Oregon governor urges study of mercy killings for elderly
Governor Tom McCall proposed Oregon study legalizing mercy killings to allow dying elderly patients to choose death with dignity rather than life as a vegetable. He announced a seminar and planned to seek input from doctors and scholars at a weekend Republican gathering.
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Lincoln City
Ore
UPI
Tom McCall
State of Oregon
McCall
White House
Defense Attacks FBI Informant Credibility in Harrisburg Seven
In Harrisburg six of the defendants face charges over a 1970 antiwar plan to kidnap Kissinger, sabotage utilities, and vandalize draft records. Key FBI informant Boyd Douglas Jr. testifies amid cross-examination by defense alleging manipulation of a communications network. Witness Mary Elizabeth Sandel says none of the defendants urged her to destroy draft records. Douglas urged participation.
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Harrisburg, Pa
UPI
Harrisburg
FBI
Boyd Douglas Jr
Bucknell University
Mary Elizabeth Sandel
Miss Sandel
Draft Board
Jane Hoover
Douglas
U.S
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Washington
Miss Sander
Miss Hoover
Boyd
Lewisburg Penitentiary
Bucknell
Lewisburg
Philip Berrigan
McGovern Nixon Nominees In Students Mock Conventions
In mock conventions by high school students in the Northeast the nominating contest produced McGovern and Nixon as frontrunners but no clear winner. About 425 youths from six states participated over three days with voting rules relaxed. McGovern edged Muskie in later rounds while Nixon built on early leads with McCloskey as his closest rival.
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North Sutton
N.H
UPI
George McGovern
Nixon
White House
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
McGovern
FTC accuses publisher of deceptive sales practices
The FTC alleges Cro well Collier and Macmillan of New York deceived buyers of Harvard Classics and Collier's Encyclopedia and used misleading door to door advertising. It says bulk shipments of the remaining volumes were billed at $3.98 per book and yearbooks were overcharged by $1, while ads lured applicants with salaried titles but offered only commission based sales jobs.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Harvard Classics
Colliers
Crowell Collier and Macmillan
New York
Harvard
Crowell Collier
Muskie Holds 31 Point Lead in Globe Poll in Massachusetts
Boston Globe poll shows Ed Muskie with 46 percent to Humphrey 15, McGovern 11, Lindsay 8 in the Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary. Other candidates split single digits while Harte and Yorty trail. Interviews of 1423 likely voters were conducted for the Globe through Becker Research Corp before the April 25 primary.
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Boston Globe
Boston
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Massachusetts
Boston Sunday Globe
The
Globe
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George McGovern
South Dakota
New York
John V. Lindsay
Eugene
New Hampshire
Florida
Illinois
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Two snowmobilers killed as lake ice breaks
Two snowmobilers died and five were injured when nine snowmobiles fell through thin ice on Massabesic Lake near Auburn New Hampshire AUBURN NH UPI Sunday after midnight a party of 17 crossed a reef ten escaped some were rescued by boat police and a Coast Guard helicopter divers recovered Eva Muntz 36 and William Gadzyck 25 both of Auburn the incident left four snowmobiles lost during the rescue and eight more people treated at a local hospital
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Auburn
N.H
UPI
Massabesh Lake
Eva Muntz
Fish and Game Department
William Gadzyck
Coast Guard
Vermont welfare group seeks voice in policy decisions
Beverly Moore, leader of the Vermont Welfare Rights Organization, told a weekend meeting that welfare recipients want a greater say in state and federal policy. The group backs education programs, including How State Government Works by Vermont Regional Community Colleges, starting next Saturday at Bethany Church, to train the poor in lobbying. A public hearing at the Statehouse next month is planned to inform lawmakers about welfare needs.
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Vermont Regional Community Colleges
Bethany Church
John Chader
Statehouse
Chader
Mad River Glen Sold to New York Firm in Vermont Buyout
McCullough Corp. acquires 92 percent of Mad River Corp., founder of Mad River Glen in Waitsfield, with Bradford Swett named president and Truxton Pratt as chairman. Roland Plamedo becomes president emeritus. No price disclosed. Fire destroys Mt. St. Joseph's Convent for Girls in St Johnsbury. building unused, three hours to control blaze. Vermont GOP chair Merriman leads delegation to National Leadership Conference in Washington with Agnew-Nixon officials to be honored.
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UPI
McCullough Corp
Vermont
Mad River Glen
Mad River Corp
Central Vermont
Bradford Swett
New York City
Truxton Pratt
New York
Roland Plamedo
ST. Johnsbury
Mt. St. Joseph’s Convent
Washington, D.C
Russell Merriman
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Edith Spring 69 Former Vermont Legislator Funeral Planned
Edith Spring a former Vermont Legislature member who served in 1947 died this weekend at a local hospital. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Hardwick according to UPI.
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East Hardwick
UPI
Hardwick
Edith Spring
Vermont
Driver sought after fatal Route 30 drag of Gloversville man
New York State Police search for the vehicle that struck and dragged 23 year old George Knapp Jr. of 138 Kingsboro Ave. along Route 30 between Northville and Mayfield. Knapp died from massive injuries, his body found wedged beside a snowbank after his snowmobile broke down nearby. The driver fled when seeing the body. In Troy a school board vacancy may be filled by a qualified Black community member following racial disturbance investigations at Mt. Pleasant High School.
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Northville
Gloversville
Mayfield
George Knapp Jr
Kingsboro Ave
Knapp
Troy
Mt. Pleasant High School
Berkshire Heat From Deerfield River Sparks State Critique
North Adams state Rep. Frank J. Matrango accused the state of deplorable indifference to thermal pollution from Yankee Atomic Electric Co. and said downstream waters of the Deerfield River show heat effects from the Rowe plant. He spoke at a Joint Committee hearing where James M. Shepherd urged funds for a study of water level fluctuations below Bear Swamp Pumped Storage. Meanwhile Pittsfield officials study options to finance a 2000-car downtown garage for Nutman’s renewal mall, including a Boston-like build and lease plan under city ownership.
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Deerfield
Frank J. Matiango
Yankee Atomic Electric Co
Rowe Atomic
New England Power Co
Curt Gowdy
Matrango
Joint Legislative Committee of Natural Resources
James M. Shepherd
State Division of Fisheries and Game
Shepherd
Bear Swamp
Pittsfield
New York
George H. Nutman
Nutman
Boston
Petition drive challenges MEC antipollution charges across counties
Petitions disputing Massachusetts Electric Co antipollution charges circulate in North Adams and nearby towns. They urge the Department of Public Utilities to hold a public hearing. Claimants say MEC taxes extra clean air fees with no relation to regular costs.
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Massachusetts Electric Co
Adams
Great Barrington
Lenox
Department of Public Utilities
MEC
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