Moroccan King Leads Peace March Into Spanish Sahara
A 350,000 strong civilian march crosses into Spanish Sahara from Morocco at Agadir with no resistance. Officials say they aim to reach El Aiun but will respect a UN plan for phased troop withdrawal and a referendum after a UN peacekeeping phase. Diplomats note the march echoes ongoing Saharan independence struggles.
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Jacques Clafin Tarfaya
Morocco
UPI
Spanish Sahara
Agadir
Hassan II
United Nations
Hassan
Spain
Kurt Waldheim
Atlantic Ocean
U.N
el Aiun
Rockefeller exits 1976 ticket to end party squabbles
Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller announced he withdrew his name from consideration as Gerald Ford's running mate to avoid party squabbles affecting the president's duties. He said his decision stems from a desire to serve and solve problems, not from policy disagreements, and that Ford did not push him to quit. Rockefeller emphasized he has no future plans beyond the news conference and expects Ford to secure the nomination.
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Washington
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ford
Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Executive Office
New York City
New York
California
Ronald Reagan
West's plea to fund legal aid for the poor in Vermont
Defender General Robert West seeks a $75,000 supplemental appropriation to prevent layoffs and sustain indigent defense amid years of budget cuts. Gov. Salmon's administration and the Legislature have repeatedly trimmed funding, raising constitutional questions about providing legal services to the poor.
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Thomas Salmon
West
Wilson
Bob West
Defender General
Salmon
Scaled-down VT2 plan to link Bennington and Burlington
Development Secretary Donald Webster urged a pared back bicentennial rail loop from Bennington to Burlington, skipping the eastern border. He told the Bicentennial Transportation Committee that a one day trip with optional overnight stay could break even, given lower costs, a slumping economy, and weak marketing.
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Bennington
Burlington
Montpelier
UPI
Donald Webster
Webster
Norman Reed
Dartford
Permits for rotten modular homes revoked in Bennington
The building permits for two modular homes on Dewey and Elm streets in Bennington were revoked after a planning commission hearing. Commissioner Thomas R. Haley Sr. denounced the units as deteriorated and demanded revocation of the August site plan approval.
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Dewey and
Elm Streets
Bennington
Planning Commission
Thomas R. Haley Sr
Haley
MIT scientists inch toward practical fusion power
MIT researchers Bruno Coppi and Ronald Parker have improved a magnetic bottle called the alcator to heat a hydrogen plasma to 10 million degrees, a fivefold advance toward sustained fusion. They say further gains in temperature and confinement are possible, aiming to mimic the sun’s power for cheap energy.
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Paul E. Schindler Jr
Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bruno Coppi
Ronald Parker
Federal Energy Research and Development Agency
MIT
Robert C. Seamans Jr
ERCA
Parker
Coppi
Colby to stay on as CIA director through hearings
CIA Director William Colby resumed his Capitol Hill shuttle on a business as usual basis after President Ford asked him to carry on with full authority until successor is approved. Colby, 55, agreed to stay on until George Bush returns from Peking and Senate confirms him. Bush in China for Ford's visit and confirmation hearings may be protracted. Ford may have reconsidered firing Colby, leaving the agency rudderless as hearings loom and Colby’s expertise is needed.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
William Colby
Capitol Hill
Ford
George Bush
Peking
Senate
Bush
China
Colby
Inside Headlines Mixed Across Early National and Local News
The section highlights an uncertain presidential ski trip in New Hampshire with early primary timing, Fromme deer hunting jury protests, and local notes about the Bennington Bicentennial stamp, London's museum trip sponsorship, and a large deer kill forecast. It also mentions a Nebraska wheat farmer's provocative view, Tom Braden on Treasury power, Reston on Ford, Safe Water Act insights in Vermont, windmill power, Twiggy Petticoat Lane, and Yankee coaching changes plus baseball ball concerns.
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New Hampshire
Fromme
Bennington
Banner
Russ Garland
Vermont
Twiggy
Petticoat Lane
Yogi
Yankee
Red Sox
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