Curran Wins MAU Board Seat In North Bennington Election
Joseph H. Curran defeated Lionel Nowak 96 to 52 to win a three year seat on the Mt. Anthony Union District Board, succeeding Dr. Oakley M. Frost. Curran, a Manchester meat-cutter active in Boy Scouts, joins a budget vote that approved 438,242 for next year and a potential tax-rate cut, with absentee voting rules debated and reported on the North Bennington district.
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North Bennington
Mt. Anthony
MAU
Curran
Manchester
Oakley M. Frost
Arthur E. Wickenden
Wickenden
Catherine Elwell
Betty Riley
Elwell
CIA panel feud over access to CIA documents persists
The White House and Senator Frank Church’s Select Committee on Intelligence clash over access to past assassination plots files and untouched sensitive papers. Church summoned White House deputy counsel Roderick Hills for a closed-door meeting as delays extend into the holiday recess, with unclear scope of two fundamental areas.
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Kennedy
Johnson
White House
Church
Capitol Hill
CIA
State of emergency in India shocks Mrs. Gandhi crackdown
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a nationwide state of emergency in India and ordered arrests of opposition leaders to quell internal disturbances. Police rounded up Morarji Desai and others under the Internal Security Act as critics urged resignation amid a corruption conviction. Narayan warned of disruption while protests pressed the demand for Gandhi's resignation.
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UPI
Indira Gandhi
India
Mrs. Gandhi
Morarji Desai
K.R. Malkani
Motherland
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Narayan
Gandhi
Supreme Court
Ghandi
Zoning Board OKs Car Lot Contingent on Plan Change
Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment gave tentative approval to turning 513 South St into a used car lot. The seven members allowed the use contingent on a new detailed plot plan and a special Friday meeting to review it. The decision avoided extending non conforming uses and did not settle gas pumps’ location.
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Bennington
Harold E. Gordon
William Hassenpflug Sr
LaBounty
Phillips
Terry White
Gordon
South St
Vermont Republicans defeat organized crime grant proposal
The Vermont Emergency Board rejected a $242000 federal grant to study white collar and organized crime. Only Gov Salmon supported the plan, with Republicans Emory Hebard John Boylan Peter Giuliani and S Seeley Reynolds voting against or abstaining. Diamond defended the effort saying economic crime requires attention and would pursue alternate avenues.
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House Appropriations Committee
Emory A. Hebard
Glover
Senate Appropriations Committee
John H. Boylan
Orleans
Essex
Diamond
David Greenberg
Salmon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hebard and Boylan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Peter Giuliani
Montpelier
Sen
S. Seeley Reynolds
Addison County
Ford mum on first use of weapons
President Ford refused to rule out the first use of nuclear weapons in a future conflict. He spoke at a hot White House news conference about whether the United States might employ long range strategic or tactical nuclear weapons, while focusing more on domestic issues like unemployment and oil prices.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
United States
White House
Europe
South Korea
John F. Kennedy
Pentagon
Congress
U.S
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Korea
Indicators signal end of recession rise in May
The U S government's leading index climbed 2.1 percent in May marking the third consecutive gain and bolstering expectations that the 18 month recession may be ending. The index, consisting of 12 components, had shown gains in April and March and has historically signaled recoveries ahead of the broader economy.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Lightning doubt in Kennedy crash. Carey denies oil deal link
Federal official questions lightning as cause of this week’s Kennedy plane crash. Governor Carey denies involvement in an oil deal. Local coverage notes a bloodmobile in Bennington collecting over 200 units.
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Kennedy
Carey
Bennington
Kit Foster
Tom Braden
CIA
Maddocks
C. S. Monitor
Manchester Water Co
Berlin
N.Y
Pownal Lions
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Vermont Education Board
Alan Weiss
Northfield
Joseph H. Curran
Zoning Board
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Wayne Phillips
Northern Terminals Inc
Burlington
Ronald LaBounty
Hassenpflug
Joanne Dunham
Hebard
IRS
Boylan
James E. Malloy
Giuliani
Reynolds
Ford Mum
Helen Thomas
Phil Rizzuto
Wendell Landner
Keene
Phils
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