Six BU students jailed for three months in contempt
Six Boston University students were sentenced to three months in jail for contempt after a two day non jury trial for occupying the administration building in December to protest GE recruiters. Judge Frank E. Smith postponed two seniors' terms until after graduation. A $25 fine was imposed on four others.
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Boston
UPS
Boston University
Superior Court
Frank E. Smith
Marianne Burke
Lynn
Brian Kirshner
Ellen Klein
Cambridge
Joan E. Atkinson
Barbara Fristoe
Katherine Kelly
General Electric Co
Burgess Ruling Opens Door to Reconsider 1969 Laws
In Montpelier UPI House Speaker John Burgess ruled a property transfer tax amendment, approved earlier, would be in order for review this session. Democrats hail it as a parliamentary breakthrough but expect fights over sales tax and heating fuel exemptions.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Thomas Salmon
Rockingham
Burgess
Salmon
Blue Cross Chief Calls For Health Care Overhaul
Walter J. McNerney, president of the Blue Cross Association, said the nation’s largest health insurance plan must reform its out of date structure and management. He urged greater innovation in organizing and delivering care across the United States.
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Boston
UPI
United States
Walter J. McNerney
The
Blue Cross Association
McNerney
Boston University Medical School
McNerny
Vermont Supreme Court blocks tax on camp for the blind
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Walcott cannot tax Camp Wapanacki, property of the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind. The unanimous decision said the blind are not a definite class under law and ordered the town to refund taxes paid in 1966-1968 while permanently enjoining future taxes. The ruling cites charitable-use exemptions and state law.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Supreme Court
Walcott
New York Institute For the Education of the Blind
LaMoille County
Brattleboro
School of International Living
Peace Corps
Wolcott
Nixon Aide Calls for Controls To Cut Power Plant Pollution
Washington based report notes Dr. Lee A Dubridge advising controls and new tech to curb electric plant pollution including site choice burial of lines and higher costs passed to consumers. Muskie defends consumer reluctance while backing studies tying pollution to power needs amid funding disputes and calls for coordinated state regional and federal planning.
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Nixon
Washington
UPI
Dubridge
Senate
Muskie
Vermont Senate to consider abortion reform after House vote
In Montpelier the Senate was to receive the House approved abortion reform bill as allies blocked a reconsideration by opponents. The House passed 74 to 71 last Friday and House rules allowed a revote within one day. Senator Buckley proposed a Senate bill liberalizing the 1846 statute but needing Probate Court approval. Brattleboro Union High School District directors adopted an ethics policy barring hiring relatives of board members except in emergencies, aligning with the Vermont State School Directors Association code. Two residents with spouses teaching at the high school seek school board seats.
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Bennington County
Brattleboro
Brattleboro Union High School
Vermont State School Directors Association
New Trial Due in Land-Taking in Vermont
A St. Albans couple wins a new trial after the Vermont Supreme Court voids a 39 710 award for 48.5 acres in a state Highway Board land-taking case. The court cites erroneous jury instruction tied to presumed benefits from Interstate construction and notes land value must be as of condemnation.
Albany Parochial school aid repeal gains party support
Albany legislative leaders voiced backing for a measure repealing the Blaine amendment and allowing state aid to parochial schools as Senate debate looms. Assemblyman Kenneth Crawford said he will push the measure in judiciary if it passes an initial test, while Senate Majority Leader Earl Brydges and Assembly Speaker Perry Duryea expressed optimism for passage. In Troy, LaRose suit to stop snow dumping in Powers Park was withdrawn, with city officials noting only a substantial storm would trigger further dumping.
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Albany
Senate
Troy
William T
Elizabeth M. LaRose
Powers Park
Lansingburgh
Rensselaer County Supreme Court
LaRoses
Park City Associates seek ABC endorsement for Jubilee renewal plan
Pittsfield reports that Park City Associates of Lancaster Pa propose a Jubilee urban renewal plan to include a replacement 150000 square foot England Bros. building and a new 150000 square foot J C Penney store while keeping North Street structures until completion. The plan aims to address weaknesses in the Ornstein proposal and remove Forbes & Wallace as a competitor.
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Pittsfield
Association of Business and Commerce
Park City Associates
Lancaster
Jubilee
ABC
J. Alan Orstein
England Bros
England’s
Forbes & Wallace
J. C. Penney Co
North Street
Ornstein
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Weldon
Burt Bros
Blue Cross
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Lee A. Dubridge
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Maine
Snelling
Richard Snelling
Shelburne
Harry Ashe
Health Department Division of Industrial Hygiene
Vermont
Encyclopedia of
Directory of Vermont Products
the National Survey
Chester, Vermont
Rutland
Lawrence Turgeon
Francis Fredette
Burlington
Eatinga-La-Welfare
Howard Stearns
Vermont Ecumenical Council
New York
Blaine
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Monument Mountain
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