Christmas Week Snowstorms Hit New Hampshire Ski Revenues
The Christmas storm may trim New Hampshire ski income by over 1 million dollars as snow conditions cripple Mt Sunapee and delay lift repairs. Morse notes holiday revenue accounts for about 10 percent of the state's $40 million to $50 million annual ski industry, with Cannon Mountain and Waterville Valley remaining more active.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Office of Vacation Travel
Ralph H. Morse
Mt. Sunapee
Richard Parker
Sunapee
Parker
Boston
Littleton
Perry Wolf
Cannon
Morse
White Mountains
Dead convict confession ties Percy slaying to escape case
NORRISTOWN PA UPI a convicted rapist and robber says an accomplice, now dead, confessed the slaying of Valerie Percy in 1966. Frederick Malchow, dead, allegedly confessed to Harold Evans, whose lie detector test was reported, though the claim hinges on Evans and others under investigation. Evans, arrested in Chicago, told his wife of the confession, and she described the crime and the motive as robbery and murder in detailing the break in and stabbing at the Percys’ Kenilworth home.
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UPI
Valerie Percy
Miss Percy
Charles H. Percy
Kenilworth
Ill
Frederick J. Malchow
Harold J. Evans
Philadelphia
Evans
Illinois
Malchow
Montgomery County
Milton O. Moss
William Hall
Schuylkill River
Here
FBI
Chicago
James Thompson
Chicago Tribune
Linda Evans
Freddie
Liars' Club Crowns 1969 Weather Remark Champion
Burlington Wisconsin UPI reports A Wundewald of Pura Ti Switzerland wins Liars' Club 1969 weather claim as the most outrageous falsehood. Runner up is Lou Powers of Ortonville Minnesota with snow and blizzard notes. Other entries include remarks from E Steinbach Mayville Wisconsin James F Gross Milwaukee and Charles Gilbert Green Bay about freezing homes and odd clothing.
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Wis
UPI
A. Wundewald
Pura Ti
Switzerland
Burlington Liars’ Club
Wundewald
Sables
Lou Powers
Ortonville
Minn
Rush Lake
Wisconsin
E. Steinbach
Mayville
James F. Gross
Milwaukee
Charles H. Gilbert
Green Bay
Agness woman uses generator to heat aquarium during outage
When power failed at Mrs. Zeke Wooton s cottage in Agnes England she panicked that her tropical fish would die. The local electricity board fast assembled a gasoline driven generator at her home and kept it running to heat the aquarium for ten hours until power returned.
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St, Agnes
England
Zeke Wooton
Local Electricity Board
Vermont House Sets Hearing on Abortion Bill in January
The Vermont House Judiciary Committee scheduled January 13 for a public hearing on a liberalized abortion measure. Committee chair Thomas Salmon said opponents will present evidence at the session requested by Chittenden County Judge J. William O’Brien. The bill by Rep. Allen Foley would allow therapeutic abortion if the mother’s health is at risk, in cases of rape or incest, or if the birth could yield a deformed child.
Rockefeller backs 300 million education aid increase
Gov Rockefeller endorsed raising state education aid by 300 million for the next school year while noting the 1970-71 budget will cover about half that amount. He criticized Nixon's tax bill as disastrous and signaled plans to push back on raising the personal income tax exemption, arguing federal revenue should aid education and welfare. Hammermill Paper Co agreed to acquire Green Island John A Manning Paper Co for 10 million, expanding Green Island operations and payroll. Eleven Democratic Congressmen urged public release of redistricting lines after a federal court order.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Nixon
Green Island
Hammermill Paper Co
John A. Manning Paper Co., Inc
Hammermill
Troy Area
Manning
New York State
Pittsfield to Boston daily air service begins Monday
Executive Airlines will run daily round trips Pittsfield to Boston with eastbound departure at 12 25 p.m. and stops at Keene New Hampshire and Worcester arriving Boston at 2 p.m. Return departs Boston at 3 p.m. via Keene, arriving Pittsfield at 4 15. The carrier also maintains four daily flights to New York.
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Executive Airlines
Boston
City
Keene, N.H
Worcester
Keene
New York
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