Panamanians approve canal treaties by wide margin
Panamanians voted to turn over canal control by 2000 with an 2 to 1 margin as 90 to 95 percent of eligible voters participated. Totals stood 374,722 yes to 188,035 no with 8,208 invalid ballots, while San Blas Indians voted against and caused a small flag incident. The U.S. Senate now holds ratification power before the treaties take effect.
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Panama City
Panama
UPI
San Blas Island
U.S
San Blas
Romulo Escobar Bethancourt
South Africa to Permanently Ban 18 Black Consciousness Groups
Police Minister Kruger said 18 black consciousness groups would be permanently banned despite U.S. recall of its ambassador. He indicated two black newspapers might be allowed to resume, while asserting the regime would not compromise on apartheid. The move follows detentions, closures, and a UN debate on sanctions.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
U.S
U.N
Jimmy Kruger
the World
Weekend World
United States
William Bowdler
Kruger
Immunity witness testifies in Martin murder trial
Bonnie Kinney testified in Addison Superior Court that she received immunity for aiding in the first degree murder case of Michael Martin 23 of North Clarendon and admitted she took the handgun from Martin the night of the killing at the Palace Hotel in Manchester. She said she took the gun outside to the car then later gave it back to him. The trio had been at the Taco House in Manchester before the fatal shooting of 52-year-old Harry Cirelli on October 5, 1976, on the Palace Hotel’s third floor. Miss Kinney's lover Richard Minckker 25 was also charged in the case.
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Middlebury
Bonnie Kinney
Michael Martin
North Clarendon
Addison Superior Court
Taco House
Manchester
Martin
Miss Kinney
Richard
Ricky
Minckker
Harry Cirelli
Palace Hotel
Palace
Rutland
Jerry Toomey
Minckler
Vermont
Richville Road
William Keefe
Keefe
Thomas L. Hayes
Champlain Valley
Bennington District Court
Woodstock
Ursula Kinney
St. Albans
James Cormier
Cost of life debate shapes EPA decision making
EPA Deputy Administrator Thomas Jorling told Williams College that federal environmental rules rely more on human judgment than pure analysis, despite extensive cost of life calculations. He cited figures from EPA and other agencies, but argued intrinsic value and policy practicality matter more than statistics. The remarks touched on small businesses, regulatory impact on family life, and the tension between big corporations and mom and pop shops.
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Peter A.A. Berle
Jorling
EPA
Civil Service Commission
America
Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Department of Transportation
Department of Defense
Mallary Named Administration Secretary in Snelling Shakeup
Gov. Richard Snelling appoints former U.S. Rep. Richard W. Mallary to lead the Administration Agency as an activist external spokesman while Ralph Peters shifts to head the Lottery Commission. Snelling says the move boosts state clout with the federal government and defines a broader programmatic role without transferring policy making from agencies.
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Mallory
Deane Davis
State House
Senate
U.S. House
Winston Prouty
Patrick Leahy
Farm Credit Banks
Springfield
Mass
Snelling
Peters
Mallary
Inside National and Local Headlines Summary
National reports include a Chicago blaze killing seven and mentions of terrorism in Italy and France. Vermont holds its final bicentennial session this Saturday. Local notes cover Readsboro sewer bids and Arlington museum closure by a bicentennial panel. County teens arrested for burglary. Sports recap: MAU over Rutland, Patriots halt Colts, Hoosick Falls losses, Leafs vs Flyers outcome.
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Chicago Blaze
Italy
France
Vermont
Bennington College
Readsboro
Arlington Bicentennial Committee
MAU
Rutland
Patriots
Colts
Hoosick Falls
Golden Horde
Leafs
Philly
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Louis Calabro
Sage City Symphony
Visual and Performing Arts Center
Carlos Lopez
Guevara
U.S. Senate
Omar Torrijos
Torrijos
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
John Vorster
United Nations
Security Council
By Maggie C. Bucholt
By Anne Eisenmenger
Williams’ Center For Environmental Studies
Albany
N.Y
Hudson River
New York
New York Times
Thomas Jorling
Richard W. Mallary
Gerald Raftery
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