Shaftsbury school suit settles with out of court agreement
The Shaftsbury School Board’s 195000-dollar suit against the Shaftsbury Elementary School addition’s architect and contractor ended in an out of court settlement. Board member Wilbur Fiske and attorney Manfred Ehrich refused to disclose the settlement amount before checks clear at Catamount National Bank. Fiske called the result satisfactory and said justice was served while Ehrich noted discussions had started at the trial’s outset.
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Manchester
Shaftsbury School Board
Shaftsbury
Wilbur Fiske
Manfred W. Ehrich
Catamount National Bank
Fiske
Mary Moriarty
Joseph
Crossman
Goodrich
CVC
Ehrich
Connecticut Valley
Egypt Accepts UN Sinai Mandate Extension Hope
Cairo sources say Egypt will accept the UN Security Council appeal to extend the Sinai peacekeeping mandate and report progress in US mediated talks for a new interim pact with Israel. They warn an announcement may come tonight or be deferred amid ongoing negotiations and regional tensions.
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Egypt
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Sinai
Israel
Jordan
Anwar Sadat
Security Council
United States
Farouk
Middle East
Council
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Sinai Desert
Shimon Peres
United Nations
Mideast
Charges not pressed in Ben Mont oil spill
The state will not prosecute Ben Mont Corp for an oil spill at Ben Mont Avenue after a police report blamed vandals for opening the oil line. About 3,000 gallons spilled, with 1,500 gallons entering a stream feeding the Walloomsac River. Bolton noted others may have faced charges, but the corporation was not responsible.
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Ben Mont
John Leaning
Ben Mont Corp
Ben Mont Avenue
Raymond G. Bolton
Bolton
Walloomsac
Cosmonauts return to orbit as El Nino study begins
NASA and Soviet crew members wake to a country tune in Houston and begin a day of experiments after a historic Apollo Soyuz joint flight. Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Deke Slayton snap Pacific photos off Peru to study the Humboldt Current and El Nino effects on anchovy fisheries.
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Houston
UPI
America
Earth
Ford
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald ‘‘Deke’’ Slayton
Mission Control
Stafford
Tass
Leonid Brezhnev
Ford vetoes energy plan as decontrol debate widens
President Ford rejects Congress energy bill proposing a 30 month decontrol for 60 percent of domestic crude while price ceilings on the remaining oil stay. House expected to vote against the plan amid fears of gasoline price hikes, with Senate bills proposing six month extensions.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
House
Carl Albert
New York Times
House of Congress
Mt Greylock Tower Rebuilt and Dedicated After Controversy
The Mt Greylock Memorial Tower atop Massachusetts highest point was dedicated June 29 after a lengthy dispute led to a near full rebuild from scratch following a 1962 condemnation. The original veterans memorial tower dated to 1933 and its beacon is visible from Bennington.
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Mt. Greylock Memorial
Massachusetts
Chapman
Bennington
Grain firm officials indicted in New Orleans scam
One of the world’s largest grain dealers Bunge Corp and 13 officials were indicted for conspiring to shortweight export grain by loading ships with less cargo. Mulloy and Wilcox were top Bunge officials named in the 1961 to 1973 scheme involving Destrehan and Galveston elevators. The case seeks prison and fines up to five years and $10,000 per defendant.
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UPI
Bunge Corp
New York
Walton Francis Mulloy
Clayton Eugene Wilcox
Bunge
Mulloy
Kansas City
Wilcox
Hinsdale
Ill
St. Louis
Destrehan
Kansas Villy Board of Trade
United States
Houston
Galveston
Tex
U.S. Agriculture Department
Louisiana
Inside Local Highlights And Editorials
President Ford to visit Maine next month headlines Inside Local with a Bluegrass Festival at Bromley Page 3. Edit: Tom Braden on detente Page 4. Shannon of The Times on blackmailers Page 55. Goose Noose no news in Hoosick Falls anti loitering proposal Pages 6 7. Sports cover Bennington Manchester Little League semi finals Tonight Vermont Tennis Association winners in county. John Randolph on technology in hunting and fishing is it sport Pages 10 11.
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Maine
Bromley
Tom Braden
Shannon
the Times
Russell Baker
Hoosick Falls
Bennington-Manchester
Vermont Tennis Association
John Randolph
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Valery Kubasov
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U.S
Gerald Gallinghouse
Destrehan Elevator
Mississippi River
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