Jury acquits Richard Minckler in Cifelli murder case
A Windsor Superior Court jury found Richard L. Minckler not guilty of aiding in the first degree murder of Manchester bartender Harry Cifelli at the Palace Hotel in Manchester Depot on Oct 5 1976. The verdict followed hours of deliberations and testimony from key witness Thomas V. Shanahan.
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Woodstock
Windsor
Richard L. Minckler
Swanton
Manchester
Harry Cifelli
Palace Hotel
Manchester Depot
Thomas V. Shanahan
Minckler
Franklin County
St. Albans
New York State
Cirelli
Martin
Addison Superior Court
Thomas L. Hayes
Lee Minckler
Windsor County Superior Court
Robbery charges loom for Martin and Minckler
Richard L. Minckler and Michael J. Martin, acquitted of a first degree murder tied to the Oct 5 1976 Manchester shooting death of Harry Cirelli, face new court dates. Vermont extradition is sought for Minckler over a Sept 13 1976 Rouses Point New York robbery with a billy club and $140 plus a watch stolen from Thomas Pollack. Martin faces Rutland District Court armed robbery and petty larceny tied to an Oct 6 1976 Rutland hold up of Harold Tapineau with a pistol and $250 and eyeglasses stolen. An omnibus hearing was canceled due to counsel's other trial.
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Harry Cirelli
Manchester
Richard L. Minckler
Swanton
Michael J. Martin
North Clarendon
New York State
Vermont
Minckler
Rouses Point
N.Y
Thomas Pollack
Pollack
New York
Jerry Luck
Martin
Rutland
Harold Tapineau
Tapineau
Oreste Valsangiacomo
Barre
Inside National and Local Highlights Across Pages
Begin will visit Britain and a tomb of a Macedonian monarch was found in Greece. Local features include on the spot cooking with the Wadsworths. Edit notes Pete Horton sees soccer as beneficial and likely changes. A 1689 proclamation designates December 19 as Thanksgiving Day. The TM society bought a Williamstown resort. Shaftsbury ZBA meets Monday. Mountain Teachers Center in Wilmington offers vital services. Sports cover Mayo Smith’s death for the Detroit Tigers, Patriots vs Eagles Sunday, Celtics host Knicks, Rangers retire Rod Gilbert.
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Begin
Britain
Greece
Wadsworths
Pete Horton
TM Society
Williamstown
Shaftsbury Zba
Mountain Teachers Center
Wilmington
Detroit Tigers
Mayo Smith
Patriots
Eagles
Celtics
Knicks
Rangers
Rod Gilbert
Peter Smith weighs a run for lieutenant governor in Vermont
Peter Smith, outgoing president of the Vermont Community College, says he is seriously considering entering the Republican primary for lieutenant governor next year against incumbent T. Garry Buckley. Smith, 32, plans to gauge party support and make a decision soon after Christmas, aiming to strengthen the GOP ticket with support from Governor Richard Snelling’s strength.
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Buckley
House
Madeleine Kunin
Burlington
Smith
Egypt invites Palestinians to Cairo for peace talks
Egypt’s ruling Arab Socialist Party says Palestinians living in Israel and Israeli-occupied lands may visit Cairo for peace talks to undercut the PLO. The move comes after Sadat’s Jerusalem trip and amid regional tensions with Syria Libya and hard-line Arabs.
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Egypt
Israel
Middle East
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arab Socialist Party of Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
PLO
Syria
Andrew Young
United Nations
New York
Jerusalem
Menahem Begin
Abdel Aal al- Saqban
Arab League
Economic Unity Council
Socialist Party
Ezer Weizman
Butros Ghali
Libya
Israel strikes oil on Gulf of Suez coast
Energy Minister Yitzhak Modai announced a first in Israel's 29 year oil search, with a 2500 barrel light crude well 19 miles southeast of Atar on the Gulf of Suez coast. It marks a commercial discovery after eight prior dry tries amid ongoing occupancy of Sinai.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Gulf of Suez
Sinai Desert
Yitzhak Modai
Modai
Egypt
Abu Rudeis
Atar
PASNY renews Vermont hydro contract for 5 years
PASNY trustees approved a five year contract to guarantee Vermont 50 megawatts of low cost hydro power from 1980 to 1985. Gov. Snelling to meet Gov. Carey to finalize. Rejected bids from Massachusetts Connecticut Pennsylvania. Without the deal Vermont rates would rise about 15 percent.
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Vermont
PASNY
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Lead oxide spill at Globe Union sparks state probe
A large amount of lead oxide discharged from a Globe Union holding tank reportedly washed into the Walloomsac River after overfill. Portable Cleaners Inc washed cars in the firm lot. State Water Quality Division officials warned of possible permit violations and urged caution over long-term environmental harm.
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Lee Harrison
Walloomsac
Globe Union
Portable Cleaners Inc
Rensselaer
N.Y
Charles L. Wood
Bennington
Harold Stowe
State Health Department
Stowe
Kough
Rensselaer, N.Y
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Jfk
Martin and
Peter Smith
Richard Snelling
Sinai
Negev
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