New England Governors Meet To Push Water Act Funds
The New England Governors Conference gathers in Scarborough Maine with Maine Governor Curtis co chairing. Curtis urges federal action to close the funding gap under the Water Pollution Control Act and asks member states to press Washington for more appropriations. Vermont reports no highway fatalities over the long July Fourth weekend. A Newark father, 48 year old Arnold Robert Johnson, is accidentally shot by his 18 year old son Theodore while Theodore cleans a shotgun at the kitchen table. Johnson dies from a head wound.
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Private Fiesta Replaces Funeral for Walter Gropius
Friends and associates of Walter A. Gropius held a private fiesta instead of a funeral in Cambridge Massachusetts in line with his wishes. The renowned architect who founded the Bauhaus and the Chicago School of Design died Saturday at Tufts New England Medical Center at age 86. His body was cremated Sunday at his request. The gathering occurred at Architects Collaborative, the firm he started in 1946.
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Grand Jury to Probe Shooting Death in Vermont
A Caledonia County Grand Jury was convened to hear evidence in the May shooting death of Daniel Desrochers, 18, of Danville. Reginald Currier, 31, of Danville, charged with first degree murder, pleaded innocent by reason of insanity and was ordered to the Vermont State Mental Hospital for evaluation on a $75,000 bond. Observers note related remarks from Bauhaus founder Gropius and a separate prison escape case in Windsor, NH, as authorities search for Provençal. A Johnson State College program for high school seniors begins, aiming to help deficiencies for college admission, while a 10-year-old Essex Junction boy survives a 50-foot Lake Champlain fall after being rescued by his father.
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Grand Isle
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Tax Hike Threat Urges Rate Clamp by Nixon
Rep Wright Patman of Texas urged President Nixon to curb the prime interest rate to stop further rises beyond the 8 1 2 percent record. In a weekend letter Patman said officials gave no plan to halt another increase and criticized the government for inaction.
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Vermont Public Health Survey to Test Half State Waters
A two week survey led by Floyd Taylor will sample about half of Vermont surface waters to gauge pollution in the drinking water supply and recreational areas. Health Commissioner Dr. Robert B. Aiken pressed for the probe due to understaffing. The effort ties to Fairfield land purchases for recreation discussed at an Interagency Committee meeting.
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Robert B. Aiken
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Fairfield
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Swanton
Troy public forum to dissect fire protection system adequacy
A public forum at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church will examine Troy's fire protection system, with TNT and local business groups sponsoring. Russell D. Meredith of TNT says the event aims to provide residents with facts on potential improvements costs and insurance impacts, with local officials on hand to speak. A separate Albany note reports a priest layman group proposing six new dioceses in upstate New York will campaign in two regions, centered on Utica and Plattsburgh. The Cohoes Model Cities Area receives a $22135 federal grant for a two phase health information program to inform residents about health services, funded by the Public Health Service to support local health outreach.
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Pittsfield seeks bids for bus contract to serve 5000 pupils
Pittsfield School Department plans to invite bids to run contracted bus service for all 5000 pupils, replacing franchise routes. Yellow Coach Lines faces competition from Gray Line of Boston as the contract nears expiration on June 30.
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Yellow Coach Lines, Inc
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Boston
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