Leahy Leads Narrowly in Chittenden County Poll
A Burlington poll shows Patrick Leahy at 45.5 percent and Richard Mallory at 40.5 in Chittenden County with 11 percent undecided. Bernard Sanders has 3 percent and 11 percent undecided. Gov. Salmon leads with 58 percent in the county. The study involved 200 county residents and notes a 7 percent error.
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Burlington
UPI
Patrick Leahy
Chittenden County
St. Michaels College
Vincent Naramore
Leahy
Richard W. Mallory
Liberty Union
Bernard Sanders
Naramore
Thomas P. Salmon
Walter L. Kennedy
Martha Abbott
Francis Cain
James M. Jeffords
Michael Parenti
Salmon
Chittenden
Bellows Falls
Vermont
Frederick Maher
St. Michaels
Jeffords
Mallory
WVMT
Burlington County
Pressure builds for Thieu Ouster
General Duong Van Minh joined militant Buddhists and Catholics in calling for President Nguyen Van Thieu to resign. Minh, Thieu’s gravest challenger in eight years, warned the unrest could grow as street battles in Saigon intensify and opposition renews.
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Saigon
UPI
Duong van
Minh
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Big Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Unemployment Rate Rises to Three Year High
United Press International reports October unemployment climbed to 6 percent, the highest since November 1971, with 200000 people added to jobless rolls. The Labor Department says 5.5 million were out of work nationwide, and two of every three jobseekers entering the market did not find employment. Economists foresee a potential rise to 7 percent next year as recession deepens.
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United States
U.S
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statutics
Gap narrows as Simon vows action on food price spread
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon says the gap between farmer prices and consumer food costs is widening as middlemen profits grow. He notes White House efforts to investigate sugar price spreads and FTC plans to apply antitrust laws if the disparity remains unwarranted amid a slowing economy. Unemployment nears 6 percent with job losses in housing and automotive sectors signaling broader recession risks.
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Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
National Press Club
Washington
White House
Milk officials to be jailed four months in Watergate case
Two former Associated Milk Producers, Inc. officials, Harold S. Nelson and David L. Parr, were sentenced to four months in prison plus a $5,000 fine and two years probation for illegal campaign contributions linked to Nixon's 1972 reelection. AMPI faced a $35,000 corporate penalty.
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Washington
UPI
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
AMPI
George L. Hart
Harold S. Nelson
David L. Parr
Hart
Montgomery
Ala
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson
San Antonio
Tex
Parr
Little Rock
Ark
Tennessee
Bennington Campaign Visits Highlight Vermont Race
Liberty Union nominee Michael Parenti campaigns in Bennington with factory gate leafleting and media interviews while Democratic rival Francis Cain tours the town predicting victory. Cain discusses polls, support for James Jeffords, and tax rebate ideas, saying he will work within the system.
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Liberty Union
Michael Parenti
Parenti
Bennington
Main Street
Lee Parenti
Francis Cain
Vermont
Cain
Congress
James M. Jeffords
Jeffords
Burlington
The
Banner
Washington
Mt Anthony mock election results withheld
Mt Anthony Union High School held a student mock election last Friday with 400 to 500 participants. The decision to withhold results came from Joseph Carroll of the Bennington Board of Civil Authority, while officials Sleeman and Pelkie voiced no objections to releasing them. Carroll could not be reached for comment and a motive remains unclear amid speculation it could influence the Nov 5 vote. Ballots were cast on two town voting machines under Carroll’s auspices.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Joseph Carroll
Bennington
George A. Sleeman
Clarence Pelkie
Carroll
Arlington sewer saga stalls on path to plant
In Arlington, seven years into a quest for a sewage treatment plant, dates shift and progress stalls. A temporary pollution permit allows passing sewage into waterways while a new design unfolds, with dates ranging from 1970 to 1979 and a town sewer committee formed to select an engineering firm for the next phase.
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Judson Brown
Arlington
State Water Resources Department
Arlington Sewer Committee
Nixon awaits Ford in Long Beach as doctors seek visit
Nixon, critically ill after surgery, shows signs of improvement and may receive a bedside visit from President Ford between 8 and 10 a.m. local time if Nixon's doctors approve. Pat Nixon says the former president is alert and feisty as Ford campaigns in Southern California.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Richard Nixon
Ford
Pat Nixon
White House
Nixon
California
Los Angeles
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Ron Nessen
Mystery man in Kent State trial on Inside page
A feature header points readers to Inside where a mystery man appears connected to the Kent State trial. The item signals intrigue about identities and courtroom angles, inviting closer inspection on the page.
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Kent
The
Wadsworths
Pete Horton
Karen Fortney
Pownal
Hoosick Falls
Brattleboro
Rico Petrocelli
Bennington County seeks two side judge nominees
Four candidates vie for two assistant judge positions in Bennington County. Republicans John J. DeVito of Bennington and Victor K. Harwood of Shaftsbury face Democrats Marion McCarthy of Shaftsbury and Paul Sheridan of Bennington after primaries. DeVito cites 30 years with the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and deep county ties as his qualification.
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Bennington County
John J. DeVito
Bennington
Victor K. Harwood
Shaftsbury
Marion McCarthy
Paul Sheridan
Liberty Union
Howard Estes
Clyde Bryant
Vermont Superior Court
DeVito
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