Dellums Defies Labels in Radical Style for Congress
Rep. Ronald V. Dellums of California blends ghetto and social work rhetoric as he rejects violence for change and defends civil liberties. The 35 year old former social worker leads a diverse district, plans a congressional inquiry into Vietnam war crimes, and opposes expedient liberalism while urging more funding for sustained anti poverty programs.
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Washington
UPI
Dellums
California
America
West Oakland
University of California
Berkely
Congress
Jeffery Cohelan
U.S
Vietnam
Cooper questions Shepard as Apollo 14 skipper
London based Cooper criticizes the choice of Alan Shepard for Apollo 14, calling out politics in the U S space program. He notes he remains younger, in good shape, and would not compromise his principles over the selection while acknowledging Shepard’s return to flight status after medical clearance.
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London
UPI
Gordon Cooper
Alan B. Shepard
Cooper
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
Shepard
Capt
Moon
Journey to Hanoi Details of Student Delegation Visit
In Hanoi crowds fill streets as American and North Vietnamese students draft a peace declaration calling for full U.S. withdrawal by June 30, 1971. The 15 member delegation includes activists from Puerto Rican, Black, NSA and several university groups. They report limited bombing damage, focus on rebuilding, and meet officials, nuns discuss a 1968 church compound bombing with five nuns killed.
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Hanoi
Hoa Binh (Peace
U.S
South Vietnam
The
South Vietnamese National Liberation Front
NLF
New York
Anthony Roman
Ricardo Bertram
Indiana State University
Keith Parker
NSA
David Ifshin
Syracuse Univer
Sity
Douglas Hosetter
New School of Social Research
Jim Doherty
Wheeling College
West Virginia
Terrie Cook
University of Washington
Jay Craven
Boston University
Ronald Bachus
University of Oregon
Michael Eng
University of Hawaii
Rodrick MacPherson
University of Minnesota
Mark M. Rosenick
Case Western Reserve University
Mark Weters
University of New Ire
Rebecca Wilson
University of California At
Milliken sues over library election religious bias
Eugene R. Milliken, a Bedford High School teacher and Catholic, claims he was barred from running for Reuben Hoar Library trustee because he is not a Baptist. The library board rules tied to an 1885 trust require representation from Congregational, Unitarian and Baptist churches. Milliken seeks to have his name placed on the March 1 town ballot. a Middlesex Superior Court judge issued a temporary restraining order and impounded ballots pending a ruling.
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Littleton
Mass
UPI
Eugene R. Milliken
Milliken
Bedford High
Reuben Hoar Library
Kennedy
Middlesex Superior Court
Frank W. Tomasello
NET Playhouse surveys 1930s harsh realities in Hard Travelin
HOLLYWOOD UPI The NET Playhouse series continues its look at the 1930s with Millard Lampell s Hard Travelin a collection of sketches songs and satire about the exploited and their dreams The program trailed last week s A Memory of Two Mondays in tone and polish but delivered occasional theatrical fire through Lampell s critique of underdogs amid delusions of the era.
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Hollywood
UPI
NET Playhouse
Arthur Miller
Millard Lampell
Playhouse
Filmtown
Edward G. Robinson
Pat O’brien
Joan Blondell
Hal Wallis
Mervyn Leroy
William Wellman
Dalton Trumbo
John Bright
Lampell
Army Pays Soldier Extra $900000 by Mistake
Spec. 4 Ray Sarkees received a $900,008 payroll instead of the usual $78. He checked with a military lawyer who advised returning the excess. Sarkees returned the check and the finance officer later issued his standard $78 pay.
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FT. Hood, Tex
UPI
U.S. Army
Army
Sarkees
Fayette withdraws environmental review resolution in Vermont
Sen Frederick J Fayette withdraws a plan for a complete review of last year's major environmental laws. He will push amendments instead to address conflicts in the laws amid conservationist fears of erasing environmental progress. The move sparks debate on regulatory scope and protection. In Washington, the NTSB cites pilot error as the probable cause of a 1969 Mt Ellen plane crash near Warren Vermont that killed five, including two fathers and their sons returning from a Canadian fishing trip.
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Fayette
Washington, D.C
UPI
National Transportation Safety Board
Warren
Sumit
Mt. Ellen
Donald Wallish
Shamokin
Harold Mitreni
Bloomsburg
Stanley
Robert Griffin
Mt. Kisco
N.Y
Chael
Vermont gets federal grants for health and Head Start programs
The Department of Health Education and Welfare announced grants to Vermont projects totaling 389000 for health services expansion, 107522 to Southeastern Vermont Community Action for eight months of Head Start, and 69000 for mental health program development. Senators Aiken and Prouty announced the awards. Public schools in multiple towns close due to illness described as colds, with officials avoiding use of the word flu.
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Washington, D.C
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Vermont
State Health Department
Southeastern
Burlington
UPI
William Royster
Communicable Disease Control Division
Williamstown
Washington
Cabot
Bradford
Cannan
Newbury
Manchester
Sugarbush Valley Mini-Olympics set for Feb 27
Warren UP I reports Sugarbush Valley ski area will hold its fourth annual Mini-Olympics on February 27. All racers aged two to six are eligible to compete, with cookies and cocoa provided for spectators and participants.
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Warren
UPI
Sugarbush Valley Ski Are
Explosion Kills Three in Rensselaer Home
In Rensselaer New York an explosion and fire late Thursday night killed John Salvatore his wife Gertrude in their 70s and their daughter Mrs Mary Polsinello. The bodies were recovered around 1 am near 147 Willow Street with no other residents believed present.
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Rensselaer
John Salvatore
Gertrude
Mary Polsinello
Willow St
Penn Central Railroad
Berkshire GE cuts week. 215 jobs hit in Pittsfield
Pittsfield GE Distribution Protective Equipment department will suffer about 200000 dollars in loss over five weeks due to a deliberately reduced work week. About 25 hourly rated employees face layoffs and attrition in coming weeks. This marks the first scheduled week cut at local GE plants. ADAMS Selectman chairman Kelley denies tax abatements for Mt Greylock recreation plans as Dragon seeks condo and ski resort permits.
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Pittsfield
General Electric Co
Distribution Protective Equipment Department
Adams — Selectman
Earl F. Kelley
Mt. Greylock
Joseph R. Dragone
Der
Department of Natural Resources
Greylock
Dragon
North Adams to boost surplus with overlooked budget funds
Mayor Joseph R. Bianco said an extra 86000 dollars found in last year’s finances will be placed in the 1971 surplus account to help keep the tax rate down. The city will receive 43000 dollars annually for 20 years from federal urban renewal aid for Main Street, with a double payment expected this year after a missed installment last year.
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North Adams
Joseph R. Bianco
Bianco
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