New England Senators Press Maine Foreign Trade Zone Plan
Senators Muskie Kennedy Pastore and Proxmire push for a Maine foreign trade zone to back a refinery using foreign crude. They argue cheaper fuel would ease high heating oil prices, rebutting Long and others who warn against ending import quotas, while stressing US oil self sufficiency and national security.
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Washington
UPI
New England
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Muskie
Long
U.S
Kennedy
John Pastore
D-R
Proxmire
United States
Foreign Trade Zone Board
Harvard President warns rebels on duress demands
Harvard University President Nathan Marsh Pusey told the Faculty of Arts and Sciences that the eight demands from student protesters cannot be resolved under duress. He outlined ongoing consideration and criticized rush to judgment while a campus strikevolt continued.
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Harvard
Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard University
Nathan Marsh Pusey
Harvard Stadium
Pusey
Diocesan Board Fails To Solve Vermont School Crisis
In Rutland, the Roman Catholic Diocesan School Board failed to reach a solution for parochial education funding. Rt. Rev. Msgr. John Lynch called the Tuesday meeting inconclusive and no recommendations will go to Bishop Robert Joyce. Catholic educators warned that lack of state aid could force at least seven parochial schools to close in June. The board said it may hire lay teachers but lacks funds to match public-school salaries.
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Winooski
UPI
Rutland
Vermont
John Lynch
Robert F. Joyce
Burlington
Lynch
Joyce
Houston
Bishops of
United States
Msgr
Aiken Praises Administration Medicaid Payment Link
Vermont Senator George D. Aiken welcomed the Nixon Administration move to tie Medicaid physician payments to the lowest Blue Shield fees in a region. He said the plan could save about 200 million dollars annually for Medicaid and hopes it could extend to Medicare. Unemployment in Vermont fell to 3.3 percent with 3,675 claims filed the week ending, as declines occurred in Barre Montpelier Burlington Middlebury Newport Rutland Springfield and White River Junction.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Robert Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Appropriations Committee
Finch
Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
Barre-Montpelier
Burlington
Middlebury
Newport
Rutland
Springfield
White River Junction
Brattleboro
St. Johnsbury
Bennington
St. Albans
Attorney General weighs options to recover cost of faulty kitchen wall
In Montpelier the attorney general's office probes compensation of 100000 to 150000 dollars for inferior construction at the Waterbury State Mental Hospital kitchen facility. Atty. Gen. James Jeffords declined comment on details while promising action. Administration Commissioner William French said only the kitchen wall was improperly built and has been shored for worker safety.
Winooski Gets $871000 HUD Grant for Elderly Housing
The U S Department of Housing and Urban Development approves an 871000 grant to the Winooski Housing Authority for 53 low rent units for the elderly. The five story building will open with 18 one bedroom and 35 efficiency units plus a community center lounge and clubrooms for the Winooski Senior Citizens.
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Winooski
UPI
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Winooski Housing Authority
James Worthy
Authority
Vermont Food Stamp Roll Surges 29 Percent
UPI reports USDA figures show a 29 percent rise in Vermont food stamp participants. In March more than $13,000 paid for $175,000 in coupons, with a redemption value of $239,600. Over half of the 7,600 participants are low income families not on welfare.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Vermont
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Vermont spring chess championship at St Michael’s College
The Vermont spring chess championship and Vermont junior chess championship will be held Sunday April 27 and Sunday May 4 at Allot Hall, St Michael’s College. Sponsored by the Vermont Chess Association, it is open to all players with entries to Tom Loren of S Burlington. Six Swiss games with registration before 10 am and play starting 10:30 am. First prizes include trophies cash and free memberships for runners-up. Eligible junior players must be 12 years of age or younger.
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Winooski
Vermont
Allot Hall
St. Michael’s College
Vermont Chess Association
Tom Loren
McIntosh Ave
S. Burlington
NY City workers protest budget cuts in Albany Capitol Park
Several hundred New York City workers demonstrated in Capitol Park against welfare cuts while nearby Local 301 members of the IUE protested the proposed 10 percent surtax extension. DC 37 officials and Hospital Workers union members rode in more than 50 buses, chanting Rocky must go as they met with the governor in a discouraging session.
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Albany
New York City
Capitol Park
Washington Avenue
Albany Internal Revenue Service Office
International Union of Electrical Workers
Schenectady
American Federation of State
Hospital Workers of America
Capitol
Albany Senate passes narcotics penalties bill amid tax-funded treatment rule
The New York Senate approved a tough penalties bill for narcotics pushers by a large margin. Republicans also pushed through a separate measure holding addicts’ relatives financially liable for treatment in the state narcotics program. Democratic Sen Manfred Orhenstein opposed both measures calling the treatment program a fraud and arguing there is no proven harm from marijuana.
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Albany
Senate
Manfred Orhenstein
Manhattan
Orhenstein
Fire destroys most of South Lumber plant in Berlin
An overheated stove in a Berlin machine shop sparked a fire that wrecked most of the South Lumber Co plant in Rensselaer County early Tuesday. Chief Ivan Wager said flames swept the planning, storage, machine shop and finishing departments. Now owned by Herman Spath, the firm had a similar blaze in 1946 under prior ownership. no loss estimate was available.
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Berlin
South Lumber Co
Rensselaer County
Ivan Wager
Herman Spath
Williamstown approves Route 7 bypass plan and hearings set
Berkshire notes show selectmen unanimously back a west bypass for Route 7 with a DPW public hearing scheduled for April 28. In Pittsfield, Richard W. Paul wins an at large City Council seat by 1,176 votes over Peter G. Arlos, who failed to carry any ward amid his library stance. Williamstown may host a two week summer internship for public administration students at no town cost. North Adams reports a 1968 population drop to 18,867 from 19,034 in 1967, per city census figures.
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Williamstown
State Department of Public Works
DPW
Pittsfield
Richard W. Paul
General Electric Co
Ordnance Department
Peter G. Arlos
Arles
State Department, of Community Affairs
North Adams
Viola B. Desnoyers
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Greenberg
Main Street
The
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Peared
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
University Hall
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Loeb Drama Center
Oscar Handlin
Bakers Franchise Corp
Denver
Colorado
House of Representatives
Rite
Atkins
America
And
Guertin Brothers
Guertin Bros. Mfg. Corp
Atkins and Gould
Jewelers
Main ST
Elizabeth and
Kathy Guertin
Winooski Housing
New York
Surtax
Down In
Berkshire
Arlos
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