Stock market climbs to six month high on NYSE
UPI reports a rising stock market with the Dow up 8.29 to 770.10 the S and P 500 at 84.30 and NYSE volume surging. The week ends with a gain of 31.05 points for the Dow and a broad advance among major issues as Sony and Ryder System post gains and Coca Cola Bottling leads notable moves.
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New York
UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Richard Nixon
Dow
Standard & Poor
Sony Corp
Ryder System
Coca- Cola
Coca-Cola
American Stock Exchange
Amex
Chicago Board Options Exchange
RCA
McDonald’s
IBM
Calley defends actions in My Lai lecture tour
William Calley, convicted in the My Lai massacre, said he would stand accountable but not responsible for the killings. He spoke at Murray State University for a $2,000 fee to share his war story with about 2,000 students, insisting the talk provides first hand knowledge of war.
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Murray, Ky
UPI
William Calley
My Lai
Vietnman
Calley
Murray State University
Columbus
Toll mounts after Tel Aviv hotel attack by guerrillas
Five foreign tourists were found dead in the rubble of a Tel Aviv hotel after an Arab guerrilla assault. The toll reached 18 dead, including seven of eight attackers, with four Israeli fatalities and six wounded. The raid involved a sailboat from Lebanon and targeted both Israel and Egypt amid Kissinger diplomacy.
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UPI
Kissinger
Egypt
Israel
Lebanon
Haifa
Shimon Peres
al Fatah
Henry A
Sinai
Peres
Ma’alot
Democrats urge 35 billion tax cut to revive economy
A Democratic Joint Economic Committee report urges tax cuts up to 35 billion dollars, nearly doubling Ford's proposal, warning unemployment could hit 9 to 10 percent in late 1975 and 1976. Deficits would rise to about 50 billion in 1975 and 70 billion in 1976, deemed a temporary, necessary step to restore growth.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
White House
Joint Economic Committee
House
Senate
U.S
101-year-old painter loses 12 years of work in house fire
In Antrim New Hampshire artist John William Caughey Sr aged 101 saw his studio burned at dawn destroying nearly 100 paintings and many letters including notes from President Nixon and the Massachusetts governor. His son, an assistant fire chief, said the fire spared his patent for a safety stepstool and plans to rebuild the studio as he turns 101. He started painting seriously at 89 and vowed to begin again with family support.
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John William Caughey
Antrim
New Hampshire
Caughey
Doc
Waltham
Mass
Nixon
Massachusetts
U.S
Stafford urges end to U S involvement in Vietnam and Cambodia
U S Senator Robert T. Stafford of Vermont calls for a final halt to U S military and general economic aid to South Vietnam and Cambodia. He favors limited humanitarian aid and rejects new or continuing military assistance, proposing reconstruction aid only if true peace arrives. He emphasizes redirection of resources to domestic needs.
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Washington
U.S
Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
United States
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Stafford
Vermont
Bennington Scout Derby Winners and Upcoming Events
The Klondike Derby on Feb 15 saw Kevin Burgess of Eagle Patrol take first place. Merit badges went to Todd Olney Jeff Legacy, with star badges to Fred Edgar and Ray Stone. A Muscular Sclerosis fundraiser snowmobile ride is planned for Sunday March 9 starting 9 a.m. at National Forest Park Woodford with rides for a donation.
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Kevin Burgess
Eagle Patrol
B. Stowell
M. Page
J. Lariviere
R. Stone
J. Betit
K. Burgess
F. Edgar
Ken Adams
Bob Burgess
George Greenwood
Order of the Arrow
Todd Olney
Jeff Legacy
Fred Edgar
Ray Stone
Bennington County
National Forest Park
Woodford
Vandals Target Mailboxes and Signs in Bennington Area
Police ask for information on nighttime vandalism in North Bennington. Mailboxes at Elsa Golbin and Mary Van Name were struck and severed at College Road, and a residence sign for Rep. and Mrs. Powers on Frederick Street was run over, all by a vehicle leaving tire tracks. Federal offense charges may apply for destroyed mail boxes.
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Bennington
North Bennington
Elsa Golbin
Mary van Name
College Road
Rep
Lawrence F. Powers
Frederick Street
U.S
Douglas Says He Will Be Back On Bench Soon
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, after a stroke on New Year's Eve, reports at Walter Reed Medical Center that his left arm and leg are improving. He says he is feeling fit and performing court work from an adjoining office and expects to return to the bench soon.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Young musician Amy van der Linde wins national contest
Amy van der Linde an 11 year old sixth grader from North Bennington wins the national student composition contest sponsored by the National Association of Music Teachers. Her winning quintet for flute oboe violin viola and cello will be performed at the national convention in Denver on April 9 by the Cincinnati Conservatory New Music Consort. She may conduct if she attends and seeks sponsorship as she funds her trip herself. A local performance of the quintet is planned at the Park McCullough Big House in North Bennington on March 27. The prize includes a brass plaque from the association.
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Amy van der Linde
R. H. van der Linde
North Bennington
National Association of Music Teachers
Julio Estaban
Miss van der Linde
National Convention of Music Teachers
Denver
Colo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Conservatory New
Association
Prosecution seeks dismissal in Strachan Watergate case
Washington prosecutors asked judge John Sirica to drop charges against former White House aide Gordon Strachan, saying his role was smaller than others in the Watergate cover up. They cited immunity as a possible legal barrier but said evidence supports a conviction. Strachan faced conspiracy obstruction and false statements counts from the 1973 grand jury testimony and admitted purging White House files per Haldeman.
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Washington
UPI
Watergate
White House
Gordon Strachan
Strachan
H.R. Haldeman
John Mitchell
John D. Ehrlichman
Senate
Watergate Committee
U.S. District Court
U.S
John J. Sirica
Mitchell
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Robert C. Marcian
Richard M. Nixon
Grand Jury
Senate Watergate Committee
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Gretchen Strohmaier
Stefan Strohmaier
Peter Dewey
William Baker
Lynne Baker
Loraine Baker
Flynn Madison
Karl Strohmaier
Billy Strohmaier
Casey Madison
Hank Strohmaier
Rose Mary Strohmaier
Neak Luong
Mekong
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