Local youth arraigned in Bennington murder case
An 18-year-old Bennington man, George Gilbert King, was charged with second degree murder in the death of 2-year-old Ralph Richard Searby. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in Bennington District Court. Bail was set at 100000. An autopsy suggested death from a sharp blow causing organ failure. authorities cited a late-night police investigation and King’s arrest after an APB. The child was the son of Pamela Ann Hoffman Searby. King was apprehended after being found in a friend’s apartment basement. He awaits further court hearings.
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George Gilbert King
Bennington District Court
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Waterbury
Neil S. Moss
Charles E. Capriola Jr
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Harris
Moss
Pamela Ann Hoffman Searby
Beech Court
BenMont Avenue
Rutland
Manchester hunter dies of gunshot in Winhall
State Police report the first Vermont hunting fatality of the year, a bear hunt accident near Routes 11 and 30 in Winhall. Donald L. Mattison, 62, was shot in the neck by his son Carl A. Mattison, 29, who mistook movement for a bear. The elder man died at the scene after rescue efforts. He was a longtime Manchester resident and former postmaster of Manchester Depot.
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Lane) Mattison
Burr & Burton Seminary
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Manchester Country Club
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Bennington
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Donald
Muriel) Smith
Middletown Springs
Raymond Mattison
Granville
N.Y
Robert
Theodore
Beatrice) Mahar
Frederick
Frances) Stacy
Shaftsbury
Brewster Funeral Home
Hunter
Bordaberry wins Uruguayan presidential race in Montevideo
Montevideo reports Juan Maria Bordaberry sweeps the election for president as the anti Communist candidate leads nationwide and interior returns indicate a firm victory. The front includes Communists and Socialists opposing government hard lines. Retired Gen Liber Seregni concedes defeat as observers call the vote the dirtiest seen.
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Soviet underground nuke test reported in Siberia
Seismologists in Uppsala, Sweden registered an underground explosion in the Siberian Platinsk area at 7 03 a m local time 1 03 a m EST The blast measured 5 9 on the Richter scale Prof Markus Baath said The previous underground event in the area was October 9 with magnitude 5 7 The report briefly notes a political aside about Chilean leadership last year.
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Siberian Platinsk
Markus Baath
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13 Year Old Girl Dies After Bennington Crash
Miss Cindy Lou Betit aged 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Betit of 9 Hunt Street died at Albany Medical Center Hospital from injuries suffered in a car accident near Bennington last Sunday. Born November 1 1958 in Bennington she attended Sacred Heart School and Mt Anthony Junior High School. Surviving are her parents and sister Pamela Lori Betit of Bennington.
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Lewis Betit
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Bennington
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Sacred Heart School
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Sacred Heart Church
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Miss Betit
Hussein leads mourners at assassinated premier funeral
Wasfi Tel, Jordanian premier assassinated by four Palestinian gunmen in Cairo, buried with a 21 gun salute as King Hussein named Ahmed Al Lawzi as successor and Mohammed Al Kalani as national security adviser. Police charged four men linked to The Hand of Black September with the murder. Tel had ordered the army to crush guerrilla revolts last summer.
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Al-Kalani
Anis Moasher
Jordan
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Abdullah Salah
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Ezzat Ahmed Rabah
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Nixon urges end to fighting on India Pakistan border
President Nixon sent personal messages to India Pakistan and the Soviet Union urging an end to border fighting. U.S. Ambassador Keating delivered the note to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after a 30 minute meeting. Indian defenses threatened in Dinajpur area as India and Pakistan exchange shelling.
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Holiday death toll below Safety Council estimate
United Press International reports 591 traffic fatalities by 11 a.m. EST during the four day Thanksgiving weekend, with weather delaying final numbers and potential for reach toward 600, while California led with 62 deaths and New York, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Illinois and Michigan posting notable totals.
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Wrecked plane found in Rensselaer County
A small private Piper Cherokee 180 missing on a Bangor Maine flight was found wrecked on Berlin Mountain near the Massachusetts line in eastern Rensselaer County. Four aboard, including Rochester and Bangor students, were reported as the plane was discovered by a Civil Air Patrol plane and a helicopter dispatched to the remote site. The pilot was Charles Taylor from Rochester, with three Beal Business College students as passengers.
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N.H
Transeast Air Dispatch
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Transeast
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Rochester
Beal Business College
Police Officer Shot Dead In Albany Killing Spree
A veteran Albany officer was killed marking the city’s second fatal police shooting in four days. Bridgeport gang member Joseph Guerin and two Schenectady associates were jailed on charges related to the case as investigations linked to earlier shootings unfold.
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Schenectady
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Clough
Michael McNeil
Force
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AEC opens hearings on Vernon start up testing
The Atomic Energy Commission hearings focus on Vermont Nuclear Power Corp plans to start testing at Vernon plant on the Connecticut River. Vermont Yankee backs interim low level license aided by Gov. Deane C. Davis who warns the region could face shortages without early operation. A timetable aims for 50 percent output by January 20.
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Vermont Governor says power reports contradict
Montpelier Vermont Governor Deane C Davis calls reports that New England faces a critical winter power shortage contradictory to a Federal Power Commission assessment claiming adequate reserves. He urges early start of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp plant at Vernon to ease shortages.
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Inside White House parley on aging issues discussed income
On the Inside White House panel the aging issues debate touches on guaranteed annual income as a possible policy. The piece marks page placement and frames the discussion as a policy consideration rather than a conclusion.
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Times
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Red Smith
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