White House weddings through history read like royal romance
White House brides span generations from Maria Hester Monroe in 1820 to Lynda Bird Johnson in 1967. The article recounts notable weddings, escapes through a White House window, modest gowns costs, and garden ceremonies, highlighting Tricia Nixon Cox as the upcoming Rose Garden bride.
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White House
Tricia Nixon
Rose Garden
Edward Finch Cox
Maria Hester Monroe
James Monroe
Maria
Samuel Gouverneur
Elizabeth
John Tyler
William N. Waller
Virginia
Nellie Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Algernon Sartoris
Grant
Alice
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Woodrow Wilson
Jessie Wilson
New York
Francis B. Sayre
Eleanor
Sayre
Eleanor Wilson
William Gibbs McAdoo
Wilson
Johnson
Lynda Bird
East Room
Charles S. Robb
Lockheed Boss Says He’d Quit If Needed to Save Firm
Senate Banking Committee probes the Nixon rescue bill for Lockheed. Daniel J. Haughton, 59, is asked if he would sacrifice his chairmanship to secure a $250 million govt loan. Cranston seeks removal of Haughton and 13 directors as condition for aid amid Lockheed’s mounting losses and amid reports of projected profits.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Daniel J. Haughton
Haughton
Lockheed
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Nixon
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
California
Cranston
Moulton defends actions amid Vermont probe disclosures
Former Vermont official Moulton asserts expense accounts show misclassification of entertainment as meals, detailing preconference cocktails and dinner for six Vermont officials. He cites a uncancelled personal check, slush fund charges, and accuses press reporters of bias while Betsy Samuelson denies his claims.
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Moulton
Boston
Barry
Economic Development Administration
Vermont
Davis
Betsy Samuelson
United Press International
United Press
Paper firm still polluting lake near Ticonderoga
MONTPELIER UPI pictures show discharges from the International Paper Company plant in Ticonderoga New York. State Water Resources Commissioner Martin Johnson says the photos clarify an outflow and visible effluent though he has not seen the pictures himself. The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission hired a private firm for aerial photos and will discuss them at its June 24-25 meeting in Vergennes. Vermont is suing IPC and New York State for lake damages and sludge removal, while Vermonters seek 40 million from IPC in a separate suit.
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Trol Commission
Johnson
Regional Commission
Commission
Vergennes
IPC
New York
Vermont
Jamboree Draws 25 000 Motor Enthusiasts in New Hampshire
More than 25 000 motorcycle enthusiasts are expected at Bryar Motorsport Park Loudon this weekend. The three day program starts with practice across classes from novice to expert on the 1.6 mile course. A 100 mile national championship road race is planned for Sunday as four New England state police assist New Hampshire officers.
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Loudon
N.H
UPI
Bryar Motorsport Park
New England
New Hampshire
State official urges repeal of inventory tax
Vermont State Tax Commissioner Lawrence Wright urged repeal of the local personal property inventory tax after a legislative briefing with Senate Finance and House Ways and Means members. He called the tax unfair, noting it taxes business inventory and relies on storekeepers’ figures, and said local real estate levies amount to 10.5 million dollars annually. The panels and industry groups plan subcommittees to study reforms, with livestock exemption already in place since 1971.
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Associated Industries of Vermont
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Wright
Vermont Revenue Outlook Improves Despite Tax Shortfalls
Budget official Ronald Crisman said the state will likely meet its $111.8 million revenue projection for the year ending June 30. He warned of a possible $1 million deficit from personal income tax, but expected offsets from stronger other taxes. End-of-year accounting could show a one hundred thousand dollars surplus, with personal income tax down and corporate franchise tax off, while rooms and meals taxes exceed projections and sales and beverage taxes near aims.
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Finance Department
Vermont prepares for July 1 18 year old drinking law
Vermont Liquor Control Department begins preparations for the July 1 law allowing 18 year olds to buy and drink alcohol. Applications for the adult identification card will be available to 18 19 and 20 year olds at local liquor stores. The 1971 legislature lowered drinking age to 18 and also allowed 19 year olds to vote and sign contracts.
Burlington man faces sentence for second degree murder
Steven Mullis, 21, of Burlington, pleaded guilty to a reduced second degree murder charge in Addison County Court in Middlebury for the August slaying of Leipold Charette, 49, at a Charlotte summer camp. Co-defendant Robert Reuschel, 18, already serves life for first degree murder. appeal pending.
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Middlebury
UPI
Steven Mullis
Burlington
Addison County
Mullis
Leipold Charette
Charlotte
Robert Reuschel
Vermont Supreme Court
Vermont Man Denied Appeal On 30 Year Murder Sentence
Superior Judge Harold C Sylvester rejected Gerald Blondin s bid to vacate his 30 year prison term for the 1969 murder of Robin Farnham a 19 year old Vermont College student in Berlin Blondin an Army sergeant was convicted last fall for killing Farnham in her yard on April 15 1969
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Middlebury
UPI
Harold C. Sylvester
Gerald Blondin
Barre
Blondin
Addison
Robin Farnham
Berlin
Vermont
Civil Service warning on strike penalties in Albany area
In Albany and Colonie districts union members face penalties for June 16 strike participation. Memorandum warns absence may be legally deemed strike activity, with up to one year probation and two days pay forfeited per strike day. Also reports possible loss of federal aid for Colonie Niskayuna sewer project if routing not approved by Wednesday, and postponement of Albany Union Station sale with July auction potential.
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RED Cross
Bennington
First Baptist Church
Colgate Hall
Main Street
Albany
Civil Service Employes Association
Colonie
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
CDRPC
Niskayuna
Union Railroad
Office of General Services
Heavy Saddled Prominent cocoons in Berkshire area report
Albert A. Genest, district supervisor of Insect Pest Control, notes heavy Saddled Prominent cocoons in Northern Berkshire with an average of one pupa per square foot in the Mt. Greylock Reservation Hopper area. A hot line links Pittsfield to Hampden Conn for rapid forester notification and a combat team with a portable lab would handle virus infected larvae for research. Rep. Sidney Q. Curtiss and others file bills for a one year Massachusetts residency for welfare eligibility, arguing the state’s liberal aid attracts recipients from New York and Connecticut.
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Pittsfield
Albert A. Genest
Berkshire
Mt. Greylock
State Department of Natural Resources
U.S. Forest Service
Hampden
U.S
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Sheffield
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
North Adams Mayor Marries In Office at St Marys Church
Mayor Joseph R. Bianco and his secretary Marianne Kenney of North Adams wed at St. Marys Church in Longmeadow marking the first such in office mayoral marriage in over 30 years. Bianco’s first wife died in 1970 and Mrs Bianco’s husband died in 1961.
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North Adams
Joseph R. Bianco
Marianne Kenney
St. Mary’s Church
Longmeadow
Faxon Bowen
Pownal
Bianco
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