Windsor prison fined fix or transfer orders by judge
U S Court of Appeals Judge James L. Oakes ordered Windsor State Prison to improve conditions in the maximum security section or allow prisoner transfers or releases. Corrections Commissioner Bershad called the ruling significant and said the state would try to comply. The ruling followed complaints of cold drafty conditions and restricted routines from inmates Delore Nolan Lawrence Wood and Edward Raney who sought protective custody after testifying at an inquest into drug use at the prison. Oakes described the Windsor facility as remniscent of the dark ages and urged upgrades to library commissary yard movies chapel services and recreation. The 162 year old prison has been hampered by limited facilities manpower and funds and the 1970 legislature failed to approve a $5.1 million new prison. Governor Davis administration proposed emergency repairs with about $100000 pending the 1972 session. Bershad noted federal courts have ordered substandard prisons closed and prisoners transferred elsewhere.
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Rodney Clarke Windsor
UPI
State
U.S. Court of Appeals
James L. Oakes
Lawrence Bershad
Oakes
Delore Nolan
Lawrence Wood
Edward Raney
Vermont Legal Aid, Inc
Robert Smith
U.S
Windsor
Smith
Deane C. Davis
Bershad
Zinder
Hoff
New England
Thomas McIntyre
D-N.h
McIntyre
Central Maine Power Co
W. H. Dunham
Dunham
Northfield Mountain
Massachusetts
New England Electric Utilities
Guy W. Nichols
New England Electric System
New England Power Exchange
NEPEX
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Massachusetts Democrat
God Family and Country rally returns to Boston
About 3000 conservatives gathered at the Statler Hilton for a four day event begun by two Boston policemen nine years ago. Speakers included Brig. Gen. Robert Scott and actor Robert K. Dornan. Organizers stressed family participation with babysitting, tours, music, and discussions, while a press conference turned tense with Boston Herald Traveler coverage.
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Boston
UPI
Statler Hilton Hotel
Lawrence E. Bunker
Douglas MacArthur
National Council of the
John Birch Society
Harold N. McKinney
The
Bible Science Association
Liberty Amendment Committee
Poice of Americanism
National Federation of Women
Wallace
Gordon Hall
Boston Herald Traveler
Herald Traveler
Robert K. Dornan
America
Law, Order and Freedom
Power pinch prompts all energy policy push in New England
Boston hearings before the New England Regional Commission urged a unified all energy policy and a regional power agency to manage future capacity. Key figures included Rep. Heckler proposing a New England agency, Govs Curtis Hoff, and opposing views from Central Maine Power and Kennedy criticizing private utilities.
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Boston
UPI
New England Power Agency
New England Regional Commission
Faneuil Hall
New England
Jonathan Brownell
Montpelier
Commission
Margaret M. Heckler
R-Mass
Maine
Kenneth Curtis
Curtis
Vermont
Philip Hoff
Burlington, Vt
Seventeen youth vote as Vermont history is made
In Westfield Vermont seventeen youths vote in a local school election just after 18 to 20 year olds gain full voting rights. Suzanne Jacques nineteen is the first under twenty one to cast a ballot, while John Davis twenty says voting feels like responsibility. turnout hits fifty percent.
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Westfield
UPI
Vermont
Suzanne Jacques
John Davis
New England Holiday Detours Warn of July Weekend Delays
AAA reports travel disruptions across New England for the Fourth of July weekend. Massachusetts includes repaving on the Turnpike from Sturbridge to Russell and westbound Storrow Drive closures for Hatch Shell concerts. Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, and New York list bridge work, lane restrictions, and tollbooth delays on I-95 I-86 I-84 I-95 across multiple cities and routes.
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Boston
API
American Automobile Association
New England
Massachusetts
Sturbridge
Russell
Mass. Turnpike
Connecticut
Storrow Drive
Charles Street Circle
Berkeley Street
Hatch Memorial Shell
Worcester
Milford
Norfolk
Guilford
Branford
Hartford
Newtown
Maine
Boothbay
Belgrade
Sapling
Big Squaw
Freyburg
U.S. 201
Waterville
Bingham
Kittery
Vermont Officials See Federal Support for Day Care Plan
UPI reports Edward Zigler, director of the HEW child development program, will visit the University of Vermont in Burlington next week to discuss Vermont's day care center project with state officials. Thomas Davis said Nixon reaffirmed support for total child development over custodial care, amid concerns federal changes could shift toward babysitting services. Vermont also enacts adulthood and water pollution laws, raises small claims from 100 to 250 dollars, lets 12-year-olds seek addiction treatment with no parental consent, and ups town clerk filing fees, plus a school district voting limit on issues per year.
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Burlington
UPI
Federal Health, Education and Welfare Department
Vermont
University of Vermont
Edward Zigler
UVM
Zigler
Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Thomas Davis
Davis
Nixon
Montpelier
Small Claims Court
Vermont Yankee to align with stricter plant discharge rules
Vermont Yankee will follow tighter standards on heated discharges into the Connecticut River, with Vermont Water Resources Board rules limiting temperature rise to a maximum five degrees. A July 9 Brattleboro hearing will revisit the 1968 order which allowed a ten degree rise under a sliding seasonal scale.
New York to Return Sacred Iroquois Wampum Belts
Gov. Rockefeller signed a measure returning five sacred wampum belts from a 26 belt collection at the State Museum to the Iroquois Confederacy. The belts, held for 73 years, are valued at about 250000 dollars. Onondaga chief Irving Powless welcomed the move and urged completion of a cultural center near Syracuse to enable transfer.
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Albany
UPI
New York State
Henry Hudson
Rockefeller
Irving Powless
Syracuse
Powless
State Museum
Wind gust sends worker flying from eight-story build
Nicholas Sainato, 23, survived a fall when strong wind toppled a plywood deck at a public housing project for seniors under construction on Central Avenue at North Allen Street in Albany. Witnesses called the event a miracle as wind carried the deck and pushed him off the structure to the floor below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Central Avenue
North Allen Street
Nicholas Sainato
Ground breaking in Berkshire for college union gym complex
North Adams State College held a 5.2 million ground breaking Thursday for a Student Union and gymnas ium complex. Mayor Bianco crit icizes lack of city invitation while Dr. James Amsler and board members participate. Sprague Electric appoints John D. Washburn as VP of corporate relations. North Adams Housing Authority sees resignations ending three month controversy.
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North Adams
North Adams State College
Joseph R. Bianco
James T. Amsler
Howard C. Smith
Becket
Board of Trustees of
State Colleges
Andrea F. Nuciforo
Pittsfield
George E. Emerson
John D. Washburn
Sprague Electric Co
Washburn
John H. Winant
Sprague
National Business Aircraft Association
Washington
North Adams Housing Authority
Charles W. Morse Jr
William B. Roberts
Francis Sargent
Isadore Shapiro
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Firestone
Uni-Charge
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Egonomy Auto
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Dial
Fienberg
Bradford House Tender
N.E
U.S. 4
Rutland
New York
Cross Bronx
Bruckner Boulevard
Dee Deran Orchestra
le Bouinox
House and Lodges
Manchester
A&P’s
Hew
New Springfield
Springfield
Walter C. Phillips
South Paris
Douglas Seymour
Mt. Mansfield Union High School
Jeffersonville
Down In
Berkshire
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