Mt Anthony districts reject low bus bid and redo process
In a joint session Mt Anthony and Bennington school boards rejected the low bid from Frederic R Brown of Billerica Mass for a three year bus contract and voted to reopen bidding. The boards cited misinterpretations in Brown coverage and sought to rework terms including mileage and special trips.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Mt. Anthony
Bennington
Frederic R. Brown
Billerica
Mass
Brown
Gareth Bus Line
Sullivan Bus Lines
Greenfield
Gareth
Alan Morrison
Sullivan
Stephen Gilman
Primary reactions: Everyone's a winner
United Press International reports on Democratic and Republican primary momentum with Carter leading in delegates while Brown and Church contest Oregon. Reagan and Ford tout Michigan and Maryland victories as both parties push toward the convention. Udall, Humphrey, and others weigh paths to the nominating process amid ongoing primaries and debates over strategy.
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Jimmy Carter
California
Jerry Brown
Idaho
Frank Church
Maryland
Nebraska
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Michigan
Reagan
Reno
Nevada
Kansas City
Brown
Carter
Georgia
Portland
Oregon
Church
Morris Udall
Udall
Hubert Humphrey
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Jeffords backs funding boost for solar energy bill
Rep. James Jeffords and allies pressed a House amendment to add 116.2 million dollars to the solar energy budget of the ERDA, alongside 229.2 million dollars already recommended by the Science and Technology Committee. The 321 to 68 vote signals urgent solar power support this decade.
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Washington
UPI
James Jeffords
R-Vt
House
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
Science and Technology Committee
Jeffords
James Weaver
D-Ore
Harold Runnels
Dn.m
Vermont bicentennial Steam Train seeks 300000 loan
Vermont officials say the bicentennial Steam Train, set to begin July 1, has nearly exhausted its capital. Steam Train President Stearns Jenkins will request the legislature to authorize borrowing between 300000 and 400000, with 50000 already unused from an approved 300000. The excursion will run Bellows Falls to Burlington, then Bennington to Burlington, over two years with hope to break even.
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Vermont
Bellows Falls
Burlington
Bennington
N J doctor arrested for curare murders
Dr. Mario Jascalevich, 48, arraigned in Hackensack on charges of willfully feloniously killing five patients in 1966 with curare at Riverdell Hospital Oradell. He pleaded innocent and posted 150000 bail after leaving Englewood Cliffs home for Jersey City Medical Center.
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Oradell
N.J
Jascalevich
Riverdell Hospital
Guy W. Calissi
Hudson County
Senate approves 15 member intelligence watchdog panel
The Senate overwhelmingly backed a 15 member Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to monitor U S intelligence operations and begin work by early next month. Republican leaders named potential members including Case Hatfield Goldwater Tower while Mansfield eyed Mondale Huddleston Hart Culver and Inouye for Democratic seats.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Scott
Sens
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
John
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Walter Huddleston
Kentucky
Gary Hart
Colorado
John Culver
Iowa
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Power costs rise in New England 52 percent above national avg
Federal Energy Administration reports electricity costs in New England are 52 percent higher than the U.S. average. Preliminary Edison Electric Institute data show 4.1 cents per kilowatt hour in New England versus 2.7 nationally, driven by oil dependence. Massachusetts 4.5, Rhode Island 4.3, Connecticut 4.2, New Hampshire 4.0, Vermont 3.5, Maine 3.1 cents.
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Boston
UPI
Federal Energy Administration
New England
United States
FEA
Edison Electric Institute
Indidioual
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Russian quake devastates Central Asia with thousands homeless
Moscow Radio reported at least 10,000 homeless after a major southern Soviet Union earthquake. The disaster affected Uzbekistan and neighboring Tajikistan and Turkmenia, with mudslides from floods and stone avalanches in Turkmenia and Tajikistan. The quake registered 8 to 9 on the Soviet scale and officials expressed condolences for the dead.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Uzbekistan
Tadjikistan
Turkmenia
Italy
Central Committee
Inside Nation: Teamster organizer killed in labor clash
National desk reports a Teamster organizer killed amid a labor dispute as other front page items note Harvard Lampoon awards for worst film, local PCB contamination at a sewage plant, and MAU science fair events. The issue highlights editorial takes on politics and culture with regional notes from Bennington College and Merck K Forest Foundation leadership. It covers entertainment plans by Dorset Players, local civic updates in Arlington and Manchester, and sports with MAU rainouts and Yaz's comeback rumors.
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Harvard Lampoon
Mau
Arts Center
Bennington College
Kit Foster
Russell Baker
George Connelly
John Page
Merck K Forest Foundation
Dorset
Leo Club
Arlington
HFCS
Manchester
Yaz
Boston
Ted Williams
Sue Mulligan
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Depot Streets
Chapel Road
Joseph Parks
Kipps
Lee Junkyards
Bergen County
Joseph C. Woodcock Jr
Superior Court
Theodore W. Trautwein
Senate
Tower
Texas
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Robert Stafford
Charles Mathias
Lowell
Weicker
Mittee
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Council of Ministers
Spring Wonderland
Woodford
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