Bose Sues Consumer Reports Over Loudspeaker Tests
Bose Corp files federal suit in Boston claiming Consumer Reports used incompetent testing to rate Bose 901 speakers in the May 1970 issue. Bose chief Amar Bose questions the method and cites rival patents and favorable reviews from Saturday Review and Hi Fi Buyers Guide.
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Brewster McCloud a surreal Altman flight at Harte Theatre
The film stars Rene Auberjonois Michael Murphy Bud Cort Sally Kellerman Stacy Keach and Shelley Duvall in a Robert Altman fantasy about a boy Brewster seeking to fly with homemade wings. Strong acting elevates scenes but the overall film remains diffuse with clever technique and spoofed direction.
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Corey Fischer
Crandall G. Wood
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Bert Remsen
Angeline Johnson Week
William Baldwin
Vermont seeks fast Supreme Court action on Champlain pollution case
Vermont Attorney General James Jeffords urged the U S Supreme Court to compel New York State and International Paper Co to file briefs within six days or face a March 1 deadline in a pollution suit over Lake Champlain sludge dumped by the Ticonderoga plant. The defendants seek a 60 day extension, but Jeffords calls the request a delaying tactic.
Vermont council backs refunds for polluters who cleanup
The Vermont Economic Council urged the Water Resources Board to return up to 80 percent of fines under the Water Pollution Control Act to firms that complete cleanup within a set period. The panel also proposed exempting pollution abatement equipment from sales tax as a stimulus measure.
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Vermont House approves bill blocking reprisals for school prayer
Vermont lawmakers advance a bill to bar the Education Board from punishing districts that adopt voluntary school prayer programs. Representative John Hancock of Hardwick defends the measure while clarifying it does not address constitutional questions raised by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on prayer in public schools.
Whitcomb Emerges as Likely District 36 Pick
Gov Davis poised to appoint David Whitcomb of Eden to District 36 to fill the late Ernest Goodwin. Whitcomb and former Rep R Henry Manchester of Cambridge named as top Republican choices in local caucuses across Cambridge Belvidere Eden Hyde Park Johnson Waterville and Fletcher. House Speaker Kennedy said he will likely name the successor to Goodwin on the House Education Committee.
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Fletcher
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Vermont board seeks settlement in Mohawk pilots strike
The Vermont Aeronautics Board offered to help both sides end the three month Mohawk Airlines pilots walkout. It told the National Mediation Board the strike harms travelers flying to New England and New York. Airlines Pilots Association members halted Mohawk flights to 87 U.S. cities including nine in New England since last November.
Pipe-bomb explodes Troy telephone call box injuring none
A homemade pipe bomb shattered a Troy emergency call box at Harrison and First streets. Fragments weighing up to five pounds and traveling as far as 200 feet were recovered, with a six pound section found over 100 feet away. Edward Murray witnessed the blast from his home nearby.
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Tragic End for Fire Victim At Fifth Avenue Hotel
George F. Reilly, 69, is found dead after a debris removal crew eyewitness reports a body falling from the second to the first floor of the fire-damaged Fifth Avenue Hotel. The coroner rules death accidental from smoke inhalation in the February 11 blaze.
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Judge Fogarty Suffering After Heart Attack In Hospital
Rensselaer County Court Judge Timothy J. Fogarty remained in satisfactory but guarded condition Tuesday at Leonard Hospital after a heart attack Monday night. He had been hospitalized since last week for tests on a kidney ailment.
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Pittsfield to Build 46 Low Income Units on Osceola St
The state Department of Community Affairs allocates 1.5 million to Pittsfield Housing Authority for 46 units of large family low income housing on 10 acres off Osceola Street. CA plans 25 000 per unit. construction could start this year pending plans and price. In Williams College snow sculpture contest Tyler House wins 100 prize for Purple People Eater. Hoosac Lodge places second with 1957 Dodge and Bryant House third with hound dog sculpture.
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