New England Music Festival in Bennington Stirs Praise
The 1974 New England Music Festival Association brought 467 high school musicians to Bennington for a two day event under novice local hosts. Despite wind sleet and snow the three ensembles delivered a very good performance praised for enthusiasm and cooperation.
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All New England Music Festival Chorus
Carl Druba
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Walker-Morgan Memorial
Geoffrey Chapman
New England Music Festival Association
Bennington
Jaworski extends tapes subpoena deadline for Nixon
Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski gave President Nixon four extra days to respond to the Watergate subpoena. The delay followed a request by Nixon attorney James St. Clair. Sen. Howard Baker urged a compromise on the 42 tapes while the White House refused to surrender them or 27 other documents.
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Washington
UPI
Leon Jaworski
Nixon
Jaworski
White House
James St. Clair
Sen
Howard Baker
R-Ten
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Houston
House Committee
Inside column on horse and buggy days amid energy shortage
Gerald Raftery reflects on earlier decades in light of energy shortages. The TRB column analyzes impeachment process jockeying. The Thetford impeachment vote is described as not a grass roots Vermont action. Manchester Bicentennial Committee solidifies plans. Coaches predict no clear winner for tonight's NCAA final.
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Gerald Raftery
TRB
Thetford
Vermont
Manchester
Watergate report transfer clears for panel today
Washington lawyers for Haldeman and Strachan will not seek Supreme Court review as the House Judiciary Committee prepares to receive a secret grand jury report on Nixon’s handling of Watergate. The Appeals Court upheld Sirica’s ruling that the panel needs the document for impeachment inquiries.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Gordon Strachan
U.S
John J. Wilson
John Bray
Haldeman and Strachan
Capitol Hill
Wilson
Grand
Bray
Leon Jaworski
Court of Appeals
John J. Sirica
Haldeman
Strachan
Sirica
Grand Jury
Watergate Grand Jury
Haldeman, Strachan
Judiciary Committee
Appeals Court
Court upholds ban on N.J. abortion law
The Supreme Court lets stand a lower court ruling that New Jersey's 1847 abortion statute is unconstitutionally vague and an invasion of privacy. The decision follows the court's stance that a woman's right to abortion in the first trimester remains. The case cites chilling effects on physicians and violations of rights under the 14th Amendment.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
New Jersey
Robert Frost centennial tribute in Bennington Vermont
Teachers writers and officials gathered from Vermont and Buffalo for a centennial tribute to poet Robert Frost in Old Bennington. Morning and afternoon sessions featured papers and films, with standout talks by Dr. Margaret Edwards and Dr. Phebe Chao, discussing Frost’s nature imagery and human truths.
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Vermont
Buffalo
Old Bennington
Robert Frost
Old First Church
Monument
Arvel M. Steece
First Congregational Church
Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences
Frost
May Sarton
Lee Robert Frost
Bennington
George Clay
Manchester
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New England Music Festival
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John Hubbard
Jim Maguire
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Ray Groux
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Patriots
New England
Providence Central
Maguire
N.J
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