Wilburton Inn Sold to Northern Lights Inc in Manchester
The Wilburton Inn in Manchester Village, a luxury resort overlooking the Green Mountains, has been sold to Northern Lights Inc a New York City based subsidiary of RKO General. Thomas F Farley president of Northern Lights outlined plans for continued operation through winter and potential new amenities including courts and a pool while preserving the inn's image and staff. The deal followed the Ortlieb family sale. Mrs Ortlieb will remain on site.
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Manchester
Wilburton Inn
Green Mountains
Manchester Village
Northern Lights Inc
RKO General Corp
New York City
Thomas F. Farley
Farley
River Road
Equinox House
Biltmore
Marion Ortlieb
John Ortlieb
Ortliebs
East Dorset
William Il Spar
Fine Tam
Mast Dorset
Lance Lance: bitter Senate defense in banking probe
Budget chief Bert Lance defended himself before the Senate in a 49 page statement amid accusations of personal bank loans and overdrafts totaling millions. He challenged the committee, insisted his conscience is clear, and argued the charges threaten public trust and the American system.
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Washington
UPI
Bert Lance
Senate
Carter
Senate Tenenental Affairs Committee
Lance
LaBelle
Georgia
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribicoff
Sen
Charles Percy
Illinois
William Roth
R-Del
Roth
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Clark Clifford
Lyndon Johnson
Clifford
12 Tons of Marijuana Seized Off Northeast Coast
UPI reports U.S. Customs and Coast Guard halted a 12 ton marijuana shipment worth about 7.2 million dollars aboard the Honduran vessel Juliana I seized 120 miles northeast of Boston. Eleven crew members, all Colombian, were detained. Authorities plan charges in Boston with the State Department notified.
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Boston
UPI
U.S. Customs and Coast Guard
Coast Guard
New England
James Sullivan
U.S. Customs Service
Ele
Colombia
Rhode Island
Active
Sullivan
U.S
State Department
Dale Gardner
United States
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Florida
Energy plan suffers major blow in Senate panel
The Senate Energy Committee tentatively set aside the Carter energy plan's key utility rate overhaul. It rejected federal power to impose rates based on marginal cost, leaving ratemaking to states and public service commissions. A substitute would let federal influence proceed without becoming a party to court cases, with further drafting planned.
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N.Y. Times
Washington
Carter
Senate Energy Committee
Senate Committee
White House
Henry M. Jackson
New Mexico
Colorado
Floyd Haskell
House
Senate
Bennett
Energy Plan
Inside Nation reports air crash death toll and bus hijackings
The edition notes an Air Force jet crash killing twenty and a Rhodesian bus hijacking with nine fatalities. Vermont bicentennial coverage highlights five workshops while a local energy open house and a kidnapping father search are announced. Arlington Amusement Center is endorsed in a letter, and Hoosick Falls prepares for a grid season opener with Cincinnati Reds news also noted.
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National Air Force
Vermont
UPI
Carlo Walter
Arlington’s
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Pats
Cincinnati Reds
Largest dinosaur print found in Western Mass
GRANBY Mass two specialists confirm a five foot long three toed dinosaur footprint found at the Granby Dinosaur Museum may be the largest ever, pending authentication. The print measures 59 inches long and 33 inches wide, with a second toe print suggesting more tracks to verify size and gait.
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Granby
Mass
Peter Galton
University of Bridgeport, Conn
Gingras
Gingras’ Museum
Galton
UPI
Connecticut
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James Wilbur
the Ortliebs
Wilbur
Wilburton Hall
Institute of American Genealogy
Library of Trust Fund Board
American Antiquarian Society
University of Vermont
Putnam Memorial Hospital
New York Historical Society
Ira Allen
Edwin Bigelow
Nancy Otis
Martha C
James III
Vermont Supreme Court
Wilburton Resort
Thomas Farley
N.E. Coast
Western Mass
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