Vermont's new top cop seen as reasonable professional
Col Edward Corcoran 53 a North Bennington native and former 30 year Army officer now leads Vermont Public Safety Department He describes himself as a reasonable workhorse and aims for the best police effort for the least money He plans no wholesale changes and emphasizes professionalism over force while noting potential to recruit more college graduates to state police ranks
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Vietnam
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Calif
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Bellows Falls
U.S. Supreme Court
Peace Corps
Pears
Auto Worker Kills Three After Suspension at Detroit Plant
In Detroit an Army veteran, angry after suspension from a Chrysler axle plant, returned two hours later with an M1 and killed three workers, including foremen Hugh Jones and Gary Hinz, in the Eldon Avenue plant. A fourth worker was injured and Johnson was captured by a shop steward before police took him into custody.
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Chrysler Corp
Jones
Edward Lacey
Eldon Avenue
M. J. Ellis
United Auto Workers
Johnny Moffet
Johnson
Marva
Bennington Schools OK Three Year Gareth Bus Contract
Bennington School District ratified a three year contract with Gareth Bus Lines Inc for elementary and secondary bus service. Mt Anthony Union High School District also accepted the deal amid board opposition. Board members Allen and Smith voiced concerns about aging fleet and the need for new buses, while Sleeman defended the purchase of 13 new buses funded through the private firm.
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Bennington
Gareth Bus Lines Inc
Mt. Anthony Union High
Gareth Company
Bennington Ford Inc
David J. Allen
William F.D. Smith
Mt. Anthony
Allen
Smith
BSD
Gareth
Eee
Richard A Sleeman
George A. Sleeman
George Sleeman
Ate Ford
Harry Eddington
Old Benningtonians Debate Unification at Town Meeting
A 25 member Old Bennington gathering raised skepticism about merging with the town despite officials urging benefits. Residents pressed on zoning protections police and road maintenance and tax implications as town officials outlined the plan toward a single townwide government.
Inside Page 4 editorial and letters notes
An editorial argues the United States pays a high price for friendship while a letter questions the qualifications of those opposing nuclear weapons. The Dorset Playhouse is reviewed, and Post 13’s yesterday win sets up a Saturday crooshul game.
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U.S
Crooshul
Tragic School Bus Crash Kills Seven In Allentown
A chartered Hillel School Day Camp bus veered on a rain slick interstate 78 curve near Allentown, plunging 50 feet. Seven children died and 52 were injured, as investigators from state police and the National Transportation Safety Board began probing the cause.
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Allentown
UPI
National Transportation Safety Board
Heiver Daye
Carolyn Stettler
Hillel
Lawrence
N.Y
New York
Robert Clarson
Clarson
Couiere
Britain Proclaims State of Emergency Over Dockworkers Strike
Britain declares a national emergency as a dockworkers strike shuts ports for the first time in 44 years. Queen Elizabeth II signed the proclamation at Privy Council, read to the House of Commons, enabling troops to handle longshoremen’s work as over 200 ships are stranded.
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London
UPS
Elizabeth II
Privy Council
Canada
House of Commons
Horace King
Birth of the Bomb at Alamogordo and Trinity Test Details
A firsthand recollection from spring 1945 at Los Alamos recalls the rush to assemble the implosion bomb and transport it to Alamogordo for the Trinity test. Tensions rose over a failed nonnuclear explosive experiment, followed by a tense countdown and a postponed shot due to weather before the test proceeded.
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Los Alamos
Alamogordo
Trinity Site
Harry S. Truman
J. Robert
Oppenheimer
Kistiakowsky
Leslie R
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Edward R. Lamb
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Norton Barber
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