Cuban crash kills 66, two survive
A Soviet IL62 turb jet with 68 aboard crashed on approach to Jose Marti Airport in Havana. 66 dead and two survivors, a Russian boy and an East German woman, were reported. Survivors were described as critically burned. Authorities investigated the disaster as Tass noted human casualties without figures. The plane had flown Moscow via Frankfurt and Lisbon.
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New York
UPI
Havana
Ministry of Foreign Relations
Fernando Garcia
Garcia
Moscow
Frankfurt
Lisbon
S.F. Pattee
Tass
Central Asia
Weekend Weather Outlook Sunny Breaks With Showers Possible
A forecast shows sunny to partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers early Saturday, then partly sunny. Highs range mid 60s to near 70. Saturday night cools to the 40s. Sunday turns mostly sunny with highs again in the mid 60s to near 70.
Governor Snelling Eyes Private Lease for Pownal Track
Governor Richard A. Snelling visited Vermont’s sole parimutuel racetrack in Pownal and asked if a private corporation might lease the facility for a thoroughbred season with state good will but not state money. The Rooney family said horses are unprofitable, though local economy benefits remain strong.
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Pownal
Richard A. Snelling
Vermont
Patrick Rooney
Snelling
Rooney
Daniel Laughlin
Alan Paul
The
Paul
Northeast
Pirates
Patriots
Steelers
Solar research money to back New England center
Massachusetts firm receives a 498755 dollar planning grant from ERDA to design a regional solar energy research institute serving all New England. The Northeast Energy Center in Cambridge will map goals and regional energy needs with completion by November 1977.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
Energy Research and Development Administration
New England
Claiborne Pell
Northeast Energy Center, Inc
Cam-ridge
Mass
Dante Sonata
Rhode Island
ERDA
Golden
Colo
Sunderland School Nears End To Its Long Ordeal
Sunderland Elementary opened seven years ago with about 100 students in a town of 600. The troubled project spawned a lawsuit, anger, and delays. Now repaired but still showing signs of wear, the building needs exterior work, drainage, sealing, and improved landscaping and play areas to finish its long run as a solid yet austere school.
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Sunderland
Welfare to work program helps 200 Vermont fathers find jobs
Vermont officials report the welfare to work plan under ANFC has placed over 200 unemployed fathers in work within seven weeks, with aims to reach 400 by month’s end. The program cuts costs and supports private and public job sources while improving long term welfare reduction.
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Candon
Vermont
ANFC
Human Services Agency
Vermont correctional revolution moves into new phase
Vermont has shifted from a fortress system to a rehabilitative model over the past decade. The 1966 policy and 1967 committee report pushed for treatment, regional facilities, state supervision, and full funding, reshaping prisons and jails under the Departments of Institutions and Corrections. The move faced local resistance but became law as rehabilitation gained momentum.
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Rod Clarke Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Vermont Department of Corrections
Windsor
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Jose Marti
Patee
Barnstorms County
By Rob Woolmington
Bennington County
Economy Graphics
North Bennington
Bennington
Rotary
Alan Morrison
Bennington Ford
Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration
VOSHA
Morrisson
Green Mountain Racetrack
Pat Rooney
Stafford
Maggie C. Bucholt
Social Welfare and
Department of Employment Security
National Alliance of Businessmen
Montpelier
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