Bennington Program in clash over funding and goals
Mt Anthony Union High School directors attacked the Bennington Program as costly and too independent while defending its value in education. The 23 program members head to the University of Vermont and Johnson State College for a 17 day study, five days at UVM, plus a production of Stalag 17.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
University of Vermont
Raymond C. Murray
William F. D. Smith
Lawrence E. Harrington
Smith
Mt. Anthony
Ralph Wright
UVM
Johnson State College
Col
Murray
Wright
Charles W. Keir
Keir
Stephen H
Rockefeller mulls 1972 bid amid Nixon re election doubt
Albany Gov. Nelson Rockefeller hinted he might run for president if Richard Nixon does not seek reelection, while pledging support if Nixon runs. The 62 year old four term governor avoided committing to a fifth term in 1974, saying he would not rule out anything. He has previously entered and withdrawn from Republican races in 1960 64 and 68.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Vietnam
Congress
Tension in the Middle East and ceasefire clashes
Reports from the region describe Israeli efforts and Arab guerrilla activity after the ceasefire expiration. Incidents include a wounded Israeli soldier in the Golan Heights, a guerrilla infiltrator killed near Jebel Ras in Lebanon, and a Jordanian long range rocket landing in the Beisan Valley with no casualties. Egyptian officials spoke of messages between Nixon and Sadat urging a truce extension, while Israel denied Soviet influence on Cairo policy.
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Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Suez Canal
Egypt
Cairo
Soviet Union
Abba Eban
Tel Aviv
Golan Heights
Syria
Jebel Ras
Beisan
Nixon
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Middle East
Inside Squatters Rights Debated By Women Libs At Harvard Building
A Harvard owned building hosts a clash over squatters rights with Women's Libs arguing against the westward expansion idea. Other fronts report town meetings, Pentagon troop estimates for 1972, and Muhammad Ali facing Joe Frazier's challenge with a potential rematch.
Partridge seen as favorite for Vermont environmental chair
Windham attorney Benjamin Partridge, treasurer of Windham College and member of the Windham District Commission, is viewed as the leading candidate to chair Vermont's Environmental Board. He would replace William S. Cowles Jr. who resigned to become human services secretary. Gov. Deane C. Davis aides declined comment on the leaning. Partridge is considered neutral in the conflict between conservationists and developers over the landmark Land Development Control Act.
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Shelburne
Human Services
Peter Martin
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Partridge
Patridge
Vermont
Laird warns of ICBM capability of Red China and Soviet Union
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird forecasts China could field an initial ICBM force by 1975 and notes a possible new Soviet ICBM system. He advocates expanding the ABM system to 12 sites, starting a fourth monitoring site, and shifting defense reliance to allies through aid. He cites Vietnamization and warns of strategic threats worldwide.
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Laird
Red China
Soviet Union
Washington
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
China
Congress
U.S
United States
Free World
Pentagon
Kidnaped airmen freed in Turkey
Four U S airmen seized outside Ankara by Turkish guerrillas were released after five days in captivity. They described humane treatment and adequate food, and walked to freedom through an open door in an apartment near the U S embassy.
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Ankara
Turkey
UPI
U.S
Jimmie J. Sexton
San Angelo
Tex
L.C. James Gholson
Alexandria
Larry S. Heavner
Denver
Colo
Richard Craszi
Stamford
Gholson
Embassy Row
Sedhinginn
William P. Rogers
Business expansion signals slow recovery in economy
A Commerce Department and SEC survey shows planned 4.3 percent increase in plant and equipment spending this year, higher than three months ago but still the smallest growth since 1968. Total planned capital outlay is $83.1 billion, with manufacturing expecting little change and nonmanufacturing up 7 percent led by electric utilities, communications, and transportation.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Humane society blocked by zoning rejection in Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury selectmen acting as appeals board denied Bennington County Humane Society a permit to add dog runs to a barn on Route 7, after learning construction occurred without permits. They noted the site was residential zoned. society plans an Arlington emergency meeting and may reapply under new permanent zoning adopted last week.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington County Humane Society
Jean Henry
Shaftsbury-Arlington
The
Humane Society
Arlington
Quake Felt Coastwide From Monterey To San Francisco
A 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck off Monterey and was felt from Carmel and Monterey to San Francisco. Residents reported strong shaking with no immediate serious damage, and Berkeley seismographs tied the event to an offshore epicenter.
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Monterey
Calif
UPI
California
San Francisco
Carmel
University of California Seismograph Laboratory
Berkeley
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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North Bennington
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Rome
Pope Paul
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
Rogers
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