Selectmen weigh YMCA financing and voter vote
Bennington selectmen agreed to refer the YMCA financing plan to a special Town Meeting on Sept 30 to gauge voter sentiment. HUD pledges 233000 toward a 350000 HR Center project with 116000 in town match or in kind contributions. If funds aren’t raised the town would bear the shortfall, prompting cautious consideration.
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Bennington
Vermont
YMCA
Molly Stark
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Edward R. Lamb
Selectmen
J. Duncan
Nixon Warns Campus Terrorism Threatens Higher Education
President Nixon, speaking at Kansas State University during the Alfred M. Landon lecture, warned that campus terrorism endangers the quality of American education. He blasted radicals and terrorists, urged administrators to stand up, and said the crisis is a test of national will and spirit for colleges and universities.
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Manhattan
Kan
UPI
Nixon
Kansas State University
America
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas State
Vietnam
United States
Hope fades for early release of hostages
United Press International reports growing concern over the Jordan hostage crisis as 54 Americans and others remain captive in Amman. Guerrilla factions united under Yasser Arafat threaten hostages as bargaining tools amid martial law and stalled negotiations. Western powers and the Red Cross intensify diplomatic efforts while public appeals for early release surface from crew and officials. President Nixon condemns violence and urges peaceful change, warning that terrorists share a disregard for human life.
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United Press International
Amman
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Peece
Hussein
Popular Front
Palestine Central Committee
Yasser Arafat
al Fatah
Vatican City
L’osservatore Della Domenica
Middle East
United States
London
BOAC
Cyril Goulburn
Britain
Germany
Switzerland
Israel
West Germany
Jordan
International Red Cross
Geneva
California
Salmon Attacks Jeffords In Vermont Campaign Battle
Bellows Falls Democrat Thomas P. Salmon challenged incumbent James M. Jeffords and Harry R. Montague over gun control environmental policy and campaign practices. He accused Jeffords of politicizing legal work and using staff for campaign ends while supporting gun registration and denouncing Montague’s letters as misinformation. Salmon urged a direct public debate on Vermont issues impacting sportsmen and residents.
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Jeffords
Harvey D. Carter
I-32
Pownal
Carter
Conservation Society of
Vermont
Vernon
Montague
Federation
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Harry
Joe McCarthy
Inside Muskie Campaigns And Quality Of Life Debate
The column surveys Sen. Muskie campaigning for allies, while John Page argues that quality of life affects both rich and poor, the haves and have nots. Manchester town clerk to administer zoning ordinance and MAUHS soccer team gets spotlight noted in brief.
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John Page
Manchester
MAUHS
President Nixon plans eight day trip to Europe
President Nixon announced an eight day swing to Europe beginning September 27. He and Mrs. Nixon will visit Spain Italy Yugoslavia and Britain. The trip includes a review of the U S 6th Fleet at Naples to emphasize American power in the Mediterranean.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Europe
U.S
6Th Fleet
Italy
Mediterranean
Spain
Yugoslavia
Britain
Naples
NATO
Brussels
Rome
Pope Paul VI
Ireland
France
West Germany
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Josep Broz Tito
Vermont board sets hearing on Scribner successor
The Vermont Education Board schedules an October 19 hearing to gauge public sentiment on candidates for education commissioner after 45 applications for the post left vacant by Harvey Scribner. Deputy Daniel O Conn or is favored by some, while the board seeks about 12 million in general fund bonding for school construction and a nepotism ban in local districts.
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Marian Taylor
Harvey Scribner
New York
Daniel O’connor
O’connor
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