Vermont campaigns cling to road work as voters meet candidates
Vermont's 1974 election remains town to town and face to face despite radio and TV trends. Governors race favors Salmon amid attacks on out of state hires. Kennedy disputes waste and taxes while Liberty Union backs Martha Abbott with modest statewide support. Campaigns for Senate and Congress draw out of state help.
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Vermont
Liberty Union Party
Thomas Salmon
Salmon
Walter L. Kennedy
Chelsea
Kennedy
Chicago Seven
John Fraines
Salmon Administration
Liberty Union
Martha Abbott
Thomas P. Salmon
Bennington
League of Women Voters
Mt. Anthony Junior High
Robert E. Cummings
State Senate
Edward Haddad
Echeverria Says Mexico Will Sell Oil at World Price
Mexican President Luis Echeverria told President Ford there will be no special U.S. benefit from Mexico’s new oil discoveries. Echeverria said oil will be sold to all buyers at world prices and Mexico will export when feasible. Ford said U.S. stance on Cuba remains unchanged.
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Tubac, Ariz
UPI
Luis Echeverria
Ford
United States
Echeverria
U.S
Cuba
Mexico
Castro
White House
Ford Lee Echeverria
Kent State trial jurors chosen amid war debate
Jury selection begins as eight National Guardsmen face charges for the Kent State shootings that killed four students and wounded nine. Judge Battisti cautions the court that the Vietnam War and university actions are not on trial while outlining the burden of proof and defendants’ presumption of innocence.
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Ohio National
Cleveland
UPI
Kent State
National
Battisti
Judge rules Nixon may use the tapes
Federal Judge Charles R. Richey ruled Nixon may access White House tapes and documents to prepare for his Watergate trial testimony. The decision blocks the GSA from disclosing or disposing materials and keeps them subject to subpoenas, while noting Nixon could move to West Coast custody under limits.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Charles R. Richey
John J. Sirica
General Services Administration
GSA
West
Watergate
Peter Kreindler
Herbert J. Miller
Miller
Inside Rutland on New Electric Rate Plan
A page three summary notes a new electric power rate structure to be tried in Rutland highlighting changes, potential costs, and anticipated impacts on residents and businesses as the city experiments with pricing models.
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Rutland
Vermont
Congress
James Reston
Bennington
Gretchen Becker
MAU
John Randolph
Trial jury hears stonewall tape in Nixon Watergate case
In Washington UPI reports the Watergate trial heard a March 22 1973 tape in which Nixon urged Mitchell and others to stonewall and plead the Fifth if it saves the plan. Dean testified aides turned on each other as the cover-up unfolded.
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John J. Wilson
Haldeman
Dean
White House
Nixon
Herbert J. Miller
U.S. District Court
Mt Anthony teachers board reach impasse on cost of living hikes
Mt Anthony Union High School teachers and the union school board remained deadlocked over cost of living increases. The board offered a $400 lump sum to all 161 teachers, while the union pressed for higher, base-pay linked raises and parity with Bennington district teachers. The dispute risks binding arbitration, though talks for a new contract will continue later this year.
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Mt. Anthony
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Union School Board
Antoinette Button
Lawrence Harrington
Raymond Murray
Ivor Pelsue
Joseph Hall
Marion Smith
Robert McWaters
Barth Vander Els
Southwest Vermont Education Association
Ted Johnson
Johnson
Bennington
Castro opens door to talks if embargo ends
Fidel Castro says Cuba would resume relations with the United States if Washington lifts the economic embargo first. In an interview with CBS, he urged ending the blockade as a precondition, praised Kissinger, and noted Guantanamo would be discussed but blocked talks without ending the embargo.
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New York
UPI
Fidel Castro
United States
CBS Television
Castro
U.S
Cuba
Ford
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
John F. Kennedy
Guantanamo
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Midway
Kanawha
Sheriff’s Department
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Kent
William E. Perkins
Canton
Ohio
James E. Pierce
Amelia Island
Fla
Ralph W. Zoller
Mantua
James D. McGee
Lawrence A. Shafer
Ravenna
Leon H. Smith
Beach City
Mathew J. McManus
West Salem
Barry W. Morris
Constance Hillson
Ralph Rumsey
Ehrlichman
Mitchell
James F. Neal
Mr. Neal
By John Leaning
Tokyo
Japan
Meiji Park
CBS
Dan Rather
Central Intelligence Agency
Salvador Allende
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