Grain for oil swap eyed in U.S.-Soviet talks
Washington officials discuss a bushel for a barrel grain for oil swap as part of long term grain trade talks with the Soviet Union. President Ford and Henry Kissinger indicate the idea could be raised, aiming to steady grain export needs and please labor leaders concerned about domestic food markets.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Moscow
Administration
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Charles Robinson
United States
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Kissinger
Meany
Ford in the longest motorcade aids Wyman bid in NH race
President Ford headlined the longest presidential motorcade in history spanning 136 miles over 11 hours in New Hampshire. The rally aimed to boost Republican Senatorial hopeful Louis Wyman as Durkin leads in early polls, with election day set for September 16. Ford’s tour touched three key cities and sparked questions about its impact on the close contest.
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Portsmouth
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Ford
Louis
John Durkin
Wyman
Durkin
Ronald Reagan
California
HUD report shakes Housing Authority shake-up at Bennington
HUD and local officials unveiled a personnel and budgetary shake-up for the Bennington Housing Authority. HUD demanded the resignations of three staff, including Executive Director Hall Cushman, and ordered two HUD specialists to assist for a month to recruit a new director and reorganize the agency. Cushman had announced health-based resignation. the chairman Rev. Kenneth W. Costin condemned the premature leak of the agreement as shocking.
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Manchester
N.H
Bennington Housing Authority
Federal Housing and Urban Development Dept
Housing Authority
Kenneth W. Costin
HUD
Creeley S. Buchanan
Hall W. Cushman
Bennington
Cushman
Barbara Cushman
W. Brant Young
Herald
Costin
Young
Jonathan M. Storm
Vermont Governor Pushes 4 Percent Sales Tax Plan
Governor Thomas Salmon lobbies the Vermont legislature to raise the sales tax from 3 to 4 percent to close a $7.6 million deficit. He outlines the plan to House Ways and Means and Senate Finance, contrasts regional fiscal crises, and gains early, tentative support from a Democratic House tax panel.
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House
Salmon
Robert Wilson
Agriculture
Leo O’brien
Fisher
FBI seeks to hang onto car in Hoffa case
The federal bureau intensifies its effort to keep control of the automobile connected to the Hoffa matter as investigations continue. The case draws attention across state lines with legal maneuvers and public interest peaking in Vermont headlines.
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FBI
Pittsfield GE
The
Wadsworths
Pete Horton
Middlebury
Shannon
Russell Baker
Safire
Manchester
Dorset
Putnam Hospital
North Shire
Southern Vermont Artists
Mt. Anthony
New England
Phillies
Bennington Resident At 100 Celebrates Milestone
Evelyn Reich of Bennington celebrated her 100th birthday at the Bennington Convalescent Center on Dewey Street with a large turnout. She received a Vermont Album book from Governor Salmon and a birthday card from President Ford. Family members attended from North Bennington Poultney Mashpee Jericho Bennington and Terra. Reverend Richard D. Campbell delivered greetings from the First United Methodist Church.
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Evelyn Reich
Bennington Convalescent Center
Dewey Street
Reich
Evelyn Payne
North Bennington
Nelson Payne
Poultney
Clifford Dubray
Mashapee
Mass
Chester Cooley
Jericho
Nancy Jolivette
Bennington
Verne LaFramboise
Terra
Ronald Nadeau
Charles Thompson
Alaska
Richard D. Campbell
First United Methodist Church
Senate oil price controls stumble in Senate talks
The House approved a compromise extension of oil price controls but the Senate failed to reach agreement before the weekend. Senate Republican leader Robert Griffin said he spoke with President Ford in New Hampshire about the Democratic offer for extension, tied to delaying any decontrol plan.
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Salmon
League
Robert Stewart
Stewart
Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Ford
Robert Griffin
Michigan
New Hampshire
Congress
Legal view on Title 9 impact on Mt Anthony alternate programs
Mt Anthony Union School District faces a Title 9 clash over separate but equal programs for boys and girls. HEW attorney Thomas Flygare says outcomes hinge on whether the programs are viewed as a school or an educational unit or as an education course, program, or activity under sections 86.34 and 86.35. A formal HEW complaint could trigger investigation, possible funding suspension, and court appeals, with mixed expert opinions from board counsel.
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John
Mt. Anthony Union
Thomas Flygare
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Boston
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
John Donoghue
Poughkeepsie, N.Y
Donoghue
Flygate
Flygare
Civil Rights Division
HEW
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Eisenhower
Alf Jacobson
New London
U.S. House
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Joseph Calise
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Vermont
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Brian Burns
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Gordon Paquette
Burlington
Gilbert Godrick
Rutland
Wilfred Fisher
Barre
Mau
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