Senate panel warns costs may impair national security
The Senate Armed Services Committee warns U S weapons are now too costly and complex to ensure adequate national defense even with higher budgets. A $21 billion procurement bill is cited as an example of price inflation, noting tanks costs four times higher than a decade ago and air munitions costing hundreds of thousands per round. The panel urges cost reductions to maintain force levels and compare unfavorably with potential adversaries.
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Armed Services
John Stennis
D-Miss
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Fern Hurricane Threatens Texas Coast Nabstorm Near Galveston
Hurricane Fern veered north over the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas with 90 mph winds, forcing beachgoers to board up and move out. An Air Force plane positioned the storm center 140 miles south-southeast of Galveston as advisories extended a 450 mile hurricane watch from Brownsville to Port Arthur.
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Galveston, Tex
UPI
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Galveston
Fern
National Weather Service
Brownsville
Port Arthur
Tex
Interim plan for Vermont land capability approved
SHERBURNE, UNPS. An interim land capability plan for Vermont, prepared under the 1970 Land Development Act, inventories the state's resources for future land use planning. The 68 page document outlines four guiding principles, warns of protection needs for wildlife habitats wetlands and flood plains, and calls for hearings before final approval.
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Sherburne
UPS
Vermont
State Environmental Board
High school opens with smooth Mt Anthony start
Mt Anthony Junior and Senior Highs opened smoothly this morning as 2140 students attended classes, only 141 more than last year. Principal Richard Worden supervised, buses arrived on schedule, and students lined up outside from 7:30. Junior high enrollment stands at 766 with 392 in seventh and 374 in eighth grade plus four Bennington Program students in grade 8. Last year total was 776.
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Mt. Anthony
Bennington
Richard Worden
Worden
Lee High School
Mt. Anthony Junior High School
George A. Sleeman
Albert Elwell
Nixon presses for post freeze stabilizer plan and jobs goal
President Nixon said the 90 day wage price rent freeze would not be extended past November 13 and urged Congress to pass his 5.9 billion tax cut. He set a national goal of 100 million jobs in 10 years and called for tax reform and new stabilization measures to follow the freeze. He outlined plans to meet with business labor agriculture and Congress to develop a post freeze program.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
America
House
Business, Labor, Agriculture
Vermont asks Bershad to resign from corrections post
Gov. Davis confirms Bershad was asked to resign the state corrections post after two years as head. Bershad leaves for Harvard fellowship. Cowles and Stoneman comment or take over duties as successor is named. Cowles will reevaluate plans for a new maximum security prison Bershad had pushed.
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Peter Martin
Deane C. Davis
Bershad
Human _ Services
William Cowles Jr
Harvard
R. Kent Stoneman
Cowles
Gala opens JFK Center for Performing Arts in Washington
Mrs Rose Kennedy led the opening night of the 70 million John F Kennedy Center as Leonard Bernstein conducted Mass to a star studded Washington audience. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis stayed in Greece while Edward and Caroline Kennedy attended. Henry Kissinger represented the Nixon administration as critics debated the production's Catholic liturgy and artistic merits.
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Washington
UPI
Rose Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Gilbert Hartke
Catholic University
Bernstein
Father Hartke
Joan Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Rose
Edward Kennedy
Nixon
National Security Affairs
Henry A. Kissinger
Jfk Center
Sen Prouty in serious condition after surgery
UPI reports Vermont Senator Winston L Prouty Republican aged 65 is in serious condition at New England Deaconess Hospital after an ulcer operation. He had been improving until Wednesday when complications from an earlier surgery worsened his state of health.
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Boston
UPI
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
New England Deaconess Hospital
Harrington Wins Liquor License for Junction Restaurant
The state Liquor Control Board approved Karl Harrington’s license for the Junction restaurant in North Bennington after a Wednesday hearing. Harrington and Edna defended the cabaret plans before residents Dr. William Flood Freeman Littlefield and Fred Welling. Local officials split, with Bennington Selectmen backing the license and North Village trustees opposing it.
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State Liquor Control Board
Karl Harrington
North Bennington
State Board
Harrington
Edna
William A. Flood
Freeman W. Littlefield
Fred Welling
Bennington
North Village
President May Halt Amchitka Nuke Test
White House and State Department officials say President Nixon is weighing canceling or delaying the Cannikin underground test set for next month on Amchitka Alaska. Opposition from Canada Japan and Alaska politicians shapes the decision amid LEIS and strategic arms talks.
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Amchitka
Washington
Nixon
White House
State Department
Aleutians
San Clemente
Calif
Wayne Smith
National Security Council
Henry A. Kissinger
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
White House Council On Environmental Quality
Environmental Protection Agency
White House Office of Science and Technology
Mitchell W. Sharp
United States
Canada
Japan
Soviet Union
Helsinki
Alaska
William A. Egan
Mike Gravel
Theodore F. Stevens
Inside Kit Foster reviews a Bennington novel
The Inside section covers Kit Foster evaluating a new novel by a Bennington College faculty member. The piece notes the author’s craft and emerging themes within the campus literary scene.
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Kit Foster
Bennington College
Russell Baker
Bishop Joyce
Greater Vermont Association
Arlington
Pownal
Burr & Burton
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