Hackel plays down party defections in Vermont race
Democratic candidate Stella Hackel sought to minimize the defections within her party while launching harsh attacks on Republican rival Richard Snelling. She endorsed Burlington Mayor Gordon Paquette and accused Snelling of distorting her tax and gun control positions, pledging to veto any tax increase and urging repeal of the purchased power and fuel adjustment clause. Snelling countered that Hackel flips on issues and vowed not to let her avoid accountability.
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Burlington
UPI
Stella Hackel
Richard Snelling
Hackel
Paquette
Wilfred Fisher
Barre
Snelling
Fisher
Bellows Falls High School
Nixon says Hiss typewriter was a phony says Dean manuscript
New York Post report based on John Dean manuscript quotes Nixon describing the Woodstock typewriter as fake. Publisher Simon & Schuster denies access to manuscript contents. Hiss was convicted in 1950 for perjury amid debate over typewriter evidence.
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Dean
New York
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The
New York Post
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White House
Richard Nixon
Alger Hiss
Harriet van Horne
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Beard
International Telephone and Telegraph
Corporation
Post
Nixon
Woodstock
Ford Carter trade post debate barbs
Ford and Carter traded sharp charges after the debate with Ford accusing Carter of dishonesty and Carter accusing Ford of being brainwashed by Russia over Eastern Europe. Carter referenced Helsinki and Warsaw, while Ford defended his stance on defense cuts and challenged Carter’s denial. Dole echoed the accusations at a Washington event as campaign rhetoric intensified.
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Carter
Trade Post
United Press International
Jimmy Carter
Russia
Helsinki
Moscow
Europe
Poland
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Vietnam
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Albuquerque
Dole
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Second radioactive cloud moves over eastern U S
EPA reports a second fallout cloud from China’s Sept 26 test drifting over parts of the eastern United States with negligible ground effects. Milk samples in some northeastern states show slight rises from recent rainouts, but all measured levels remain well below protective-action thresholds.
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UPI
The
Environmental Protection Agency
China
United States
Ford
United Nations
EPA
East and West split on Ford no Soviet domination claim
News reports across Moscow Prague Warsaw and Budapest praised or ignored Ford’s statement that Eastern Europe was free of Soviet domination. Western editorials mocked him while some praised Ford for defending Helsinki. Polish Trybuna Ludu lauded his stance, MTI and Pravda provided mixed coverage.
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Ford
Europe
Moscow
Prague
Warsaw
Budapest
Jimmy Carter
Eastern
Western
Carter
l’Aurore
Poland
Romania
Gerald Ford
Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung
ABC
Communist Party
Trybuna Ludu
Hard life for higher education in Vermont colleges
Vermont higher education faces rising costs, declining enrollments, and financial strain. The piece notes frequent president resignations across Bennington, Goddard, Southern Vermont, Windham, Trinity, Middlebury, St. Michael’s, and the University of Vermont system. Marlboro’s Thomas Ragle is longest serving. Peter Smith leads the Community College of Vermont since 1974.
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William Poole Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Lottie Coor
University of Vermont
Thomas Ragle
Guilford
Tiny Marlboro College
Bennington
Goddard
Richard Graham
Graham
Plainfield
Edward Elmendorf
State Colleges
David McGregor
USC
Peter Smith
Community College of Vermont
Smith
Wet Periods of Rain Through Sunday
Rain is expected to continue through Sunday with cooler nights. Lows will dip into the 40s and low 50s, while sunset occurs at 6 24 p.m and sunrise Sunday at 7 01 a.m.
Sorensen says McCarthy could sway tight Bennington race
Theodore C. Sorensen, longtime Kennedy aide, told Bennington Democrats that Eugene McCarthy could be the deciding factor in the tight presidential contest. He recalled Kennedy’s debates and noted Carter echoed Kennedy’s nervousness before debates.
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Rob Woolmington
Theodore C. Sorensen
John F. Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
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Jimmy Carter
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Nixon
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