Memorial Day speech rails at drug danger in Vietnam conflict
Sen. John T. Alden of Vermont in a Memorial Day address at the Vermont Veterans' Home criticized U S support of South Vietnam as corrupt and linked heroin addiction among American soldiers to the war. He warned of 40 000 heroin addicts in the last year and 20 000 soldiers returning as addicts, urging action to end wars and protect servicemen. The service included prayers, Gettysburg Address reading, a floral wreath, a three gun salute and taps. Page 14 Col 3 MEMORIAL DAY
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Vermont
Bennington
John T. Alden
Woodstock
Vermont Veterans
Windsor County
U.S
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Washington
Alden
United States
Ludlow
John Hamilton
Anthony
James Wickenden
Veterans’ Home
Western Union strike shuts most public services
Two unions totaling more than 20,000 workers walked out at Western Union cutting public telegrams and money orders while private and government services continue. Wages and job security remain disputed with unions rejecting a 20 percent raise and seeking 30 percent.
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Western Union
Washington
UPI
TWX
United Telegraph Workers
Communications Workers of America
New York City
New Jersey
New York
Muskie aids Vermont Democrats in fundraising push
Vermont Democrats report fundraising proceeds to cutting a $20,000 deficit as Sen. Edmund S. Muskie D Maine visits Burlington for a two day span. Muskie attends a $25 per person cocktail party and meets leaders while praising a definite withdrawal date for Vietnam to restart Paris talks. He opposes a 50 percent NATO troop reduction and argues mutual reduction guards credibility in the Middle East and Europe.
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Francis Esposito
Muskie
Vermont
Ings
Nixon
Paris
New York Increases Sales Tax to Four Percent
Albany news reports a penny-on-the-dollar tax rise boosting the state levy from 3 to 4 percent. The measure is expected to generate about 320 million dollars in additional revenue to help balance New York's 7.69 billion dollar budget.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Turkish hostage crisis ends as gunmen killed and girl freed
Turkish security forces battled two gunmen in a Kartal house, freeing 14 year old Sibel Erkan. One kidnapper, Huseyin Cevahir, was killed. Munir Cayan was gravely wounded. The girl, unharmed apart from tears and facial bruises, was reunited with her father as crowds demanded punishment for the assailants.
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Kartal
Turkey
UPI
Huseyin Cevahir
Munir Cayan
Ephraim Elrom
Istanbul
Elrom
Sibel Er
Diner Erkan
Cyprus
Russia
Jordan
Naciye Cayan
Search nears end in Feather River farm slayings case
In Yuba City California deputies, after two days with no new bodies found, said they were close to finishing a grim search along the Feather River where 23 slain migrant workers have been unearthed. They extended the hunt from Sullivan Ranch to nearby farms amid questions about the murder site.
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Yuba City
Calif
UPI
Feather River
Roy Whiteaker
Sullivan Ranch
San Francisco
Sheriff’s
Whiteaker
Oroville Dam
Ray
Delong
Juan V. Corona
Fire destroys Bradford Place home leaving nine homeless
A morning blaze at 31 Bradford Place in Bennington gutted the white wood frame house, leaving Norman Main, his wife Phyllis, and their seven children ages 5 to 15 homeless. Firefighters battled the flames for about 30 minutes amid a double roof, with cause undetermined. The family plans to live with Mrs. Main’s mother on Orebed Road.
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Bradford Place
Norman Main
Bennington
Joseph Wassick
Main
North Adams Regional Hospital
Lisa
Veterans Administration
Mains
Earl Lewis
Orebed Road
North
Lewis
California
Wassick
Melanie
Barry
Brian
Danny
Jeff
Steve
East Main Street
South Branch Street
Inside Skylark's early organic gardening scene
Carlo Walter recalls the organic gardening movement at Skylark before it became popular, detailing practices and the era’s mindset. Also note Memorial Day across the county, new developments at the Shaftsbury dump, St. Joseph College graduation, and a concise critique of today’s ecological mess in the latest B.C. feature.
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Carlo Walter
Skylark
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Burlington
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Dmaine
Esposito
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Europe
Tekirday
Cihan Alpetkin
Tayfun Chinemre
Ankara
Sinan Cemgil
Fire Roots
Shaftsbury
St. Joseph College
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