Aiken recalls JFK as senator and president in interview
Sen. George D. Aiken of Vermont recounts John F. Kennedy as a courageous senator who opposed influential interests. He recalls Kennedy's stance on the St. Lawrence Seaway and power project and notes their enduring friendship after Kennedy became president. He describes the Moscow trip linked to the Test Ban Treaty and Kennedy's call to the White House after the Bay of Pigs.
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John R. Kennedy
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St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project
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John F. Kennedy Memorial Library
Federal Records Center
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Maine
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Bay of Pigs
Medeiros backs Pope's positions as Boston's future archbishop
Humberto S. Medeiros, named to replace Cardinal Cushing, says he backs Pope Paul VI on abortion, divorce, birth control and priest celibacy, and resists liberal conservative labels. He reflects on his Boston area ties and past labor dispute comments, noting the war should have ended yesterday.
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UPI
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Pope Paul VI
Humberto S. Medeiros
Cardinal Cushing
Shepard
United States
Medeiros
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Fall River
Mass
Jeffords Plans Re Election Campaign In Vermont
Attorney General James Jeffords kicks off his bid for re election facing House Minority Leader Thomas Salmon in the Democratic primary. Jeffords cites accomplishments in environment protection and law enforcement and urges continued focus on crucial programs as he outlines fall campaign priorities at his Shrewsbury home. In Denver Rosie Malone, an 18 year old Metro State College student, found her bicycle wheel stolen from a rack while in class.
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Rockingham
Vermont
Denver
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Metro State College
Panel report due today in Burlington police dispute
A three member fact finding panel in Burlington is to file its final report today on the labor dispute with the Burlington Patrolmen's Association. Chairman Monsignor Charles Marcoux said the deadline was extended 24 hours. Police Chief Arthur Carron reported 12 applicants for recruitment, some from Massachusetts, reflecting renewed interest as the city faces a potential waiting list of candidates if the dispute is resolved.
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UPI
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Burlington Pa
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Arthur Carron
Massachusetts
Vermont tax revisions eyed as possible in 1970 race
Governor Davis signaled openness to exempting children's clothing from the 3 percent sales tax and to reconsidering rebates to include home heating fuel for low income residents with a built in cost of living rise. He cautioned against losing revenue and noted tax reform could become a gubernatorial campaign issue against Leo O'Brien. In Burlington, Roy Girouard pled guilty to possessing counterfeit ten dollar bills and a forged check, receiving concurrent five year terms. Authorities also investigated a bomb hoax at EBASCO Construction's Vermont Yankee plant, later deemed unfounded. Dairy leader Charles Patrick Ryan of Washington DC will receive a testimonial dinner Sept 11 in South Burlington, with tickets $5.
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Leo O’brien
Burlington
UPI
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Chittenden County
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Windsor State Prison
Montpelier
Charles Patrick Ryan
Washington, D.C
Ramada Inn
South Brulington
Edward R. Eurich
Robert J. Branon
Fairfield
Ryan
Allen
U.S. Supreme Court
Vermont Department of Agriculture
El Al hijacking in Amsterdam flight ends in chaos
Miss Isabel Berkowitz a Mount Pleasant High School teacher recounted a terror filled moment aboard an El Al airliner after takeoff from Amsterdam en route to New York. A male hijacker was killed in cockpit fire while a female accomplice was aboard with phony Honduras passports.
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Isabel Berkowitz
Mount Pleasant High School
Schenectady
Amsterdam
New York
Berkowitz
Honduras
Miss Berkowitz
Kennedy Airport
Heathrow
London
Berkshire public schools avoid strike with tentative deals
Pittsfield teachers vote not to strike and open school as scheduled. The School Committee offers principals a 4 percent raise for a 42 week year while the union accepts 4 percent but wants a 40 week year. Fixed teacher minimum proposed at 6,850 with union insisting on 6,900. GE arbitration upholds one day off for walkout participants on April 2, citing violation of the national contract.
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Pittsfield
Teachers Association
General Electric Co
American Arbitration Association
GE Management
Hauck files $250000 suit in Pittsfield court
Cornelius Hauck and his son John sue the estate of the late Clarence W. Wildman III in Superior Court for personal injuries from a Bennington auto crash on Sept 19 1969 in which Wildman allegedly drove into a tree. John Hauck was a passenger.
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Superior Court
Cornelius Hauck
John
Clarence W. Wildman III
Bennington
Wildman
John Hauck
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