Inside Vermonts Waterebury State Mental Hospital Kids Ward
A journalist spends a day and a half inside Waterbury State Hospital with Paul Brodeur to see the children ward and other units. The piece describes the quiet day room, child interactions, and the hospital’s treatment approach as the visitor gains insight into the facility.
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Waterbury
Vermont
Paul Brodeur
Montpelier
Brodeur
Osgood
Osgood Two
Bennington-Rutland
Vermont death penalty bill reopens old electric chair debate
Vermont lawmakers debate restoring the death penalty after decades, citing past electrocutions in 1952 and 1954 and cases including police chief shootings. Opponents call capital punishment state murder while supporters claim public support exists, as committee members weigh legal tests and Supreme Court standards.
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Charles Butler Jr
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Springfield
Donald Demag
Burlington
Francis Blair
Fitchburg
Mass
Demag
Blair
Windsor
Edward Battick
Manchester
Dana Thompson
Senate Judiciary Committee
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Colder Weather With Rain or Snow Expected Today
Colder conditions return with rain or snow likely today, temperatures in the 30s, and continuing tonight. Highs on Sunday are forecast to reach back into the 30s.
Nixon aides defend President's exclusive amnesty power
Washington officials told Congress the President alone can grant amnesty and oppose bills to ease Vietnam War resisters' plight. Deputy AG Ulman said the bills have constitutional defects, while ACLU official Schwarzschild urged Congress to exercise its amnesty power against a backdrop of court rulings and history.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
al Ulman
Selective Service System
Walter H. Morse
House Subcommittee On Courts, Civil Liberties
Administration of Justice
Ulman
Justice Department
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Henry Schwarzschild
United States Supreme Court
Congress of the
United States
Public Defender of Bennington County Stakes Reform in Courts
Public defender David Putter, 29, has moved from reviled to grudgingly respected in Bennington County courts. He challenged welfare and town policy, argued in the Vermont Supreme Court over fees, and led on voter residency and state liquor-licensing cases. The cases show him reshaping constitutional law and government accountability.
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Kelton Miller
Bennington County
David Putter
Putter
Welfare Department
Vermont Supreme Court
High Court
Vermont Legal Aid
Bennington
Woodford
Superior Court
William Hill
Norton Barber
Bolles Brook
Potter
Devele
Davis
Bank
Salmon
Sweet Pie
Liquor Control Board
Glass Onion
Pownal
Pie
Main Street
Glass Lee Public Defender
Mills says Nixon tax probe may force resignation
Rep Wilbur D Mills says the Joint Congressional Committee will release findings on Nixon tax returns within two months that could push Nixon to resign. Mills cites a deduction for donating vice presidential papers to the National Archives. White House disputes Mills and calls his claim a dirty political tactic.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Wilbur D. Mills
Joint Congressional Committee
Nixon
Mills
National Archives
Washington
White House
Congress
McCord accuses Nixon of evidence suppression
James W. McCord Jr a member of the Watergate bugging team charges President Nixon with deliberately concealing and suppressing evidence. In a three page edited letter McCord says Dean told Nixon hush money was paid to defendants and that disclosure would have overturned their convictions. He ties Nixon actions to potential obstruction of justice and renewed juror scrutiny.
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Washington
UPI
James W. McCord Jr
Watergate
Nixon
McCord
John W. Dean III
Sirica
Dean
W. Matt) Byrne
Ellsberg
Vesco tried to reach Nixon brothers for help, trial witness says
The government witness said Vesco told him he asked a Nixon brother to relay a message to the top about a federal probe. Sears testified Vesco sought White House intervention as Mitchell and Stans face trial for conspiring to obstruct the Vesco inquiry and lies to a grand jury. Vesco named F. Donald Nixon, claiming contact near Newport Beach as subpoenas loomed.
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New York
UPI
Robert L. Vesco
Nixon
Vesco
Harry L. Sears
New Jersey
GOP
John
N. Mitchell
White House
John Dean
Jose Figueres
U.S
F. Donald Nixon
Don
Sears
Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Wesco
Grand
Securities and Exchange Commission
Newport Beach
Calif
SEC
Patriots win title for Mt Anthony Union in state final
Mt Anthony Union High School defeated Bellows Falls 68 to 57 to claim the Vermont state championship, the first title for a Bennington public school in ten years. Page 12 contains game details.
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Burlington
Mt. Anthony
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Steve McQueen
Camp Murray
Central Administration Office
Vermont State Hospital
Kimberly Cheney
John Burgess
Buckley
Senate
Cheney
Burgess
Supreme Court
Russell Niquette
Sen
Robert Dan
Iels
D-Chittenden County
Judiciary Committee
Daniels
University of Vermont
the Public Defender and the Constitution
Edward R. Lamb
Long Trail Road
Russell B. Long
D-La
Joint Congress
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Richard Nixon
Richard
FBI
Obstruction of Justice
Patriots
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