U S Will Not Back 12 Mile Offshore Extension
UPI reports State Department official Donald McKernan says the United States will not support extending the offshore limit beyond 12 miles. He warns a 200 mile limit could disrupt navigation, affect commerce and national defense, and hinder access to the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
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Ore
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Ecuador
Brazil
Peru
U.S
San Diego
McKernan
Big U S schools face massive cuts and reform talks
U S schools continue on page 1 with 800 teaching positions cut and five week longer breaks trimmed. In New York City Isaish E Robinson warns of possible early shutdown amid budget cuts. Fleischmann Commission to propose statewide funding reforms and a property tax shift. NEA surveys show crisis conditions in many districts as class sizes rise and curricula shrink. The article notes rising costs, a shrinking tax base, and debates over using the property tax to fund education, with the California Supreme Court ruling on equal protection and school funding.
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New York City
Isaiah E. Robinson
Board of Education
Fleischmann Commission On
New York
National Education Association
NEA
New York Times
Philadelphia
United States
Sam Lambert
Califonia Supreme Court
Johns
Customs Agent Sentenced for Smuggling Quinines Across Border
Dieppe P. Michael, 55, a veteran U S Customs agent stationed at the Derby Line border crossing in Newport, was sentenced by U S District Judge Bernard Leddy to two years in prison and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty to smuggling three pounds of quinine into the United States from Canada last May. The sentence begins after the ordered payment on January 4.
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Burlington
VPI
U.S
Bernard Leddy
Dieppe P. Michael
Newport
Derby Line
Michael
Habitual criminal jailed in Rutland on entering charge
Raymond Rushford, 45, of Rutland, received a seven to twenty five year sentence for breaking and entering and habitual criminal status. Superior Judge Franklin S. Billings Jr. ordered the term to run concurrently with any parole violations. Rushford was convicted by a Rutland County grand jury after prosecutors alleged fourteen felony violations.
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Rutland
UPI
Raymond Rushford
Vermont State Prison
Franklin S. Billings Jr
Rutland County
Rushford
Rutland Correctional Center
Burlington
Linda Bailey
Essex
Rockefeller tax plan to be presented in Albany today
Governor Rockefeller will unveil a plan to raise about 425 million dollars in new tax revenue, possibly including a five percent surtax on personal income. With a 1.5 billion deficit forecast for the next 15 months and threats to vital services, the timing precedes a special session on reapportionment. Meanwhile, a state Supreme Court ruling bars schools from banning students from athletics over hair length, upholding Education Commissioner Nyquist.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Supreme Court
John H. Pennock
Ewald Nyquist
Winchester County
State Supreme Court
Hagenguth wins ten grand in fall verdict upheld
In Pittsfield the state Supreme Judicial Court Friday affirmed a $10,000 award to Astrid Hagenguth for knee injuries from a Nov 18 1965 fall at Storrowton Tavern West Springfield. The verdict, appealed as excessive, stemmed from a ditch incident unlit and unmarked. Hagenguth, once Berkshire Eagle staffer, said the fall blocked her skate career for two years.
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State
Supreme Judicial Court
Superior Court
Astrid Hagenguth
Storrowton Tavern
West Springfield
Storrowton
Edward Dobiecki
Springfield
Miss Hagenguth
Berkshire Eagle
Banner
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Bennington
OUR
Westinghouse
Beautiful Angel
Garland
Santa Claus
Prestiege Guitars
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Vermont
White River Junction
Windsor State
Larry Ellison
Robert Rueschel
Ellison
Michael Toomey
Reuschel
Gerald LaFlamme
Vermont Supreme Court
Vermont Gas Systems
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North Adams
Francis J. Noel
Drury High School
Pittsfield General Hospital
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Florida Mountain
Carmen DiLego
Sprague
Sprague Electric Co
Joseph R. Bianco
North Berkshire
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