Rutland center reshapes rehabilitation with two–in–one building
Vermont's four regional correctional centers replace old county jails. Rutland's facility, serving Rutland and Bennington counties, shows improved inmate rehabilitation under Superintendent William D White. The front dormitory houses trusted inmates in a community–readiness program with limited space for up to ten residents. Inmates also work in the community during the day.
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Vermont
Rutland
Bennington County
State Corrections Board
William D. White
Bennington
White
Center Street
Nixon Likely to Visit China Early Next Year Meet Mao Tse Tung
A White House official said President Nixon will probably undertake an unprecedented trip to the People’s Republic of China early next year and meet Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse tung. The trip aims to advance world peace but may not be possible before year’s end due to technical preparations. Kissinger’s secret Peking mission and Chou En lai talks were described as calm and businesslike with no rhetoric. Rogers briefed 19 ambassadors including Taiwan’s Shen as protests were anticipated.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
People’s Republic of China
Communist Party
Mao Tse Tung
White House
U.S
China
United States
Southeast
Asia
Henry Kissinger
Peking
Kissinger
Mao Tse-tung
Chou
Oval Office
Islamabad
Pakistan
William P. Rogers
Washington
James H.C. Shen
Republic of China
Taiwan
Taipei
U.N
K. C. Thaler
London
Moscow
Henry Shapiro
Kremlin
Tass
Paris
Ray F. Herndon
Vietnam
Chou En-lai
France
Indochina
Nixon China visit seen as step toward thaw amid world reactions
United Press International reports most nations welcome President Nixon’s planned China trip as a move toward detente. Denmarks and several Southeast Asian governments hope thaw will speed Indochina endings while Taiwan’s Chiang Kai-shek regime protests yet ponders a two Chinas outcome. Diplomatic observers note shifts in recognition and UN hopes.
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Nixon
China
Denmark
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand
Malaysia
Thant
United Nations
Taipei
Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
U.S
Walter P. McConaughy
Chow Shu-kai
Peking
Economy shows 8 percent GNP gain in Q2 1971
The Nixon administration announced an 8 percent rise in GNP for the April–June quarter reaching a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.04 trillion. The gain reflected a 3.6 percent rise in real output and a 4.2 percent increase in prices, signaling expansion but with inflation contributing half the rise.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Commerce Department
Kennedy
Johnson
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Weather forecast notes for today and Sunday
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and highs in the low to mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Clearing tonight with lows around 60. Sunday expect variable cloudiness and highs in the low 80s. Rain probability 50 percent today and 20 percent tonight.
East Germans Free Six U S Citizens
East Germany released six United States citizens held in East German jails after months of confinement for various offenses against the regime. Among those freed were Pvt. Ronald Balch from Huntsville Alabama and Ronald F Mudd from Toledo Ohio.
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Berlin
UPI
U.S
Ronald Balch
Huntsville
Ala
Ronald F. Mudd
Toledo
Mark Huessy
Pomona College
Jericho
Frank King
Detroit
Jack Strickland
Santa Barbara
Calif
Lyle Jenkins
Norfolk
United States
BCRPC releases preliminaries on county housing survey
Bennington residents on welfare are longtime locals with few marketable skills, creating a grim view of substandard housing. A team of interns and county officials report about six percent of county housing is substandard, with many units repairable and Bennington town showing the greatest shortage. The survey ties vacancies to overcrowding and aims to map rent versus income and age demographics, with final results due in 7 to 10 days. The state housing plan voices a simple choice to lower costs or increase funding, stressing cooperative effort among town, region, and state.
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Landgrove
Bennington
William “Sandy
Morse
Bennington-Rutland
Bennington County
BCRPC
John Rice
Rice
Vermont
Lambert
John Simson
National emergency declared over sleeping sickness in Texas
A six year old girl died of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis at Lackland Air Force Base as Agriculture Secretary Hardin declared a national emergency to fund expanded vaccination and mosquito spraying. The outbreak has killed thousands of horses in Mexico and Texas and sparked cross border health concerns and travel restrictions.
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Texas
Austin, Tex
UPI
Mexico
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
United States
Hardin
U.S
Washington
Department
James H. Speele
University of Texas School of Public Health
Houston
Speele
Wylie
Tex
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