Two nations meet in space in historic orbital linkup
Three Americans and two Russians docked in earth orbit for 44 hours of flight together opening an age of international unity in space. The Apollo crew Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Deke Slayton linked with Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov after bases far apart. The rendezvous followed a Classic 29 orbit pattern developed for lunar flights as Leonov Kubasov orbited 137 to 139 miles high while Apollo closed the gap.
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Houston
UPI
Apollo
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald ‘‘Deke
Slayton
Soyuz
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
Leonov
Kubasov
U.S
Europe
Stafford
Brand
Russia
Orbit
Moscow
Edt
Iss
Robert Crippen
Moon
GNP figures show small decline and low inflation
The Commerce Department reported the US economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in Q2 1975, the smallest drop since 1974, with inflation at about 5.1 percent. GNP stood at 1.433 trillion dollars, suggesting a possible transition from recession to recovery as prices ease from earlier highs.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Department
U.S
Two million tons wheat sold to the Soviet Union
A U.S. grain firm contracted to sell two million metric tons of hard winter wheat to the Soviet Union for delivery through August 1976 with a potential value around 294 million dollars. Butz said such sales would not drastically raise U.S. prices, and noted the 1972 deal had far greater price impacts. The arrangement follows broader government probes into grain handling, and contrasts with the 1972 credit-backed sale. Spaceflight timetable and events are listed for Apollo Soyuz activities.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Russia
Earl Butz
Agriculture Department
Cook Industries, Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Richard Bell
Butz
Bell
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Pittsburgh
New York Times
Cook
Watts forgery claim questioned in Vermont politics
Watts alleges his signature on an unemployment claim was forged in a political bid to remove him from a federally funded post. A state AG spokesman said the forgery does not appear to be a deliberate scheme to disqualify the former executive secretary of Vermont's Democratic Committee. The GAO ruling found he was ineligible for the CETA job for not meeting a 30 day unemployment requirement.
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U.S. General Accounting Office
Vermont Conservative Party
General Accounting Office
Watts
GAO
Congressional
President Ford proposes end to oil price controls on Hill
President Ford submits a plan to end old oil controls amid a congressional stalemate over oil pricing policy. The move seeks to shift price regulation and align policy with executive priorities as Congress debates the plan.
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Washington
Ford urges quick lifting of arms ban
President Ford presses Congress to lift the arms ban on Turkey to avoid losing U S military bases. He has invited lawmakers to breakfast meetings to advocate partial lifting amid Ankara’s Cyprus crisis and to prevent further base closures and monitoring devices from Soviet communications. The piece also covers oil price controls and a Senate compromise on pricing for old and new oil, foreshadowing a Ford veto against a House Senate bill.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Turkey
Ford
Congress
White House
Ankara
Cyprus
United States
Capitol Hill
Frank Zarb
Senate
House
Bennington planners tackle zoning changes on CI 40 and more
Bennington selectmen faced hot issues as planners advised CI 40 expansion to include a Route 67A strip near Danny Fager’s gas station while removing RC area, and Mt Anthony Country Club land shifting from RR 80 to VR 20 amid PUD debate. They also backed VR 15 for south shire near Dewey Street Extension, noting modest nonconforming impacts and club preservation concerns.
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Mammoth Mart
Danny Fager
Silk Road
Vermont Tissue Paper Co
Ralph G. Wright
Richard Lasher
Fager
Wright
Selectmen
Lasher
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Harmon Road
Paul W. Bohne III
J.C. Jerome
PUD
J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
John P. Griffin Jr
Inside National Government on brink of dissolution
National government of Portugal nears collapse amid a rail workers dispute. An eve of strike deadline prompts industry-wide tensions as government and unions negotiate amid a fragile stalemate.
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Portugal
Putnam Hospital
Kit Foster
Tom Braden
U.S
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Russ Garland
Long Trail
North Shire
Vermont
Hoosac
MAU
Bennington College
Park McCullough House
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South America
Richard Truly
Valeri
Alexei Leonev
U.S.S.R
Florida
By Rob Woolmington
Bennington
Planning Commission
Vt. Tennis Association
John Patterson
Pownal
Lanesboro
Bowie Kuhn
Forbes
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