Occupation Ends Amherst Officials Consider Grievances
Amherst College administrators faculty and students held a series of meetings to consider black grievances after about 200 students occupied four campus buildings for 14 hours. They demanded changes to the black studies program admissions and financial aid policies and trust with the administration. President Calvin H. Plimpton said basic problems remained and no disciplinary actions were decided. The protesters belonged to the Five College Afro-American Society with participants from Amherst UMass Mount Holyoke Smith and Hampshire College. No damage or violence was reported during the occupation which began after 1 a.m. and ended with buildings vacated and classes continuing in other facilities.
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UPI
Amherst College
Calvin H. Plimpton
Plimpton
Five College
University of Massachusetts
Mount Holyoke
Smith
Hampshire College
Davis Urged To Announce Candidacy for Re-Election
In Montpelier UPI reports House Majority Leader Walter Kennedy urged Gov. Deane Davis to announce a re election bid as a path to pushing the governors reorganization package through the legislature. Senate actions on two key measures were postponed as tensions over the plan persisted.
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Davis
Senate
Edward Janeway
Windham County
Janeway
Randolph observes smokeless day for scholarship drive
In Randolph Massachusetts residents spent a day draping cigarette counters in black crepe and posting signs like Smoking pays The Tobacco Companies The Hospital The Undertaker to raise funds for a scholarship and promote quitting. Arthur Mullaney Randolph High School guidance director led the effort urging healthier habits for families and future college attendance.
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Randolph
Mass
UPI
Arthur P. Mullaney
Randolph High School
Brain Trust
Camepaign
Polluting Champlain charges denied by NYC firm
UPCI New York City transportation firm Spentonbush Fuel Transport Service denied two charges of polluting Lake Champlain near Shelburne Point on Aug 27 1967 and an estimated 10 000 gallons last October. Officials pleaded innocent in U S District Court. A separate note covers a Burlington fundraising drive by high school seniors where over 3500 dollars was collected from cigarette sales. local merchants and pharmacies contributed, while a town elder tried to quit smoking for the campaign.
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UPIA
New York City
Chame Plain
Spentonbush Fuel Transport Service
U.S. District Court
Shelburne Point
Bill Williams
Mullaney
Alfred Hills
Rotary Club
Randolph High
Gail Coburn
Joanne Beder
Panel Debates Lowering Vermont Drinking Age to 18
In Montpelier the House General and Military Committee held its second hearing on revising Vermont’s drinking law to allow 18 year olds to be served malt and spirituous beverages in restaurants and to buy beer in stores. About 20 people spoke, with testimony split on the proposal.
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Beverly Bradley
Plainfield
Lucy Chase
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Dwight Eakin
Killington
Eugene Winslow
Putney
Windham College
Vermont
House
John Alden
Woodstock
Yankee Seeks PSB Approval To Renew Notes
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp seeks Public Service Board go ahead to extend its 20 million short term notes for three months at 9.5 percent. Albert Cree says long term financing issues should clear by end of June as 540,000 kilowatt Vernon plant construction reaches 60 percent and targets late 1971 operation.
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Vernon
Around Vermont Seeks Appointed Attorney General
Rep. Brian Burns says support grows for a bill to appoint rather than elect the attorney general. He notes committee rejection but hopes to recommit the measure to gain floor time and broaden backing from lawyers and state’s attorneys who favor a more experienced, less political AG.
Vermont unemployment holds at 4.1 percent for second week
Vermont's unemployment rate stayed at 4.1 percent for a second week. The state's Employment Security Department reported 17 more claimants, bringing totals to 4,759 initial claims for the week ending Feb 14. St Albans had the highest jobless rate and Brattleboro the lowest. five of 11 district offices saw small claim increases.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Employment Security Department
St. Albans
Brattleboro
Vermont House Dems Urged to Donate for Party Funds
House Minority Leader Thomas Salmon appealed to House members to donate 100 dollars each to the state committee to avert financial trouble. He called the situation an epidemic and urged those who could afford it to participate in an emergency financing effort. The move follows a caucus push amid party funding strains and aims to bolster committee finances.
Vermont urges 70,000 unregistered vehicles to register
Motor Vehicle Commissioner James E. Malloy reminded Vermont owners of about 70,000 unregistered vehicles they have 10 days left to obtain their 1970 registrations. He said the department would work the next two weekends and Washington's Birthday to help, but about 24,000 pleasure cars may still be unregistered by March 1.
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Montpelier
APD
James E. Malloy
Vermont
Malloy
Washington
Albany Abortion Legislation Shifts Aim in New York
Senate Majority Leader Earl W Brydges signals shift on abortion laws saying he may back a cleaner version of Cook's measure though not fully endorsing it. He notes staff are drafting a near Cook approach while not committing to voting for an abortion change. Albany County air pollution study gains SUNY Albany support as 50 volunteers distribute 5000 foil samples to measure dust lead sulfur and benzopyrene concentrations.
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Albany
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Brydges
Albany County
Albany State University
Capitol Land
Europe
Ronald Stewart
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
SUNY
Sprague Electric reports 1969 earnings and sales gain
Down in Berkshire Sprague Electric Co earned 1 460 272 or 43 cents per share in 1969 on sales of 147 056 412. In 1968 the firm posted a net loss of 2 829 596 on sales of 132 753 473. Chairman Robert C Sprague and President Bruce R Carlson credit 14 million dollars or 11 percent sales rise to strong component demand in the year's first ten months. The company runs 33 plants in 12 states Puerto Rico and eight foreign countries.
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North Adams
Sprague Electric Co
Sprague
Robert C. Sprague
Bruce R. Carlson
Puerto Rico
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