Israel says turning point nears in Mideast war fronts
United Press International reports Israel claims initiative on Suez Canal and Golan fronts with hundreds of Egyptian tanks trapped east of the canal. Israel speaks of air mastery after strikes on Egyptian and Syrian bases, while Egypt and Syria report substantial Arab losses and heavy Israeli air raids. Casualties unconfirmed.
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United Press International
Israel
Suez Canal
Golan Heights
Egypt
Syria
Suez Front
Suez
Sinai Peninsula
Canal
East Bank
Middle East
Damascus
UPI
Samia Megalli
Cairo
Edmond Hajj
Beirut
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Hajj
Haim Herzog
Environmental group sues Dailey firm over river pollution claim
Hoosic River Basin Citizens' Environmental Protection Association files to sue William E. Dailey Inc. in Shaftsbury over alleged unauthorized discharge into Paran Creek from rock crushing operations and swamp area development without Act 250 permits. HRBCEPA says EPA permit is missing. Dailey denies the charges.
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William E. Dailey Inc
Shaftsbury
Richard A. Axelrod
Hoosic River Basin
Citizens’ Environmental Protection Association
Hrecepa
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Boston
Hrbcepa
Dailey
Paran Creek
Axelrod
District Environmental Board
Nixon seeks U.N. emergency session on Middle East crisis
President Nixon flew from Florida to Washington to lead U.S. efforts for a Security Council emergency meeting. Senate leaders backed the move while warning of limited hopes for swift action. Kissinger coordinated consultations with Soviet and regional leaders as Scali filed the UN request.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
Florida
Capital
U.S
Middle East
U.N. Security Council
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Petitioners claim MAU vote signers enough for special meetings
Petitioners seeking to change Mt. Anthony Union School District election rules say they have surpassed the required signatures for a Nov. 6 special meetings in all five towns. Lawrence Harrington says about 800 more names are expected. 395 signatures were turned in Friday, short of the 640 minimum. The petition seeks a return to town based representation and to vote the budget by Australian ballot, amid debates over one man one vote and legality. Board reactions are pending as signatures are validated by clerk Lucy Johnson and attorney Christine Wolfe.
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John
Mt. Anthony Union
Lawrence E. Harrington
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Lucy Johnson
Johnson
Christine Wolfe
Mr. Anthony
Main St
Harrington
Supreme Court
Barton Police Chief Plante reported assaulted and missing
Barton Police Chief Roger Plante, 43, was found dumped on his home lawn after being assaulted with a shovel and kept in a car trunk by three men. He was hospitalized in good condition. The weapon and motive remain under investigation as 65 state police and deputies search a 10-15 mile area.
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Newport
UPI
Barton
Roger Plante
Plante
Vermont
Orleans County
John Howard
Inside column on company stores education and 1976 candidate
Inside columnist Gerald Raftery discusses company stores education as a monopoly on Page 4. TRB highlights a potential 1976 presidential candidate on Page 4. A Vermont environment and economy expert denounces the land use plan on Page 5. A Wilmington drug raid is reported on Page 6. Williams inaugurates a new president on Page 6. Baseball playoffs take center stage on Page 8. A brewing firm refuses a Vermont price raise on Page 11.
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Gerald Raftery
TRB
Vermont
Wilmington
Williams
Iraq nationalizes two U S oil firms in Basra assets
Beirut dispatch says Iraqs Batthist government nationalized the Basra Oil Company holdings of Standard Oil of New Jersey and Mobil Oil. Baghdad Radio ties move to Israeli actions in Egypt and Syria and vows oil as a weapon against imperialist Zionist aggression. It also notes IPC nationalization occurred June 1, 1972 and urges Arab nations to cut exports to the United States and oppose supporters of Israel.
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Beirut
UPI
Iraq
Baghdad Radio
Egypt
Syria
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Mobil Oil
Basra
Iraq Petroleum Company
IPC
Middle East
The
Radio
United States
Mammoth cable cut disrupts Bennington telephone service
A backhoe severed an underground cable on Morgan Street Extension, crippling Bennington area service. Long distance and special lines including The Banner and local radio were affected. Three splicing crews worked at the scene, with partial restoration possible by afternoon and full service not until late tonight or tomorrow morning. The Banner’s news copy from about 9 a.m. could not be published.
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Morgan Street
Bennington
Robert Paul
Banner
Paul
United Press International
Merchants oppose Sleeman shopping center plan
A Chamber of Commerce postcard survey shows 59.5 percent of 127 downtown Bennington merchants oppose Richard A. Sleeman’s Woodford Road shopping center while 19.7 percent favor it and 20.5 percent are neutral. The chamber will send results to selectmen before Oct. 30 zoning hearing for the 12 store project.
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Bennington
Chamber of Commerce
Woodford Road
Richard A. Sleeman
Chamber
Hiram G. Savage
Savage
Sleeman
Eight PLP and SDS members arraigned for Globe trespass
Boston protesters from the Progressive Labor Party and Students for a Democratic Society face arraignment for trespass after visiting the Boston Globe plant to demand equal coverage of killings. They occupied the display advertising office and blocked editor Thomas Winship’s access, insisting on talks.
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Boston
UPI
Boston Globe
Progressive Labor Party
PLP
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Globe
Evelyn Wagler
Ludvico Barba
The
Thomas Winship
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Environment Group
U.N
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Russia
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Kissinger
Abba
Department of See
Gilles Fontaine
Cae
Elliott
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