Revenue sharing would return power to the people
AMHERST Mass UPI The revenue sharing program proposed by President Nixon would return the power of government to the people at a level where people have greater opportunity to influence spending HUD Secretary George Romney said at a news conference with Gov Francis W Sargent and Rep Silvio O Conte The leaders spoke at the Town Meeting on Intergovernment Reform at the University of Massachusetts Romney and Sargent urged decentralizing decision making and giving citizens more influence over spending Reducing military spending could free funds for local needs Romney warned against federal welfare takeover and urged broader revenue sharing Sargent said Washington monopolizes personal income tax revenues leaving states to pick up the scraps after 15 billion in income taxes are paid yearly The two officials argued unrestricted federal revenues would balance state and local needs with rapid federal growth and slow lower level decline
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Mass
UPI
Nixon
Housing and Urban Development
George Romney
HUD
Francis W. Sargent
Silvio 0. Conte
R-Mass
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Sargent
New England Council
University of Massachusetts
Michigan
Washington
Massachusetts
Ex-GI uses guerrilla tactics to elude capture in Bard College case
Ex Marine Darrell Neese, 26, hid in woods for a week after allegedly assaulting a Bard College student. Police say he walked along rails and streams wearing camouflaged clothes, was found at St Joseph's Novitiate retreat house, and faced first degree rape charges with bail set at 25,000. Officers, bloodhounds, and a helicopter combed Dutcher County. a bayonet and an M-1 carbine were found.
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Tarrytown
N.Y
UPI
Darrell Neese
Tivoli
Dutchess County
Neese
Vietnam
Bard College
Poughkeepsie
Red Hook
Albert Trezza
Hugh Downs quits NBC Today show to be replaced by Frank McGee
NBC television veteran Hugh Downs will leave the Today show in October after nine years as host. Frank McGee will succeed him, with Downs citing a desire to pursue writing lecturing teaching and private consulting. Downs plans documentary specials and a Visiting Fellow stint at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara.
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Hollywood
UPI
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NBC TV
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NBC
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Calif
Akron
Ohio
NBC Central Division
Chicago
Jack Paar
Paar
Cody Goodman
Genevieve
Jose Melis
Alexander King
Haar
Ed McMahon
Johnny Carson
Windham towns threaten suit against Miller formula
Windham County towns Halifax Newfane Wardsboro Dover and Dummerston plan legal action against Vermont's Miller formula for state education aid. Attorney A Luke Crispe argues the old formula overemphasized grand lists and vows to pursue the case to Vermont courts and potentially the U S Supreme Court if necessary.
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UPI
Windham
Crispe
Vermont
U.S. Supreme Court
Ex-GIs testify officer cut off prisoner's finger
Four former soldiers testified at a court martial that a U S Army officer cut off a Vietnamese prisoner's finger during interrogation after the My Lai incident. Only one witness identified Capt Eu gene M Kotouc as the officer involved. others saw an American officer maim a prisoner but could not name him.
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My Lai
Kotouc
Humbolt
Neb
Vietnam
Frederic Widmer
New Kensington
Ernest Medina
Charlie Company
Medina
Widmer
David Hein
Jamesville
Wis
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North Cape May
N.J
James H. Flynn
Rochester
Minn
Fire hits Vermont block apartment of Bennington legislator
Fire damaged a downtown block on April 18 with an apartment on the third floor rented by Representative Robert Kearns of Bennington. The blaze caused about 250000 in damage and left Kearns and another man hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The exact cause remains undetermined.
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Montpelier
UPI
Bennington
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Robert Kearns
D-32
Middlebury
Steven Mullis
Burlington
Mullis
Addison County
Leopold Charette
Charlotte
Robert Reuschel
Davis
Rehoe
Niskayuna Boy Dies After Sandlot Baseball Collapse
A 14 year old Niskayuna boy John Maguire died of natural causes from a congenital heart ailment after fainting at a sandlot baseball game. He was pronounced dead at Ellis Hospital Schenectady. He was a freshman at Niskayuna High, played football and wrestling.
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Niskayuna
Schenectady
Robert Sullivan
John Maguire
Cornelius Ave
Ellis Hospital
Niskayuna High School
Glass-recycling plan begins in Berkshire County
Massachusetts Soft Drink Association launches a pilot glass recycling program statewide May 1. Seven-Up Bottling Co. at 400 Wahconah St. serves as Berkshire receiving station. Glass accepted Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. must be clean, free of caps and rings, and color sorted. The program is billed as the first nationwide effort by independent soft drink bottlers. Adams park plan revised. Redevelopment Authority presents revised Pleasant Park urban renewal plan with 47 acres and total cost $3.7 million. Town share $800,000, up 45 cents per thousand on the tax rate.
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Massachusetts Soft Drink Association
Wahconah St
Berkshire County
Adams Park
Adams
Redevelopment Authority
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