Sells and Gray Circus Wins Licenses for Vermont Appearances
The Sells and Gray Circus secured both state and town licenses and will perform two shows today at 4 PM and 8 PM near Reilly's Green Acres Motel on Vermont Route 67A. Proceeds benefit BFRC. BFRC executive director Earle Forman denied involvement in licensing controversy, saying officials were cooperative. Elephants and workers prepared on site as grounds were being set.
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The
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
BFRC
Earle Forman
Forman
Reilly
Green Acres
Vt. 67A
Legislative Committee Rejects Hoff's Canadian Power Plan
In Montpelier the Legislative Council Power Study Committee rejected Gov. Philip Hoff's plan to import 1.2 million kilowatts from Churchill Falls. The panel favored expanding the Vermont Public Service Board or creating a state agency to handle purchases, and set a June 20 date for an alternative plan. The committee must report by July 1. VNEPCO continues negotiations with Hydro-Quebec for similar aims.
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Janeway
PSB
Hoff
Scholarship Award Granted to Walker Children in Bennington
Trustees of the Educators Fund vote a $400 scholarship to the children of Mrs. W Philip Walker of Merson Street widow of the Molly Stark School principal. The fund honors four Bennington educators killed in a plane crash on school business voyage to Montpelier established last September.
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Merson Street
Molly Stark
Bennington
Walker
Montpelier
Operation Hawthorne blunts start of monsoon offensive
UPI reports Captain Bill Carpenter a former West Point star directed a napalm air strike on his own position to help clear a North Vietnamese unit, as 6,000 to 7,000 enemy troops pressed an offensive. The fight near Saigon involved hand to hand combat and heavy losses for the Communists.
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Bill
Carpenter
Lonesome End
101St
Monroe
N.Y
Carpen
Ter
Leon Daniel
Henry E. Emerson
Milford
Emerson
Hurricane Alma Wreaks Coastal Flooding Across Florida Gulf Coast
Hurricane Alma moves along the Florida Gulf Coast with 75 to 90 mph winds, posing inland strike near Apalachee Bay. Evacuations exceed 20,000 from the Keys to Tampa Bay as tides reach 7 to 10 feet. Cuba and Honduras report deaths. Nicara gua evacuation 4,000. Sanibel Captiva hit hard. Dade fruit losses about 250000 dollars.
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Florida Panhandle
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Panhandle
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Florida
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Caribbean
Honduras
Coral Gables
Sanibel
Captive Islands
Fort Myers
Dade County
Albany Laboratory Studies Space Dust from Gemini 9
A slender aluminum box attached to Gemini 9 was opened at Dudley Observatory Albany revealing two sections of materials exposed to outer space for 19 hours. One section contained microbes, the other polished surfaces. the other section will be opened today for initial observations. Astronaut Eugene Cernan recovered the box, and full analysis will take about a year at the clean observatory facility.
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Cape Kennedy
Tornado Strikes Kansas Devastates Topeka and Kansan towns
A violent tornado tore through Topeka Kansas killing at least 12 and injuring more than 425. The half mile wide path damaged homes, businesses, and university buildings while authorities warned of further threats from additional Kansas tornadoes. Rescue crews searched debris as thousands faced homelessness and city services suspended.
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UPI
Prairie
Kansas
Kansas State University
Bill Bibert
National Reserve Life Building
Two Pilots Die In XB70 Crash At Edwards AFB
At Edwards AFB California veteran test pilot Joe Walker and Air Force Major Carl Cross were killed when Walker's F104 chase plane collided in midair with the XB70 research bomber. Black box witnesses said the collision happened around 25000 feet in cloudy skies. Al White survived after parachuting from the XB70.
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UPI
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Carl S. Cross
Walker
Cross
Edwards
Mojave Desert
Barstow
al White
Clay Lacy
Learsiegler Aircraft Equipment Corp
Lacy
White
Edwards Base
North American Aviation
Inside the North Bennington revote stance editorial
An Inside editorial analyzes trustees statement on the unification revote. Page 4 commentary discusses the town’s stance and potential implications for local governance and school policy.
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