Funds for Dickey Lincoln Urged in Nixon Budget
Rep. William D. Hathaway of Maine asks President Nixon to include planning funds for the Dickey Lincoln School hydroelectric project in fiscal 1971. He notes prior votes and seeks New England support, citing $2.154 million already allotted since 1965 and $1.46 million more needed for planning.
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Washington
UPI
William D. Hathaway
Maine
Nixon
House
Senate
New England
Hathaway
Ize
Army Corps of Engineers
Passenger claiming to be Melvin Laird foils hijack bid over Scotland
A Queens man, Anthony Pascarzio, 28, announced on an Icelandic Airlines flight from New York to London that he was Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird. Crew subdued him near the cockpit and the plane made an emergency landing in Glasgow. He was returned to New York and released without charges after FBI and Port Authority police questioned him. Scottish authorities declined to press charges. He said he wanted to report on American conditions to the Soviets and left the plane voluntarily in Glasgow.
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New York
UPI
Icelandic Airlines
Scotland
Melvin R. Laird
Russia
America
Anthony Pascarzio
Pascarzio
Queens
London
Pascazzio
Glasgow
Ques
FBI
Port of New York Authority
United States
Laird
U.S
Kennedy International Airport
White Christmas Turns Cold Across New England
A light snow dusted southern and central New England as forecasters warned of a white Christmas with extreme cold. Temperatures to remain below freezing from north to south with northerly winds, while Massachusetts officials urged caution for holiday travel amid deadly highway statistics and alcohol-related risk. Free coffee and gas-fill tips were offered to motorists on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
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Boston
UPI
New England
U.S. Weather Bureau
New
Massachusetts
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Richard E. McLaughlin
Commonwealth
McLaughlin
Massachusetts Turnpike
John T. Driscoll
Bald Knob Ski Slope Closes Over Snow Shortage
Beckley West Virginia The Bald Knob Slopes operators Paul Sanna and Ralph Jackson who ran the resort since 1958 say they have taken full time jobs elsewhere due to a persistent snow shortage in Southern West Virginia. The closure notice followed by a recent inch and a half of snow.
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Beckley
W. Va
UPHD
Paul Sanna
Ralph Jackson
Bald Knob
West Virginia
July Fourth Celebrated In December In Mass
Donald Richardson owner of Fox Town Coffee Shop in Shelburne Falls gave away 300 small American flags and copies of the Declaration of Independence along with free coffee and cake to celebrate the Fourth of July in December. He removed the large flag and streamed banners after closing and called it a protest about Christmas commercialization.
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Shelburne Falls
Mass
UPI
Donald Richardson
Fox Town
Richardson
Sam
United States
Russell Richardson
Power Failure Traced to Deep Lake Cable Break
Officials pinpoint a break in an underground Lake Champlain cable between Cumberland Point and Grand Isle as the cause of last week's northwestern Vermont blackout. The NYS Power Authority traced the leak using electronic sensing. the line carries Seaway power and sits about 195 feet below the lake. In Burlington and surrounding areas outages lasted from 20 minutes to over an hour.
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ESSEX
VPS
Lake Champlain
Vermont
New York State Power Authority
Cumberland Point
N.C
Grand Isle
Robert Schill
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Schill
Chittenden
Burlington
St. Lawrence Seaway
Albany Faces Parking Crisis and Satellite Lot Idea
Albany Mayor Erastus Corning urged the state to assume full parking responsibilities for 9,500 downtown workers. Satellite lots, possibly in Rensselaer with shuttles, are under study as South Mall opens next year will add 3,500 spaces for 6,000 to 7,000 more employees. The Office of General Services weighs options from multi level garages to satellites. In Troy, DA Cholakis plans a Jan 5 grand jury for the SIC probe, with Joseph F. Casey likely among indictments. Albany education officials said open enrollment for higher education may start before 1975, with NYC University system to begin fall 1970 if financing allows.
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Albany
Albany Kiwanis Club
Erastus Corning
Rensselaer
South Mall
Office of General Services
Troy
Rensselaer County
Con G. Cholakis
State Investigation Commission
Joseph F. Casey
GOP
Cholakis
Casey
The
SIC
New York City
Richard Cooper
Higher Education
Board of Regents
Berkshire Bank Robbed of $8000 in Pittsfield Heist
Berkshire Common branch of the First Agricultural National Bank on West Street was robbed of about $8,000 around 1:20 p.m. A man entered the trailer bank, handed a note to teller Mrs. Wallace A. Boyer and demanded cash. He fled in a red 1969 or 1970 Pontiac. The suspect, 25, 5-foot-6, sandy hair, trench coat, is described by police.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire Common
First Agricultural National Bank
West Street
Park Square
Wallace A. Boyer
Lanesboro
FBI
Not Enough Land for All in North Adams
North Adams IDC and Wheel Estates Inc cannot share 60 to 70 acres of land suitable for either a mobile home park or an industrial park. Atty Bernard Lenhoff was to be sworn in as special justice of Williamstown District Court today in Gov Sargent's office. appointment confirmed December 4 by the executive council.
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North Adams
Bernard Lenhoff
Williamstown
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Alfred & Grete Hertz
Vogue & Vanity and
Melvin Laird
Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Howard Pyle
Pyle
PLAY
Smart Shop
Mammoth Mart
Inciscours Dept. Store
Bennington
Leo Hyduke
Fishman’s
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Shultz
Jewelers
Main St. Bennington
Association
Montpelifr
UPD
Central Vermont Railroad
Braintree
Public Service Board
Highway Department
Waterbury
Shoveler
Island Pond
Edward J.coomer
Elmer Webb
Woodstock
Grand Jury
Down In
Berkshire
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