Green Up Day lacks spark as volunteers clean Bennington routes
Bennington County Green Up Day volunteers muttered about tepid interest on a bright spring Saturday. About 200 people gathered with state supplied bags to clear roads while 2,500 flags waited at Ideal Fuels. Six families earned praise for tackling Route 846, yet many residents avoided long stretches of Route 7.
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Green Up leader questions public support for extended week
Vermont organizers debate if the annual roadside cleanup should run longer and whether local communities bore the bulk of participation. Gov Davis and Lt Gov Burgess led statewide efforts with 80 000 volunteers cleaning roadsides and removing winter trash as concerns grow over the 1972 bottle ban and four mill tax.
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Green Up
Governors Divide Over Nixon Policy Endorsement At Meeting
At the Republican governors spring meeting in White Sulphur Springs Washington, D C officials report a split over endorsing Nixon policies especially in Vietnam. Nelson Rockefeller drafted a resolution while Milliken cautioned about bombing support and Reagan urged explicit backing. Eighteen of twenty governors attended the two day session ahead of a Tuesday night banquet featuring Vice President Agnew.
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Nuns stage protest in St Patrick's Cathedral
Seven fans and a lay teacher were arrested at St Patrick's Cathedral during a protest by nuns calling on the Catholic Church to speak out against Indochina war. Detected by police, eight women faced disruption charges. no court action pursued by the Archdiocese.
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New Eagle Square pact ratified by 10 to 1 vote
SHAFTSBURY Eagle Square Manufacturing Co and Local 649 of the Upholsterers International Union reach a two year contract pact. The 10 to 1 Sunday approval includes 44 cents per hour total increases, five 5 percent wage raises, enhanced insurance, and expanded fringe benefits such as drug, lab, therapy, and safety programs. Negotiators included Plant Manager Paul J. DeConinck and union leaders Arnold Jones and Phillis Cross. A potential strike was averted with mediation help from the Albany FMCS.
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Anderson cites FBI probe of public figures love lives
UPI reports columnist Jack Anderson told a House subcommittee that FBI director J. Edgar Hoover prepared secret memos detailing personal affairs for Lyndon B. Johnson. He claimed the investigations targeted prominent Americans, from actors to athletes and leaders, as examples of dangerous secrecy in government.
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Inside the Inside England picks and political notes
Columnists and local items fold into an issue previewing the upcoming election. Gerald Raftery blogs on a “law of the fourth martini,” Russell Baker travels in New Hampshire, and the Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad receives land gifts from Bennington residents. Hoosick Falls fire destroys a home and irreplaceable papers. Baseball roundups feature Patriots and Ragies. Coatieton sweep stars Lang and Moora.
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Nixon tools up on Vietnam war stance at Texas ranch
President Nixon, addressing wealthy Texans at Treasury Secretary Connally’s ranch, warned that North Vietnam would overrun South Vietnam if U.S. air and sea power ends. He urged intensified bombing and pressed opponents to tell Hanoi their complaint, signaling continued hardline policy amid Vietnamization efforts. The gathering included Connally supporters and sparked speculation about a possible run for vice president. He also backed depreciation tax relief, oil depletion allowances, and warned on school busing with a constitutional amendment as possible recourse.
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Rogers defends policy amid Vietnam tensions
Secretary of State William P. Rogers says Nixon must raise military activity in Vietnam to protect 16,000 U.S. troops across South Vietnam's military region 1 including Hue and Danang. He warns of consequences if Americans are harmed and credits the President's actions against perceived Communist aggression.
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Top Hanoi negotiator returns to talks but no rapid settlement
Paris dispatch reports Le Duc Tho arrives back in Paris after five months in Hanoi and says no quick peace is expected. South Vietnam rebukes his declarations, accusing him of repeating unacceptable communist demands. Tho signals readiness to resume talks with the United States, but details of format and any messages from Kissinger are unclear.
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