Lightning strikes crash of Eastern Airlines 727 at Kennedy
An Eastern Airlines 727 from New Orleans crashed on landing at Kennedy Airport in heavy rain and lightning. Witnesses described a lightning strike moments before the jet somersaulted and exploded, killing 109 of 123 aboard and leaving 14 survivors. NTSB sent a 10 member team to investigate while authorities surveyed the wreckage and casualties.
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New York
UPI
Eastern Airlines
New Orleans
Kennedy International Airport
EAS Flight 66
United States
Alaska
Paris
George van Epps
National Transportation Safety Board
John W. Kleven
Louisiana
van Epps
NTSB
Washington
Neil Rairden
Rairden
Paul Moran
Moe Friedman
Rockaway Boulevard
Lee
Hall-Murray re elected as Bennington voters approve school budget
Incumbents won in Bennington as Hall and Murray kept Mt Anthony Union seats and three BSD candidates ran unopposed. A $2 410 166 budget passed by 1 635 yes to 767 no with absentee ballots influencing totals.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union School
Joseph Hall
Raymond C. Murray
John H. Williams II
Thomas D. Cook
Hall
Murray
Attorney Williams
Williams
Cook
Richard Sleeman
Thomas Steffen
Joseph Carroll
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Jane Betit
Alma Langlois
John Malone
Timothy Corcoran
Mt. Anthony
Bennington Elementary School
School Street
Sleeman Murray
Sleeman
Work begins today Selectmen okay water contract
Bennington selectmen awarded Gene Bilodeau the engineering contract for design and supervision of a $2.144 million water system project including a new filtration plant for Bolles Brook and a three million gallon tank near Chapel Road. Bilodeau will likely have design ready for a bond vote next Town Meeting, with about 90 percent funded by state and federal sources. John Scheaffer of Bauer Scheaffer Lear was invited to visit with town and state officials. DuBois and King will cover $500 for his travel.
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Peter R. Donavan
Ralph G. Wright
Harold R. Saunders
Saunders
Bilodeau
Town Water Board
Bolles Brook
Bennington
Chapel Road
East Road
Burgess Road
John Scheaffer
Bauer, Scheaffer and Lear
Chicago
DuBois and King Inc
Randolph
DuBois and
King
Vermont
Scheaffer
New Milford
Conn
Muskegon
Mich
Democrats fail to override Ford housing veto vote
House Democrats expected to fall about 32 votes short of a two thirds margin to override President Ford’s veto of a 1.35 billion housing bill. Speaker Carl Albert urged votes, calling critics of the measure, including Rep. Thomas Ashley, turkey remarks. Ford cited a large deficit and announced 2 billion in GNMA mortgage purchases with requests to raise authority, aiming to stimulate a depressed housing market.
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Washington
Thomas Ludlow Ashley
Ohio
House Banking Committee
Ford
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Congress
National Mortgage Association
Savings and Loan Associations
GNMA
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Ford cites comeback of Republican Party
President Ford says the GOP has made one of the most amazing comebacks since he took office amid Watergate era troubles. He outlined proposals to lift government control from free enterprise and pledged continued vetoes to curb deficits while praising party unity and fiscal responsibility.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Republican Party
America
Congress
White House
East Room
Richard Nixon
Shaftsbury Man Drowns In Walloomsac River
Gerald E. Cook 20 of Shaftsbury died after entering the Walloomsac River near Route 67 Tuesday afternoon. His body was recovered in eight feet of water by Greylock Divers Association divers. Companion Joseph Bourne 19 attempted rescue. Cook born August 2 1954 in Peru was a Mt Anthony High School graduate and member of St John the Baptist Church. He leaves several half siblings and a paternal grandparent.
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Shaftsbury
Walloomsac
Sodom Road
Gerald E. Cook
Bennington
Dick Guerard
Bill Hughes
Greylock Divers Association
North Adams
Mass
Joseph Bourne
Cook
Peru
James
Josephine (O’connor) Cook
North Bennington School
Mt. Anthony Union High School
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
North Bennington
Andrew Rockwell
Carlton Rockwell
Shawn Lasser
Rutland
Patricia Rockwell
Lee
Inside Local Highlights From Bennington Graduation and More
A concise roundup notes graduation for seniors in the Bennington Program and District Court news on page 3. The museum column on early sewing machines and energy bill discussion by Waring Partridge appears on page 4. Page 5 surveys fast breeder reactor pros and cons.
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Bennington
District Court News
Waring Partridge
House
Dorset
Russ Garland
Manchester Water Co
Big House
Generals
Stan Smith
Wimbledon
Nets
Banner
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Joe Hall
Hall-Murray
Timmy Sleeman
BSD
Raymond Murray
By Rob Woolmington
Gene Bilodeau
Arlen Associates
Castleton
N.Y
Selectmen
DuBois and King
Environmental Protection Agency
White House Rose Garden
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