Polaroid faces backlash over South Africa trade stance
Polaroid outlines an experimental program to improve black employment in South Africa while continuing business there and halting sales to South African government agencies. The move follows a boycott campaign led by black Polaroid workers and mounting US business pressure amid apartheid concerns.
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United States
South Africa
Polaroid
Frank & Hirsch Ltd
Vermonter Morrisseau joins CEO post in Burlington
Dennis J. Morrisseau 28 of Burlington Liberty Union candidate was named an antipoverty worker for Chittenden County. Andrew Kelsh head of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity said Morrisseau will serve as a developer for the community action component of the local CEO and will be paid 7200 dollars a year.
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UPI
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Chittenden County
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House
Nixon urged to intervene in Mohawk pilots' strike
UPI report notes Sen Norris Cotton and Rep Howard Robison press President Nixon to intervene in Mohawk Airlines pilots strike. The action halted service in New York and New England, while talks continued and federal courts oversee hearings. Also covered are campaign finance plea by Dennis Morrisseau and a jail escape incident in Soledad California.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Cotton
Concord
N.H
John Henchey
Lincoln
Executive Branch
Utica
N.Y
Washington
Record tallies of the 91st Congress reveal vast debate
Official tallies show the 91st Congress logged 3,925 hours and 39 minutes of debate across 65,475 pages in the Congressional Record with 24,000 extra pages of extensions and daily accounts. Lawmakers introduced 29,040 measures, passed 3,317, enacted 909, overrode two of 11 presidential vetoes, cast 1,110 roll calls, 438 quorum calls, and confirmed 133,797 nominations and appointments, mostly military.
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UPI
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New York DAs push softer penalties for marijuana
At a two day meeting the New York State District Attorneys Association urged lawmakers to reclassify marijuana as a dangerous drug rather than a narcotic and cut penalties for possession. They want loitering for drug use dropped and penalties reduced, with under 25 cigarettes or a quarter ounce falling to a misdemeanor and under 200 cigarettes or two ounces capped at four years.
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Westchester County
Carl Vergari
Bronx
Burton Roberts
Special State Commission On Drug Laws
Das
State Department
Association
EPA reports 1969 fish kills triple 1968 toll
Water pollution deaths of fish rose sharply from 1968 to 1969 with 41 million fish killed in 45 states versus 15 million in 42 states. EPA Administrator William D. Ruckelshaus urged tougher safeguards to keep hazardous materials from waterways as total fish kills since 1960 reach 144.6 million in over 4,200 incidents.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Environmental Protection
EPA
William D. Ruckelshaus
Federal Water Quality Administration
Woodstock and Town Face River Pollution Charges In Vermont
Windsor County State's Attorney accuses Woodstock village and town of dumping wastes into the Ottauquechee River and Kedron Brook from a sewer line at Taftsville and a home dump in South Woodstock. Fines possible up to 10,500 for the town and 500 for the village. Charges may be dropped if compliance with landfill laws is shown by June 1.
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White River Jct
UPI
Woodstock
Vermont
Windsor County
Frank G. Mahady
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Kedron
Mahady
Taftsville
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pomfret Twon
Burlington Alder Robert Coe Named to Vermont Racing Board
MONTPELIER UPI Democratic Alderman Robert Coe of Burlington was named to Vermont Parimutuel Racing Commission as a three member panel. He succeeds Edmund Chick DuPont, former Winooski mayor and last fall candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.
O'Brien Joins Harwood for Vermont University Board
UPI reports Senator John J. O'Brien D Chittenden Grand Isle submitted his name for the University of Vermont Board of Trustees becoming the second candidate after Senator Madeline Harwood R Bennington County who put her name forward last week.
GE Resists Immediate Shutdown of Poentic Marsh Landfill
Schenectady General Electric refuses to cease operations at its Poentic Marsh landfill despite state calls. A spokesman says the area will be used to minimize pollution and that up to 100 tons of waste daily come from the plant, including cafeteria trash. A local committee seeks to block further dumping and may pursue a temporary injunction if GE does not stop voluntarily.
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Schenectady
Albany Extends Unemployment Aid to Thirty Nine Weeks
The State legislature approved a bill extending unemployment insurance by 13 weeks, aligning with federal mandates for 1972. The plan raises maximum benefits to 39 weeks at up to 75 dollars weekly, expanding coverage for claimants beyond the current 26 weeks.
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Albany
New York
Rhode Island
Berkshire hospital affiliation talks and local development plans
Adams reports Plunkett Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees has met with Berkshire Medical Center staff regarding a planned affiliation, not a full merger, potentially placing a resident physician and interns from Pittsfield at Plunkett. Bowe Field recreation project is about two years away with funds likely, though state aid may be limited. Pittsfield City Council approved water rights acquisition for Onota Lake and land costing 275000, city share 68750, Williams Street zoning tabled, John Rice Planning Board bid defeated.
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ADAMS
Leonard A. Turgeon
Plunkett Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield
Plunkett
Bowe Field
William Hoffman
Conservation Commission
Hoffman
Edward G. Konieczny
The
Soil Conservation Service
State Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Onota Lake
Williams Street
John H. Rice
Planning Board
Navy awards GE contract for MK-80 fire control upgrade
Pittsfield project funds General Electric to produce material for converting the fleet ballistic missile MK-80 fire control system from Model 1 to 3. The $2,317,965 contract will be fulfilled at the GE plant in Pittsfield.
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Department of the Navy
General Electric Co
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