Smith slams black rule proposals in Rhodesia
Prime Minister Ian Smith denounces the Anglo American plan for black rule as crazy and disastrous while signaling openness to the Western peace initiative. He notes the Rhodesian Front won all 30 white parliamentary seats and warns against dissolving national self. He criticizes a proposed army merger but says he won’t reject peace efforts.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Smith
U.N
Andrew Young
David Owen
Rhodesian Front
New Hampshire Schools Charged in Civil Rights Case
Public schools in Manchester are accused of violating the Civil Rights Act by failing to provide equal education to students whose first language is not English. A letter from the HEW and a public advisory letter to Henry McLaughlin cite improper language identification and lack of targeted programs.
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Manchester
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Sylvia Chaplain
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Chaplain
Jacques Wilmore
Commission On Civil Rights
Henry McLaughlin
U.S. presses Korea on Park in bribery inquiry
House ethics investigators led by Leon Jaworski seek South Korean cooperation in the Park Tong Sun case amid plans to use public pressure and potential aid cuts. They aim to bring Park to the United States and to obtain information from Kim Dong Jo as part of uncovering six years of alleged influence operations.
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Washington
House Ethics Committee
Leon A. Jaworski
Park Tong Sun
Seoul
Tongsun Park
Justice Department
Department
Park
Con
United States
Kim Dong Jo
South Korea
Congress
Congressional
Park Chung Hee
Kim
Jaworski
Arlington water boil order extended indefinitely
Arlington residents remain under a boil water order as the privately owned Arlington Water Company faces delays in upgrading an inadequately sealed well. Health officials warn that coliform presence indicates potential contamination, with no lift planned until improvements meet state standards.
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Arlington
Arlington Water Company
Bennington
Norton Barber
State Department of Health
Barber
Roger Dickenson
Department of Health
Dickenson
Health Department
Public Service Board
William Towne
Daniel Foster
State Health Department
Vermont housing costs spark state review panel formation
Vermont is forming a Task Force on Housing Production to study barriers to affordable housing, reduce front end costs, and cut the two year permit-to-build timeline. Secretary John Simson chairs the committee, aiming to ease permit and financing hurdles for small builders while urging towns to support family housing despite school cost concerns.
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Vermont
John Simson
Bennington County
Simson
Agency of Development and Community Affairs
Agency of Community and Development Affairs
Dickey Lincoln Dam project faces mixed regional impacts
A draft environmental impact statement on the Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric project, proposed in Maine to supply 17 percent of New England’s peak power, warns of social disruption alongside jobs and flood control. It cites rises in crime, prostitution, alcoholism, and drug use during construction, plus cultural shifts in a largely French speaking area, potential tax strains, and demographic changes as 161 households could be relocated.
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Waltham, Mass
UPI
Maine
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dickey-Lincoln
St. John
Edward C. Jordan Co., Inc
Portland
New England
Inside National and Local Briefs Highlight Vermont Items
National coverage notes attorneys general plan canal suit and a MAUHS bus schedule on Page 2. Local items mention Bennington Free Library as a "cool" place and a metric council forming on Page 3.
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Attorneys General Plan
MAUHS
Bennington
Rutgers
Penn State
MAU
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Schaghticoke
N.Y
Rensselaer County
U.S
Korea
N.Y. Times News Service
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London
Cornelius E. Gallagher
New Jersey
John J. Flynt Jr
Georgia
House International Relations Committee
Clement J. Zablocki
Democrat
Wisconsin
Zablocki
Anne Webb
By Lee Harrison
Margaret Garland
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Dickey-Lincoln Dam
Canada
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