Big House renewal frames Vermont heritage story
North Bennington prepares to deed the historic Big House to the Park McCullough House Association Inc. in a donor-driven transfer led by G John McCullough. The gesture preserves a 19th century Vermont landmark amid ongoing community efforts with Bennington College Vermont Historical Society and the Bennington Museum cited as collaborators.
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Park-McCullough House Association Inc
G. John McCullough
John H. Williams II
Elizabeth McCullough Johnson
Bennington College
The
Bennington Museum
Vermont Historical Society
North Bennington
Park-McCullough House Association
Salmon's Senate gamble and tax plan in Vermont
Gov. Thomas Salmon calls a special session to raise the sales tax from three to four percent as part of a broader fiscal crisis. He weighs a potential bid for the U S Senate or a return to private life, while facing questions about voter reaction, local tax effects, and legislative responses.
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U.S. Senate
Salmon
Sen
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Senate
Washington
Bellows Falls
Montpelier
Ethiopian princesses face uncertain fate in jail
Ethiopia refused to confirm executions for 12 royal princesses held in jail and said they would receive a trial if convicted. The military regime, under pressure from Britain and the United States, released 55 political detainees but kept the princesses under detention, raising fears ahead of weekend anniversary events. Selassie’s death followed two weeks ago.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
UPI
United States
Britain
Haile Selassie
Selassie
Menelik Palace
Duke of Harrar
Akaki
Unseasonably Cold Weekend Forecast With Frost Risk
Variable cloudiness tomorrow with a chance of showers or snow flurries. Unseasonably cold high temperatures 45 to 50. Frost likely Saturday night with lows around 30 to 35. Sunday outlook partly sunny with highs near 50 to 55.
Strike drift at Vermont state colleges looms
Vermont State Colleges System faculty and librarians at Castleton Johnson Lyndon and Vermont Technical College voted 163 31 in secret balloting to set a strike vote date Local 3180 of the American Federation of Teachers led by Albert Ouellette described the result as a clear mandate He blamed USC Chancellor William Craig for ignoring a fact finding report recommending a 10 percent pay hike and accused him of driving an expansion of the non campus Community College of Vermont CCV with a large share of its budget going to administration Smith CCV president disputed claims saying CCV staff numbers and structure differ from campus colleges and noted CCV served over 4 000 students last year with tuition lower than campus colleges.
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Castleton State
Johnson State
Lyndon State
Vermont Technical College
Randolph
Ouellette
USC
William Craig
Craig
Community College of Vermont
CCV
Community College
Peter Smith
Smith
CCU
Ford Says Government Should Not Be Held Hostage
President Ford denounced the attempt on his life and warned the government of the people must not be held hostage at the point of a gun. He spoke to about 800 delegates at a White House conference on domestic policy, recalling the Sacramento shooting by Lynette Fromme of the Manson family. Police searched Kiel Auditorium vicinity for a gunman seen near the venue.
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Salmon
ST. Louis
UPI
Ford
White House
Sacramento
Calif
Lynette
Squeaky”’ Fromme
Charles Manson
Kiel Auditorium
White House demands return of classified papers
The White House pressed the House intelligence committee to return classified documents supplied under subpoena after the panel disclosed material about the 1973 Middle East war. Chairman Otis Pike argued the panel violated the Constitution and refused immediate compliance, planning a Monday meeting with panel members.
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Washington
UPI
White House
House Intelligence Committee
Otis Pike
D-N.y
Rex E. Lee
Lee
Executive Branch
Pike
Legislative Branch
Lockheed chief outlines Saudi bribe and kickback scope
At a Senate hearing Lockheed Aircraft Corp disclosed paying 106 million dollars in bribes kickbacks and commissions over five years to boost Saudi sales. Senator Church pressed for definitions while Daniel J Haughton defended the payments amid tough questioning from Biden and others. See LOCKHEED on page 2.
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Washington
UPI
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Saudi Arabia
Lockheed
Lockheed Witness—Board
Daniel J. Haughton
Senate
Subcommittee On Multinational Corporations
Haughton
Subcommittee
Frank Church
Idaho
Church
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Biden
Delaware
Lockhead
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