Manila Hostage Drama Ends After Helicopter Escape
A 14 year old American girl held nine hours in her father’s Manila home as a guitar playing robber seized control and fled by helicopter with the girl and two other captives. The bandit, described as 40, 5 foot 4, dropped off in Zambales province after taking Butler and his daughter Susan hostage. The incident drew 200 policemen, but no shots were fired as the hijacked helicopter landed safely back in Manila.
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Batuigas
Alvaro Aspillero
Manila Daily Times
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Philippines
Oklahoma City
White House efforts to preserve foreign aid program
The White House launched a drive to keep the Foreign Aid program alive beyond November 15 through a continuing resolution while shaping a new, coordinated proposal. President Nixon met with Senate GOP leader Hugh Scott and House GOP leader Gerald Ford to press a plan that avoids piecemeal funding and aims to restart a fully coordinated program. Senators McGovern and Fulbright proposed restoring aid items and UN funding, with Israel aircraft credits and Pakistani refugees on the agenda.
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Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
George S. McGovern
Israel
New Winhall Police Under Investigation Over Harassment Claims
Winhall residents allege harassment by officers replacing ousted chief Wayne Daniels. Interim Chief Stanley Blow appointed this weekend amid complaints. State police in Rutland confirm an ongoing investigation into Halloween night incidents including a pursuit involving unmarked cars and unconfirmed identifications of local officials.
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Blow
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Rutland
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Navy jet dummy-bombs Tennessee home
In Knoxville area a 900 pound inert training bomb from a Marietta Navy jet crashed through a two story house, leaving it a total loss. Al Parrott 16 and his grandmother were inside. no explosives were involved. Navy Cmdr Virgil Tedder reported the incident to the FAA and an investigation board is convened.
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Atlanta
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James W. Parrott
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Strawberry Plains
Tricksters burn barn of Arlington selectman in Halloween vandalism
Arlington fire crews battled nine blazes including a mutual aid barn fire at selectman Richard Hagelberg’s farm on Crow Hill. The 2000 bale hay filled Barn was destroyed despite help from Manchester and Shaftsbury. Cause is listed as suspicious. juveniles blamed for rubbish fires.
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Hagelberg
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Shaftsbury
Duane Hoyt
Arlington Selectmen
Selectman
Robert V. Jones
Booby trapped Halloween candy reported in Vermont towns
Four Vermont towns including Windsor County report booby trapped candy given to trick or treaters on Halloween. Chief Milton Bixby warns parents to watch for needles in treats as similar complaints circulate in Proctorsville Springfield and Chester with no injuries reported. Burlington and Rutland had quiet Halloween followed by a small fire in Rutland.
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UPI
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Ludlow
Mahady
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Springfield
Chester
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Rutland
Vermont directors back 40 percent state education funding
Vermont State School Directors Association backs 40 percent of local education costs from state funds and endorses the current aid formula with guaranteed minimums for communities. They oppose using the state income tax to finance the expansion and study school reorganization while Education Board reviews the 1973 budget.
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Norwich
Vermont
Vermont Education Board
USSDA
National School Directors Association
Fall Cold Sends Davis Home From Duties
MONTPELIER UPI reports Gov. Deane C. Davis is at home recovering from a sore throat and achy muscles. The governor canceled a heavy agenda and will not attend the education budget hearings, which will proceed without him as Peter Martin notes the day was left open for rest.
2500 Feared Dead in Orissa Coastline Cyclone
A 15 foot tidal wave and cyclone struck near Cuttack in Eastern Orissa, near Calcutta, with 90 mph winds. PTI quotes state officials warning death toll will rise as details come in from outlying areas, with unofficial counts as high as 5,000. The disaster collapsed houses and severed communications across parts of Orissa coast and southwestern West Bengal.
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Calcutta
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PTI
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Pratap Mahanty
West Bengal
Inside FCC TV ad back on air proves tough row
The article lists page references to FCC back on TV commercials amid regulatory debates with references to state praise for Prospect School provisional certification. Columnists discuss culture, politics and a Greek bearing gifts theme, while local sports highlight Rutland chicken feast and Bennington Pee Wees football glory.
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Prospect School
Gerald Raftery
Tom Braden
Aristotle Onassis
Rutland
Patriot
Bennington
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