End of joint Apollo Soyuz flight seals new era in space
Apollo astronauts Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Deke Slayton with cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov conclude 26 hour linked mission 140 miles above the Indian Ocean. They seal a space docking tunnel in a historic detente gesture and plan to split into separate orbits after final experiments.
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UPI
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Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald ‘‘Deke
Slayton
Soyuz
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
Indian Ocean
Earth
Stafford
Ing Leonov
Houston Control
Soywz
Leonov
Kubasov
Soviet Union
United States
Wisconsin
Russia
Bureaucracy reform eyed by Vermont official Schuyler Jackson
Schuyler Jackson told the Bennington Rotary Club that Vermont must slow the legislature and align its laws to reduce conflicting rules. He as Environmental Board chair and head of the Governor's Interagency Permit Committee is examining the state regulatory system, with eight meetings and 13 recommendations underway.
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Russ Garland
Jackson
Environmental Board
Thomas P. Salmon
Secretary of State
South Pacific
Defense seeks dismissal of murder charge in Little case
In Raleigh, Joan Little’s defense asked a superior court to drop the murder charge after two lie detector tests indicated she told the truth about killing Beaufort County jailer Clarence Alligood during an alleged rape attempt. The trial began winding into its weekend recess as more jurors were seated and questions about the case and possible bias were raised.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Joan Little
Miss Little
Wake Forest
Marcia C. Pearce
Beaufort County
Clarence Alligood
Raleigh
Alligood
Superior Court
Hamilton Hobgood
Socialists' rally overwhelms Communist opposition in Porto
In Porto mass Socialist demonstrations pressed for democracy amid MFA rule. About 75,000 Socialist supporters, with 4,000 Communists in Liberty Plaza, clashed briefly on two Douro bridges before converging on Anzas stadium. Troops kept a low profile as protests intensified across the north.
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Porto
Portugal
UPI
Lisbon
Anzas
Armed Forces Movement
MFA
Socialist Rally
Socialist Party
Douro River
Liberty Plaza
Vietnamese refugees shake Island Pond community stance
Three Island Pond families who sponsored a 15 member Vietnamese ex deputy minister face local opposition as Vermont Catholic Charities withdraws support. Town officials demand written guarantees refugees will be self supporting and not rely on welfare or town aid. Petition drives aim to prove Island Pond’s heart and avoid splitting the close knit town.
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Rod Clarke
Island Pond
UPI
Tun Han
Saigon
Jean Bresciani
Cathy’s Corner
Vermont
Ronald Gabernault
Catholic Charities
Raymond Syriac
Joe Lee
Weekend Heat and Humidity With Chance of Showers
The forecast calls for very warm humid conditions through the weekend. A chance of showers and thunderstorms today and Sunday with lows in the 60s tonight and a high in the 80s Sunday.
Prison bars do not a recession keep away
In Montpelier the Vermont Corrections Department notes that rising unemployment hits jail inmates hard. Work release participants from Burlington, St Johnsbury, Woodstock and Rutland centers faced tougher job placement as the 1974 jobless rate rose, with one third of the state’s 330 inmates in work release during May.
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Rod Clarke Montpelier
UPI
State Corrections Department
Profera
Ers
Steinhurst
St. Albans
Burlington
St. Johnsbury
Woodstock
Rut
Joba
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New England
Ira Allen
Schuyler Jackson Vs
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Mt. Piszah
Snow Lake Lodge
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Montpelier
Peter Profera
William Steinhurst
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