18 Hole Championship Golf Course Planned at Shaftsbury Farm
Bennington area leaders unveil a plan to convert 150 acres of former Double T Farms into an 18 hole public golf course. Architect Rowland Armacost and Merritt Hewitt Jr plan a Dec 9 meeting at North Bennington Elementary to outline financing and site changes including clubhouse from the former dairy barn and nearby maintenance buildings. The project totals 408000 with funds from banks stock sales and intrastate investors, while federal loans are unavailable.
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Rowland B. Armacost
White Creek Road
Shaftsbury
Merritt Hewitt Jr
Bennington
Hewitt
Oakerwood
Vermont
House
Harvest Hills
Harvest Hills Golf Club
Hewitt and Course
Chitect
Hinsdale
Mass
North Bennington
Armacost
Hewitt and Armacost
Waubeeka Springs Golf Links
Williamstown
He Athletic Association
Pittsfield
McGuire Air Base
New Jersey
Wahconah Country Club
Berkshires
Hewitt and
Arlington
Hoosick Falls
Cambridge
Impo
Ex POW says he made propaganda to aid the enemy
Sgt. Jon Sweeney the first U S serviceman charged with aiding the enemy in Vietnam said he made propaganda tapes for the North Vietnamese to win release and return home He told CBS News he signed statements and recorded tapes to get out and that other prisoners did likewise He could face the death penalty if court martialed and Marines say he deserted after being left to die two years ago.
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New York
UPI
U.S
United States
Jon Sweeney
Sweeney
Marine Corps
Mike Wallace
CBS Evening News
Walter Cronkite
GM recalls 4800 early 1971 GM cars for throttle defect
General Motors asks owners of about 4800 early production 1971 model cars to return them for a throttle linkage correction. The recall covers six cylinder Chevrolets Camaros Novas Chevelles El Caminos Pontiac LeMans Firebirds F 85 Oldsmobiles and Buick Specials. A misaligned control rod could hold the throttle partially open, making it hard to slow or stop the car. Parts will be replaced at GM expense. no accidents have been reported.
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Detroit
API
General Motors Corp
Weather Looms: Clouds Persist and Temperatures Dip
Forecast calls for a mostly cloudy day with little temperature change. Highs near the 50s and tonight dropping toward freezing. A cold front passes Sunday bringing colder air and clear to gusty conditions.
Moynihan declines U N post to rejoin Harvard faculty
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Nixon adviser on urban affairs, turns down the U N ambassadorship to return to Harvard University. He states in a letter he will remain available to the President while resuming his professor duties in Education and Urban Affairs at Harvard. Dean Theodore R. Sizer welcomes his return and notes the potential link to Education and Social Policy programs.
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Washington
UPI
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Nixon
Harvard University
U.S
United Nations
White House
Moynihan
Charles W. Yost
U.N. Post
Harvard
Ronald L. Ziegler
House
U.N
Graduate School of Education
Theodore R. Sizer
Hickel aides fired as White House reshapes Interior team
Six aides to former Interior Secretary Walter Hickel were fired by a White House aide after about two hours notice. The group included the executive assistant, the assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks, and the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife. Fireings followed Hickel’s Wednesday dismissal by President Nixon.
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Washington
UPI
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
White House
Frederic V. Maleik
Hickel
Nixon
Patrick P. Ryan
Leslie L. Glasgow
Fish and Wildlife
Charles H. Meacham
Josef Holbert
Thomas Holley
Donald D. Dunlop
Malek
Pentagon confirms air strikes near Hanoi during POW raid
The Pentagon acknowledged air strikes near Hanoi during the Son Tay prison raid and did not rule out Hanoi’s claim that bombs landed north of the 19th parallel. Defense officials said about a dozen Shrike missiles targeted radar sites to suppress anti aircraft fire and troop movements.
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Pentagon
Hanoi
Washington
UPI
Nixon
U.S
Defense Department
White House
North Vietnam
United States
Son Tay
Daniel Z. Henkin
Corris Sworn
Pompano Beach
Fla
Sworn
Henkin
Aiken urges Nixon to consult Congress on foreign policy
Vermont Senator George D. Aiken, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, presses for a bipartisan approach and regular Senate consultation before Nixon announces foreign policy. He supports Vietnamization but seeks candor and inter-branch cooperation, warning against isolated action and one‑person majorities in defense and policy bills. He urges a united, carefully guided policy to avoid escalating conflict in Southeast Asia and Cambodia.
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Aiken
Nixon
Congress
Washington
Vermont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate
Cooper Church
United States
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Vietnam
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Mattison Road
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Arcuitact
Rowiane
B.armacost
Shaftsbury Farm
National Golf Association
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