Prouty Faces Tight Vermont Senate Race Challenge
Washington AUPI report says Senator Winston L. Prouty faces a razor close Vermont Senate contest. Analysts note a decisive win may hinge on post primary campaign momentum and voter turnout in key regions.
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Vermont
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Prouty
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Vietnam
California
Ilinois
New York
Nixon
Green Mountain State
Hijacked Soviet airliner lands in Turkey after battle
A Lithuanian truck driver and his son hijacked a Soviet twin engine turboprop carrying 46 passengers from Batumi to Sochi and forced it to Turkey. An airline hostess was killed, pilots wounded, and the hijackers surrendered at Trabzon seeking political asylum.
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Istanbul
UPI
Turkey
Trabzon
Black Sea
Batumi
Sochi
Batum
Soviet Union details its Mideast peace plan
The Soviet Union outlined a two stage Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territories with UN staffed zones as part of a broader peace plan. The proposal, printed by Pravda, urged U S Britain France and the Soviet Union to guarantee the plan and backed Arab positions while pressuring Egypt over missiles near the Suez cease fire zone. Egyptian voters elected Anwar Sadat as president, with swearing in anticipated after the weekend.
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United Press International
Soviet Union
Middle East
United Nations
United States
William P. Rogers
New York
Mah
Moud Riad
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.N
Mohammed H. el-Zayyat
General Assembly
Anwar Sadat
Owe
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Communist Party
Pravda
Britain
France
Israel
American scientist shares Nobel Prize for medicine
American scientist Julius Axelrod shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir Bernard Katz of Britain and Ulf von Euler of Sweden for discoveries on neurotransmitters and nerve terminal storage and release. The award, worth 78,400, marks the fifth straight year an American is honored.
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Stockholm
UPI
Julius Axelrod
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda
Bernard Katz
Britain
University of California At Berkeley
Ulf von Euler
Sweden
Bengt Gedehiet
Caroline Institute
Gustafsson
Bernard
von Euler
Axelrod
Hawaii relies on single statewide school district system
Hawaii maintains a unique statewide system funded by the legislature with no local taxing districts for schools. Acting Deputy Superintendent James R. Hunt notes centralized planning aims for equal funding and avoids tax-increase battles, while stressing the need to stay connected with teachers, parents, and students.
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Hawaii
United States
James R. Hunt
Hunt
Vietnam negotiators condemn Nixon peace plan in Paris talks
In Paris the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegates denounced the Nixon five point peace plan as a pseudo peace aimed at enabling U.S. aggression. U.S. Bruce urged a constructive response while Viet Cong envoy Madame Binh called for a clear reply to the eight point plan. South Vietnam backed the allied plan as a logical basis for settlement, noting a ceasefire and free elections.
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Paris
UPI
Nixon
Indochina
United States
North Vietnam
Paris Peace Talks Center
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Bruce
Paris Peace Talks
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Viet Cong
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
South Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Governement In Exile
Norodom Sihanouk
Madame Binh
Pham Dang Lam
Vietnam
Lam
Three Nations Test Nukes on Same Day
The United States, Soviet Union, and China each fired a nuclear device on the same Wednesday. The Atomic Energy Commission detected the Soviet and Chinese atmospheric blasts within two hours and reported a U S test in a Nevada desert 1 840 feet deep. The tests, all underground for the two nations, marked the first day with three detonations, described as pure coincidence.
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Washington
China
Soviet Union
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Lop Nor
Sinkiang Province
Water board certifies Vermont Yankee to AEC
The Vermont Water Resources Board certifies the Vernon New Hampshire plant to the Atomic Energy Commission under the 1970 act. The board says the Connecticut River will not be degraded and plans to issue the order soon despite opposition from conservationists. Endorsed despite objections from Southern Vermont Conservation Society and New Hampshire officials.
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Vermont Yankee
Vermont
Southern Vermont Conservation Society
Water Resources Board
Denning Miller
New Hampshire
Vermont Public Service Board
Pello criticizes village merger delays and housing plan
Bennington trustee Joseph Pello attacks the expanded Board of Selectmen for merger delays and blames them plus Town Manager Lamb and Housing Authority members for stalled HUD funded housing. He cites conflicts of interest among chair Hamilton Shields and other board members, notes HOME Inc. ties of Robert Condon, and advocates the turnkey housing plan to build 150 units for elderly and low income residents, warning of a year long delay and comparing Brattleboro progress.
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Joseph Pello
Lame Duck
Pello
Board of Selectmen
Banner
Bennington
Edward R. Lamb
Norton Barber
Housing Authority
Hamilton Shields
Old Bennington
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Armand A. Lampron
Legal Aid
W. Averell Brown
Robert B. Condon
H. Glenn Payne
Behaaf
Home Inc
HOME
Condon
HUD
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West Brattleboro
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