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Bennington Architectural collage aimer Weekly founded 1841 Daily 1903 Saturday. March 10, .1973 15 Cents Vermont, Bennington, China, at Nixon's request, will free last 3 American prisoners wis csus rsSed mat theTsthrT remaining At the same time, he said, the basis of good behavior, and Nixon to "tcrcede with the in China the "PHG has informed the Kissinger said he was told that Clunesc in behalf of Downey's wS be set free next. week one President and the United States Downey's behavior had been mother. Kissinger had a ot mem at tte onalrequflst lhat they will release Lt. Gridr.

"ernnplary." leagttiy telephone conversation nf PrftiMNiHnto Prime Flynn and Mai. Smith on The three are the last with Downey's brother, Wil mmJI rh, Fn lJi Maxell it American prisoners held by the liam. on Thursday. Sectoy Ronald "President Nixon wants to Chinese. The greatest, known At that time, the White House 7lSS sd Chou agreed express his personal apprecia number held captive at one It could not coinment on commute U.D sentencT of CIA tion to the government of the time was 11.

what steps would be taken to John" Downey and People's Republic of China for Ziegler the White House seek Downey's release. But allow hun to leavB CMna his action," Ziegler said. learned Wednesday of the was learned that K.ssinger at Monday after Nixon senVwo Prcsiden lal adviser Henry A. illness ot Downey's mother. Neon's request, relayed the mlt Downey's mothir was banger discussed Downey's Mary, and Nixon asked that beta of the case to Chinese in Hartfnrri t'orVn ease wth Chou when he was in this be communicated to Chou.

officials. CM tnetme Hme ZUgTer Peking la sT month. Kissinger The White House would not say. Shortly after the WhUe House announced ttot two American later told a news conference the but ihe word presumably was ccmc.it the President Navy U.M. Robert Chines had agreed to review passed to Chinese representa calcd Wiliam Downey in Fimn an Air Force Mai Downey's sentence in the last lives in Paris.

Hertford ana naa a long ISAAta'Si haHouk Gov. Thomas Meskil! of Ziegler said. Thursday. They were capiurea in 1967 and 1965 respectively tlmu vln.vpjL nvpr Chinrse Gray, says Jack Anderson, i in ttotinn ramhine the cultures of France, England and I he Htomeemrm rciuiu iw a fn(r expression of High Victorian exuberant No ihe fW rMWramw. the depot victvcti as fcofh an art form and cultural phenomenon by Banner staffer Charles BanenU today on page 5.

territory during raids on North Vietnam. Downey, 2, has been imprisoned by the Chinese since 1952. His mother is hospitalized wilh a stroke at New Britain, was 'political hatchetman WASHINGTON (UPy me near her Hartford nome. fre hv k.TLi.., i. Pirink Ehrlichman said he told the the Navy in 1060 and joined Government confident, Indians Chinese, authorities Monday at Gray Til was a agents that Hunt and Uddy had Nixon'spresidential campaign Downey UX 5 test possible abuse Aw.sR.crLdPecte.uJ ft? plum If he Is had sin, left the area my jjjdta.

to tarn object are skeptical at Wounded Knee add anything at this point" teried 'tVffl years in prison and erecV0r. took place shortly after the Anderson said "And I can PINE RIDGE, S.u. unj uie agreement lu't Vm m.n while "we are trylns to push released last Dec. 12 alter nomination to succeed Watergate creaK m. Bu.uil Juu, Justice Department officials said impasse, and.

was a. "major step U.S marshals and I IB1 men Me ar wp ay emftrmHl as director here Friday an. "agreement in prin forward." They said "certain faced each. clf.er acrD agrasw, JJ1 long it would sentence. under fire from Joseph L.

Raiih committee that the FBI has will be a parade pohtieal ciple" had been reached with critical problems" remamed, grubby no man dhe AM Beltlement. Chou acted on a personal Jr.r vice chairmar, of the been, in varying degrees a hacks a moun lair, of militanf Indians holding however. leaders argued fli at too och fa id ft ppeal from the President after Americans for Demo political agency ever since Mr left by political hatchet Wounded Knee, but the Indians' AIM leaders Ruase 1 Means credence was bem pi toed in Bse craUc Aoiand Hep. Edward Gray, took command men. leaders said they were and Dennis Banka saio they were Justice Department an reas had suffered a stroke Koch, N.Y,, who expressed as acting director.

