Massachusetts adopts first no fault auto insurance in nation
Gov. Francis W. Sargent signed a no fault auto insurance bill making Massachusetts the first state to adopt the system. He challenged four major insurers threatening to leave, ordered emergency powers to protect a 15 percent rate cut, and prepared a state backed plan if needed.
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Boston
UPI
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Sargent
Insurance Commissioner
Travelers Indemnity Co
Aetna Casualty and Surety Insurance Co
Lumberman’s Mutual Casualty Insurance Co
Employes Commercial
C. Eugene Farnam
Puerto Rico
Soviet Union
America
Boy Survives Ordeal on Mount Passaconaway
Twelve year old Daniel Crowley survived a week on Mt Passaconaway eating berries drinking water and praying nightly He was found near the summit a mile from his last sighting Aug 6 He was hospitalized in good condition at Memorial Hospital His mother Denise Crowley of Boston kept bedside vigil and officials praised the rescue effort by up to 200 volunteers guardsmen and Fish and Game workers
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North Conway
N.H
UPI
Daniel Crowley
Mt. Passaconaway
Camp Hale
Squam Lake
Memorial Hospital
Ellyn Jones
Young Crowley
George Hamilton
Walter Peterson
White Mountain Forest Service
National Guardsmen
Fish and Game Department
Kidnapping Suspected In Missing Maine Girl Case
Officials fear 13 year old Mary Olenchuk has been abducted in Ogunquit Maine as Green Berets in helicopters search the southern Maine coast. FBI agents stand by while ground and air units widen the search area and officials confirm no solid leads or sightings.
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Maine
Ogunquit
UPI
Green Berets
Mary C. Olenchuk
Miss Olenchuk
Joliet
Ill
Peter Olenchuk
Fort Devens Mass
FBI
Vermont drinking water shows lead in 13 supplies
A federal Public Health Service report due Monday will reveal lead levels above limits in 13 Vermont drinking water supplies. Harold Sargent of the Vermont Health Department confirmed the findings from a nationwide survey of nearly 1,000 communities. The report notes detectable lead but officials say it is not yet clear if the situation is very dangerous and calls for identifying sources and seeking safer supplies.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Harold Sargent
Vermont Health Department
Public Health Service
Sargent
Robert Aiken
Boston
Democratic candidate accuses Thomas of sign law bias
John Edmands of Springfield, a Democrat for secretary of state, says incumbent Richard Thomas discriminates against small businesses by enforcing the 1968 anti billboard law in the test area of Windham and Windsor counties. He notes 99 of 170 signs removed and some remaining signs unlicensed, leaving small businessmen bewildered.
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Springfield
UPI
Richard Thomas
John Edmands
Thomas
Windham
Windsor
Edmands
Edmonds
Body of Clinton Lackey Found in Lake Champlain
Randolph Center UPI reports by state police divers recovered the body of Clinton J. Lackey 19 from Lake Champlain after he was missing following a discovery of his clothes piled on shore.
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Randolph Center
UPI
Clinton J. Lackey
Randolph
Lake Champlain
Federal Farm Credit Office to Open in Montpelier
Senator George D Aiken said the Agriculture Department will open a new Federal Farm Credit Office in Montpelier to serve New England states except Maine. The move was announced Thursday and aims to streamline credit services for farmers across the region.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Federal Farm Credit
Montpelier
New England
Maine
George D. Aiken
Knowles Differ with Stafford on Cambodia and HUAC
Adelaide Knowles, a Republican hopeful, says she contrasts with incumbent Robert Stafford on Cambodia involvement and on supporting House Un American Activities Committee limits. She faults Stafford for backing Nixon's Cambodia action and the Cooper Church amendments. She notes Stafford voted to abolish HUAC.
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STOWE
UPS
Adelaide Knowles
U.S
Cambodia
House Un-American Activities Committee
Miss Knowles
Robert Stafford
Nixon
Stafford
Cooper Church
Youths fined and made to clean bus and storefront
Three youths in New York were punished for throwing 24 eggs at a passing bus. The driver two passengers a pedestrian a nearby store and the bus were splattered. The youths were held financially responsible for cleaning bills and sentenced to wash bus No. 142 and scrub the store front.
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Troy
Bus Company
Berkshire developer eyes Main Street blocks in North Adams
Harry S. Patten, president of American Land and Development Corp, plans to buy two of the last three remaining business blocks on Main Street in North Adams. A national vacation home developer, he has previously acquired Alpenwald across from the Dutch Hill ski area in Readsboro and owns land in Stamford and Florida. Negotiations are under way and he intends to renovate the two blocks once purchased.
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North Adams
Harry S. Patten
American Land and Development Corp
Dutch Hill
Readsboro
Alpenwald
Patten
Stamford
Florida
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Delaware
Allied Chemical Corp
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John Vergin
Springfield School Board
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Allied Chemical
Charles Thomas
New Farm Office
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