Vermont Blue Laws Spark Debate Over Sunday Sales
Vermont faces a Blue Law showdown as Sunday sales bans threaten items from toilet paper to camping gear. Officials debate enforcement, potential amendments, and tax implications while shoppers confront limited aisles and unclear rules, prompting calls for legislative fixes.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Vermont Retail Grocers Association
Thomas Salmon
M. Jerome Diamond
Gerard Arbour
Drutland
Ronald Goldberg
Vermont Retail Association
White River Junction
Burlington
Goldberg
Salmon
Sunny and mild two day forecast with highs in 70s
The region enjoys sunny pleasant weather today and Wednesday with highs in the 70s and cool nights around 50. Yesterday peaked near 80 with a low of 52. Sunrise at 7 a.m. recorded 58 degrees.
Ford at summit in Helsinki
President Ford joins 34 nations for a three day security summit in Helsinki. He tours Auschwitz in Poland and recalls the Nazi camps before meeting Brezhnev and other leaders to discuss a postwar borders pact viewed by critics as advancing Soviet influence. Ford calls the move a step forward for freedom amid praise from crowds in Krakow.
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Helsinki
UPI
Ford
Auschwitz
Poland
Krakow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Canada
Albania
Brezhnev
Turkey
Greece
Europe
United States
Betty Ford
Lee Ford
Warsaw
Turkish Army Takes Command of U.S. Bases in Turkey
Turkish officers assumed control of all 24 U.S. military installations in Turkey in response to an American arms embargo. Command teams began duty at all sites on July 29, with officials noting uncertainty about on-site presence at some bases, while most were smaller communications and support facilities.
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Ankara
UPI
Turkey
U.S
Army
Nigerian leader ousted in bloodless coup in Kampala
Nigerian commander Joseph Nanvan Garba seized power from Gowon while the Nigerian leader attended an OAU summit in Kampala. Lagos shut down, curfew imposed, airport closed, and international lines cut as Garba established control amid army unrest and corruption accusations. Gowon offered no comment. Nigeria, 1960 independence, oil nation in OPEC, postwar economy noted.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Joseph Nanvan Garba
Yakubu Gowon
Nigeria
Gowon
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Lagos
Lagos Radio
Great Britain
Republic of
Biafra
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Anti-discrimination rule focus at MAU board meeting
Mt Anthony Union High School board addressed federal anti discrimination rules affecting all schools with three year compliance. Supt Sleeman said progress is possible within a year though money allocation and coed PE scheduling pose challenges. Legal clarifications sought on Bennington and Mt Anthony programs for boys and girls.
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George A. Sleeman
Sleeman
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
State Education Department
Lawrence Harrington
See Mau
Apollo crews exposed to toxic fumes after switch error
UPI reports a brief comms break caused Vance Brand to miss flipping two switches on the Apollo capsule. Nitrogen tetroxide fumes entered the cabin, sending Brand, Stafford, and Slayton to hospital for several days while they recovered and prepared for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
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Houston
UPI
America
Vance Brand
Apollo
Brand
Pacific Ocean
Glynn Lunney
Apollo Spacecraft Program Office
Donald ‘‘Deke
Slayton
Thomas Stafford
Stafford
Tripler Army Medical Center
John Young
Young
Memorial Park costs set by Bennington Recreation Commission
The Bennington Recreation Commission approved 77,380 as the total cost for Memorial Park facilities and directed the environmental assessment go to the federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation for funding approval. They trimmed the plan by removing a multi purpose area due to its dangerous location, expect figures to be rechecked by the next meeting on Aug 5, with minor ground changes limited to removing five trees at the tennis area and one at handball.
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Demetrius Sanders
Bennington Recreation Commission
Memorial Park
Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Coolidge and
Bradford Streets
Roger Goodnow
Recreation
Inside National Testimony Opens in Joan Little Trial
Local coverage notes a racial incident in Detroit and looting following the trial start. Page details include national testimony in the Joan Little case and regional aftermath.
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Joan Little
Detroit
Superior Court
Tom Braden
Japan
Vermont
Pownal
Shaftsbury Selectmen
Manchester
BBS
Equinox Corp
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Rod Clarke
Bennington County
Raymond G. Bolton
Bolton
Lamoille County
Diamond
State Supreme Court
Helen Thomas
Blakeman
MAU Board
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Commission
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