Family goat farm rebuilt after arson fire
Glenn Currier and his family, aided by nationwide donors, rebuild a 42 acre dairy goat farm in Michigan after a deliberately set blaze killed 70 nanny goats and six rabbits. An unsolved arson case spurs community support and new barn donations as the family resumes their dream to farm.
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Upl
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Sara
Dairy Goat Guide
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Bucky
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Michigan
Flint
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Nixon tours Moscow State University amid mixed reactions
UPI reports first lady Pat Nixon toured Moscow State University with a few students present due to exam time. She encountered a mix of hospitality and reserve, tapped a student on the shoulder, and faced crowded, tense conditions with security and reporters in a sprawling Stalin Gothic campus. She later planned to visit the GUM department store and Moscow Circus.
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UPI
Pat Nixon
Moscow State University
Soviet Union
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow University
Lenin Hills
Josef Stalin
Ned Square
Kremlin
Macy's
Helicopter Thief Steals Weathervanes Across Norton Area
Police search for an airborne thief who uses a helicopter and a rope to snare weather vanes. Mrs Marsha Brunell reported her vanes missing after a helicopter hovered above her barn attempting to seize the vane insured for 250 dollars. Norton Chief Edward Harley said state police may help track the suspect, noting ladders and footprints usually reveal thieves.
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Norton
Mass
UPI
Feam Raynham
Marsha Brunell
Rehoboth
Edward Harley
Tlis
Bartley
Vermont Emergency Board clears 8.6 million whey plant pact
The Vermont Emergency Board approved an 8.6 million whey processing plant plan for St. Albans, authorizing 832,000 in federal EPA funds and a revenue bond approach. The project targets whey from cheese making, aims for 748,000 annual profit, and involves Hood Co. of Boston and Vermont Cheese Manufacturers.
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UPI
Vermont
Emergency Board
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
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Franklin County
Davis
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Foremost Foods Co
San Francisco
Calif
Fred Westphal
R-Lamoille County
E.P. Hood Co
Boston
Hood
James Deffords
U.S. Supreme Court
New York
International Paper Co
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Lake Champlain
IPC
Jeffords
Vermont Crime Central Commission
Ure
Jefferus
Social Welfare Department
State Health Department
Vermont officials weigh declassifying six child care positions
The Vermont State Employes Association may appeal after the Office of Child Development moved to declassify six classified posts to hire staff on contract. Garnet Harvey of VSEA questioned the need, amid plans to replace discharged workers and ongoing reorganization. Two Republicans announce bids for House speaker as other leadership moves unfold.
Hackett names two chairmen for Vermont gubernatorial bid
UPI reports Rep. George Little of Burlington and house Clerk Robert Picher of Winooski were named Chittenden County co-chairmen for Luther Hackett’s Republican gubernatorial campaign. In Coventry, Robin Maree Morse, 18 months, drowned after her father’s car left Route and plunged into the Black River. the mother escaped unharmed.
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UPI
George Little
House
Robert Picher
Winooski
Chittenden County
Luther Hackett
South Burlington
Coventry
Robin Maree
Candice Morse
Newport
Black River
Uniharmeh
Blue Cross seeks further rate hikes in New Hampshire and Vermont
Blue Cross and Blue Shield filed requests for 3.8 million dollars in higher revenue to cover medical costs. The plan would raise average costs for a state employee by about 39 dollars this year, with rates set across both states. Officials say the change hinges on shorter reserve periods and annual reviews to curb surpluses and deficits.
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Concord
N.11
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
New Hampshire
John Durkin
Vermont
Charles Black
Blue Shirk
Durkin
Black
New York Prison Reform Expands Furloughs and Visits
Gov Rockefeller approves a bill allowing inmates near release within a year two full weeks of furlough to seek work and train, plus up to 14 hours offsite for education or volunteer work. Wardens gain power to extend visits for dying relatives funerals and medical treatment. In Troy, mall costs rise while city cautions on debts. In Lake George Warren County police arrest 13 in a burglary and larceny crackdown involving two linked gangs, including juveniles.
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Albany
New York State
Rockefeller
Lake George
Warren County
Rezoning Battle Halts Berkshire Land Sale Plan
In North Adams eight acres on State Road were rejected for commercial to airport zoning by the City Council 54 to 0. The plan aimed to block Albert Clack of Newington Conn from buying land for a competing shopping center with Main Street mall. Clack plans to apply to purchase the city land soon. Also in North Adams, developer Harry Patten scrapped a colonial New England village along the Mohawk trail and will auction 600 acres between Whitcomb Summit and Hob Nab Restaurant on June 10 at the North Adams Sportsmen's Club. Patten built Alpenwald at Readshoro. Donald W. Sprague Jr., advertising executive of The Transcript, was elected president of the Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce.
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State Road
Mra
Virginia Stevens
Airport Se
Albert Clack
Newington
Conn
Harry 8. Patten
Florida
Whitcomb Summit
Patten
Alpenwald
Readshoro
North Adams Sportsmen's Club
Donald W. Sprague Jr
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