OAS votes to end Cuba sanctions and hold self-rule
The Organization of American States approved a Mexican sponsored measure ending the 11 year embargo era by letting member nations determine their relations with Cuba. The United States joined 15 others in a 16 to 3 vote with two abstentions, stopping short of full sanctions lifting.
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Costa Rica
UPI
Organization of American States
Cuba
United States
OAS
Fidel Castro
Trinidad-Tobago
Venezuela
Chile
Uruguay
Paraguay
Brazil
Nicaragua
Washington
Soviet Bloc
Havana
Argentina
Colombia
Mexico
Panama
Peru
Trinidad and Tobago
Jamaica
Barbados
Democratic leaders vote to seat vacant NH Senate race
In Washington the Democratic leadership agreed to declare the disputed New Hampshire Senate seat vacant and call a new election. A vote may come today or Thursday, following Durkin's reversal requesting a new election.
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Washington
UPI
New Hampshire
Senate
Mike Mansfield
John Durkin
Mansfield
Durkin
Robert Byrd
W. Va
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Louis Wyman
Wyman
Ford Brezhnev mini summit on nuclear arms in Helsinki
President Ford and Soviet chief Leonid Brezhnev held a two hour and ten minute private talk on strategic arms limits and praised a constructive tone. They attended the 35 nation ground rules conference and expressed hope the talks would boost peace and security in Europe and worldwide.
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Ford
Brezhnev
U.S
Helsinki
Europe
White House
Ron Nessen
Middle East
Washington
Helmut Schmidt
Bonn
Corcoran Objects as Bennington Day Care Funds Released
Bennington Selectmen voted to pay the Day Care Center its $18,000 appropriation for the fiscal year despite Tim Corcoran’s push for a board explanation of finances. Center officials defended funds including a $3470.57 savings and $857.97 in checking as prudent, noting a goal to reserve for a van and that 45 children are served at an annual cost of about $66,000.
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Rob Woolmington
Bennington
Timothy Corcoran
Paul R. Wickes
Charles O’leary
Michal Toomey
Corcoran
Wickes
O’leary
Ralph G. Wright
YIC
Youth Information Center
Tim
Veterans' aid review at Southern Vermont College
The Veterans Administration is surveying colleges including Southern Vermont College to verify veterans enrolled with VA benefits actually completed courses and used funds properly. President James Donahue says issues are nationwide and may reflect outdated procedures or misinterpretations of VA rules. If VA funding is withheld after Sept 1, the college will help students find alternative aid and duplicate records will be sent to expedite the review.
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Veterans’ Administration
Southern Vermont College
Bennington
James Donahue
Donahue
Southern Vermont
College
Vermont
Unsecured creditors fear Mount Snow lawsuit
Five unsecured creditors of Mount Snow Development Corp filed a suit threatening to topple the ski area. The Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce held a meeting to quell rumors as Mount Snow pledges to contest. Mount Snow seeks transfer of the case from Burlington to New York, with Okuraya-Davos as parent. The creditors committee, representing nearly 300, has not pushed for bankruptcy.
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West Dover
Mount Snow Development Corp
House of Cards
Deerfield Valley
Alan D. Fleischman
Mount Snow
Benjamin Weintraub
New York
U.S. District Court
Burlington
New York City
Weintraub
Okuraya-Davos
Brattleboro
James H. Rifkin
Thomas Sullivan
Dufresne and Henry Engineering Corp
Springfield
Sullivan
Inside National and Local Page Summary
National coverage spotlights wealth and debt in a global city while local pages tease a developing soap on Brian Burns. County features a bicentennial project by the Hoosick family and a debate on dowsing. Entertainment imagines Hefner in an ordinary house with bunnies. Farm offers field day and hints for pickle season. Sports notes Manchester golf and a large Enduro event anticipated Sunday.
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Dowsing
Hoosick Family
Hugh Hefner
Picklin
Manchester
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