Non-Lib Gals Drive Propane Car In Clean Air Race
The all female team of drivers in the Clean Air car race includes Cheryl Williams and Lydia Summers, both students from Indiana and Purdue, entering to address pollution. They drive a modified 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass on a route from Boston to Los Angeles as 42 cars compete to meet federal 1975 exhaust standards. Wayne State University faced a tire setback near Watervillet, Michigan during the cross-country trek.
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Cheryl Williams
Bedford
Ind
University of Evansville
Lydia Summers
Purdue University
Miss Williams
Champaign
Ill
Ben Brunner
Brunner
Boston
Los Angeles
Wayne State University
Detroit
Watervillet
Mich
Michigan-Indiana
Oil Trade Paper Disputes Aiken on Import Proposals
UPI report outlines Oil and Gas Journal critique of Senator Aiken efforts to adjust New England oil pricing. Journal argues current in line with national costs, warns against regional preference seeking lower prices. Also notes Lyndon Johnson birthday observed quietly at LBJ Ranch with immediate family.
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Tulsa
Oklo
UPI
George Aiken
R-Vt
New England
Oil and Gas Journal
Aiken
Trade Magazine
U.S
Sen. Aiken
Stonewall, Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lbj Ranch
Johnson
Lady Bird
New England Council seeks more light oil imports
Boston based New England Council asks the federal government to authorize importing 100,000 barrels a day of light heating oil. Executive VP A Thomas Easley says about a third of the region’s 1968 residual fuel use was for heating and current No 2 fuel allocations hinder distillate conversion. He frames the move as addressing an immediate regional emergency.
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Boston
API
New England Council
A. Thomas Easley
Paul McCracken
Council of Economic Advisors
Easley
New England
Boston Wo men's Liberation Day marches with clever signs
Nearly 5,000 women from Boston's State House to Government Center rally for ERA and rights. NOW leaders push ratification and end sex discrimination while demonstrators parody ads, wear gowns, and stage a paper chain to a giant typewriter. A few male counterprotests and mixed reactions marked the day.
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Boston
API
State House
Government Center
Jane Pollock
Eastern Massachusetts
The
Natinal Organization of Women
Freedom Spray
Atlas
NOW
Palmer’s
Palmer House
Locke Ober’s
Gail Lazenby
Francis W. Sargent
Officials Probe Mass Escape From Burlington Center
Two investigations underway into a mass escape at Burlington Regional Correctional Center. Six inmates escaped after a fight and overpowering a guard. one, Robert Reuschel, 18, faces first degree murder charges in a recent Burlington bookkeeper killing.
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Burlington
UPI
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Lawrence Bershad
Leahy
Robert Reuschel
Charlotte
Vermont and New York Governors to Discuss Lake Champlain Sludge
Gov Davis plans a meeting with Gov Rockefeller to address sludge deposits at Lake Champlain. arrangements and location undecided, Davis preferring Ticonderoga NY for the session. Edward Hinman may attend, while New York’s plans were labeled disappointing. Also, Vermont reports WIN program statewide savings of 171000 over two years, aiding welfare recipients through job training and education.
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New York
Davis
Edward Hinman
Paper Company
Montpelier
UPI
WIN
Vermont
Stella Hackel
Vermont candidates to debate on TV before primary
Vermont state Sen. Leo O'Brien and former Lt. Gov. John Daley agreed to tape a 3 minute program for Vermont Educational Television to air Sept. 7 the night before the primary. The idea originated with O'Brien who sought a televised debate after Daley challenged a meeting. The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation will provide nearly 1.5 million dollars for land and water conservation projects in Vermont for the current fiscal year, funding projects previously delayed by a lack of funds.
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Burlington
UPI
Leo O’brien
John Daley
Vermont Educational Television
O’brien
Daley
Washington, D.C
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Vermont
Land and Water Conservation Fund
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Vermont man dies in Route 5 crash in Bernardston
William D. Williams, 27, of Jacksonville Vermont, died at a Greenfield hospital from injuries after his car veered off Route 5 struck a guard rail and a tree. Police said a tire apparently blew out as he was rounding a curve.
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Bernardston
UPI
William D. Williams
Jacksonville
Greenfield Hospital
Women’s Liberation Day sighted at Battenhill Club
Mrs. Stephen Guter of Waterford carries her husband’s golf bag on Women’s Liberation Day at Battenhill Country Club in New York as her husband plays 18 holes nightly through summer and fall. She objects to the movement, citing personal hardship from her wartime past as a Russian-born survivor of Nazi slave labor. She came to the U.S. in 1946 after marrying an American. She does not play golf herself. Albany report notes Penn Central’s real estate deals. a committee chair criticizes the railroad’s management amid large asset moves.
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Middle Falls
Stephen Guter
Waterford
Battenhill Country Club
Guter
Germany
United States
Lefkowitz to Hold Public Hearings on Appliance Warranties
Albany State Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz said he will conduct public hearings to determine needed action over consumer complaints about home appliance warranties. He noted possible legal proceedings or legislation if complaints prove valid while seeking re election on the GOP ticket.
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Albany
Louis Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
Miller announces resignation of Hancock Shaker Village curator
Berkshire report says Dr. Eugene M. Dodd resigns after staff service since October 1965. He will join the village advisory board while preparing a Shaker design book for Clarkson N. Potter. Mrs. Lawrence K. Miller, president of Shaker Community Inc., disclosed the decision.
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Pittsfield
Lawrence K. Miller
Shaker Community Inc
Hancock Shaker Village
Eugene M. Dodd
Clarkson N. Potter
New York City
Dodd
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Ontgomery Ward
Monument Plaza
David Allen
Hale Mt. Fish and Game Club
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Vt. Federation
Vt. State Federation of Sportsmen
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Rocky
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Westchester
Penn Central Company
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