Mexico Expels Five Soviet Diplomats
Mexico City expelled five Soviet diplomats in a move described by a Communist source as the most serious act short of breaking relations. The action came 72 hours after Mexico said it had crushed a guerrilla plot trained in Moscow and North Korea, signaling heightened tensions between the two nations.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Moscow
North Korea
Emilio C. Rabasa
Latin America
Dmitri A. Diakonov
Boris P. Kolomiakov
Boris N. Voskoboinikov
Oleg M. Netchipovenko
Aleksandr Bolchakov
Igor Kolsovski
Directive to Dyers Delayed by Engineer Report Outcome
Two local attorneys helped avert a clash between Bennington Selectmen and Catamount Dyers over a night shutdown of a boiler blamed for noise. The board gave the plant until March 22 at 8 p.m. to await an out of town acoustical engineer’s test. a meeting with residents was planned to discuss the issue as Catamount Dyers sought to resolve the disturbance while the company’s position remained provisional.
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Bennington Selectmen
Norton Barber
John H. Williams II
Selectmen
Catamount Dyers
Division Street
New York
Williams
Catamount Dyer
Barber
John’s (Williams
J.C. Jerome
Jerome
Senate panel approves SST funds despite House veto
In a 17 to 5 vote the Senate Appropriations Committee backed continuing funding for two SST prototypes, setting up a clash on the Senate floor next week. House action killed $134 million in SST financing, with leaders predicting a tight fight as Nixon aides and lawmakers weigh the program’s fate.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
Proxmire
House
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
White House
Nixon
Wis
Sidney Yates
D-Ill
Congress
Yates
Gerald Ford
Generals face demotion for part in My Lai case
In Washington Army officials recommended demotion for Maj. Gen. Samuel W. Koster and Brig. Gen. George H. Young Jr for roles connected to the My Lai massacre cover up. Westmoreland advised reducing Koster to brigadier general and Young to colonel. exact disciplinary scope unclear among about five remaining cases.
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My Lai
Americal
Koster
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
George H. Young Jr
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Army
Young
Westmoreland
U.S
Inside and Opinion Notes Highlight Local Topics
Ellen Cronan Rose reviews French Canadian cooking and Marion Harris defends store bought bread. Sam Ogden questions Vermont industry value. Nostalgic column on liberated grandmothers. Regional Planning Commission addresses garbage problem. Bannerland all star team deemed first of its kind in area.
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Ellen Cronan Rose
Marion Harris
Bannerland
County planners oppose east west highway here
Arlington Bennington County officials oppose a new four lane limited access highway along Route 9 linking the New York Thruway with the Northern New England coast. The commission voted unanimously to back improvements to existing Route 9 and poll towns for local opinions.
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Arlington
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
Bennington County
BCRPC
John Simson
Northern New England Regional Commission
New York
Shaftsbury
Sandgate
Rupert
Peru
Northern New England Planning Commission
Opinions Divided At Vermont Abortion Reform Hearing
More than 300 people attended the Vermont State House public hearing on a bill liberalizing the 125 year old abortion law. About 40 speakers, split evenly pro and con, urged reform while doctors and religious groups voiced arguments. The measure would allow abortions at licensed hospitals in the first 20 weeks and later if the mother's health requires it.
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Montpelier
UPI
State House
Vermont
Pro
Con
House Judiciary Committee
Robert O’brien
Winooski
Action delayed on limit for radioactive emissions
Burlington UPI reports Davis administration pushes balance between environmental and economic concerns in setting radioactive discharge standards. Health Board delays action as Water Resources deputy sought stricter limits, while Vermont Yankee reactor construction looms. No action on air pollution regs. waivers sought by Brattleboro Kiln Drying, Vermont tree surgeons, and Steam Town Railroad.
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Burlington
UPI
Davis
Human Services
Wil
the Health Board
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Martin Johnson
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Brattleboro Kiln Drying and Mill Co
Central Vermont
Steam Town Railroad
Bellows Falls
February CPI Up 0.2 Percent Amid Mixed Inflation Data
The Labor Department reports consumer prices rose 0.2 percent in February led by food clothing and medical care while declines in mortgage rates and used car prices offset some gains. The index stood at 119.4 relative to 1967, up 4.8 percent from a year earlier. Wholesale prices rose 0.9 percent in February. Beef veal and fresh produce costs increased notably.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
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Spiro Agnew
Boston
Logan International Airport
Edward Brooke
Francis Sargent
Middlesex Club
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By Joe Swayze
Ford
N.Y
Albany
John D. Caemmerer
East Williston
Senate Motor Vehicle Committee
Caemmerer
England
Scandinavia
Long Island
Sam Ogden
Regional Planning Commission
Liam S. Cowles Jr
Johnson
William D. Ruckelshaus
Federal
Evironmental Protection Agency
EPA
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