Putnam Hospital plans $6 million new building phase
Preliminary plans for Putnam Memorial Hospital's first stage of a $6 million expansion were unveiled. The project aims to raise at least $1 million this spring through public subscriptions, with construction to begin this fall and finish by 1974. The new two story plus ground floor facility will add a modern main building with a drive through entrance, larger emergency and outpatient areas, a radiology lab, and a 26 bed octagonal nursing unit shaped to allow future expansion.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Eugene V. Clark
Clark
Ellerbe Architects
St. Paul, Minn
Spencer Co
Rutland
Esther Merrill Parmelee
Old Bennington
Putnam Hospital
Richmond white suburbs to join city school system
Federal Judge Merhige ordered Richmonds largely white suburbs merged into the citys school system to create a metropolitan plan. He said boundaries were mere political conveniences and aimed to erase past discrimination, with 104000 students and a 70 percent white school mix, largely via busing. The counties and state officials plan to appeal.
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Richmond, Va
UPI
Federal District Court
Robert H. Merhige
Richmond
Merhige
U.S
Federal Court
Henrico
Chesterfield
Virginia
Out-of-state Black Muslims linked to Baton Rouge killings
Baton Rouge faced a deadly street clash as eight Black Muslims from Chicago Philadelphia and Los Angeles were charged with murder in the deputy slayings amid attempts to take over the city. Four people died including two deputy sheriffs and a Chicago man. National Guard troops were deployed after a 1 000 person demonstration turned violent.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Chicago
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Woodrow Dumas
Maj
Howard Kidder
United States
Kidder
David McKinney
Toussaint L’overture
Clennon Brown
Warren Hall
Robert J. Barber
Lawrence Brooks
Raymond Eames
Ridgley Williams Jr
Bauer
Sheriff’s
Ralph D. Hancock
Dewayne Wilder
Thomas Davis
Bob Johnson
Controversy over Howard Hughes autobiography grows
In a heated dispute over the manuscript billed as Howard Hughes life story, Hughes and his critics traded accusations. Irving and McGraw-Hill presented checks and claims of authentic author contact, while Hughes denied payment and called the book a fraud. A court showdown could loom as Hughes Tool Co. hinted he may appear in court.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Howard Hughes
Hughes
McGraw-Hill Books
Clifford Irving
New York
Switzerland
Irving
Bahamas
McGraw-Hill
Life Magazine
Hughes Tool Co
Mt. Anthony board approves smoking policy renewal
Mt Anthony Union school board wrapped up its first 1972 meeting in quick, businesslike fashion at Mt Anthony High School. The main item approved was to continue outside smoking privileges for students, with conditions and ongoing anti smoking measures at the junior high.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Channel 8
Jean Kenyon
Kenyon
Charles Keir
William B. Chase
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Chase
Association
MT. Anthony
AEC delays Vermont Yankee license hearings in Brattleboro
The Atomic Energy Commission schedules January 31 hearings in Brattleboro to review Vermont Yankee’s 540000 kilowatt plant at Vernon. The board will not issue a low level license until health safety and environmental concerns are resolved with input from the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont and the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution. Governor Davis emphasized the plant could relieve regional power shortages by supplying around 20 percent of capacity during peak winter use.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Vermont
Samuel Jensch
AEC Safety and Licensing Board
Vermont Yankee
Connecticut River
Jensch
Conservation Society of
Harvey Carter
Pownal
Conservation Society
New England Coalition On Nuclear Pollution Inc
Anthony Z. Roisman
Washington
Deane C. Davis
New England
Youth steals $4.3 million in securities
A 14-year-old boy robbed a Wall Street messenger of about $4.318 million in negotiable securities as he fled to a waiting car. The victim, Ernest Stain, was transferring assets from the Federal Reserve Bank to a Wall Street firm when the incident occurred. Authorities, including police and FBI agents, pursued the teen, described as 5 foot 1 with blue jeans and a dark jacket, who remains at large. The U.S. Trust Co. stated there would be no customer loss since the securities were insured.
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New York
UPI
Wall Street
FBI
Ernest Stain
Federal Reserve Bank
U.S. Trust Co
U.S. Trust
U.S. Trust Company
U.S. Treasury
Vermont high court weighs challenge to 125 year old abortion law
Vermont Supreme Court heard a challenge from Vermont Legal Aid Society to the 125 year old statute allowing abortion only when the mother's life is at risk. The case raises disputes over privacy, due process for physicians, and whether the issue should be resolved by legislature or courts.
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Montpelier
UPI
Attorney General's Office
Vermont Supreme Court
Russell Morss
High Court
Vermont
Vermont Legal Aid Society
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Morss
Supreme Court
Leahy
Michael Katz
Vermont Legal Aid
Willis Higgins
Champlain Valley
House Judiciary Committee
Bonehead of the Year named by sports page reader
Inside feature proclaims the top bonehead of the year by the number one sports fan on page 2. The note signals light, satirical tone and a recurring annual joke item with names and playful blame among readers.
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Vermont
Ma Bell
Arlington
Navy
Chafee
Hoosick
N.Y
Don Shula
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