New Hampshire High Court Urged to Fast Blue Cross Blue Shield Hearing
The New Hampshire Supreme Court is asked to compel an early hearing on rate increase requests from Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Durkin delayed the hearing to Feb 11 for Phase Two clarifications, while the firms report six figures in losses over 11 months. Officials defend efficiency and assert assets are not misused.
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Concord
UPI
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
New Hampshire Supreme Court
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Durkin
Nixon
Insurance Department
Sargent Won't Rule Out New Taxes in State of the State
Governor Francis Sargent told a joint session he may balance Massachusetts 1973 budget without new taxes but did not commit. He announced 79 bills for 1972 session, noted the $1.97 billion Fiscal 72 budget, and plans a Fiscal 73 proposal later this month. He refused to specify if taxes are needed, signaling decision in his budget message.
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Francis W. Sargent
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Sargent
Winooski stays loyal to Democrats win in special election
In Winooski Vermont Democrats won by large margins in a Friday special election. UPI reports Randolph Major Jr. led with 1 035 votes to 594 for Republican Robert Stafford while Bernard Sanders Liberty Union had 83 and J William O Brien received 1 602 votes. Republican Richard Mallory had 264 with scattered for Doris Lake and Anthony Doria. The piece notes calls for tax reform and education funding changes, and reforms to the penal system as priorities.
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UPI
Chittenden County
J. William O’brien
Randolph Major Jr
Westminster
Robert Stafford
GOP
Liberty Union
Bernard Sanders
O’brien
Richard Mallory
Doris Lake
Anthony Doria
Vermont Independent Party
Burlington
Vermont
Robert T. Stafford
J. William O'Brien
Stafford
Major
Mallary
Nighttime blaze guts Barre business block
A Sunday night fire gutted two four story wooden structures on Barre North Main Street, destroying the Barre Paint and Wall Paper Co. and Kendall Lawson Furniture Store. Fire crews from Williamstown Montpelier East Montpelier and Goddard College fought the blaze for hours. At least two Barre firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation and injuries. No cause or damage estimate yet.
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Williamstown
Montpelier
East Montpelier
Goddard College
Plainfield
Barre Paint and Wall Paper Co
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Fire department reports high rate of false alarms in NYC
New York City Fire Commissioner Robert Lowery says 38 of every 100 fire calls last year were false alarms, with 105 129 false calls out of 280 170. An experiment in East Flatbush uses 100 telephone alarm boxes to replace pull-lever alarms, which officials say cuts false alarms as youths age 9 to 13 remain prone to triggering them.
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New York
New York City
Robert O. Lowery
Paul O’brien
East Flatbush
Brooklyn
O’brien
Friendly gas price war ends in Sudbury
In Sudbury Massachusetts two rival stations Joseph McCullough and Samuel Bienes ended an 11 day price war that cut regular to 19.9 cents and premium to 24.4 cents a gallon. Prices returned to normal 29.9 and 34.9 cents respectively as the neighbors praised their friendly competition. Bienes said his distributor was losing about 400 dollars a day while both profited during the war and they remained friends.
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Samuel Bienes
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Eight-Year-Old Dies in Snowmobile Crash at NH Rally
An eight year old boy driving a snowmobile was killed when it hit a tree and a parked car at a Southern New Hampshire Snow Slickers rally near Manchester. His sister Dawn, 11, was critically injured and the stepfather Richard Blais, 38, suffered chest pains and was hospitalized. Conservation officer Andrew Cannon noted no minimum age for snowmobile operation away from highways.
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UPI
Curt Evans
Manchester
Dawn
Concord Hospital
Richard Blais
Elliot Hospital
Andrew Cannon
State Fish and Game Department
Cannon
New Hampshire
Curt
Vermont Elects Mallary and Stafford to Congress
Vermont voters elected Richard W. Mallary to take the late Winston Prouty’s House seat while Robert T. Stafford won the remaining Senate term. Both Republicans planned staff setup soon with Mallary aiming for Washington and Vermont needs and Stafford enjoying a Vermont ski vacation during the break.
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Major Trails In Home Town Votes For Senate Seat
Westminster voters favored Senator Robert T. Stafford with 227 ballots, while Democratic candidate Randolph T. Major received 168 votes and Liberty Union’s Bernard Sanders drew seven in Friday’s UPI report.
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Two Troy area men dead in separate accidents
State Police report two men from the Troy area died in separate Sunday crashes. George Rocco 21 of Martindale Trailer Park Clifton Park died after a Route 20 collision in Guilderland. Horace Richmond 60 of Ballston Spa died when his car left Route 63 near Malta, Saratoga County, down an embankment.
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Ballston Spa
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Guilderland
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Saratoga Springs Hospital
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Saratoga County
Pittsfield Beano Licenses Held Until Guidelines Set
Pittsfield Mayor Donald G. Butler has stalled license issuance for beano until specific guidelines are established. State Public Safety Inspector James McMahan will attend a council meeting Wednesday to clarify license conditions as numerous city groups eye applications. In other news, a three way land swap for Springside Park community school aims to conclude this week, with Springside replacing Rice and Coolidge Park replacing Tucker and Briggs. Cheshire Hoosac Restaurant, once the Blue Saucer, burned from a suspicious origin, ending months of closure after a prior interior fire.
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Donald G. Butler
James McMahan
State Department of Public Safety
Springside Park
Thomas M. Connolly
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Rice
Coolidge Park
Tucker and Briggs
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