Guilty Plea Shifts Manchester Murder Case to Manslaughter
In Addison County Court at Middlebury, Brian O Keefe of Manchester and Hartford area pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the December slaying of Manchester Town Police Chief Dana Thompson. He also pled guilty to breaking and entering and possession of stolen property, with a sentence likely up to 15 years on manslaughter, and additional terms for the other charges.
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John Leaning
Addison County Court
Middlebury
Brian O'Keefe
Manchester
Hamden
Conn
Dana Thompson
O'Keefe
Whipple
Thormpson
George Hoag
Hoag
Thompson
Houte
Vermont
Neil S. Moss
Wiliam Keefe
Lye Brook
Edward M. Battick
Hartford
Teleloff
The
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Moss
Tatelaff
Tetzlaff
Superior Court
Ernest W. Gibson TI
Bennington County
Gibson
Windsor
Yell
Tetzlaff Or
Battles
Fetzlaft
Battick
Seeq'keefe
Cal
Weather Sketchy and Odd Report
Fragmentary weather note lists variable sunny conditions and blunders with unclear timing tonight and Friday. Mentions highs around three dollars and references to Al and sunset and sunrise times, but details are garbled and uncertain.
Fire destroys Hoosick Falls Municipal Building
A fire early morning swept through the Hoosick Falls Municipal Building on Main Street and Wilder Avenue, possibly arson. The back end burned, police and court offices collapsed, but a safe reportedly saved records. Mayor Severson pegs damage near half a million dollars. about 400000 gallons of water used. Suspected foul play rumors circulated as police searched for stolen rifles linked to witnesses.
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Martha Elliott
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Main Street
Wilder Avenue
Hme
Wayne Houghton
Richard A. Severson
Morris
Wheeler
Tater
Wood Memorial Park
Rensselaer County
Nixon ends food price freeze amid inflation move
President Nixon ends the food price freeze effective today and predicts substantial price increases. He keeps wage controls, lifts health services freeze, and warns rents, interest rates, and small business rules will shift as the economy moves toward freer controls. Gasoline pumps must list price and octane by August 12.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Economists condemn Nixon Phase IV plan as disaster
top economists Friedman and Galbraith call Phase IV a surrender to the farm lobby and warn of lingering price controls. Friedman, in Fairlee Vermont, says controls may remain two years. Galbraith, from Townshend Vermont, urges higher taxes to curb spending while noting plan is better than nothing.
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United Press International
Nixon
University of Chicago
Milton Friedman
Fairlee
Friedman
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
Kennedy
Johnson
Galbraith
Townshend
Dermot P. Shea
Vermont tourism dampened by flood disaster image
Tourism in Vermont is down up to 30 percent in many areas according to the Greater Vermont Association. Critics say state flood handling created a disaster image deterring visitors while Gov Salmon urged travel limits before highways later reopened. Robert Harnish criticizes the governor for harming the tourist industry.
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Montpelier
UPT
Vermont
Greater Vermont Association
Chamber of Commerce
Association
Salmon Administration
Chamber
Thomas Salmon
Robert Harnish
Vermont Hotel, Motel, Restaurant Association
Harnish
Salmon
Lake Shaftsbury eyed as Bennington County state park
Vermont Forests and Parks Board may acquire about 58 acres at Lake Shaftsbury plus adjacent parcels on Route 7 east of Shaftsbury to create a new state park in Bennington County. Board members toured the area with officials in Dennington, citing water access for aquatic recreation and priority for the department, with price details not released. See LAKE SHAFTSBURY Page 14, Col.4
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Nixon
Elizabeth Dwyer
Bennington County
Lake Shaftsbury
Rote
Shaftsbury-Arlington
Thomas R. Waley Sr
Bennington
Vermont Forests & Parks Board
Lake Shuttsbury
Peleg Matteson
F. A. Rohm
Forests & Parks Board
Dennington
Shottsbury
Michael DeBonis
Poultney
Johannes von Trapp
Stowe
Arthur F. Heltmann
Montpelier
Haley
Shaftsbury
Tme
Woodford State Park
Shaftsbury Park
Lake
Seelake Shaftsbury
Vermont Forests & Parks Department
Hennington
Toft
Arthur FP. Heitmann
James B. Wilkinson Jr
Jim White
Rodney 4. Harber
Thomas R. Haley Sr
FOPY
Deadly Belgian Bus Crash Kills 43 in France
A Belgian tourist bus plunged from a mountain road into a rain swollen river near Vizille. Police reported 43 killed and six survivors, with 41 bodies recovered by dawn and frogmen still seeking two more. The Longienne Company bus crashed on Napolen Road, infamous for prior accidents, on a steep four mile decline marked by skull and crossbones signs.
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Vizille
France
UPI
Longienne Company of
Soignies
Napolen
Romanche
House passes war curb bill
The House approved the War Powers Resolution 244 to 170, aiming to curb presidential war making. President Nixon vowed a veto, calling the measure dangerous and unconstitutional, and Congress faces difficulty in achieving a veto override. The bill would require authorizations for combat troop deployments and allow Congress to halt unapproved wars without presidential signature.
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Washington
UPI
House
Nixon
Congress
Indochina
U.S
Cambodia
Inside 3 reveals Hoover warning president of knaves
A review notes Edgar Hoover warned the president he was surrounded by knaves. Other items include a Vermont health care industry meeting, a guest column on John Michell's view of law, Dover selectmen briefing on a five year Mr Snow development plan, and FTC charges against large firms for restraint of trade amid Fast 3’s one game win streak ending.
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Edgar Hoover
Vermont
John Michell
Law and Order
Dover Selectmen
BSD Budget Review Targets Second Cuts in 1873 74 Proposal
Bennington School District reviewed its third budget proposal for 1873 74 with a net figure of 2 122 477, down from 2 216 256 in the defeated plan. Five of 13 accounts were cut, led by a 138 927 reduction in the instructional account, while four accounts were raised to fund new items including St Joseph College for a Berceley school. A public finance committee session was scheduled to assess deficit risks, legal fees, and potential staff reductions, with added emphasis on teacher salaries amid rising enrollment.
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John Leaning
Bennington
Superintendndent
Taniget
Prnsie
Lally
Finance Committee
Sleeman
Supt. Sleeman
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