Taking the museum into the classroom in Bennington
Bennington area students join the Museums Students-to-the-Schools program with Mt. Anthony Union High School students guiding elementary pupils through hands on history. The high school team uses artifacts from the Bennington Museum to illustrate daily life from 18th and 19th century eras.
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Bennington
Bennington Museum
Molly Stark
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Topping Tavern
McDonald's
Peter W. Cook
TV Age
H.C. White Co
North Bennington
Russ Leslie
Molly Stark School
MAU Bicentennial Committee
Nancy Martell
David Frost
Melody Crawford
Laurie L’heureux
Marie LaBonte
Refugees land on American soil amid mixed welcomes
Vietnamese refugees arrive at Ft Chafee Arkansas with band music and hopeful crowds as officials estimate up to 100000 refugees, including hundreds more at Camp Pendleton California, with flights planned to Eglin Florida and other sites. President Ford authorizes entry.
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Arkansas
America
Nam
Ft. Chafee
Ark
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Fort Smith Municipal
David H. Pryor
Milt Earnhard
Lam van Pach
National Rehabilitative Institute of Vietnam
Lam
U.S
Guam
Camp
New England governors seek unified energy policy
Six New England governors plan a regional energy policy to boost White House influence while protecting state interests. Governor Salmon travels to Boston to present a plan promoting energy self reliance through solar wind and hydro. Vermont energy adviser Orr led the policy advocating alternative sources and possible taxes on inefficient cars if federal action falls short.
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Thomas Salmon
Boston
New England
Salmon
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Vermont
Forrest Orr
Stafford confident on Champlain study funds chal lenge
UPI reports Sen. Robert Stafford says the Senate will likely approve a 350000 supplemental appropriation to fund an environmental impact study on Lake Champlain tied to a proposed Quebec dam near St Jean Quebec. The move, supported by Leahy Javits Buckley McEwen Jeffords Hanley, aims to assess effects on water levels in New York and Vermont amid regional flood control plans.
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Washington
UPI
Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
U.S. Senate
Lake Champlain
House
Quebec
New York
Vermont
St. Jean
Que
Richelieu
Stafford
Interior Subcommittee
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
James Buckley
Robert McEwen
James Jefforrds
James Hanley
Gulf bribery scheme tied to foreign politicians exposed
SEC documents reveal Gulf Corp paid 4.2 million in bribes to foreign politicians to protect oil assets while a 10.3 million fund funded political gifts. Gulf's chairman B R Dorsey faces possible testimony as Senate subcommittees probe overseas payments across about 15 countries. United Brands and Northrop implicated in similar fundings.
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Washington
UPI
Securities and Exchange Commission
Gulf Corp
SEC
Gulf
Pittsburgh
B. R. Dorsey
Politi
Cal
United States
Gulf Overseas
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Dorsey
United Brands Co
Northrop Corp
United Brands
Honduras
Europe
Northrop
U.S
The
Wall Street Journal
Senate
Angola militants battle for power in deadly clashes
In Luanda and suburbs rival liberation movements fought with grenades and mortars for a fourth day, killing at least 250 people and wounding about 700 as streets near the capital tense under a curfew imposed by the Portuguese high commissioner and the National Defense Council.
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Luanda
Angola
UPI
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
Central Hospital
Ment
National Front
National Union For the Total Independence of
National Union
Silva Cardoso
National Defense Council
Fog Areas Clear To Partly Sunny After Morning Clouds
A weather update indicates fog areas will develop this morning then dissipate into partly sunny skies by midday. Partly cloudy conditions continue tonight with no significant precipitation expected.
Communists press claim to war equipment from refugees
United Press International reports Vietnamese Communists demand the return of aircraft ships and other property seized after Saigon’s fall. They press to reclaim U S made planes and gold while threatening to strain U S Thailand relations as refugees are moved to Guam. The Viet Cong and North Vietnam assert ownership of ships planes and even bank assets and missions abroad, urging respect for international law.
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United Press International
South Vietnam
United States
Thailand
Saigon
U Tapao
U.S
Guam
Pacific
North Vietnam
Chartcai Choonhaven
Arthur Schlesinger
Viet Cong
Vietnam
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Philippines
Bankok
Pentagon
South China Sea
Ford
Montpelier
N.E
John Gray
Gray
Catamount
St. Francis de Sales
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