Reluctant George C. Scott wins Oscar for Patton
George C. Scott, who had denounced the Oscars as a meat parade, wins best actor for Patton as the film dominates the 43rd Academy Awards with eight wins. Scott plans to donate the statuette to the George S. Patton Jr. Memorial Museum at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
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Minute Men to re enact 1775 Lexington battle Sunday
Eight Minute Men will die and nine wounded for the afternoon in a full flair re enactment on the Battle Green starting at Buckman tavern. British troops meet Minute Men as in 1775 with musket volleys and black powder charges.
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Tenth Regiment of Foot
Chelmsford
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Record nappers caught in interstate record theft ring
Six men were held without bail in an interstate record stealing ring after being arrested at a Clay New York record store. Police seized about 50 pounds of records at the store and another 156 pounds at Hancock Field ready for air shipment to New York City. The suspects used baggy pants and coats to conceal records, with shipments going to LaGuardia or Newark airports. Names include Anthony A. Parisi Joseph Ward Richard Adams William Bailey Ralph J. Bibeau and Joseph Coyle. The six were charged with criminal possession of stolen property and loitering as authorities traced losses over about a month.
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R.I
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Closter, N.J
Joseph Coyle
Ridgewood
N.J
Vermont Water Board faces challenge over 1 per cent fee idea
Denning Miller of Stowe told the Senate Natural Resources Committee that Attorney General James Jeffords warned a 1 per cent net fee may violate the 1970 Water Pollution Control Act while the board pushes a 5 per cent charge based on cleanup costs. Miller called the critique a slap at the board and noted Development Secretary Elbert Moulton pressured municipalities to influence the schedule, amid concerns it could hurt business.
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Town seeks pollution exemptions in Vermont hearings
Vermont Health Board sets public hearing for May 6 in Bellows Falls to consider exemptions from air pollution rules. Requests include a Waterbury tree service and Brattleboro firm plans to tear down and burn an old building and Steamtown USA over its Bellows Falls tourist locomotive. Board also orders Shaftsbury and Shrewsbury to stop illegal landfill burning. AG Jeffords says landfills must accept stumps and brush.
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UPI
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Waterbury Tree Service
Brattleboro
Steamtown
USA
Shaftsbury
Shrewsbury
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Springfield man jailed for Marlboro rest area manslaughter
Robert E. Smith aged 21 from Springfield Massachusetts was sentenced to five years in prison for the November 18 fatal stabbing of Daniel J. Champney 26 of Winchester at a Route 9 rest area in Marlboro Smith had pleaded guilty in District Court last December to manslaughter and will serve time in prison.
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Brattleboro
UPI
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Springfield
Mass
Daniel J. Champney
Winchester
Marlboro
Smith
Welfare cuts hit over a million New Yorkers May 1
UPI reports welfare checks in New York will be cut by 10 percent starting May 1, with Medicaid covering fewer drugs and services. A family of four in the 11-county NYC metro area and upstate counties now faces $208 from $231 monthly, with exemptions for aged blind or disabled recipients.
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Albany
Berkshire industry to pause monthly for a week each April
James Hunter Machine Co of Worcester plans a series of monthly one week shutdowns starting April 26 due to order shortages. Four day weeks were considered but a full week off monthly will allow employees to handle odd jobs. The move follows a slump in demand for textile machinery.
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James Hunter Machine Co
Crompton & Knowles, Inc
Worcester
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