Candidates vow to spark voter interest in final days
President Ford and Jimmy Carter pledged to energize a disinterested electorate during the last 10 days of campaigning. In the third debate at William and Mary College they clashed over interviews and personal attacks while urging focus on unemployment education taxes and governance. Carter admitted regret over a Playboy interview and promised not to attack Ford personally. Ford cited Vietnam Watergate and moral allegations as causes of apathy but vowed to raise the level of issue discussions. The event drew about 100 million viewers in a nationally televised 90 minute debate moderated by Barbara Walters.
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Kidnapped Vermont college president safe after New York ordeal
Lyndon State College President Edward Stevens, 39, reported safe after a Tuesday night kidnapping near Yankee Stadium. He was robbed at knifepoint of about 70 dollars, driven to Coney Island and upstate New York before being released near O'Hare Airport. he later used remembered credit card numbers to fly back to New York.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
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Dead Creek waterfowl refuge shows man’s work with nature
In Vermont near Addison Four Corners the Dead Creek waterfowl refuge demonstrates wildlife management funded by hunter fees and federal duck stamps. The 2400 acre area spans restricted and private lands enabling safe geese habitats and controlled hunting while aiding farmers with crop protection. Started in 1956 with 44 trapped geese, the site now hosts about 400 nesting Canada geese and ongoing tagging of goslings for management. Continued on Page 8
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John Leaning
Addison Four Corners
Vermont
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Vermont Supreme Court denies appeal in ballot slate dispute
The Vermont Supreme Court rejected the dissidents bid to block regular Democratic candidates from appearing twice on the November ballot. The court ruled no appeal exists after a superior court affirmed Secretary of State Richard Thomas's certification that the regular Democrats, using the Independent Vermont label, may run on the slate. The ruling ends the challenge led by John Bloch and Peter Diamondstone.
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Liberty Union
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Brattleboro
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Salmon Backs Salmon in Vermont Senate Race Tour
Republican Gerald Morrissey confirmed he will back Gov. Thomas P. Salmon over incumbent Sen. Robert T. Stafford as Salmon toured Bennington County. Salmon defended his stance on the common situs bill, abortion, defense spending, and environmental recycling while praising party unity at a candlelight Park-McCullough dinner hosted by John G. McCullough with Emma Harwood present.
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Bennington
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Thomas P. Salmon
Robert T. Stafford
U.S. Senate
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Salmon
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Bennington County
Park- McCullough House
North Bennington
Emma Harwood
Gov
John G. McCullough
America
Congress
Vermont Labor Forum Plans to Revoke Salmon Endorsement
Robert Harris of Windsor says he will ask the Vermont Labor Forum executive board to rescind its endorsement of Gov. Thomas Salmon for the U S Senate after Salmon reversed on the common situs picketing bill. Harris, a Democratic candidate for the Vermont House, urged unions to withhold support for Salmon and back Sen. Stafford.
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U.S. Senate
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Stafford
Weather outlook shows increasing clouds and Sunday showers
The forecast calls for partly sunny conditions with highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Tonight will be fair and cold with lows in the 20s. Sunday will see rising clouds and a chance of showers.
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