Congress Eyes 5 Percent Social Security Boost Pending House Action
Congress may approve a 5 percent across the board rise for 25 million Social Security recipients with checks arriving in April for January and February benefits. The plan, backed by the House Ways and Means Committee, would raise minimums and averages, funded by Social Security trust fund surplus and possibly higher taxes later.
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Congress
Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Militant Students Threaten Boston U Building Takeover
Boston University faced a threatened takeover of the administration building by SDS students if demands were not met by noon. The demands include lifting an injunction, condemning police action, dropping charges against demonstrators, and barring GE visitors not willing to debate the strike. A hearing on whether the injunction should be permanent is set for Jan. 12.
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UPI
Boston University
General Electric Co
Students For A Democratic Society
The
Suffolk
SDS
Sherman
Arland Christ-Janer
Dodd Links My Lai Massacre to Marijuana Use
Senator Thomas J. Dodd suggested that soldiers involved in the Song My killings may have been influenced by potent Asian marijuana. He cited an expert claiming marijuana toxic psychosis could have affected actions amid combat stress and called for Senate hearings after Pentagon testimony on the case. Dodd noted high rates of cannabis use among troops and warned of drug problems affecting domestic society.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Song My
Pentagon
Dodd
Senate
South Vietnam
Medina
Vietnam
United States
Group seeks state takeover of Union School District 18
Hyde Park Vermont. A citizens group Con cerned Citizens of Union 18 asks the state Board of Education to urge the General Assembly to assume control of Union High School District 18 in La Moille County until a full audit and review of finances accounting and management can be completed. Attorney Bruce Graham says records are chaotic and an experienced auditor cannot manage the district. Judge Larrow voided two district meetings over improper warning and illegal business. A Vermont Supreme Court case accuses the board of altering a special vote warning and the suit is set for December 11.
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Hyde Park
UPS
Union
la Moille
Concerned
Citizens of Union 18
State Board of Education
General Assembly
Montpelier
Bruce Graham
Stowe
Graham
Citizens Group
Robert Larrow
Larrow
Vermont Supreme Court
Union School Board
Fire hits Wheelock Elementary. 45 children escape injury
A late morning fire destroyed the century old Wheelock Elementary School in Vermont. Forty five students were evacuated safely as two teachers guided grades one through eight. Superintendent Urban C Wakefield said the town of 250 may struggle to place students and a meeting was planned to discuss options.
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Wheelock
UPI
Vermont
Urban C. Wakefield
Caledonia North Supervisory Union
Wakefield
Florence Mitchell
Rosalind Gilman
Vermont Woman to Receive Brother Kidney Transplant
Mrs. Erwin Moody 20 of Richmond Vermont will undergo kidney transplant surgery December 11 at Roswell Park Memorial Institute. Her brother David Birchmore 23 of Winooski Vermont will donate a kidney. Dr. Gerald Murphy leads the team with noted post transplant activity at Roswell Park as a regional kidney center for Buffalo area.
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Buffalo, N.Y
UPI
Erwin Moody
Richmond
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Gerald P. Murphy
Moody
David Birchmore
Winooski
Murphy
Christiaan Barnard
Cape Town
Denise Carvel
Roswell Park Institute
Buffalo
Suit challenges election of Hinsdale track directors
A committee of stockholders filed in Cheshire County Superior Court to evict Hinsdale Raceway directors, alleging illegal election and improper proxy voting prior to the April stockholders meeting. The petition claims directors offered admission passes to stockholders, violating SEC rules by providing something of value.
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Hinsdale
Ayoob B
Ashcar
North Adams
Mass
Benjamin Apkin
Angelo Clemente
Gloversville
N.Y
Patsy Graziano
Hudson Falls
Henry Gould
Orange, Conn
Edward Simon
Raceway
Security Exchange Commission
Federal Help Assured N E For Drug Plans
Washington HEW Secretary Robert Finch told New England governors he will assign a senior HEW staff assistant to aid six states in implementing a regional drug treatment program. The move follows a governors conference called by President Nixon to address drug problems. Governor Curtis of Maine said the staffer would review recommendations and work with the Northeast Drug Abuse Conference the Governors Conference and the New England Regional Commission to implement related proposals.
