Vermont Doctor Disputes Report on Medicare Fees
Dr Dewees Brown of Bristol rejects a Senate Finance Committee report blaming doctors for rising Medicare and Medicaid costs. He says hospitals and nursing homes bear most expenses and Vermont doctors rarely overcharge, noting his three years on the Medical Review Committee found no fraud cases.
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Vermont
Bristol
UPI
Vermont Medical Society
Dewees Brown
Brown
The
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Medical Review Committee
Vermont cancer specialist moves to Buffalo research institute
Dr H James Wallace Jr a cancer specialist leaves University of Vermont for Roswell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo N Y where he will join James F Holland in leukemia and cancer research handling clinic and laboratory work. He has long served Vermont Cancer Society and American Cancer Society roles and plans frequent Vermont visits with his family relocating near Buffalo.
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H. James Wallace Jr
UVM
Buffalo Research Hospital
Burlington
James F. Holland
Wallace
Chittenden County
Vermont Cancer Society
Vermont
American Cancer Society
New England Governors warn rail strike could cause shortages
The New England Governors Conference urged Congress to prevent a national rail strike, warning it could severely disrupt food supplies and propane gas across Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and beyond. Curtis cited potential panic buying and impacts on trucking, utilities, and key industries, with detailed regional risk assessments and emergency planning steps.
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Boston
UPS
New England
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
Curtis
Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness
Governors’ Conference
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Birds' Deaths Puzzle Island Conservationists Seek Cause
Conservationists and Coast Guard search Nantucket Sound and nearby waters for the source of a tar like substance washing ashore on Martha's Vineyard killing hundreds of birds. Lab tests due, officials say algae suspected, rep Hastings Keith aids in cleanup, federal probe urged, crowds plan protest with coated birds at the State House hearings.
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Martha's Vineyard
Mass
UPI
Coast Guard
Nantucket Sound
Martha’s Vineyard
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Hastings Keith
West Bridgewater
Methuen
Seas
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward W. Brooke
Conservation
State House
Boston
All Kopechne Inquest Records Impounded in Boston
Chief Justice G Joseph Tauro ordered all transcripts and records of the closed inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne’s death in the Kennedy car to be impounded. The ruling aligns with a Massachusetts Supreme Court directive to transfer data to Boston once Edgar Town District Judge James A Boyle files his findings with the Superior Court clerk.
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Boston
API
Massachusetts Superior Court
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
G. Joseph Tauro
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Tauro
Edgartown
James A. Boyle
State Supreme Court
Boyle
Pree
Vermont Budget Warnings Signal Cuts to Programs
Gov. Davis warned that fiscal 1972 balancing could force elimination of entire programs as revenue projections show regular tax growth adding about 8 million to the 109 million forecast for fiscal 1971. He opposed tax increases and deficit financing, suggesting possible pinch on Vermont Educational Television and other agencies while seeking new funding methods. A 1.4 million statewide police comms network debated in Legislature aims to boost law enforcement with a 800,000 general fund plus a 600,000 federal grant. hearings also tackle environmental control, government reorganization, and labor law revisions.
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Vermont
Davis
Social Welfare Department
Senate
Andrew Orzell
Rutland County
House Rules Committee
Assembly Republicans propose gradual voting age reduction to 18
A 33 member Assembly GOP task force led by Speaker Perry T. Duryea proposed a three stage constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18 over six years, with initial legislature approval and a fall 1971 referendum. The plan faces skepticism despite prior support from officials. Another Albany item notes a church school aid amendment and tax assessors overhaul by Gov Rockefeller, requiring local referendums.
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Albany
Assembly
Perry T. Duryea
GOP
Bethawal
Rockefeller
Berkshire County Gambling Bust and Indictments in 1967 Case
State police raided an abandoned warehouse on State Street in North Adams arresting 32 men on gambling charges and seizing over $10 000 in cash. In Pittsfield Vincent Teresa pleaded guilty to 58 indictments in the stolen car racket case and received five to seven years at Walpole. An Adams jewelry-store armed robbery case saw Roy J. Martin bound over for Grand Jury. Harriet Sprague estate documents show $908 000 personal estate with Sprague Electric stock valued at nearly $496 000.
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North Adams
State Street
Ernest H. Rosasco
Albert H. Segal
Pittsfield
Vincent C. Teresa
North Reading
Berkshire County
Berkshire Superior Court
Walpole State Prison
James C. Roy
Boston
Teresa
Lewisburg
ADAMS
Roy J. Martin
Adams District Court
Benjamin Apkin
Harriet C. Sprague
Williamstown
Lst
Sprague Electric Co
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Benmont Avenue
Bennington, Vermont
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Walker
Dr. Wallace
Hospital
School of Nursing
Harold James III
Elizabeth Marie
John Hill
Shore Road
East Aurora
Buffalo
Mrs. Wallace
Ben-Mont
Vermont Highway Board
Burlington Free Press
N.E
Connecticut
Vermont National
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brattleboro
Canal Street
Bellows Falls
Bennington
Chester
Jamaica
Ludlow
Newfane
Proctorsville
Springfield
Wilmington
Windsor
Woodstock
Memner Federal Deposterval
Fisherman’s
North Bennington Road
Mon
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Betty Manning
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