Daring hijacker eludes search in Cascade woods
Fog and rain hindered a large search for the airliner hijacker who seized a Northwest jet near Seattle with 43 aboard. The suspect, described as a 50s man in black, vanished after parachuting from the craft bound for Reno. Authorities widened the search across Oregon's Willamette Valley to Reno as ground and air teams combed muddy foothills and rugged terrain.
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Woodland
Wash
UPI
Cascade Mountains
Seattle
Reno
Nev
FBI
Northwest Airlines
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Medford
Ure
Mt. Shasta
Northwest
Minneapolis, Minn
William Scott
View
J. Earl Milnes
Cascades
D. B. Cooper
Portland
204 Depot St program reshapes youths in Bennington
The 204 Depot St program, formerly Phoenix House, serves Bennington youths aged 14 to 17 who have brushes with the law. Run by Richard Sears, it is a residential treatment and rehab center aimed at redirecting youths within the community rather than incarcerating them. The approach emphasizes intensive individual and group counseling to address underlying behavioral issues and prevent relapse after returning home.
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Depot St
Bennington
Richard Sears
Sears
St. Albans
Lakeside Center For Drug and Alcohol Abusers
204 Depot St
Vermont land capability plan risks state growth philosophy
Vermont's interim land capability plan aims to restrict development in wetlands mountains watersheds and fragile areas while directing growth to already settled, higher priced locales. Supported by Act 250 as the legal backbone, it fuses ecology and economics and could become a powerful tool for environmental protection, though critics fear it may curb the building industry.
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Charles Bonenti
Vermont
Montpelier
State Environmental Board
Environmental Board
Benjamin Partridge
Partridge
Environmental Commissions
Chapman
North country land sold sight unseen in Boston auction
A Boston hosted auction of undeveloped land in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont drew 300 bidders. The Land Auction Bureau of Boston organized the sixth sale in a year offering 75 tracts mostly under 10 acres with some larger parcels. Portland based brokers and wary locals watched as a Cape Cod pair Francis and Keith Van Buskirk promoted quick cash purchases of unimproved parcels without development plans.
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Boston
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Independence Room
Sheriton
New England
Land Auction Bureau of
State of Maine
State Street
Lincoln
Cape Cod
Francis
Keith van Buskirk
Cape
van Buskirk
Land Auction Bureau
Bureau
Hancock
Polly
Pearson Says Butz Wrong Man For Times
Sen. James B. Pearson urges President Nixon to withdraw Earl L. Butz as Agriculture Secretary nominee. He argues Butz is the wrong man for the wrong job at the wrong time, citing farmer discontent and a shift toward agribusiness and corporate farming. The vote on Butz’s confirmation nears with 30 to 34 expected no or yes votes depending on sources.
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Washington
UPI
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Earl L. Butz
Nixon
Pearson
Purdue University
Robert Dole
Kansas
Butz
Senate
Clifford M. Hardin
Harold L. Hughes
Iowa
White House
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Vernon Water Board Sets Heat Waste Rules for Vermont Yankee
Vermont Water Resources Board adopted a order regulating heated discharges into the Connecticut River from the Vermont Yankee plant at Vernon. The rules allow a five degree rise, with a summer limit of 67 degrees, and remove the previous top temperature cap. Public hearings in Brattleboro follow the proposal to revise the order, with 15 days for objections. Hollard and Fairfield Ponds reclassified from Class A-non recreation to Class B-limited recreation.
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Vermont Conservation Society
Montpelier
Jonathan Brownell
Brattleboro
Vermont Yankee
Hollad
Fairfield Ponds
FPC finds ample electric power reserves for most regions
The Federal Power Commission reported adequate winter reserves nationwide though some plants lack fuel and the Pacific Northwest faces a potential crisis. Regions show varying margins with Northeast 29.5 percent, East Central 21.1, Southeast 18.6, West Central 27.8, South Central 64.8, and West 19.2 percent. overall 27.2 percent. New York pool holds 28.8 percent, while Pacific Northwest cited as a critical winter area.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Power Commission
Pacific Northwest
East Central
Southeast
West Central
South Central
West
Alaska
Hawaii
New York
FPC
Northwest
Upland Winter Issue Features UNICEF Christmas Card Painting
The November December 1971 Upland Winter magazine supplement to The Banner and three sister papers includes a color cover of Christmas at St Francis by H Arthur Haskins, an 83 year old retired North Adams meatcutter and Bennington native. Extra copies sold at The Banner, ski areas, lodges, restaurants, and shops in southern Vermont, northwest Massachusetts, and northern Connecticut with a second issue planned for the first week in January.
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Upland
Banner
Brattleboro Reformer
St. Francis
H. Arthur Haskins
North Adams
Mass
Bennington
Unicef
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Wet Snow Likely With Cloudy Weekend Forecast
Weather forecast notes wet snow likely today and tonight with a high in the mid 30s and a low in the 20s. It remains cloudy Sunday with intermittent snow and a high in the 30s.
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Williamstown
Scott
Deter
By John Leaning
By Jonathan E. Maslow
Water Board
Vernon
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