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Washington
UPI
Robert Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
New England
Finch
Nixon
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
New England Governors Conference
Curtis
New England Regional Commission
Couple Dies in Death by Own Action Pact in Pittsfield Motel
Police found the nude bodies of Howard Tannenbaum and Karen Diamond in the Golden Keys Motel room after they reportedly overdosed on barbiturates. The pair, from New York and London respectively, had pledged to be buried together and left a death by own action note. Tannenbaum, age 27, had recently pled guilty to a reduced charge of attempted kidnapping in the second degree, facing up to 15 years. He was involved in a separate kidnapping case of Wade Mendes. Authorities described him as a drug dealer with a flashy lifestyle and no steady job.
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Mass
UPI
New York
Howard Tannerbaum
Karen Diamond
London
Golden Keys
Tannenbaum
Edward
Forest Hills
N.Y
Beth Moses
Farmingdale
Wade Mendes
Rockville Centre
Navy identifies eight destroyers for mothballing in economy drive
Washington reports the Navy will mothball eight destroyers including the Prichett Ingersoll Hopewell at San Diego Bailey Mayport Zellars Massey Nicholas O Bannon Pearl Harbor and disband two aviation units Squadron 52 at Quonset Point Rhode Island and VP21 at Brunswick Maine as part of a billion dollar cost cutting plan.
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Quonset Point
R.I
VP21
Brunswick
Maine
Hearing Set for Suspended Vermont Trooper
A public hearing is scheduled for December 11 for Brattleboro based State Police Cpl. Richard Alexander. Acting Public Safety Commissioner Glenn Davis said he proposed the date to Alexander’s Brattleboro lawyer Edward John and has yet to receive a reply. Alexander has pleaded innocent to two departmental charges not made public and was suspended without pay after an October fire investigation at West Dummerston related to fire detection equipment at the Old Jelly Mill Restaurant and Gift Shop. His wife owns a firm selling unlicensed fire detection devices.
Board orders review visit to Royalton College
Vermont Education Commissioner Harvey B. Scribner says the Education Department will have the Vermont Higher Education Council appoint a special committee to visit Royalton College. The move follows a prior board request for another review and a mid process change in Royalton's evaluation criteria. The Governor's Commission on the Status of Women holds a public hearing on child day care needs with Beverly Cassara leading discussions including Dan Holland Enna Remich John Chater and a Poor People's Congress rep.
Rockefeller ties fund Lindsay bid as GOP rift grows
In Albany the Rockefeller family emerged as the largest single contributor to Mayor Lindsay’s 3 million dollar re election drive amid a governor Rockefeller endorsement dispute. Contributions listed include 70 thousand from Rockefellers and others from show business names like Sinatra Zanuck Ponti Levine. In Troy, GOP chair Joseph F Casey refused resignation while many Republicans push for new leadership amid SIC hearings. U S Senator Charles Goodell looks set to be the Republican standard bearer for re election with party leadership backing.
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Albany
Rockefeller
John V. Lindsay
Nelson Rockefeller
Nuneraen
New York State
Secretary of State’s
Mary C. Rockefeller
Lindsay
Frank Sinatra
Daryl Zanuck
Carlo Ponti
Joseph Levine
Troy
Rensselaer County
GOP Committee
Joseph F. Casey
Casey
Adrian Gonyea
Berkshire and Adams News Roundup From Berkshire County
In Clarksburg Ed Carpenter shot a 310 pound dressed black bear in Rowe. In North Adams Matteson Associates urges a study that could abolish Berkshire County Commission, costing 12000 to 25000 dollars over a year with possible half funding by Williams College center. In Adams public sentiment to save Mt Greylock Veterans War Memorial nears action with officials and Save the Tower supporters planning talks with DNR commissioner.
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Clarksburg
Ed Carpenter
Rowe
Bruins
North Adams—Matteson Associates
Bennington
Berkshire County Commission
Robert J. M. Matteson
Public Affairs Counseling Company
Williams College Center For Environmental Studies
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