CANDIDATES AT BENNINGTON FORUM FALTER UNDER TWO MINUTE LIMIT
In a two minute frame candidates spoke at a League of Women Voters forum in Bennington with few audience members and many notable absentees. Liberty Union nominees Diamondstone and Kaufman stirred debate while Burgess quipped about time as he outlined energy and tax positions. Governor Salmon sent an aide as the session wrapped with brief platform pitches.
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Johnny Carson
League of Women Voters
Bennington
T. Garry Buckley
John A. Burgess
Vermont
Liberty Union
Nancy Kaufman
Peter Diamondstone
U.S. Senate
Attorney General’s
James Guest
Emory Hebard
Thomas P. Salmon
Senate
Ms. Kaufman
Diamondstone
Guest
Burgess
Washington
Bennington Superior Court
League of Women
David Shaffe
Orlando Cullinan
Cold windy day with scattered flurries and 40s
Weather forecast notes considerable cloudiness with a chance of occasional flurries as a front moves through. Windy and cold with highs in the 40s. Tonight a few more flurries possible with lows in the mid 20s to low 30s. Saturday partly cloudy and cold with highs again in the 40s.
Shapp warns frostbelt states risk becoming Appalachia
Governor Milton J. Shapp, joined by leaders from Illinois to New Hampshire, urged revising federal tax formulas to curb sunbelt bias. He warned that without changes the Midwest and Northeast could fade economically, calling for a nationwide welfare funding standard and a 75 percent federal cost share starting in 1978 with full coverage within six years.
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Chicago
UPI
Milton J. Shapp
D-Pa
Midwest
Northeast
Appalachia
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Debates spark light jabs as Ford Carter mock goals
Ford and Carter exchange self mockery at a Catholic charity dinner in New York and Philadelphia jabs about lines and locations. Carter criticizes Ford Playboy ads while polling shows Carter leading nationally and in the South by a slim margin as Mondale warnings on Medicare premiums surface.
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Carter
Ford
Playboy
Treasury
William Simon
Robert Dole
GOP
Lafayette
South
Walter Mondale
Everett
Wash
Ford Administration
U S economy and election eve outlook
On the eve of the presidential election the economy shows a split picture. Healthy educated Americans with jobs fare well, while the sick poor and unemployed fall behind. Census data indicate a growing rich poor gap in 1974 and 1975 with poverty rising after a prior decline.
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Washington
UPI
Census Bureau
America
Final Bicentennial presidential debate slated in Williamsburg
United Press International reports Ford and Carter will clash in a 90 minute debate at William and Mary College in Williamsburg Virginia. The open format aims to spark a livelier contest as Election Day 11 days away with 100 million viewers anticipated. Ford plans a cross country barnstorming trip to Grand Rapids after the debate while Carter resumes his Plains Georgia retreat before a late campaign sprint. Barbara Walters will moderate and both candidates say they are reducing study time.
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Carter
Plains
Ford
Newsweek
Playboy
Playboy Magazine
United Press International
Jimmy Carter
Williamsburg
William & Mary College
Phi Beta Kappa
Georgia
Grand Rapids
Mich
Abc-Tv
Barbara Walters
Ron Nelsen
Hua to steer moderate course in post Mao China
Hua Kuo-feng rises as China’s new leader as leftists fall, signaling a shift toward an orderly, growth focused regime. Analysts expect reduced political campaigns, renewed emphasis on education and technology, and a shift toward bureaucratic governance. The foreign policy path remains uncertain as Beijing contends with the Soviet Union.
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FOX Butterfield
N.Y. Times
Hong Kong
Hua Kuo-feng
China
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Shanghai
Peking Television
Hua
Mao
Chiang Ching
Wang Hung-wen
Chang Chun-chiao
Yao Wen-yuan
DAY workshops explore youth alcohol abuse crisis
Four community DAY workshops address rising alcohol use among youths aged 13 to 17. Dr. David Kraft of the University of Massachusetts spoke at Mt Anthony Union Junior High, outlining abuse risks and basic prevention steps as about 100 attendees listened intently.
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Mt. Anthony Union Junior High School
David Kraft
University of Massachusetts
Kraft
TV Cutdown Helps New Milford Kids Behave Calmer
A four week Redbook Magazine study in New Milford shows 15 children limited to one hour of TV daily became calmer more outgoing and stronger in school. Initially cranky the kids soon showed improved concentration and social interaction with Susie a four year old who gained group participation after reduced viewing and regressed when back to old habits.
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New Milford, Conn
UPI
New Milford
Redbook Magazine
Redbook
Susie
Wadsworths taste treats and Middle East reads
Inside Local highlights gustatory goods from the Mideast by the Wadsworths and a library column to brighten dull days. Equal Time presents a father who enjoys parenting. Page references noted for context.
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Wadsworths
Mideast
Library
Peter Horton
Vermont
George Will
Ledbetter
Nawrath
North Shire
Madeline Harwood
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Thomas H. Foster
Emory A. Hebard
E. Theodore Boulter
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Donald R. Brown
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