Bennington Flooding Strains Water System And Roads
Bennington’s rainwork and runoff flooded much of the area forcing major water pressure shortfalls. A large 1500 gpm pump aided water mains while Route 7 remained the major north south artery with several roads washed out.
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Bennington
Arlington
Murphy
Governor’s Office
Morgan Spring
East Main Street
Water Department
Louis C. Sarelas
Knapp Drive
Sarelas
Senate poised to repeal Rhodesian chrome embargo
The Senate appears ready to back the House repeal of 1971 legislation allowing Rhodesian chrome imports despite U.N. sanctions. House passage was 250 to 146, as Carter seeks to present a united front at the U.N. on Thursday. Byrd argues the embargo has failed to deter Rhodesia and allied nations.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
United States
U.N
U.S
Carter
Capitol Hill
United Nations
Thomas O'Neill
Byrd
Africa
Harry Byrd
I-Va
Ian Smith
Great Britain
Robert Bauman
R-Md
Donald Fraser
D-Minn
Samuel Stratton
D-N.y
Rhodesia
Italian hijacker lands in Zurich with 29 hostages
Luciano Porcari, a 37 year old auto mechanic, hijacked an Iberia Boeing 727 after a Turin stop, flew to the Ivory Coast to fetch his 3 year old daughter, then returned toward Europe. He released seven hostages at Zurich before demanding fuel and food and threatening a massacre if his demands were not met. Zurich authorities mobilized a crisis squad as the plane returned to Zurich for a second landing at 3:30 p.m. local time.
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Zurich
Switzerland
UPI
Africa
Europe
Iberia Airlines
Luciano Porcari
Turin
Porcari
Mediterranean
Ivory Coast
West Africa
Seville
Spain
Milan
Consuelo
Lyon
France
Federal Air Bureau
Philbrook resigns as Vermont Social Welfare chief
Paul Philbrook resigns as state Social Welfare commissioner effective May 15 to become budget officer for the court administrator's office in Gov. Snelling's administration. Philbrook, 45, a long time Social Welfare Department employee, has served as commissioner since 1973 and will take a substantial pay cut.
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Elbert G
al” Moulton
GOP
Montpelier
Moulton
Quebec Lakes Landowners Association
Vermont
Hoff
Davis
Sen. Stafford
Snelling
Inside Arizona crime report and Page 2 notes
Inside the world section previews a continued crime and corruption report in Arizona on Page 6 with a feature on coffee prices topping four dollars and Carter supporters backing marijuana decriminalization as noted on Page 2.
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Arizona
Carter
Putnam Hospital
Chittenden County
John Gould
White House
Russell Baker
Rep
Colvin
Arlington
White Creek
Lemieux
Shrine
St. Mary’s
John Randolph
Lake Champlain
Mt. Anthony weighs SVSU voting power and share
Mt. Anthony Union School District directors push for equalized SVSU funding tied to voting weight at the annual meeting. They seek weighed voting or equal budget shares, noting MAU pays 45 percent of the SVSU budget but holds only one seventh of the voting power. Some directors oppose. a strategy could lead to potential legal action if the SVSU does not voluntarily adjust apportionment.
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Burlington
Supplemental Food Office
Main St
EPA
Leland McCabe
Bennington
Boston
McCabe
Mt. Anthony Union
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
SVSU
Mt. Anthony
Pownal
Woodford
Lionel Nowak
North Bennington
Alan Morrison
Goldwater threatens suit over mob links in Arizona reports
Senator Barry Goldwater rejected charges of mob ties and vowed possible legal action against United Press International and the Arizona corruption series. He challenged reporters to name a known gangster in Arizona while defending his Senate record and noting he plans to review the investigations by Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. and Newsday’s Bob Greene.
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United States
Goldwater
Robert
Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc
Arizona
Arizona Republic
Don Bolles
ABC
Good Morning America
Long Island
Bob Greene
Newsday
Garden City
N.Y
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Savelas
State Health Department
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Soviet Union
Parren Mitchell
Philbrook
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Supreme Court
Barth Vander Els
United Press International
Barry Goldwater
Harry Rosenzweig
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