Vermont family builds world voyage ketch in frozen mountains
The Ed Ehler family of Vermont, with sons Ed Jr. and Patrick and wife Jean, are constructing a 45 foot ferro cement gaff rig ketch as part of a plan to sail around the world. The mold sits by Route 7 across from Sun n Snow, drawing curious visitors while they prep a shipyard for seven to eight more months of work before gluing cement and finishing the hull.
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Vermont
Bennington
Green Mountains
Ed Ehler
Ehler
Ed Jr
Patrick
Jean
America
Sun ’N
Snow Motor Inn
Ehlers
Vancouver
B.C
Eagle Square
Lake Champlain
Ed Ehlers
Left
Route 7
Champlain
Great Lakes
Mixed reactions as Vermont lawmakers weigh tax hike
In Montpelier, legislators foresee a hostile reception to a proposed tax increase, with Gov. Salmon leaning toward a sales tax hike to avert deep state cuts. Supporters urge careful relief for the poor. opponents warn of service cuts and political fallout.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Peter Giuliani
Montpelier
Senate Finance Committee
John H. Boylan
Orleans
Essex Counties
Boylan
Giuliani
Prospects breaker for coal settlement
United Mine Workers bargaining council voted to send President Arnold Miller back to the bargaining table to seek major changes in a tentative contract reached on November 13. Miller said the vote focused on demanded changes in five or six areas to modify the pact covering 120,000 coal miners amid an 11 day strike.
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Washington
UPI
United Mine Workers Bargaining Council
Arnold Miller
Miller
Mitchell
Nixon aides clash over Ellsberg break in Watergate trial
The Watergate cover-up trial enters its eighth week with prosecutors tying the 1971 Ellsberg burglary to the Watergate hush up. Ehrlichman defends that national security justified the Fielding raid, while Judge Sirica insists no one is above the law. Krogh testified Ehrlichman approved the Elisberg raid after leaked Pentagon Papers. Ehrlichman seeks mistrial on double jeopardy grounds.
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Washington
UPI
Ellsberg
Richard Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
Los Angeles
Lewis J. Fielding
Pentagon
Daniel Elisberg
White House
Ehrlichman
Watergate
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Dr. Ellsberg
Egil Krogh Jr
Plumbers
Elisberg
Hunt
Five IRA suspects arrested after Birmingham pub blasts
Police in Birmingham say five men were arrested as they tried to board a Belfast ferry after explosions at two pubs killed 19 and wounded 184. Doctors described the bombs as sadistic and compare injuries to napalm with severe facial burns and disfigurement.
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Birmingham
England
UPI
Irish Republican Army
Belfast
James Inglish
Birmingham General Hospital
Inglish
Heysham
United Nations backs Palestinian self determination and PLO observer status
The General Assembly approved, by wide margins, recognizing Palestinians right to self determination and national independence while granting the PLO nonvoting participation. A second vote granted observer status to the PLO. Strong opposition came from the United States and Israel, with several other nations abstaining or voting against.
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United Nations
UPI
General Assembly
Palestine Liberation Organization
U.N
Israel
United States
Bolivia
Chile
Costa Rica
Iceland
Nicaragua
Norway
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Yosef Tekoah
Weekend Weather Outlook With Warmer Sunday
Sunny conditions give way to increasing clouds tonight as temperatures hover in the mid 30s. A warmer Sunday is forecast with a chance of rain and improving evening conditions.
Smith vows to fight for post in Vermont Republican party clash
Vermont Republican Chairman Stewart Smith said he would contest removal as party factions threaten a split. State committee member Mary Thurber considered forming a conservative party and moving to oust Smith. Smith blamed National Committeeman Roland Seward for the challenge, says the fight is over party control and broader base.
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Roland Seward
Seward
Canada to cut oil exports to the United States
Canada will reduce crude exports to the United States by 100000 barrels per day starting Jan 1 and may halt exports within 10 years to preserve self sufficiency. Energy Minister Donald MacDonald said the National Energy Board expects loss of self sufficiency by early 1981 if exports are not cut.
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Ottawa
UPI
Canada
United States
Donald MacDonald
House of Commons
National Energy Board
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Hebard
Senate Appropriations Committee
Edward G. Janeway
Windham County
Nixon
The
Fielding
Supreme Court
London
IRA
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
P.L.O
Smith
Post
MacDonald
Alvin Hamilton
T. C. Douglas
New Democratic Party
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