Salmon announces bid for U.S. Senate in Vermont race
Governor Thomas Salmon declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by Robert Stafford. He outlined an issue oriented campaign on economy energy health and foreign policy and urged stronger leadership in Washington. The announcement drew major Democratic backing and prompted talk of a Dem scramble including Lt. Gov. Brian Burns planning a run for governor.
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Washington
New England
Congress
Stafford
Brian Burns
Lee Salmon
Bennington Postpones Hire as Searsport Chooses Garland
Searsport Maine selectmen voted three to one to keep Peter Garland as town manager and grant him a raise from 14570 to 17500 after he reneged on Bennington offer. Garland cited personal financial reasons and inability to sell his Searsport home. Bennington boards scramble to verify a new candidate, John Spita of Auburn, with reference checks ongoing and a decision set for Tuesday.
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Searsport
Maine
Selectmen
Peter Garland
Garland
Timothy R. Corcoran
George A. Sleeman
Sleeman
Richard B. Leake III
John Spita
Auburn
Spita
Gerald P. Morrissey
Garland Lee
Richard V. Perrott
Corcoran
Perrott
Thomson denies gag rule. opponents call policy speech restriction
Concord New Hampshire UPI Gov Meldrim Thomson rejects claims a new state policy backing nuclear power imposes a gag on employees as opponents say it silences criticism. Rep Gene Daniels and Democratic candidate Harry Spanos label the measure as stifling free speech and warn of legal or political retaliation for dissent.
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N.H
UPI
Meldrim Thomson
Gene Daniels
D-Franklin
Daniell
House Rules Committee
Newport
Harry Spanos
Spanos
Reagan breaks 11th Commandment in clash with Ford
Reagan denounces Ford for lacking vision and leadership, claiming the United States trails the Soviet Union militarily. He accuses Kissinger and Ford of pre emptive concessions in detente and calls for restoring American military supremacy while Florida primary campaigns heat up.
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N.Y. Times
Orlando
Fla
Ronald Reagan
Ford
United States
Soviet Union
California
Henry A. Kissinger
Reagan
Florida
Washington
Howard H. Callaway
President
Ron Nelsen
Gerald Ford
Angola
Cambodia
Vietnam
Castro
Kissinger
Mr. Ford
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Central
Africa
Henry Kissinger
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Inflation Eases as Wholesale Prices Dip and Unemployment Drops
The Labor Department reports the Wholesale Price Index fell 0.5 percent in February, led by agricultural declines while core industrial prices rose 0.3 percent. Unemployment slid to 7.6 percent, the lowest in over a year, with 150,000 fewer jobless and total employment rising modestly to 86.3 million.
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Alan Greenspan
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Greenspan
Ford
Ron Nessen
White House
Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Byrd Muskie vie for Senate leader replacement
In national news Byrd and Muskie are among the contenders to succeed Mansfield as Senate leader. The page also notes reactions to Mansfield's retirement and broader political commentary from James Reston. Local items include Manchester selectmen actions, Dorset subdivision permit, and a Hoosick Falls country store plan.
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James Reston
Sen
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Dorset
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Hoosick Falls
Promised Land
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Patrick Gym
Burr & Burton
Eagles
MAU
Shrine
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Moscow
Communist Party Today
Leonid Brezhnev
Dmitry Polyansky
Grigori Romanov
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Polyansky
Alexei Kosygin
Andrei Gromyko
Nikolai Podgorny
Geidar Ali Aliev
Azerbaijan Communist Party
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