Bank hostage drama ends as suspect surrenders in Albany
Albany union bank siege ends after 17 hours when Robert M. Roscoe Jr., 34, of Washington DC, yields to authorities. Nine hostages released unharmed including a wife and three children. police say the incident began when a guard was clubbed and a policeman shot.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
FBI
Robert M. Roscoe Jr
Washington, D.C
Edward C. McArdle
City and County Savings Bank
Donald Wark
State Capitol
Edward McArdle
John Koutelis
Angie
John Fischer
Miller sees end of coal strike in West Virginia
In Charleston after 24 days of walkout, about 20 000 southern West Virginia miners stay firm demanding the right to strike without federal court intervention. A U S judge has imposed a rising fine on the United Mine Workers union while a panel to hear complaints is agreed by the union and Bituminous Coal Operators Association but will not start until the illegal stoppage ends.
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West Virginia
Arnold Miller
United Mine
Charleston
W.va
UPI
United Mine Workers
International United Mine Workers Union
U.S
K.K. Hall
Coal Operators Association
Sinai accord allocates 2.9 billion in aid and observers
United States pledges more than 2.0 billion in military and economic aid to Israel and up to 800 million to Egypt under the interim Sinai accord. Ford and Kissinger brief congressional leaders as Senate questions arise about placing up to 200 American civilians in the Sinai to monitor the pact.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Israel
Egypt
Sinai
House
John J. Rhodes
White House
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Middle East
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Senate
Byrd
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Foreign Relations Committee
Bennington planning panel endorses Route 7 67A zoning compromise
The Bennington Planning Commission voted slimly to forward a compromise plan to selectmen restricting roadside Route 7 zones and returning Route 67A from Silk Road to Vermont Tissue Paper Co. to VR 20 from RC 40. Chairman Bohne cast a tie breaking vote over opposition from Harwood Haley Griffin III. The plan, born from months of debate, aims to balance growth and road vistas, though critics warn of checkerboarding and confusion.
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Bennington
Karen D. Fortney
Haley
Griffin
Bohne
Commission
Selectmen
New York
Peter R. Donavan
J. Duncan Campbell
Ford tours West Coast with GOP fundraisers and meetings
President Ford flies from Washington to Seattle and Portland for Republican fund raising events and public appearances. He will address a White House conference on domestic and economic affairs, tour a cancer research center, meet with Gov Brown on energy, and speak to a joint California legislature session before returning to Washington. A group of moderate to progressive GOP senators urged greater recognition of their views in his campaign and backed keeping Nelson Rockefeller as vice president.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
West Coast
White House
Sinai
Egypt
Israel
Betty
Andrews Air Force Base
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Sacramento
Calif
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Vacation Extension Hits 943 500 Students Nationwide
United Press International reports teachers in 10 states marching picket lines as nearly a million students endure extended holidays or attend understaffed classes. In Chicago 530 000 pupils faced idle classrooms while talks with the school board failed to resolve the contract dispute. Authorities warned of broader strike momentum with actions in New York, Los Angeles and Rhode Island. The Illinois crisis affected 569 500 students, with other totals listed for Pennsylvania Rhode Island Michigan New York California and more. Contempt citations arose in Wilmington as unions pressed demands.
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United Press International
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago Teachers Union
School Board
Richard J. Daley
Joliet
Urbana
Ill
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Michigan
New York State
California
Marion
Ind
Hoboken
N.J
Wilmington
Del
Great Falls
Mont
Wilmington Federation of Teachers
Inside National and Local Page Highlights
A collage of brief items from Inside National and Local sections notes topics including NYC welfare checks at risk, the Foxe Mills romance reemerging, MAU Junior High opening amid renovations, Kit Foster’s food price analysis, Shannon of The Times on TV industry and restaurant costs, a Ragtime book review, Stratton ski area leadership, Manchester sewer extension, Sunderland school vote date shift, and Arlington High School soccer season begins while MAU field hockey is pictured, with Forest Hills courts looming large in upcoming showdowns.
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Nyc
Foxe-Mills
MAU Jr. High
Kit Foster
Shannon
the Times
Stratton
Ski Area
Manchester
Sunderland
Arlington High School
MAU
Forest Hills
Bennington Democrat Marian Cummings to move to Montpelier
Marian Matteson Cummings a active Democrat and Mount Anthony Union board member will relocate to Montpelier for a new job and her children’s schooling. She will keep Up and Downhill ski shop ownership with management by Nancy Steffen. Cummings aims to be near political power and supports Salmon and Robert M Wilson’s potential campaigns.
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Bennington
Marian Matteson Cummings
Mt. Anthony
Nancy Steffen
Justice Commission
Salmon
Senate
Vermont
Chittenden
Washington
Robert M. Wilson
North Bennington High School
Wellesley
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Miller
Hall
Sparkman
Carl Albert
Albert
Mideast
By Rob Woolmington
GOP
Ms. Cummings
Judson Brown
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