Stafford seeks re election amid Vermont senate vacancy
Vermont interim senator Robert T. Stafford said he will run in January to complete the late Winston Prouty’s term. He denied any deal in his appointment and urged cloture on the draft bill while signaling possible Vietnam withdrawal plans and support for the president’s economic program.
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Stafford
Deane C. Davis
Prouty
Vermont
Washington
White House
Davis
U.S
Indochina
Vietnam
Nixon
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Vermonters split stakes as GOP names full time chief
The Vermont Republican Party elevated its part time chairman Russell Merriman to a full time salaried post of 18000 dollars, effective immediately due to the Prouty death triggered race for Senate and House. Liberty Union plans a Oct 23 nominating convention Brattleboro while contesting ballot access in a separate legal challenge.
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Brattleboro
Liberty Union Party
GOP
Merriman
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Deane C. Davis
Robert T. Stafford
Prouty
Stafford
Senate
House
Richard Snelling
Shelburne
Liberty Union
Attorney General’s Office
Secrecy surrounds FBI probe for activists at Weston Priory
FBI agents raided a Weston Priory farm as part of a broader inquiry into liberal Vermont Catholics and antiwar activists. The raid aimed at fugitives linked to Honolulu bombing incidents occurred between Sept 2 and Aug 28, with officials saying the search may continue and a possible grand jury proceeding looms against those alleged to harbor fugitives.
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Weston
FBI
Weston Priory
Vermont
Honolulu
Priory
Albany
Grand Jury
Paul Shanley
Nixon studies candidates to replace Justice Black on Supreme Court
President Nixon reviews seven contenders for the Black seat as Justice Hugo L. Black plans to retire due to ill health. Justice John M. Harlan is hospitalized with back issues. White House denies a resignation letter. The National Women's Political Caucus urges a woman appointee. Names surface include Charles S. Rhyne, Richard H. Poff, Lewis F Powell Jr., Walter E Hoffman, and George C. Young.
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Harlan
White House
Nixon
Black
John N. Mitchell
John D. Ehrlichman
Camp David
Charles S. Rhyne
Washington
North Carolina
American Bar Association
ABA
Duke University Law School
Richard H. Poff
R-Va
House Judiciary Committee
House
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Richmond
Walter E Hoffman
U.S. District Court
Norfolk
George C. Young
U.S
Attica Deaths Prompt Rockefeller Murder Indictment Call
New York Assemblyman Arthur O Eve urged Gov Nelson Rockefeller be indicted for murder over the Attica State Prison deaths, saying he spoke with black and Puerto Rican leaders and would push for action. The Attica uprising left ten hostages and 30 prisoners dead as tensions and investigations continued.
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Attica
N.Y
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Attica State Prison
Arthur O. Eve
New York City
Eve
Herman Badillo
D-N.y
Rockefeller
Albany
Twin Towers
Commissioner of Correctional Services
Peter Tarallo
Buffalo
William
Aldo Tarallo
Tarallo
Meyer Memorial
Six municipal jobs okayed for area by emergency act
Bennington area to fill six positions under the Emergency Employment Act with state officials stating annual pay around 6000 dollars per post. Jobs include two policemen, one custodian, one sewage plant employee, and two home health aides with local screening at 108 Gage Street and final hiring by the town. Funding across Vermont totals 1.78 million for 3000 positions, pending Congress appropriation for actual salaries. Town and Home Health Director slots are among the sought-after outcomes, with two-year funding anticipated.
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Bennington
Stella B. Hackel
Vermont State Employment Security Department
Hack
Ball Park
Gage St
Montpelier
Hackel
Vermont
Davis
State Personnel Office
State Employment Security Department
Congress
Edward KK
Lamb
Home Health Center
State
Soldier shot in Londonderry observation post
A British soldier was seriously wounded by a single rifle shot while on duty at a post on Foyle Road near Bogside in Londonderry. He was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital and listed as seriously ill. The province has seen 22 soldier deaths and 126 injuries this year.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Londonderry
Bogside
Foyle Road
Altnagelvin
Federal agents seize 40 million dollars in heroin in Jaguar
Federal agents arrested five people after a predawn seizure of 200 pounds of high grade heroin hidden in a Jaguar sedan imported four days earlier. The car stalled near Madison Square Garden and was surrounded by 40 agents. Two French nationals from Paris, plus four others with U.S. addresses, were detained in Manhattan and nearby New Jersey as investigators charged them with conspiracy, drug smuggling and narcotics possession.
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New York
UPI
Paris
Manhattan
le Havre
France
John E. Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Jaguar
Luis Gomez Ortega
Madison Square Garden
Regional Narcotics Bureau
Jerry H. Jenson
Jean P. A. Hagen
Marseilles
George Warren-Perez
United States
Cuba
Gomez
Warren- Perez
North Bergen
N.J
Etienne Charles Gunther
Raymonde
Inside Vermont weather and Uncle antics page four
Gerald Raftery imagines Vermont weather as an unpredictable uncle on a drinking spree in a light column. Russell Baker weighs peace pills for world leaders and ponders if they would actually take them. The CIA infiltration claim appears in a Boston paper on page five. Bennington County forest receipts grant towns a bonus on page six. Shaftsbury Historical Society recalls memories at Sunday meeting on page six. North Pole changes pace beyond frozen expectations on page nine. Bennington Pee Wee football team described as a machine on page eleven. MACC golf clinic yields universal wins on page eleven.
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Gerald Raftery
Vermont
Russell Baker
CIA
Boston
Bennington County
Shaftsbury
Historical Society
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Joshua Roth
National Lawyers Guild of New York
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Ray Goodrich
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Maine
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