Carter and wife ride nuclear submarine on Atlantic cruise
President Carter and Mrs. Carter rode the USS Los Angeles 200 feet beneath the Atlantic for a nine hour cruise to test periscope controls and torpedo exercises while reporters observed from a hovercraft. The voyage marked the longest public blackout on presidential activity since World War II era secret missions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Carter
Atlantic
U.S
Los Angeles
Washington
Radford
Franklin Roosevelt
Moscow
Carters
St. Simons Island
Georgia
Rickover
Rehabilitating Vermont Prisons Under Scrutiny and Change
Montpelier Memo traces Vermont corrections from failed old prison plans to a community based rehabilitation model. Under Kent Stoneman and Gov. Salmon the shift faced Public opposition, later hampered by Gov. Snelling. Cornelius Hogan now leads a reassessment to broaden public understanding and curb hard liners.
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Old Windsor Prison
Kent Stoneman
Stoneman
Thomas Salmon
Salmon
Richard Snelling
Snelling
Corrections Department
Cornelius Hogan
Hogan
Dry weather and fires plague Maine. governor speaks at Rotary
A 500 acre forest fire raged in Maine as dry weather and gusty winds worsened fire danger. Alfred Willis of the Conservation Department warned conditions were the worst Memorial Day weekend in over a decade. Five PV-2 planes aided containment near Moxie Lake and Greenville while Governor Snelling urged economic growth with environmental protection. Additional fires appeared in Enfield and Township 40, with National Guard standby possible. In Lenox Massachusetts, Rebecca M. Read, 34, died, with service details and memorials listed.
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United Press International
Maine
Alfred Willis
Conservation Department
Moxie Lake
Greenville
Vosha
Snelling
Economy Graphics
Bennington County Industrial Commission
Willis
Enfield
Penobscot County
Township 40
Washington County
Richard Barrington Friday
Adj
Paul Day
Maine National Guard
Brunswick
Freeport
I-95
Brunswick Fire Department
School lunch menu week shows no school on Monday
This entry lists meals for a school week with Monday off. Tuesday offers beef stew with vegetables and muffins, Wednesday features spaghetti with meat sauce and salad, Thursday serves meatball grinders with fries, and Friday provides lemonade with tuna cheese burgers and cabbage salad. Milk is included daily.
Vermont Yankee asks NRC to treat nukes like other critical sites
Vermont Yankee officials urge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to apply security standards no tougher than those for dams, oil refineries and airplanes. Vice President John Beck announced a revised anti terrorism and saboteur protection plan, but he withheld details for obvious reasons.
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Vermont Yankee
NRC
Beck
Vermont
Doyle open to stepping aside for Democrat on energy panel
UPI reports Sen. William Doyle notes he would relinquish his seat on the Senate Energy Committee to allow a Democrat on the panel. He said no partisan politics influenced committee membership and helped draft the panel’s establishing resolution.
Battenkill Locker Reopens After Negative Water Tests
In Manchester the Battenkill Locker reopened as all five town water samples tested for bacteria came back negative. Health officer John West cited state approval and warned closures if issues recur, with a meeting planned between health officials, Richard Hayes of Manchester Water, and West to review the measures.
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Manchester
John West
State Department of Health
West
Health Department
Richard Hayes
Manchester Water Company
Battenkill
Hayes
Battenkill Locker
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Czar’s Navy
Scott
Charles E. Capriola, Jr
Philatelist
American Philatelic Society
American Numismatic Society Collectors Club of
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Main
Bennington
BY Dennis C. Brown
Laws
Public Service Board
Rotary
Pownal
Bennington County
Rebecca M. Read
Lenox
Mass
Frank V
Alice Tanner Read
East Dorset
Berkshire
The
Cancer Society
Arlington
Democrat
LL Geel
Bennington Briefs
Karen J. Pratt
Robert Kalinowski Sr
Lyons St
College of St. Joseph
Rutland
Parent’s Club
David Michael Lampron
Marjorie Lampron
West Road
Armand A. Lampron
Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park
N.Y
Farrington
Lake Kezar
Gage
Bradford
ADV
Davey Oil
Dorothy Aja
Ginny Bell
Park-McCullough
North Bennington
Big House
RSVP
Monument Plaza
Bennington Banner
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Banner Publishing Corp
New York Times
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