Wilson says Hackel campaign too destructive for support
Montpelier UPI Secretary Robert Wilson says he may not back Stella Hackel if she wins the Democratic nomination. He and other liberal moderates consider running an independent unless Hackel shifts course, while predicting Snelling or Hacker as likely GOP nominees. Wilson blasts Hackel’s negative rhetoric and welfare stance as eroding Democratic principles. His stance shadows a potential liberal move in the gubernatorial race.
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Hacker
Wilson
Hackel
Stella
Watergate reform bill moves in Senate on anniversary
Washington remembers Watergate as the Senate receives the reform bill after four years. The measure creates a Division of Government Crimes in the Justice Department and a special prosecutor trigger. It also establishes an office of special counsel and requires annual financial disclosures for top officials earning over 36,000.
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Washington
UPI
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Government Operations Committee
Justice Department
Sen
Lowell Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Congress
Executive
Legislative
secret CIA covert operations dating to 1947 revealed
Declassified documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show that the CIA was authorized for covert actions since its 1947 founding. TheJune 18 1948 National Security Council note described covert operations to discredit foes while keeping U.S. government responsibility hidden.
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Washington
National Security Council
CIA
Office of Special Projects
United States
Soviet Union
Ussr
U.S
Rider on horseback pursues cross-country tour from Washington
Bob Seney of Port Angeles, Washington, rides Trooper and Tramp across Searsburg Mountain en route to visit all 48 continental states by horseback. Now in Vermont as the fourth leg of a multi-state journey, he plans to traverse New Jersey and Pennsylvania next, traveling 8 to 10 miles daily while camping with the horses. He seeks the ground view of America after Air Force service, saying, “That’s the kind of life I like.”
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Searsburg
Searsburg Mountain
Riding Academy
Continental
Vermont
Ohio
Michigan
Trooper
Tramp
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
States
Sonoita
Ariz
Vernon
Diplomat slayers in Beirut reportedly arrested by PLO
A PLO communique claims the gunmen who kidnapped and murdered US Ambassador Francis Meloy Jr. and two others have been arrested in Beirut. Washington prepared evacuation plans as Arab peacekeeping forces were to handle disciplinary action. Details on arrests were not specified.
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PLO
Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Palestine Liberation Organization
Francis Meloy Jr
Defense Department
Washington
U.S
Arab Communist Organization
Bank of America
Meloy
Robert Waring
Zaher Moghrabi
No-Man’s-Land
Christian Beirut
Elias Sarkis
Waring
Moghrabi
Palestinian Liberation Army
Guatemala
U.S. to Sell Twelve F-5 Jets to Kenya
The United States aims to sell 12 F-5 fighter bombers to Kenya in a major Africa arms deal worth about 70 to 75 million dollars. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Kenya's James S. Gichuru discussed the agreement, which requires congressional approval, and a USAF team will visit Nairobi to finalize delivery details amid broader African policy aims.
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United States Air Force
Nairobi
Kenya
United States
Africa
Rumsfeld
Zaire
Angola
Soviet Union
Cuba
Congress
Pentagon
Ethiopia
Vernon plant shut down by errant safety device
Vermont Yankee nuclear plant halted after automatic sensor triggered during maintenance prep. Water via wrong valve fed data to a computer, causing reactor water levels to fall and auto shutdown. Officials cite human error and design issues while assuring no radiation release or danger.
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Keyes
State Public Service Board
Inside South Africa riots and Nixon memoirs on the move
Coverage highlights race riots in South Africa, the New York Times purchase of Nixon memoirs, and legal cases including nurses charged in a Michigan veterans hospital murder. Local items note a Bendi class 30th reunion and weekend Chamber events.
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South Africa
N.Y
Nixon
Michigan Veterans Hospital
Bendi
Chamber of Commerce
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Snelling
Robert M. Wilson
Stella Hackel
Hoosick Falls
Paul Gray
Trieste
Italy
Bob Seney
Molly Stark
Walter
Bennington
Troy
By Carlo Wolter
Port Angeles
Wash
Seney
N.Y. Times News Service
Vermont Yankee
C.J. McCarthy
Reis & Chandler, Inc
PSB
Tom Braden
James Reston
Carter
Times
Jeffords
AMHS
Pownal
Hoosick
Japan
Nicklaus
Finley
Oakland
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