Ford urges Israel on concessions to kickstart peace talks
President Ford pressed Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz for greater concessions to Arab states to revive Middle East peace talks. In a brief 11 minute White House meeting Ford asked Dinitz to relay the request to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Israel
Middle East
Simcha Dinitz
White House
Yidzhak Rabin
Jerusalem
Dinitz
Israel deplores Egypt Britain France arms deal report
Tel Aviv warns that a reported $900 million weapons agreement among Egypt Britain and France could heighten tensions and derail progress toward a peaceful Middle East settlement. The government cautions production facilities in Egypt would add a new dimension to Arab military potential and affect future negotiations with Israel.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Israel
Egypt
Britain
France
Middle East
Jerusalem
Yigal Allon
Allen
No-fault auto insurance bill advances in Senate
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a national no-fault auto insurance bill. It would require insurers to compensate injuries under the policy, limit lawsuits, and set federal standards with state action or federal default. It would cap certain damages, allow suits for death or serious injury, and include wage loss provisions. House hearings through July target floor action this fall.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
House
Frank E. Moss
Utah
20 years of green thumbs at Bennington Garden Club silver anniversary
The Bennington Garden Club marks twenty years of activity with celebrations and community gardening efforts. Members share photos of their personal gardens on Page 5, highlighting individual projects and club camaraderie.
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Bennington Garden Club
Housing bill passes Ford should sign
Washington reports a bipartisan compromise between Senator Proxmire and HUD enabling the Senate to pass a middle income housing bill offering up to 10 billion dollars in subsidized home mortgages with Ford expected to sign. The measure aims to curb mortgage charges while releasing funds over 12 months to energize a sluggish housing market.
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Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
Ford
House
Carla Hills
Housing and Urban Development
Ford backs longer delay on car exhaust rules
President Ford urged Congress to freeze auto exhaust standards through 1981 to avoid inflation and push cars toward 40 percent better fuel economy within four years. The plan would maintain current limits for hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide through 1981 despite EPA and NAS cautions.
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EPA
Ford
National Academy of Sciences
National Clean Air Coalition
Washington
Congress
How many wardens would it take
Robert J. Mumley patrols a broad stretch of towns as a calm but forceful game warden. For three years he has enforced game laws in Pownal Woodford Shaftsbury Bennnington and parts of Glastonbury, relying on citizen tips to curb violators. He compares his job to federal agents tracking bootleggers and highway state troopers, reflecting on the challenges and reactions from local sportsmen. See GAME on Page 2.
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Rob Woolmington
Robert J. Mumley
New Plymouth
Mumley
Pownal
Woodford
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Glastonbury
Feds
Weekend Forecast Shows Sunshine Then Clouds
The forecast calls for mostly sunny today with increasing afternoon cloudiness. Highs reach the upper 70s to mid 80s, and tonight’s lows will be in the upper 50s. Sunday remains sunny and pleasant with highs in the 80s.
Politics and M Jerome Diamond clash at emergency board
At an Emergency Board meeting in Montpelier the panel vetoed Attorney General M Jerome Diamond's bid for a 242000 federal crime grant for a study of white collar and organized crime. Governor Salmon supported the grant with reservations, while Republicans charged Diamond with overreach in his political role. The vote reflected deep tensions over Diamond's influence and a broader fear of politicization of law enforcement efforts.
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Montpelier
UPI
State Emergency Board
M. Jerome Diamond
Diamond
Thomas P. Salmon
Salmon
Grant
Jerry Diamond
Rutland District Court
Edward McClallen
Judicial Selection Board
Rutland County
Robert Tepper
Emergency Board
Watergate
CIA
IRS
Emory A. Hebard
R-Glover
House Appropriations Committee
Hebard
Senate Appropriations Committee
John H. Boylan
Essex
Orleans
House
Ways and Means Committee
Peter Giuliani
Sen
S. Seeley Reynolds
Addison County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pulp mill chooses Walpole New Hampshire site
A New York firm plans a 200 million pulp mill and will soon exercise a long term option on a 600 acre Walpole farm that runs to Route 12 from the Connecticut River. Landowners W A Sawyer and Alfred W Sawyer hold the property as zoning talks begin.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Walpole
Frank Peterson
Parsons and Whittemore
Connecticut River
W.A. Sawyer
Alfred W. Sawyer
Peterson
Stafford urges NH special election for contested Senate seat
Senator Robert T. Stafford urges New Hampshire to hold a special election to resolve the disputed Senate race between John Durkin and Louis Wyman. He argues a Senate decision to seat either candidate would leave a large portion of voters feeling cheated and calls for the race to be declared too close to call, allowing voters to decide.
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Washington
UPI
Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
New Hampshire
Senate
John
Durkin
Louis Wyman
Stafford
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Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Oval Office
Joseph L. Sisco
J.M. Toolan
Thomas H. Foster
G.A. Ellis
Old Bennington
Proxmire
Ford Friday
Environmental Protection Agency
Robert Mumley
By William Poole
Walpole, N.H
Pulp Mill
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