Senators Oppose Army Gas Production Push
A group of U S senators urged rejecting the Army plan to begin production of lethal binary nerve gas weapons. Army stockpiles total 400 million pounds, about 25 trillion doses, enough to kill the world’s population 300 times over. They asked Sen John L McClellan to withhold 5.8 million for fiscal 1975.
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UPI
U.S. Army
John L. McClellan
Senate Appropriations Committee
McClellan
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Senate
Armed Forces Committees
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Geneva
Department of Defense
D-Ark
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Adlai E. Stevenson
D-Ill
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
D-Maine
William Proxmire
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Floyd K. Haskell
D-Colo
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Lee Metcalf
Mammoth Mart files for bankruptcy in New England area
Mammoth Mart Inc the parent of Bennington Mammoth Mart in the Plaza Shopping Center West Bridgewater Mass has filed a U S Bankruptcy Court petition The chain which operates 10 outlets under Boston Baby and 71 subsidiaries says it owes about 37 million to banks trade creditors landlords the federal government utilities and employees The company runs in six New England states New York Pennsylvania Maryland and North Carolina and is led by attorney Charles P Normandin
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Mass
U.S
Mammoth Mart Inc
Bennington Mammoth Mart
Plaza
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
North Carolina
Charles P. Normandin
Boston Baby
Nurse strike prompts bed hunt in San Francisco
In San Francisco 41 major hospitals face nurse strikes as doctors set up an emergency bed roster for the seriously ill. Hospitals not on strike run near full capacity with Franklin Hospital at about 90 percent. doctors pledge to relocate patients to beds whenever needed amid stalled contract talks.
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UPI
Medical Society
Bradford Cohn
San Francisco Medical Society
Cohn
Franklin Hospital
Bee
Welch predicts Nixon impeachment in UPI report
Rutland attorney John Welch Jr. said on a radio program that President Nixon will be impeached, arguing the leader’s actions erode faith in government. In a separate obituary, Celon S Harwood of Manchester died at 87 after a carpenter career and church membership. Interment will be at Dellwood Cemetery, Manchester. Memorials may go to the Manchester Rescue Squad.
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Nixon
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Ellsberg
Pentagon
Charles Colson
Rutland
UPI
John Welch Jr
Welch
Celon S. Harwood
Manchester
Pleasant Manor
Dorset
Silas
Alice
Pepper) Harwood
Rupert
Cornelia Purdy
Harwood
First Congregational Church
Rupert Harwood
Shaftsbury
Brewster Funeral
Dellwood Cemetery
Manchester Rescue Squad
Funeral Home Office
Nixon tax probe heats up House panel debate
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee question whether President Nixon received special IRS treatment after a second audit found a deficiency of 432,787 dollars. Republicans caution against assuming guilt while lawmakers cite potential civil fraud but note the IRS settled on negligence penalties. The panel closed its six week probe with impeachment evidence reviewed, alongside unrelated notes on Cambodian bombing secrets and a Bennington police minor crash. In Bennington, Mrs. J C Armstrong announces the marriage of Jo Ann Anderson to Gordon B Adams at Second Congregational Church.
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UPI
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Nixon
IRS
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Dn.y
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Watergate
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Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
William L. Hungate
D-Mo
Hungate
White House
Ed Mezvinsky
Diona
Robert Drinan
D-Mass
Donald Alexander
Joe
Peoria
Drinan
Cambodia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
U.S
Military Command
Senate
House
Pownal
J.C. Armstrong
Jo Ann Anderson
Gordon B. Adams
Rutland
Joan Kennedy treated for emotional strain
Mrs. Joan Kennedy returned to Silver Hill Foundation in Connecticut for a second phase of emotional strain treatment. Kennedy's aide confirmed the move as part of routine care after her recent Soviet trip and her son Teddy Jr.'s illness, with plans to rest at Cape Cod next week.
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Teddy Jr
Washington Post
Kennedy
Richard Drayne
Silver Hill
Gunmen kill wrong man outside Belfast firm
In northwest Belfast two gunmen shot a 50-year-old Protestant worker as he arrived at his construction firm, raising the possibility of mistaken identity. The attack marked the 1,038th death in nearly five years of Northern Ireland violence as bombings continued in the region.
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UPI
Northern Ireland
Antrim Road
Irish Republican Army
Clougher
Britain
Crosses celebrate 50th at Cleveland Avenue home
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cross will hold an open house at their Cleveland Avenue residence in Shaftsbury on Sunday for their 50th wedding anniversary. In North Bennington area a five month old gray long haired Malamute puppy named Yuki Monster is missing. The dog has brown eyes a scar on the right front leg and a collar but no tags. If found contact Chris Powers at 442-9193.
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Mrs. Earl Cross
Cleveland Avenue
Shaftsbury
North
Bennington
Yuki Monster
Chris Powers
Harte Theatre reels in hits with rerun and upcoming Exorcist
Harte Theatre on Main Street reports its best week since reopening with Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid extended for another week and The Exorcist to follow. Cinema I features The Paper Chase and Cinderella Liberty with Timothy Bottoms as a Harvard student. Cinema II offers The Naughty Stewardesses rated R. North Hoosick hosts Billy Jack and Man in the Wilderness. Bennington drives in Robin Hood and That Darn Cat. Dubrow's screens A Day at the Races and The Big Store. For showtimes call Harte 442 8500 Cinemas 442 8179 Manchester 362 1229.
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Timothy Bottoms
Harvard
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