Bartender slain in Manchester homicide
A bartender named Harry Cirelli, 51, was shot to death at the Palace Restaurant and Motel in Manchester around 3 am. Police issued a bulletin for two men and a woman connected to the killing. suspects may have fled toward Granville New York in a light colored Plymouth. One white male, age 25 to 35, unshaven with long curly blonde hair, called Mike, possibly from Brattleboro. the other, Chris, had long black hair and a mustache. The young woman has fair skin and long light brown hair. An autopsy will determine cause of death. investigators are pursuing leads with state and Manchester police.
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Manchester
Palace
Shaftsbury
Harry Cirelli
Robert Horton
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Granville
N.Y
Plymouth
Mike
Brattleboro
Butz resignation seen with limited Vermont impact
Vermont leaders say Earl Butz stepping down will not dramatically change New England farming but his policies hurt small farmers. Senator Patrick Leahy calls his tenure a disaster for New England while Rep. James Jeffords criticizes his grasp of family farming needs and Dairy industry.
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Vermont
Earl Butz
New England
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Butz
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Jeffords
Ronald Albee
Agriculture and Resource Economics
Fred Webster
University of Vermont
Webster
Butz resigns after racist joke sinks career as ag secretary
Washington United Press International reports Earl Butz resigns as agriculture secretary after a Rolling Stone story attributes to him a racially charged joke about black people. President Ford accepts the resignation, calling it one of his saddest decisions while noting the need to remove appearances of racism from the campaign. Acting head John Knebel named to serve interim.
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Washington
UPI
Butz
Ford
John Knebel
Nixon
Clifford Hardin
Purdue University
New Times
Rolling Stone Ae
Watergate
John Dean
Dean
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Senate
Brooke
Republican Party
Ron Nelsen
White House
Earl Butz
Vermont economy shows rebound with higher General Fund revenues
Vermont officials report a solid upturn with General Fund receipts for the first quarter rising 19 percent from a year earlier, driven by faster tax collections and broader tax gains. Excluding early tax timing, underlying growth nears 10 percent, lifting the year end revenue forecast from 161.6 to 165.4 million. Highway funds up 20 percent.
Ford Carter clash over nuclear policy ahead of debate
President Ford and Jimmy Carter trade sharp accusations on nuclear proliferation as both scramble to set policy before their Wednesday foreign policy debate. Ford tightens rules on international nuclear material. Carter calls the plan vague and politically motivated while signaling an edge in the upcoming confrontation.
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Ford
Carter
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Robert Dole
San Francisco
Jody Powell
Powell
Ron Nessen
Vermont Asbestos plans wallboard plant expansion
The Vermont Asbestos Group, a worker owned firm, seeks a new wallboard factory in North Troy or Morrisville to use tailings and other asbestos byproducts from Lowell operations. If Morrisville is chosen, it would use the St Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad. if North Troy, the Canadian National Railroad.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Asbestos Group
Stanley Parsons
State Transportation Board
North Troy
Morrisville
Parsons
Lowell
Transportation Board
Robert Gensburg
Vermont
St. Johnsbury
Lamoille
VAG
GAF Corp
Soviets Open Way to Total Nuclear Test Ban Talks
United States officials said Moscow offered a memorandum through the United Nations proposing on site inspection to verify abolition of all underground nuclear tests. The shift builds on prior treaties limiting underground blasts and aims to deter clandestine testing.
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Bernard Gwertzman
N.Y. Times
Washington
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations
Soviet Union
Moscow
Ford
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Gromyko
Alaska pipeline to open by next summer amid manhunt
Inside pages report the Alaska pipeline expected to be operating by the next summer as authorities intensify a manhunt for a Spanish assassin. Local notes include drug and alcohol abuse workshops, flu vaccine priority for high risk children, and Lions plan humanitarian meetings.
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Alaska Pipeline
Lions Worldwide
Tom Braden
Reagan
Ford
Kissinger
Butz
Russell Baker
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Manross
Fisher School
Shaftsbury Selectmen
VSO Woodwind
Park McCullough House
Williams
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Forzano
Detroit
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John Randolph
Apple
Forrest Evans
Williamstown
Mass
Harwood Hill
Bennington
Paul W. Bohne III
Nancy
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