Huey Newton Says Police Occupy U S Cities at Syracuse
Huey P. Newton of the Black Panthers told a packed Hendricks Chapel audience that police occupy U S cities much as troops occupy foreign lands. He urged a two point survival program and criticized U S empire policy while noting his recent release from jail for manslaughter.
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Syracuse
N.Y
UPI
Huey P. Newton
Syracuse University
United States
Hendricks Chapel
Ira Kurzban
New York City
University Union
Panthers
Newton
Seige
U.S
America
Wall Street
Panther
North Carolina
Oakland
State University of New York
Stony Brook
Hoffa Birthday Marked by Banner Flight at Lewisburg Penitentiary
Jimmy Hoffa observed his 58th birthday in the Lewisburg federal prison as a Boston Teamsters backed 45 minute flight overhead. A Beechcraft trainer flew a trailing banner reading Free Hoffa now write Pres Nixon, while winds and turbulence forced a partial return to base.
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Lewisburg
UPI
Jimmy Hoffa
Federal Penitentiary
Hoffa
Nixon
Boston Teamsters
Williamsport Lycoming County
Boston
Pollution suit filed over Lake Champlain by two couples
Two Addison County couples lead a class action accusing International Paper Co. of dumping 15 million gallons of waste daily into Lake Champlain. They seek 30 million in damages plus 10 million in punitive damages, claiming water pollution harmed property values and recreation. The case has Vermont backing and awaits IP's reply.
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Burlington
UPI
U.S
International Paper Co
Addison County
James Jeffords
Vermont
Keith Zahn
Charles Leazer
Orwell
Lake
Champlain
International Paper
Martin Johnson
Jeffords
U.S. Supreme Court
New York
Ticconderoga
Catholic Schools to Close in Vermont Over Aid Fight
In Burlington and St. Johnsbury two Catholic elementary schools will shut in June due to financial strain, with about 400 students affected. Officials warn more closures may come unless state aid to private schools is approved, while St. Augustine's in Montpelier may cut grades 5-8 without aid.
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Burlington
UPI
St. Johnsbury
Raymond Adams
Diocesan
Adams
St. Augustine’s School
Montpelier
UVM Faculty Senate urges aggressive black student recruitment
The University of Vermont Faculty Senate passed a resolution urging President Edward Andrews to shift funds to recruit about 60 black students and reallocate 1972 funds to aid 75 blacks. Spokesmen said the plan would cost not more than $300,000 and federal funds may help finance it.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
UVM
Edward Andrews
Andrews
Senate
Newport drug raid nets five youths in undercover stakeout
UPI reports a two month undercover police probe led to arrests of five Newport area youths on drug charges. Randall Cross Larry Coutu and Fernand Forcier all 18 Newport along with Michael Cahill 22 Newport and Robert Souliere 19 West Charleston were jailed in Orleans County following a Thursday raid. Also Montpelier House Education Committee seeks hearings on Education Department legislation to empower supervisory union boards.
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Newport
UPI
Orleans County
Randall Cross
Larry Coutu
Fernand Forcier
Michael Cahill
Robert Souliere
West Charleston
Economic struggle frames Northern Ireland talk at Skidmore
Bernadette Devlin told a Saratoga Springs audience that the Northern Ireland conflict is an economic battle, not a religious war. She argued voting rules and gerrymandering reflect class power, not theology, noting control of the vote shapes housing policy and public aid. In Glens Falls, John Van Garderen, 31, was decapitated in a Finch Pruyn paper mill accident as a rope on a paper machine pulled him under the chin.
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Saratoga Springs
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Skidmore College
Ireland
Glens Falls
Finch Pruyn Company
John van Garderen
Fulton St
van Garderen
Pittsfield Bank Robbery Case Is Seen As Accessory Charge
Elmer Litchfield 21 of Hinsdale pled not guilty in District Court to being an accessory before the fact in Monday's attempted Pittsfield National Bank robbery. Judge Cimini continued the case without bail with defense appointed. A 16-year-old girl faces charges of attempting to rob the bank with Litchfield alleged to have influenced her. Litchfield also faces a probation violation from larceny by check. He was severely injured in 1969 near Da Nang.
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Pittsfield
Elmer Litchfield
Hinsdale
Pittsfield National Bank
Frank W. Cimini
Litchfield
Leonard Cohen
Public Defender’s
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Penitentiary
Lake Champlain
First National Stores
Lamb Chops
Usda Choir Shoulder
USDA
NFO
Brandon
National Farmers Organization
Champlain Valley
Philip Livingston
Bristol
NFC
Down In
Berkshire
North Adams
Philip C. Ahern
Berkshire County Development Commission
Ahern
Board of Health
Chieftain Realty Trust
SS Mobile Home Park
Willow Lane Park
Poseidon
Silvio O. Conte
Edward W. Brooke
General Electric
Navy Department
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