Mexico says plot to topple government exposed with North Korea ties
Mexico announces 20 arrests in a case linking Mexican students to North Korean trained guerrillas. authorities say 29 more suspects remain sought as investigators detail a plan hatched at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow. seized items include rifles grenades radios and forged documents.
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Mexico City
UPI
North Korea
Julio Sanchez Vargas
Pyongyang
Mexico
Moscow
Sanchez
Jalapa
Acapulco
Pachua
Conferees OK 10 Percent Social Security Hike
Retroactive to Jan 1, a 10 percent benefit rise for about 2 million Americans appears assured with first June 3 checks. No payroll tax increase this year, but tax base rises to 9000 dollars. minimums and outside income rules adjusted. Potential delay exists if attached to debt ceiling bill and objections arise.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Robert Ball
Congress
Nixon
Davis stays distant from Jeffords funding feud
Governor Deane C. Davis avoided taking sides in the dispute over stripping authority from the attorney general as the House approved a $120 million fiscal 1972 omnibus bill. The bill proposed moving several assistant attorneys general out of the attorney general's office and letting state departments hire their own counsel. Attorney General James Jeffords threatened resignation unless funds were restored, while Davis met with all parties and reiterated his position that assistants should remain funded within the attorney general's office.
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Springfield
UPI
Deane C. Davis
House
Appropriations Committee
Attorney General
James Jeffords
Senate
Davis
Montpelier
Jeffords
Edward Janeway
Windham County
Senate Appropriations Committee
WCFR
Appropriations
R. Marshall Witten
Bennington
Administration
Richard Mallary
Mallary
Army colonel charges generals in torture murder coverup
Lt. Col. Anthony B. Herbert, a highly decorated officer, formally charged Maj. Gen. John Barnes and Col. Ross Franklin with covering up electric shock torture of a woman and the killing of five prisoners in Vietnam. He alleged some generals think themselves God and said his part is finished after mailing the accusations.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
UPI
Vietnam
Anthony B. Herbert
Korea
John Barnes
Ross Franklin
Herbert
Barnes
Franklin
Army
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Republican Ed Mitchell Floor Fight Over Boggs in Washington
In Washington a former congressman Ed ward A. Mitchell of Evansville Ind punched House Democrat Hale Boggs after a dinner at the Statler Hilton amid remarks about the Nixon administration. Mitchell’s wife said the clash stemmed from Boggs criticism and a chance meeting in a men’s room ended in a confrontation. Cronkite cited Boggs threatening legal action while Mitchell warned of court or gym confrontation.
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Washington
UPI
Hale Boggs
D-La
Edward A. Mitchell
Evansville
Ind
Mitchell
Boggs
Bennington Village dissolves. final report details 1970 costs
Bennington Village ceased Jan 1. for 1970 taxes spent totaled 232435.78 with 138150.30 on streets. Fire department cost 29047.08 plus 5000 sinking fund. police budget 109738 with 123154.31 payroll and 5692 tickets. Town budget 1971 totals about 227000 for augmented force. street lighting 30248.38. cemetery 3290.26. Fire chief Sawyer notes 89 calls and 28700 estimated loss. 16 false alarms. one arson. 9 apprehensions. 5 new officers trained.
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Bennington
Old Bennington
Charles J. Sawyer
Sawyer
Police Dept
Bennington Village
William H. Fox
Fox
Vermont Law Enforcement Training Council
Norwich University
Inside Rep Van Santvoord Calls 1971 Legislature Productive
On the Inside Rep George Van Santvoord hails the 1971 legislature as a productive session in a brief Page 3 item. The same issue features the Mankiewicz Braden analysis of Arab Israeli negotiations on Page 4. A reader letter urges full public disclosure of the BRPC budget on Page 4. The Vernon nuke battle draws funds as Southern Vermont Conservation Society seeks support on Page 6. A wrestling feature notes a "mad Russian" dominating the scene on Page 10.
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George van Santvoord
Southern Vermont Conservation Society
Security tightened at area power plants in Franklin County
Security at Franklin County and Vernon Vermont power facilities was boosted after a bomb threat against an unnamed installation. Western Massachusetts Electric Co. reported learning of the threat over the weekend, with measures affecting the Deerfield River AEC plant, the Connecticut River Vernon plant, the Turners Falls Gill Dam, and the Northfield Mountain project among others. The FBI had no knowledge of the threat. AEC officials confirmed enhanced security but did not comment further.
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Rowe
Mass
API
Franklin County
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Western Massachusetts Electric Co
Greenfield
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Deerfield
Connecticut River
Turners Falls-Gill
Northfield Mountain
FBI
Eagle Square expansion okayed in Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury plans for the Double Eagle project at Eagle Square won final approval from Stanley Works directors. The 161000 square foot expansion replaces most current buildings, refurbishes the square shop, and adds about 160 new Shaftsbury jobs. Stanley Tools division expansion costs $12 million over three years and frees space at New Britain plant.
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Eagle Square
Shaftsbury
Stanley Works
New Britain
Conn
Square
The
Stanley
Paul J. DeConinck
Eagle Street
DeConinck
Stanely Works
Stanley Tools
Janeway weighs quitting Vermont GOP post after 20 years
Senate President Pro Tempore Edward G. Janeway said he was considering stepping down as Vermont's 20 year GOP National committeeman. He could retire if 1972 circumstances and a successor are favorable, with options including Roland Seward or Robert Gannett, but likely not C Douglas Cairns.
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C. Douglas Cairns
Burlington
Janeway
of Vermont
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Robert P. Nolan
H. T. Cushman Mfg. Corp
Jan. I
Treasury
John B. Conally
Elizabeth Dwyer
BRPC
Stanley Directors
EAGLE
Janeway May
GOP
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