FBI enters case of missing kids in Chowchilla
FBI agents joined the search for 26 missing school children and their driver in Chowchilla California after the bus vanished on a Thursday afternoon. The children aged 5 to 15 were returning from a field trip to a county fairgrounds swimming pool when abducted. Authorities searched nearby farmland with helicopters and issued alerts for three vans amid no signs of violence. The driver Frank E Ray Jr was identified and described as stable and talented.
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Chowchilla
Calif
Bill Parker
California National Guard
San Joaquin Valley
Madera County Fairgrounds
California
Patricia Hearst
Berkeley
Symbionese Liberation Army
FBI
Fresno
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz Mountains
Sheriff's Office
Dairyland Union
Brenda Slough
County Fairgrounds
Frank E. Ray Jr
Sunderland School jury still out
After nearly five hours of deliberation, the Sunderland School trial jurors had not reached a verdict. They weighed evidence from 15 days of testimony on defects in the Sunderland Elementary School opened in 1970 and considered damages totaling about 221000 across two defendants with 8.5 percent annual interest from 1972.
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Manchester
Sunderland
William C. Hill
North Shire
Bennington County
Harvest Inn
Arthur J. O’dea
Julian Goodrich Architects Inc
Burlington
Speedspace Inc
Potlatch Co
California
Goodrich
Speedspace
Goodnow resigns as Bennington recreation director
Goodnow resigned effective October 20 after serving since 1974. He cited several factors and declined to comment further. He helped develop Willow Park Memorial Park and the Bennington Recreation Center and led efforts to promote Y Woods as a summer area. An incident involving staff member Pat Schaffer sparked debate. she leaves at end of summer. The resignation follows a fellow official's departure and seven applications for the post.
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Roger Goodnow
Bennington
Louis C. Savelas
Goodnow
The
Banner
Willow Park
Memorial Park
Y Woods
Pat Schaffer
Recreation Commission
CIA Spies on U.S. Citizens Abroad Reported
UPI reports the Central Intelligence Agency said in public documents that it has broken into the communications of U.S. citizens overseas. The disclosure raises concerns about privacy and government overreach in intelligence operations.
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Washington
UPI
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
CIA
George Bush
New York City
FBI
Socialist Workers Party
Party
Bennington YIC to Close Days Before July 28 Date
Bennington Youth Information Center will close July 28 after a Friday meeting led by United Counseling Service executive director Joseph LoPiccolo. The town may assume the program or UCS could continue sponsoring it with changes aligned to the Governor Commission on Justice. Attendees included Town Manager Louis Sarelas and Selectmen chair Timothy Corcoran.
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Bennington
Joseph LoPiccolo
United Counseling Service
YIC
LoPiccoalo
Governor’s Commission On Justice
UCS
Justice Commission
Louis C. Sarelas
Timothy Corcoran
Selectmen
LoPiccolo
Manny Krause
Sarelas
Corcoran
Arlington
Manchester
Jazz figure faces harassment and surveillance claims in court
Bush filed two affidavits detailing burglaries and electronic surveillance. The public filing acknowledged overheard SWP conversations via overseas surveillance and covert entries at party premises, conducted without warrants, while a separate confidential affidavit spelled out the specifics.
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Bush
SWP
Weekend events and performances across Vermont and New York
Listings show St Peters Fair and farmers markets in Bennington Shaftsbury Pownal Arlington and Williamstown. Theatre offerings include Orpheus Descending Dorset Ladies in Retirement and Annie Get Your Gun. Ballets plays and concerts appear in Saratoga Brattleboro Manchester Rupert Stockbridge and Latham with dates through July 25.
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Shaftsbury
Pownal
Pownal Community Church
Arlington
Farm Museum
Williamstown
Mass
Tennessee
William’s
Orpheus Descending
Williamstown Theatre
Dorset
Harlequin Ltd
Dorset Playhouse
Weston
Latham
N.Y
Roy Clark
Coliseum Theatre
Circle
John Davidson
Vermont Bus Yellow Law Haunts State Lawmakers
In Vermont a hastily passed school bus color rule sparks controversy as vehicles under contract to transport three or more students must meet federal safety standards and adopt national yellow paint. A judge blocked enforcement, and officials warn many rural vehicles face costly repainting while advocates push for repeal next year.
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Vermont
Dummerston
Donald Hazelton
Washington County
Silvio Valente
Burlington School Department
Burlington Department
Vermont State School Directors Association
USSDA
Charles Nichols
Nichols
Weekend Weather Outlook Mixed Sun and Showers
Clearing for a while with lingering morning showers then sunny skies this afternoon. Highs in the 70s, nightly lows in the 50s. Sunday brings variable clouds with a chance of brief showers or storms, highs in the 70s.
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Sierra Foothills
Town
Ronald Higgins
Higgins
Savelas
Japheth Okari
Kenya
Jazz Lab
Bennington College
Okari
St.Peter’s Fair
Stockbridge
Hart-Kaufman
George Washington
Saratoga
New York City Ballet
Southern Vermont Art Center
National League of American Penwomen
Brattleboro
Chelsea House
Chesea Folk House
West Village Meeting House
Northshire Senior Center
Manchester Center
James Taylor
Performing Arts Center
Rupert
Merck Forest Foundation
Ft. Ticonderoga
U.S. Marine Division
Drum & Bugle Corps
North Bennington
Park McCullough
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Kenneth Cavander
Milton
Connisseur
Garrisk Ohlsson
James Kreger
SPAC
Saratoga Springs
Bernice Reagan
Filene Recital Hall
Skidmore College
Tin Soldier
Merck Forest
Mauhs
Shelter
City Ballet
Coppelia
Montpelier
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