He said Rai ed Gray to withdraw apart from' any settlement." "a world away from an cement iawyers free and was critically 11! in concern about secret FBI files Gray had "proved himself to be his nomination uAii.ilnnt whp rnrted agreement with the Interior "Vte are mi.es apa. from any Pnnn. Ziealer said. nf rfinnrflss. continuing on when and how 250 Department." kir.d of settlement ui tems ii 1 negotiated, they Downey has been a prisoner Ar.d Sen John V.

Tu. ir.ey, leaving ar. to SOfl members of the American "So far there has been no our position or wure6 procedures for since 1953, when he was after Lispecting FBI Indian Movement (AIM would nicaniuBiui 'j! nfc reduction of federal marshals' captured during a secrei scores made uvanaDie id ie Rnnlti Mid reaucoon 01 leuerai uiaiaikus tajjiui leave the embattled settlement or. uiey Wiwlor Deoart Posls tne "Hage and intelligence miss leave the embatueu sciuemcm ui, vtV rvna posls around the village arid intelligence miBBiou of "Th (the to. Depi ui: w.ie jtojciary i ohuiu they seized 10 days ago and ngh issue ey rf ments, he was determined hrlher thev would be subject to (the residents of the Pine Ridge ment pHic.als.

have retii to governmeI1t uf the than ever to force presidential immediate arrest. Reservation) have yet to be dca.t came out here; iney oor.i qeai miutanls would then People's Republic of China has caur.M) john W. Dean III to i it. wilh." with the problems el tne Ujfau uinttwrnsn itrmA ttia PrpiHimt it has his tkIr ir. the See WOUNDED informed the President it has testify on his role in into Page 2, Col.

4 Ilne Ridge and Washington said the Watergate atiair, House advances $146.7 Judge grants venue AJM is increasing ii aurni until Interior camcs back with an answer. We are our demands because they (government forces), wounded two of our troopcrs last night. "Tr uo.rv fimi thfiv wound one of Dean 82 KBI inve stigative reports on the break in and ot Democratic r.atioruil million omnibus bill last Jur.e io Sf h'im with his own internal White headquarters lorney airicn ieaiiy a our people, we are going to in i aiding in tne concealment i.i sludy Lhe incident. vedbvthe move to the cr.n crease eJi' demands." The upcoming trial of murder stolen properly. He has pleaded thal UEan Sversial ogra" John Hushen, Justice Depart suspcct Brian O'Keefe, of not guilty to all charges.

O'Keefe a HfM mmWed at nil amentoent inUcfuced meat spokesman who made the clester, one of two men was arrested hy ponce ecny in the affair, and that The amendmtni, inuoaucea h(lrB lw remDte hunting camp several ihut hy Rep. Timothy miles from the scene of the "7" "Jl ar nSnnnr0'TfdGd his o(i and that for an ir.defi.iite bona Thonipson, will not be held shooting at Whipple's Pharmacy Fu; fUe3 Nix0n, whc said lust lL.S!., PoriS 7oZy: nenod newsmen would no oe Ronninntun Countv. Aiust Dean's uio.ury newsmen would not be hi Manchester, The other suspect, Edward Write House ihe omer su5pec e.uwu abscved all Write tioue oernuled to enter. Simnrior tiurt Judee mest iany anomer diuw, wio sic newsmen was i.r in rlt Frirtav af Rattick. was critically wounded then emnloved ci urmilrl twnin a haH nrppedent.

Wrvr aJiH guested by a National CouncU that it would be "the at Whipple's hy police, and has gg, hss warned he will of Churches group which iter part of discretion" if the been hospitalized ever since the Dean from testifying. O'Connor said that Windham County Slate's Attorney Jerome Diamond last year hilled Sftfi rases with the that Af.rnlv rnS J'Ve handled 0,300 cases with rhi near nruuoua In iinnther mcirlenl. In cnncai conumuii in Hmicr, which government and nmtey in Addison the uitenslve care unit first at dvUer Jonn n. Ehrlichman necotiatinii. Slt Putnam Memorial Hospital, and retortcrs Friday that he MONTPELIER (OPI) The Vermont House Friday gave preliminary approval to Ihe JH6.7 million omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 1974.

The record high budget was advanced for final action next week after two amendments by Rep. Ernest "Stub" Earle, EUen, to make across the board budget cuts were killed by decisive roll call votes. Stressing responsible budget cuts, lawmakers killed Earle's proposal to reduce by 10 per cent appropriations to the Administrative Agency, Human Services Agency and The Agency of Environmental Conservation on a 125 21 roll call. Earle's second "modified" proposal would have cut appropriations to all general fund programs by three per cent. Hiat amendment was killed 10043.

