Springfield seeks obscenity ruling on Oh Calcutta in Symphony Hall
City officials file suit in Hampden County Superior Court to label the nude musical Oh Calcutta obscene and ban a scheduled Oct. 8 performance at Symphony Hall. Duke Spear, attorney for producers, argues nudity alone is not prohibited and notes changes from the 1970 videotaped version drawn 350 people in a raid.
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Mass
UPI
Oh, Calcutta
Symphony Hall
Hampden County
William Fitzgerald
Hartford, Conn
Duke Spear
Spear
Williams names new faculty at Williams College
Williams College president John W. Chandler announced nine new faculty and staff appointments including Elizabeth and David Dodson Gray as part-time visiting lecturers in environmental studies. Also named are Brenda M. Brock as assistant director of admissions and G. Timothy Cunard as lecturer in art. Other hires cover physics astronomy, music, sociology, theatre design, and physical education with diverse academic backgrounds and prior duties at several universities.
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Williams College
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Smith College
Yale
Brenda M. Brock
Williams
New York City
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Richmond
Ind
Earlham
Timothy Cunard
Ohion University
Ohio State University
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Ronald W. Goebel
State University of New York At Albany
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S.U.N.Y
Albany
Goebel
Midwest
Charles M. Payne Jr
Syracuse University
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Northwestern
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Baton Rouge
Joel C. Stoehr
Adams Memorial
Vanderbilt
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Alabama Shakespeare Festival
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Judith Zimicki
Dartmouth
Lebanon High School
Lebanon
N.H
Pleasant Valley Grange Plans Regular Meeting Friday
Local notes report Pleasant Valley Grange will hold a regular meeting Friday August 19 at 830 p.m. at its hall. Phoebe Ziehm and Eleanor return from Baltimore Maryland visits with Mrs Ziehm’s relatives. Also listed are visits and callers from Coila Shushan Cambridge and West Hoosick plus Vancouver visitors and West Keansburg guests at local homes.
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Eleanor
Ziehm
Milton Linne
Baltimore, Md
Gertrude Aiken
Ida Fossa
Coila
Harmin McNitt
Shushan
Marjorie Gifford
Nels Jacobson
Cambridge
Marion
Irving Dick
West Hoosick
Wages suit targets Vermont KFC outlets in Burlington and Rutland
The Labor Department sues three Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets in Vermont for paying employees below minimum wage and denying overtime. Two Burlington stores and one Rutland store, all run by John Hanzas of Burlington, face charges of improper records and overtime violations. A KFC lawyer seeks dismissal.
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UPI
Col. Sanders
Labor Department
U.S. District Court
Vermont
Rutland
John Hanzas
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Burglary at Bethel Town Clerk Office Nets Food Stamps
State police report a weekend break in at Bethel town clerk’s office netting about 13 000 in food stamps and 300 in cash. Entry was via rear door with cabinets and safe forced open. It marks the third such robbery this month, with similar thefts in Pittsford and Proctor.
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Bethel
UPI
Pittsford
Proctor
Rensselaer police shooting may trigger grand jury action
In Rensselaer County three patrolmen are under review after an incident on the Dunn Memorial Bridge left 23 year old Lawrence Ward wounded. Ward, shot in the right arm and groin, was in fair condition at Albany Medical Center.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Dunn Memorial Bridge
Ira Mendleson
Mendleson
Lawrence Ward
Albany
Ward
Albany Medical Center
Water Pollution Suit Traced to Berkshire Town
U S district attorney filed a civil suit against Stockbridge Berkshire seeking fines up to $10000 daily for alleged Water Pollution Control Act violations from May 1975 to September 1976. Settlement with state avoided payment of a $960 fine for 11 months of missing effluent tests, but federal claim remains.
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Stockbridge
U.S
James Murphy
Whitman and Howard
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