Kuwait and Libya pledge aid to feed world hungry
At the World Food Conference Libya Agriculture Minister Mohamed Ali Tabua said oil income could fund developing country agriculture projects but only if big powers end unlimited wartime spending. Kuwait offered 5000 tons of fertilizer and signaled greater financial help to agricultural projects amid rising fertilizer costs.
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Rome
UPI
Libya
Kuwait
Mohamed Ali Tabua
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Cairo
Earl L. Butz
Israel strikes Arab targets in Lebanon before Arafat UN address
Israeli warplanes attacked guerrilla targets in southeast Lebanon today, a brief raid lasting minutes. The military said planes returned safely and the action came two days before Yasser Arafat was to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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Lebanon
Fatahland
Mazrat Beit Nafal
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
United Nations General Assembly
New York
International Organization
OAS Narrowly Endorses Cuba Sanctions Compromise
Delegates at the OAS conference in Quito agree to a compromise allowing each nation to decide whether to lift or keep its Cuba embargo. The watered-down plan aims for a bloc vote above 14 to end sanctions. Haiti Guatemala and others weigh positions as the session progresses toward a Tuesday close.
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Quito
Ecuador
UPI
Organization of American States
Cuba
Colombia
Costa Rica
Venezuela
OAS
Fidel Castro
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Panama
United States
Brazil
Budget reality prompts cuts to dodge tax hikes in Vermont
Vermont lawmakers and Gov. Salmon officials warn only drastic budget cuts can avoid tax increases after budget requests total 177 million for next year, 12 million above available funds. Administration Secretary Wilson says some programs must be washed out, as hearings begin November 19.
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John J. Boylan
Orleans
Essex
Vermont
Salmon
Wilson
Legislative Joint Fiscal Committee
Department of Human Services
Miners prepare nationwide strike as talks continue
Washington reports coal miners plan a nationwide strike at midnight as negotiators seek to shorten the walkout. With Veterans Day, most mines are closed and overtime is paid at triple time. A union-led vote is needed, and officials say progress is being made toward a compromise on non-economic issues.
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Washington
UPI
Guy Farmer
Farmer
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburgh
Freed Calley to seek employment after release
William Calley, freed on a $1000 bond, said he would relax and look for a job in the Columbus area after serving most of a life sentence reduced to 20 years for the My Lai killings. He maintained he was following orders, not guilty, and pursued civilian appeals before release.
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Columbus, Ga
UPI
William Calley
My Lai
U.S
J. Robert Elliott
Calley
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Housing forum flags mobile homes as Vermont norm
Housing debate centers on mobile homes as common solution in Vermont towns. At a Park-McCullough House forum in North Bennington sponsored by the foundation and the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues, panelists including Sheare Satterthwaite Tim Smith Einar Michaelson and Phyllis Agard discuss housing policy and community attitudes.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Vermont
Park-McCullough House
North
Bennington
Park-McCullough House Foundation
Vermont Council On the Humanities
Sheare Satterthwaite
Williams College
Tim Smith
Einar Michaelson
Phyllis Agard
Bennington Housing Authority
Wallace P. Scott
Bennington College
Satterthwaite
Smith
Lee Housing
AEC files reveal years of concealing reactor hazard studies
New York Times reports Atomic Energy Commission records show repeated suppression of internal findings that reactors were riskier than stated and that safety devices warranted further research. Documents indicate two instances where regulators consulted industry before publishing critical safety assessments.
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David Burnham
N.Y. Times News Service
Washington — Atomic Energy Commission
Pennsylvania
New York Times
Commission
ABC
Rural firemen seek control of town traffic signals
Bennington Rural Fire Department and the Vermont Highway Department failed to resolve a dispute over local remote control of traffic lights in Bennington. Fire Chief Edward Haddad and Highway Commissioner John Gray, joined by Rep. Joseph Caracciola, met after months of talks amid lingering tensions from Route 7 9 interchanges and Willow Road access concerns.
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Bennington
Vermont Highway Department
Edward Haddad
Highway Department
John T. Gray
Joseph J. Caracciola
House Highway Committee
District Highway Office
Gray
Willow Road
East Road
Northside Drive
Inside Layoffs Plague Auto Industry Page 2
This segment reports layoffs in the auto industry described as disaster level with broader implications. It notes new cancer stress survivability concerns and includes commentary on how manufacturing finance drives evolving industry chaos.
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Russell Baker
Dorset Hills
Vermont
MSJ
South Burlington
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L. Manning Muntzing
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