Providence Teachers End Strike in Rhode Island
Providence teachers ended a three week strike and returned to classes after 1,200-member Providence Teachers Union voted to accept a new contract. The arbitration panel scale runs from 6850 to 10600, not retroactive to September as proposed. the strike kept 26,000 pupils from school since Nov 24.
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Providence, RI
UPD
Providence
Providence Teachers Union
Superior Court
Joseph
R. Weisberger
Anthony Mancini
A. Harvey Silverman
Mancini
Weisberger
Esek Hopkins
Seekonk
Mass
William P. Robinson
Harvard suspends 87 blacks who took over two buildings
Ninety black Harvard students from the Organization for Black Unity occupied the Harvard Faculty Club and University Hall in Cambridge to protest minority hiring policies. After a day of demonstrations, Harvard issued a temporary restraining order and placed the students under suspension.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
UPI
University Hall
Organization For Black Unity
QBU
Gund Hall
Harvard School of Design
Faculty Club
Ernest May
May
OBU
Middlesex Superior Court
Phillip Lee
Boston
Wreckage Found Of Plane Missing In Maine
Searchers located the small twin engine Piper Aztec on the south side of Passadumkeag Mountain about 20 miles from Old Town Municipal Airport. Pilot Robert Lycette 22 of Presque Isle and two Houston passengers Harold Grant 33 and Donald Guy 49 are unaccounted for as winds and rain hindered the rescue efforts. State and local crews combed Passadumkeag Mountain and Lamb's Hill area as a helicopter joined the operation.
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Old Town
Maine
UPI
Passadumkeag Mountain
Aroostook Airways
Presque Isle
Houston
William Kimball
Maine Aeronautics Commission
Robert Lycette
Bangor International Airport
Harold C. Grant
Donald J. Guy
Kimball
Lamb’s Hill
Greenfield
Aiken and Muskie Clash Over Viet Bonds Backing
Washington Senate row over Muskie amendment to foreign aid would authorize 80 million annually for four years to back bonds issued by South Vietnam to finance land reform. Aiken denounced the plan as interna tional interference and warned a large U.S. army would be needed otherwise.
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Washington
UPI
New England
Senate
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Muskie
George D. Aiken
Aiken
New
United States
Vermont Tax Reform Bill Seeks Exemptions and Reforms
Gov. Davis files a tax reform bill exempting tobacco from sales tax and keeping tax on children's clothing, plus exemptions for funerals furniture rental and museum admissions. The measure aims to close a loophole on banks and address property tax inequities, with a plan to aid homeowners financed by social welfare.
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Reed
Vermont
Department of Social Welfare
Troy water rate hike defeated by City Council vote
The Troy City Council in a special session rejected ordinances raising metered water rates from 26 to 36 cents per 1,000 gallons and a 20 percent higher flat fee by a 4-3 vote. A private weekend session is expected to further discuss the issue. Menands bridge interchange work opens Monday and demolition of the western old bridge section will start next week. Albany court rules lie detector tests not reliable enough to be admitted in criminal cases, upholding prior rulings.
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Burlington
UPI
Philip Hoff
Urban America Inc
Washington
Urban Action Center
Hoff
U.S. Senate
Winston Prouty
Troy
Meyer
Menands
Troy-Menands Bridge
State Department of Transportation
Hudson
Broadway
Menands Hill
Transportation Department
Albany
New York State
Court of Appeals
Watertown
Association
Matthew Jason
Adams cat licensing sparking local tax debate in Berkshire
Berkshire selectmen hear Adams Taxpayers Association director Frederick D. Berthiaume urge eliminating dog licenses after noting cat food sales far exceed dog food. He cites poll tax abolition and questions fairness of licensing. State legislature must handle the issue.
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ADAMS
Adams Taxpayers Association
Frederick D. Berthiaume
Selectmen
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Ways and Means
Peter Giuliani
Montpelier
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North Adams
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International Association of Machinists
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Silvio O. Conte
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