The'llouse did shove around part of the budget, denying Chittenden County Slate's Al help of one deputy state's Tne Rev. Wesley Hunter, judoe Gibson made his ruling then at Mary Fletcher Hospital in fie6 Dcim to his Hjron, S.D., one of the NCC on the change of venue (change Burlington, llatUeks condljor. questicI)irIR hy FBI agents rcprcwr.ta sitliug in on the location) moaon submitted has improved to fair. abo.jt tfowara Hunt and C. talks, said allowing more week hy o'Kecfe's court He been indicted by a I.iddy, former attorney.

O'Connor said that Leahy only handled 100 more cases than' Diamond last year with the aid of two deputies. rcporier.s 10 einei wlj 10n0lnted defense attorney, grana jury on a nisi uetiet write nousc vin.uyes n.n iinot ,11 rniiri1irnharye. and on brcakirit nV.irlert juiltv or were cenviet miiiiiir. mil iiiiiiiiiini Showers possible tn H.lrlition to the first de'ttree entering in the nighttime. He ed the Watergate trial.

ctoge whlch rii has not been formally arraigned. "i just fell mare rorrJcrta nteSSor Friday's decision to move the ble" having Dear. prenl, rrlTffK ihas trial to Addison County was only Ehrlichman said, ad ling lhat llSSlS rdlJ he considered it a Gibson issued on other motions right" to a breaking and entering in the See O'KEEFE lawyer sitting on FBI nighttime and three counUj of interview. I Bsrt Increasing cloudiness tCKiay svith. high in the 40s.

Mostly cloudy tonight and Sundiij wilh a chance oi light showers. Low tonight in the 30s. High Sunday in the 50s. Says PSB Commissioner Buggies 11 hnuld he turned off at vhone rate hike hearings oi comoanv. ing that what they have to say each of the board's hearings on the telephone company's rate Porky 's eye view the road" to allow cwisx ners ir.

other parts of the state the opportunity to express their opinions on cases that rhrccUy affect A night hearing about 10 days ago in Burlington on the telephone case pushed Ruggles to the pcint lhat he says he will not appear at any further hearings on the matter, unless they are conducted according to his ground rules. His rules call for no more testimony from Sanders and company. Ruggles maintains that night hearings are advantageous from the standpoint they allow those See PSB Page 8, Col. i Ruggles says he's willing to schedule 'hearings for "concern ed with legitimate testimony. He ha3 proposed that the counsel representing the public In Ihe major rate cases be authorized to pay for tme off to allow individuals to get away from their work during the day and to testify at hearings In Montpelier.

"But," he said In an interview, "to go down and listen to Bernard Sanders take off on the companies isn't helpful." Sanders was the Liberty Union's candidate for governor last year and has run for the U.S. Senate on the third party ticket. He has appeared at By CHARLES BUTLER Jr. MONTPELIER (DPI) Public Service Board Comrnis sioner Daniel Ruggles III, a Montpelier broadcasting eiecu tive and Repithlicaii former state senator, has had it wilh consumer advocates and says they should be turned off. A former candidate Men tenant governor, who.

was named to the regulatory board by Republican former Gov. Deane C. Davis, Ruggies has blasted the Liberty Union party and Its leadership for offering little, if any, substantive evidence at several hearings on New England Telephone rate Increase case. They have fired back, agree is oiten repeuuous. "Over and over again the people of Vermont are saying, they can't afford this outrage ous Increase, that they don't want this increase, and that they are not going to tolerate this said Martha Abbott and Bernard Sanders.

The telephone company has asked for a 33 per cent Increase in residential rales and a 15 per cent hike in long distance in state charges. Public hearings In Bennington, Brattleboro, Burlington and Rutland have drawn hundreds of telephone users, who have voiced strong opposition to the proposed rates and sharp erltl case, and this weeir was suui. off" by Chairman William Gilbert. Gilbert said he had to agree with Ruggles that, the Board has heard "Bernle once too of "Trere's no need for these hearings to allow people like him (Sanders) to posture about," Ruggles said. The PSB began the practice of holding hearings on rate cases and Dlher utility matters outside Montpelier a few years ago wider former hoard chairman, District Court Judge Ernest Gibson HI.

Gibson took the board "on Perched securely atop a willowy sapling, young porcupine calmly munched sweet bark amitl squeals of surprise coming from skiers only few feet away on a lift line at Snow Valley Ski area hi For some interesting comments on this, and oilier wild animals, sec Page for Banner columnist John Randolph's review of naturalUt Ronald Rood's newest book, "Who Wakes the.