Nader group accuses Colt of selling faulty M-16 rifles
The Connecticut Citizen Action Group released a 21 page report alleging Colt’s Firearms directed workers to swap defective parts and straighten crooked barrels to evade government inspectors. It claims tests showed carriers, bolts and springs were substituted during endurance trials and describes management warnings ignored by staff.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Colt’s Firearms Inc
Vietnam
Connecticut Citizen Action Group
Nader
Colt
Burns opposes six year term for president
Prof James McGregor Burns opposed a single six year presidential term and backed repealing the two term limit. He testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee and argued for four year senate terms and four year house terms aligned to presidential elections. He warned a six year term would create a lame duck president and hinder influence.
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Washington
James McGregor Burns
U.S
Burns
Williams College
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
Congress
White House
Four Vermonters Die In Weekend Auto Crashes
Four Vermonters died in weekend accidents as Halloween season traffic took four lives. Gordon I. Tice 33 and nephew Robin A. Tice 18 of Derby perished in a head on collision on a gravel Derby road. Douglas Lee Barney 18 of East Montpelier died when his car left the Barre Montpelier Highway in an early Saturday crash. Stanley John Breznick 38 of Brattleboro died in a head on collision with a Connecticut family vehicle on Route 30 in West Dummerston Friday night.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Gordon I. Tice
Robin A. Tice
Derby
Douglas Lee Barney
East Montpelier
Stanley John Breznick
Brattleboro
Patricia Ann Dean
Coventry
Christy J. Dean
Barney
Barre-Montpelier
Breznick
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Connecticut
West Dummerston
James Toplin
Granby
Commission urges overhaul of FBI oversight panel
Three conference co chairs urge Senate to create a national commission to improve the FBI. They propose a board of overseers and an ombudsman to handle citizen complaints and to draw lines between enforcement and political surveillance. Hoover sent a defense letter. session co hosted by Princeton Woodrow Wilson School and Committee for Public Justice.
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Princeton
N.J
UPI
FBI
Senate
Norman Dorsen
Duane Lockhard
Princeton University
Commission
J. Edgar Hoover
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Committee For Public Justice
Onassis Jacqueline Marriage Contract Details Revealed
London papers disclose a 170 clause marriage contract between Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Onassis. It outlines separate bedrooms, living arrangements, and substantial financial provisions including annual $625,000 for her comfort and children, $18.75 million if she leaves, and $10 million per year if he leaves. If he dies she would inherit $105 million with other assets to children.
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London
UPI
Aristotle
Jacqueline Onassis
People
Christian Kafarakis
Onassis
Christina
Skorpios
New York
John
Caroline
Kennedy
Jackie
Lee Radziwill
England
Muskie hints at campaign entry and NH tour plans
Senator Edmund S. Muskie signaled an imminent presidential bid during a New Hampshire visit. He said a rush of announcements may come around year end and stressed preparing campaign structures in all 50 states with endorsements, staff, and $8 to $10 million for primary costs. He warned rivals will target fewer primaries, while he aims to contest as many as possible.
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Bedford
N.H
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
New Hampshire
Muskie
Burlington woman named to national Parenthood board
Two New Englanders joined 19 appointees to the Planned Parenthood World Population National Board. Greenwich Connecticut resident Mrs Ernest Lee Jahncke Jr and Burlington Virgin Islands resident Mrs George W Walsh were among the selections alongside former Senator Joseph D Tydings and television host Hugh Downs.
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San Francisco
UPI
Planned Parenthood World Population
National Board
Ernest Lee Jahncke Jr
Greenwich
Conn
George W. Walsh
Burlington
Sen
Joseph D. Tydings
Hugh Downs
Vermont Court weighs disbarment of Woodstock attorney
The Vermont Supreme Court weighs a motion to issue a temporary injunction blocking James Wright of Stockbridge from practicing law. The attorney general seeks disbarment on twelve ethics complaints, arguing public interest supports halt on Wright’s practice until final action. Wright’s counsel says there is no proof of the alleged malfeasance.
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Wright
Christopher Webber
Rutland
Vermont Senate committee backs auto remover from local checklists
The Senate Government Operations Committee approved a provision to drop a voter's name from local election checklists if they have not voted in four years. The plan aims to keep lists current by removing deceased or moved residents, with officials notifying the individual before elimination and a 60 day response window.
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Montpelier
UPI
Senate Government Operations Committee
Vermont
Hudson teachers strike shuts classrooms in four towns
About 230 Hudson Teachers Association members walked out after voting to strike over contract terms, idling roughly 3,000 students in Hudson Greenport Stottville and Claverack. Superintendent John A. Barrett pledges schools stay open with substitutes and staff. In Troy a sixth gas station robbery, over $100 taken, suspect described as a Negro man, kept his hand in a jacket pocket as if armed.
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Hudson
Hudson Teachers Association
Hudson School Board
Greenport
Stottville
Claverack
John A. Barrett
Troy
Super Service Fuels Inc
Northern Drive
Charles Cavanaugh
Berkshire ski area may reopen under new owner this winter
In Williamstown Petersburgh Pass Taconic Trail ski area ravaged by a fire over two years ago may reopen this winter under owner Joseph J. Deliso. Agent Joseph R. Dragone said a sale is being negotiated with a capable operator and a prefabricated base lodge could be built, though no new lodge this year. Officials in North Adams say Route 8 could be reconstructed into an interstate with federal funds approval and about 300000 from eastern interstate budgets.
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Williamstown
Petersburgh Pass
Taconic Trail
Springfield
Joseph J. Deliso
Joseph R. Dragone
North Adams
State Department of Transportation
Federal High Administration
Williamstown man makes coast to coast motorcycle run
Philip B. Talarico, 55, of Williamstown rode a motorcycle from the George Washington Bridge in New York to the Bay Bridge in San Francisco in 64 hours 50 minutes last July. He slept only five hours during the trip. He is corporate traffic manager at Sprague Electric and father of seven.
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Williamstown
Philip B. Talarico
George Washington Bridge
New York City
Bay Bridge
San Francisco
Sprague Electric
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