McIntyre Challenges Oil Industry Reasoning On Imports
UPI reports Senator Thomas J. McIntyre of New Hampshire questioning Senator Hansen and oil defenders. He says price controls and a domestic production floor keep prices high, citing Wyoming per capita burdens and potential savings if imports lowered costs. He seeks full understanding while advocating more oil imports to cut heating costs in New England.
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Sen. Hansen
McIntyre
Amer
Ican
New Hampshire
Hanser
of Industry
McIintyre
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Wyoming
Hansen
New England
Cabinet
Northeast Congressmen React To Nixon Speech Mixed Reactions
New England lawmakers mostly praised the address while two prominent Democrats found it lacking in concrete proposals. Senator Muskie and Senator Kennedy urged clearer action, with others stressing the speech’s bipartisan tone and aim to tackle crime pollution and public health.
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Washington
UPS
New England
Nixon
Winston Hb. Prouty
R-Vt
Prouty
Congress
Kennedy
Edmund M. Muskie
Maine
Edward W. Brooke
Mass
Senate
Vietnam
Thomas J. McIntyre
Dn.h
McIntyre
Harvard Disciplines Students Who Occupied Two Buildings
Twenty nine Harvard students faced discipline for two separate building occupations last month. About 50 to 70 protested University Hall on December 5, then roughly 50 occupied the Faculty Club and University Hall before a temporary restraining order was issued.
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Harvard
Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard University
University Hall
Committee On Rights and the Discipline
Boston Youth Panel Helps City Kids Who Want To Ski
Boston Youth Activities Commission encourages Boston kids to ski with support from area ski hills. About 1 500 participants last winter, aiming to double this season. Key needs include equipment and transport, with many hills offering discount rentals and free lift tickets. Areas involved include Benjamin Hill and several New England resorts.
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Boston
Shirley
Mass
UPI
Boston Youth Activities Commission
Joe le Blanc
Benjamin Hill
Richard Williams
Williams
New England
LeBlanc
Shirley Hill
Youth Activities Commission
Kevin H. White
Ragged Mountain
Tenney
Tyrol
New Hampshire
Mount Ascutney
Burke Mountain
Vermont
Indianhead
Jiminy Peak
Oak ’N Spruce
Hartwell
Massachusetts
Walton funds to aid maidservants near end after 300 years
In Stafford England UPI reports Isaak Walton set up a fund 300 years ago to provide five pounds a year to a maidservant of good character. Now the Walton maids charity is closing as no one has claimed the money for five years.
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Stafford
England
UPI
Isaak Walton
Walton
Vermont House Debates Adjournment Date For 1970 Session
In Montpelier UPI reports House Majority Leader Walter Kennedy moderates his stance on a March adjournment, while Republicans split on a final date. Hackett favors March 27 to finish major work. the state funds a 12 week or March end session. A St Albans workman dies and another injured in a house renovation fire caused by a soldering torch in an oil drum. Dana Kubas 22 died. Ceasire Lacoste injured. Also in Montpelier the Selective Service says 33 men will be drafted in February with no one called 60 or higher. A Republican objectes to cash bonuses for Vietnam veterans. Vermonters received about 19 million dollars from the VA in 1969 with 11.2 million for compensation and pension payments.
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Hackett
ST. Albans
UPI
Dana F. Kubas
Ceasire Lacoste
Will Kubas
Cesaire
Montpelier
Allen R. Foley
Norwich
House
de Foley
GOP
House Appropriations Committee
Firms fined under Sunday closing law in Latham
Three of eight firms faced $5 fines each for violations of the Sunday closing law in Latham. The cases, reported by Colonie Justice Harry J. D Agostino, involve Grand Union supermarket at Latham Corners, Central Markets Inc. of Latham, and Huckleberry Finn of the Troy Schenectady Road. Roger Pratt, Weston’s Shopping Center manager, is the complainant and the first store to be closed under the law. Five other firms have adjournments until Feb. 19.
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Latham
Colonie
Harry J. D’agostino
Grand Union
Latham Corners
Central Markets Inc
Huckleberry Finn
Troy - Schenectady Road
Roger Pratt
Weston’s
Berkshire superintendents oppose minimum curriculum standards
In Berkshire County Pittsfield officials oppose state Board of Education minimum standards arguing they are quantitative and rely on outdated methods. The Willis Harrington 1965 law gives the state power to set standards. boards already require kindergarten by 1973 and each system with 2,000 students under one superintendent. A delay in Adams jewelry robbery case and a Gypsum Co plant closure in Cheshire are noted with separate local updates.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
State Board of Education
Willis-Harrington
State
Bomst
Adams
Roy Martin
Dalton
Atams
Adams District Court
Omaha
Neb
Martin
Remillard
Pittsfield Firm Plans Major Renovation in Columbus Area
Pittsfield firm White Star Confectionery Co. owned by the Massery family was approved by the Housing Authority for development of a 2 acre tract in the Columbus urban renewal area. The company runs a wholesale supply business and discount store on Columbus Avenue for 24 years and will undertake a substantial renovation of its current building.
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Pittsfield
White Star Confectionery Co
Massery Family
Columbus
Housing Authority
Columbus Avenue
New C of C Director Named in Northern Berkshire
Harold F. Phillips of Clarksburg is named executive director of the Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce to replace Alan L. Marden who will become executive director of the North Adams Redevelopment Authority. Phillips previously was a Sprague Electric technical writer and led the 1969 Fall Foliage Festival.
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North Adams
Harold F. Phillips
Clarksburg
Northern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce
Alan L. Marden
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