pact
American ‘‘Aggession’’ In Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Washington
Inside report urges renaming Niggerhead Pond
An editorial on page 4 calls to change the name Niggerhead Pond amid debate. Page 6 notes critics praise area plays and features a Sunderland man leading Vermont 4-H foundation.
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Niggerhead Pond
Sunderland Man
Vermont
H Foundation
Five Air Lines Shut Down by Machinist Strike Strikes Coast to Coast
A machinists strike shut down five major airlines grounding about 60 percent of U.S. air traffic. IAM walkout affected Eastern United Trans World National and Northwest, stranding travelers and disrupting rail and bus travel. Government and industry officials sought immediate talks as 35,300 union members walked out, with Cape Kennedy pickets and mail rerouting plans amid a broader travel emergency.
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Washington
UPSD
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Johnson
James J. Reynolds
Eastern
United
Trans World
National
North-West Airlines
Reynolds
W. Willard Wirtz
Japan
San Francisco
U.S. Space Center
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
The
Space Center
Trans World Airlines
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
SAM
Hearings Set On U.S. 7 Relocation Across Vermont
The Vermont Department of Highways schedules four public hearings along U.S. 7 for the proposed four lane relocation. Sessions in Manchester Shaftsbury Arlington Sunderland and Bennington begin July 13 through July 21 with maps traffic data and cost figures presented. Public comment will focus on each local stretch before a final route decision and a future 222 hearing.
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Vermont Department of Highways
U.S. 7
Ivor S. Pelsne
Bennington
Manchester
Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Arlington - Sunderland
Fisher Elementary School
Arlington
State Armory
Pelsue
Teamsters Adjourn Early Because of Plane Strike
Miami Beach report notes the Teamsters convention ended early due to the airlines machinists strike as Hoffa is reelected president by acclamation for five more years. Delegates boosted Hoffa’s pay to $100,000 and authorized over a million dollars for officers’ court fees.
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Miami Beach
UPS
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Lam
Hoffa
Treasury
Air Force pilots elude Mig jets in North Viet Nam raid
In Red River Valley sorties Air Force Thunderchiefs hit railway installations and anti aircraft sites while dodging two MIG 21 missiles. Navy jets struck Haiphong oil facilities and pumped stations. Marines claim 25 enemy killed near Da Nang as 77 Navy missions fly with two planes lost.
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Saigon
Air Force
Russia
U.S
da Nang
Navy
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
William J. Isenhour
Lemore
Calif
South China Sea
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Rensselaer
North
Col
Robinson Risner
Thanh Hoa
Kile Dag Berg
Robert Shumaker
McNamara
William S. Cowles Jr
Shelburne
Ralph E. Noble
Vermont College
Oakland
Nguyen Cao Ky
Myra Evans
Teddington
England
Haiphong
Albert
Jack) Monger
Brawley Calif
Carl
Tex) Birdwell Jr
Bryan
Texas
7Th Fleet
Marion M. Angel
Harrison, Ark
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