Youth panel urges legalization of marijuana in Canada
A Canadian Committee on Youth report recommends legalizing cannabis for those 18 and older with government regulated distribution and marketing. It notes cannabis is not physically addictive and says legalization could curb illicit markets if adopted, pending Le Dain Commission input and cabinet decisions.
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Ottawa
UPI
Committee On Youth
Secretary of State’s Department
David Hunter
Pierre Bourbon
Vincent Kelly
le Dain Commission
Committee On
Canada
Clarification on teachers pay raises amid wage freeze issued
The Cost of Living Council issued a 700 word clarification indicating many public school teachers could receive higher pay next term under system wide contracts. If any teacher covered by such a contract worked under it before Aug 15, all others under the contract become eligible for the higher rate at the new term. The ruling also allows teachers under individual contracts who performed work before the freeze to get the higher scale, and those eligible to have earned a salary at the new rate prior to Aug 15. This covers 10 month workers paid in 12 monthly installments.
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Washington
UPI
Cost of Living Council
Council
Albany VA Hospital Names New Director
Albany New York David E Wall a 49 year old Mississippi native was named director of the Albany Veterans Administration Hospital He comes from Iron Mountain Michigan where he led the VA Hospital since March 1970 He succeeds John J Cox now with the Southern California Regional Medical District in Los Angeles Wall is a World War II Navy veteran and a former VA administrator who will reside in the director quarters with his wife two children and four grandchildren.
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Mississippi
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Southern California Regional
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Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Tex
Wayne University
Detroit
LaSalle Extension University
Veterans Administration
VA Hospital
Shreveport
Loag Beach
Miss
Raids Target New England Gambling Rings
Providence Rhode Island UPI reports a sweeping crackdown on illegal gambling with 124 arraigned across five states in one of the east coasts largest such operations. More than 100 locations were visited as authorities seek to choke the money supply to organized crime.
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UPI
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Kent County
Francis Joseph Patriarca
Raymond L. S
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Rhode Island
Israel
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
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Big Vinnie
Teresa
Brother Raymond
Treasury
Buckley opens conjugal visits for Middlesex inmates in home
Middlesex County Sheriff Buckley launches conjugal visits at the 11 room Belmont home on jail grounds for selected inmates and their families for two days each month. The program includes counseling, supervised contact, and meals in a home setting to aid rehabilitation and family rebuilding, with single inmates later added at an inmate’s request. Buckley frames it as a natural step to reduce crime and help inmates reintegrate, noting strong initial feedback from participants.
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UPI
John J. Buckley
Middlesex County
Mississippi
Buckley
Middlesex County House of Correction
Boston
California
Hillside
Belmont
Howard W. Fitzpatrick
Vermont Voters Rally As Commission Opens Drive
In Montpelier the governor's Commission on the Status of Women marks the 51st anniversary of women's suffrage by launching a voter registration drive aimed at young women who first gained the vote under Vermont's 1972 18-year-old act. The effort seeks to register 18 19 and 20-year-olds in every town within a year with support from the League of Women Voters and both parties. Separately the State Public Service Board is poised to approve rate hikes sought by three gas companies Rutland Gas Utility Vermont Gas Co and Gas Company of Vermont with proposed increases of 16 20 and 15 20 percent respectively after a public hearing and a company proposal adjustment.
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League of Women Voters
Health insurance rate hike deferred amid wage freeze
In Concord, Blue Cross Blue Shield rate increases for New Hampshire and Vermont will be reviewed next year after officials ask that hikes be postponed until the national wage price freeze ends. Blue Cross seeks 35 percent, Blue Shield 17 percent, with adjustments to reflect the freeze’s impact once lifted. In Rutland, Raymond Rushford, 45, faces court today on an escape charge from January’s Rutland Regional Correction Center break, extradited from Worcester, with burglary and forgery charges and habitual criminal indictment. co-defendant Gordon Jerome, 48, remains at large.
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UPI
John A. Durkin
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rutland
Raymond Rushford
Rushford
Worcester
Mass
Gordon Jerome
Vermont Colleges Ordered Tuition Hikes Withheld Raises
Vermont four state colleges were ordered to raise tuition under Nixon wage price freeze rules while teacher raises are paused. Vermonters pay now 670 dollars versus 475 previously. non residents 1500 up from 1200. Schools involved are Johnson Lyndon Castleton and Vermont Technical College in Randolph.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont State
State College
Robert Babcock
Nixon
Stolen Suits Valued Over 50000 From Dan A Donahue Store
Colonie police report hundreds of men's suits and clothing valued at more than 50000 were stolen Thursday from Dan A Donahue Clothing Store at Latham Shopping Center. Burglars reportedly hid in a lavatory until after closing time and theft may have occurred around the same time as a serious auto accident at Latham Circle shortly after 3 AM.
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Latham
Dan A. Donahue
Latham Shopping Center
Colonie
Latham Circle
FBI takes gun theft case in Mechanicville yards
FBI assumes full charge of the gun theft from a boxcar in Mechanicville railroad yards. The gap filled by the loss includes 36 M1 rifles from a Boston and Maine shipment en route from Winooski Vermont to Chambersburg Pennsylvania. In Albany seven Retirement System employees shared a $1 million New York Lottery prize, each about $7 000 annually for 20 years.
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Mechanicville
FBI
Boston & Maine
Korea
Winooski
Chambersburg
Albany
New York
Defoliation in Berkshire drops to one-fifth of last year
In Berkshire County the Saddled Prominent caterpillar defoliation this summer covers about 20 000 acres after last year’s 106 000. Albert A Genest says Pittsfield State Forest is the heaviest area. Vermont State Police invest gate fire destroys 11 by 11 foot water intake shed in Pownal. $1 000 loss, rebuild needed. Adams Super Markets drop 20 non compliant price freeze products across Berkshire County stores.
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Berkshire
Berkshire County
Albert A. Genest
State Department of Natural Resources
Pittsfield State Forest
North Adams
Broad Brook
Pownal
Williamstown
Chester Johnson
Vermont
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