Guardsman dies in rescue on Smart's Mountain plane crash
A National Guardsman, Frederick B. Bartlett, 29, of Manchester NH, was killed when he fell from a ladder lowered from a helicopter while helping rescue two survivors of a plane crash on Smart's Mountain. One survivor was a former publisher Jeanne Bennett, 47, of Claremont, an expert pilot and ex-assistant publisher, who also died in the crash. Two others were injured. survivors were found about 16 miles north of Lebanon airport at 3000 feet. Col. Russell Tilton and CAP member David Morehead were injured but released from hospital. The crash occurred in fog and rain near the site of a 1968 Northeast Airlines crash.
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Lebanon
N.H
UPI
Frederick B. Bartlett
Manchester
Jeanne Bennett
Claremont Daily Eagle
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Hanover
Hans Klunder
Norwich
Robert Stewart
Portland
Maine
Col
Russell Tilton
Concord
David Morehead
Wentworth
Civil Air Patrol
Northeast Airlines
Blast damages U S Consulate in Belfast
Sniping and bombing attacks in Belfast wounded two British soldiers and two policemen and damaged several buildings including the U S Consulate. An army spokesman said the bomb was thrown by four men in a car.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
U.S
Queen Street
Army
Falls Road
Markets
New England July non agricultural jobs fall amid vacation shutdowns
UPI reports July non agricultural employment in New England declined by 43,100 from June to 4,475,800. Wendell D. Macdonald of the Bureau of Labor Statistics cited factory shutdowns as the main cause, with manufacturing down 39,300 to over 1.3 million, while construction rose 4,300 to 219,300 and service employment up 12,000 to 876,400.
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Boston
UPI
New England
U.S. Labor Department
Wendell D. Macdonald
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Macdonald
Welfare board overturns one case grants personal services aid
Vermont Social Welfare Board upheld four welfare decisions while overturning a fifth granting a disabled recipient a personal services allowance due to arthritis. The board rejected a special diet claim for the same woman, citing lack of substantiation. Springfield teachers drop NEA visit probe amid district changes. Rutland GE to lay off fifty hourly workers due to reduced orders for DC 10 parts. ten may transfer to Ludlow. Thieves steal an $800 to $900 gold tabernacle from St Francis Church in West Pawlet. Vermont unemployment dips to 3.5 percent. Senate panel to hear a unit pricing bill for stores.
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Rutland
UPI
General Electric Co
J. Walter Herlihy
Herlihy
Ludlow
West Pawlet
St. Francis Church
Bomb threats evacuate three New York buildings
Three threats by phone and one warning by a caller led to evacuation and searches at the State Capitol the State Health Building and the Twin Towers in Albany. No bombs were found. A separate incident saw Willard man Paul M. Fitzsimmons pour gasoline on himself and set fire during a protest over Sampson School closure. He suffered second and third degree burns and was hospitalized.
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Albany
State Capitol
State Health
Twin Towers
Capitol
Capitol Police
Willard
Senecca
Paul M. Fitzsimmons
Burdett
Sampson School
Fitzsimmons
Lenox motels sold to Lanesboro couple for 270000
Two 16 unit motels on Route 7 in Lenox, the Wagon Wheel and Holiday Deluxe, were sold to Charles E. and Jacqueline P. Geoffrion of Lanesboro for 270000. Former owners were Russell E. and Rosaline P. Bolduc. The deal also included 8.42 acres on East New Lenox Road, Pittsfield, with plans for a Chapel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in coming years. The Pittsfield Chapter 90 road hearing drew 32 communities as officials sought about 1500000 for 1972 projects, roughly 400000 more than this year.
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Lanesboro
Lenox
Route 7
Wagon Wheel
Charles E
Jacqueline P. Geoffrion
Russell E
Rosaline P. Bolduc
Pittsfield
State Department of Public Works
Public Works
Fluoridation Delay Tied to North Adams Referendum
In North Adams fluoridation will be postponed until after the November 2 ballot as the North Adams Taxpayers Association pushes a referendum. Attorney John B. DeRosa, board of health chair, said fluoride introduction awaits election results. In Pittsfield, Richard G. Miller, 28, of West Worthington, undergoes facial fracture surgery today after a horse kick during ponies’ exercise on Sunday.
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North Adams
John B. DeRosa
Board of Health
Pittsfield
Richard G. Miller
West Worthington
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America
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Isior
London
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National Education Association
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New York
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