Mississippi Desegregation Expands In Several Districts
Three more Mississippi districts with black majorities resume classes under Supreme Court orders for immediate desegregation. Holmes County Natchez Adams Hinds counties begin steps to desegregate, with whites in private schools in Wilkinson County. Some districts report white absence during registration as they move toward the desegregation plan.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Holmes County
Natchez-Adams
Hinds County
Columbia
Quitman
Wilkinson County
Julius Carter
Federal Mediator Enters GE Strike Negotiations
Labor Secretary Shultz sends J Curtis Counts to GE strike talks as 13 unions and GE negotiators resume discussions. Javits backs fact finding but GE rejects. strike idled 147000 workers nationwide and continues to affect the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
George P. Shultz
General Eléctric Co
Shultz
Washington
J. Curtis Counts
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Fred J. Borch
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Vermont law seeks unified land taking standards
Vermont lawmakers moved toward a single land taking procedure as former state representative Hoxie announced a bill to unify condemnations. The proposal, adopted by the Legislative Council, aims to replace the 33 distinct eminent domain provisions with a standardized approach across cases.
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Montpelier
David F. Hoxie
Legislative Council
Hoxie
Vermont
John S. Burgess
Brattleboro
Rutland plans snowmobile trail network in city forest
Rutland recreation chief John W. Cioffredi announced a plan to create a marked trail system in Mendon’s municipal forest. With aldermanic approval, the project will use abandoned logging roads and involve little tree cutting to accommodate snowmobiles.
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Rutland
Mendon
Recreation and Parks
John W. Cioffredi
Cioffredi
City Board of Aldermen
Albany to Destroy Myers and Whitney Buildings in Urban Renewal
The John G. Myers Co. Building at 39-74 North Pearl Street was sold to Albany for 110000. City plans demolition as part of a downtown renewal announced by Mayor Erastus Corning in 1968, with a multi story parking lot planned on the site. The deed includes 510 514 Broadway and a pedestrian bridge over James Street. Robert Irish, president of Myers, may reveal future plans.
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Albany
John G. Myers Co
North
Pearl St
City of
Albany County Clerk’s Office
Myers
Whitney’s
Erastus Corning
Broadway
James Street
Robert Irish
Myers Company
State plans public owned airport in Great Barrington
The Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission drafted a plan for a public owned general aviation airport in Great Barrington with a $10 000 planning grant proposed to study feasibility. The town would contribute about $1 000, and the Selectmen will seek Planning Board input before deciding. Berkshire seems to lose Berkshire Downs as a race track, as no racing days filings were made for 1970. The property was recently sold to Bill Veeck of Suffolk Downs. In Adams, A D Simmons Funeral Service Inc changes hands, sold to Russell J Whittle who already runs Simmons Funeral Home in North Adams. In Pittsfield Joseph Williams II 21 pleaded innocent to armed robbery over the December 24 bank robbery. he was bound over to U S District Court in Boston.
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Gt. Barrington
Great Barrington
State Aeronautics Commission
Hancock
Berkshire Downs
Bill Veeck
Suffolk Downs
North Adams
A.D. Simmons Funeral Service, Inc
Adams
Russell J. Whittle
Simmons Funeral Home
Whittle
Pittsfield
UPI
Joseph Williams II
First Agricultural Bank of
U.S. District Court
Boston
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Kincaid
Hedstrom
Gem Wood
Kantnet
Lane Co
Bennington, VT
DIAL
Eta
Lawa
Rk Omasote
Pownal
Portland
Ore
Frank Howard
Diamondstone
White River Jct
Peter I. Diamondstone
John H. Carnahan
Springfield
Legal Aid Office
Thomas French
Carnahan
George F. Ellison
White River Junction
Newport Rep
U.S
Arthur A. Mooney
R-17
Newport
John T. Alden
Woodstock
Mooney
Winston L. Prouty
Hoff
Troy
Troy Police Department
Rensselaer County
Don Cholakis
Public Safety
Albert F. Prezio
Prezio
James F. Doherty
Cholakis
New Jersey
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