Soviet Soyuz blasts off for historic space meet
Two Soviet cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov lifted off from Baikonur carrying a United Nations flag in a flawless launch. American astronauts Stafford Brand and Slayton waited at Cape Canaveral for a docking in orbit, with President Ford and millions watching as weather and timing favored a meeting in space.
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AL Rossiter Jr
United Press International
United Nations
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
America
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald ‘‘Deke
Slayton
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mau board chairman elected building program reaffirmed
Mt. Anthony Union High School directors elected David Adler as chairman and Barth Vander Els as vice chairman with Antoinette Button as clerk. They reaffirmed support for a long range Grade 7 9 building plan in Shaftsbury or North Bennington, authorizing land search but not construction. Concerns about taxes and crowding were weighed against future population growth and highway expansion.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Clarence Pelkie
David Adler
Barth Vander Els
Adler
Antoinette Button
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Joseph Hall
Lawrence Harrington
George A. Sleeman
Norshaft
Stark Street
Bennington
Harrington
Hall
Sleeman
MAU
Israelis protest Kissinger terms over Sinai withdrawal
About 20,000 Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv denouncing Kissinger allegedly pressuring for a Sinai withdrawal to reach an interim Egypt accord. Demonstrators targeted the U S embassy as 21 were arrested. Begin urged no withdrawals until a final peace is reached.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Sinai
Egypt
U.S
City Hall
Henry Kissinger
Likud
Menachem Begin
Gidi
Mitla
Abu Rudeis
Begin
Simcha Dinitz
United States
See
Oil spill at Ben Mont Paper Co cleanup nearly finished
Villagers joined with officials in cleaning a 3000 gallon fuel oil spill from a valve at Ben Mont Paper Co. The Walloomsac River bank areas were slick but no significant fish kill appeared. Cleanup booms lined the river in Vermont and New York as rain aided flushing, with completion eyed for Tuesday.
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Mother Nature
Ben Mont Paper Co
Walloomsac
Robinson Avenue
Burlington
New England Marine Contractors
Vermont
New York State
John Malter
Water Resiorces Department
Malter
Ben Mont
Makes for endless summer local teens face joblessness
In a look at youth employment the Bennington area shows rising unemployment. May figures put county unemployment at 12.1 percent, well above national 9.2 percent, with statewide 10.1 percent. Construction and manufacturing cut back while service jobs rise, leaving many graduates without steady summer work.
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Blades
Youth Information Center
YIC
Main Street
Nancy Blades
Princess Charming
Bennington County
Vermont
Windham
Lamoille
Bennington
State Employment Security Department
Montpelier
Marjorie Galvin
Timetable of mission for Apollo Soyuz flight today
UPI reports a detailed timetable for the Apollo Soyuz international spaceflight. Key moments include the July 15 launch of Apollo astronauts Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald K Slayton from Cape Canaveral at 3 50 p m EDT and subsequent orbital maneuvers docking and rendezvous operations with Soyuz.
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UPI
Deke” Slayton
Patrick Air Force Base
Florida
Slayton
Vance Brand
Houston
Soyuz
Apollo
Thomas Stafford
Donald K. Slayton
Cape Canaveral
Manchester Village Abolishes Inventory Tax First in State
Manchester Village voters at the Bennington County Courthouse meeting approved ending the long standing business inventory tax and backed trustees push for a new sewer system. The move follows a state law allowing towns to choose to abolish the tax, with many municipalities set to decide at March Town Meetings. Manchester Village holds its July annual business meeting.
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Russ Garland
Manchester
Manchester Village
Bennington County
Vermont
Liberals to contest Ford on oil rules and protests continue
Inside National reports liberals in Congress plan to press Ford on oil deregulation as protests persist. Local pages note Vermont delegate voting, with feature sections and editorials. Entertainment and sports items preview events and reviews, including a Dorset production and an All-Star game update.
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Congress
Ford
Joan Little
Vermont
Safire
Mideast
Rob Woolmington
Hearts and Minds
Williamstown
Cambridge
N.Y
MacDonald
Shaftsbury
Dorset
Geraldine
Gerald Ford
Legion
Bobby Orr
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Abraham Lincoln
Mary Lincoln Beckwith
Miss Beckwith
Florida Oceanside Spaceport
Germany
Stafford
Leonov
Kubasov
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Tyuratam
Aral Sea
Lee Space
Kissinger
Mt. Anthony, Burr & Burton
Arlington
Southern Vermont College
Ethan Allen Community College
Bennington College
Virginia Sandy
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