Proponents seek Senate vote to overturn Nixon veto on jobs bill
The push to override President Nixon’s veto plans a Senate vote next week on a bill to create 200 000 public works jobs to fight unemployment. Backers doubt a two thirds majority, and House approval would still be required. The plan would also fund regional commissions and the Economic Development Administration. Nixon opposes the approach., Hugh Wallace and George Blaesi resign Vermont posts amid legislative reorganization and funding shifts for research and drafting in American Samoa.
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Worcester man charged with murder by arson
A Worcester man accused of setting an apartment house fire that killed four people has been ordered to undergo 35 days of observation at Bridgewater State Hospital under protective custody.
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Norberto Santiago
Herbert Freeman
George Jarvis
Mary Donahue
Edward M Hackett
New Hampshire Approves 50 Cent Sweepstakes Ticket Plan
Gov. Walter Peterson signed a bill to let the New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission set up a 50 cent ticket program to boost sales, modeled on New Jersey. The $3 regular ticket remains. The same day a man faced arraignment for arson and other charges in a deadly fire, with several victims and injuries reported.
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N.H
UPI
Walter Peterson
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Heath Pleads for Support on Joining Common Market
Prime Minister Edward Heath urged Britain to join the six nation market in a televised address, citing 25 years of pursuit and a chance for new greatness. Opposition leader Harold Wilson prepared to respond on TV while Labor gains in Greenwich by Bunell Barnett signaled anti market sentiment, though observers saw the win as economic reaction more than market support.
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UPI
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Harold Wilson
Britain
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Stuart Thom
Labor
18 year old Buckland challenges Binghamton councilman
18 year old David N Buckland, now eligible to vote, will run in the Democratic primary against incumbent William D Bennett, a longtime Seventh District councilman and former Broome County supervisor. Buckland, a nursing student at Broome Community College, has no financial backing and must collect 55 signatures to qualify for the September primary ahead of the November general election.
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Pentagon study says Lockheed faces losses on Tristar sale
A classified Defense Department analysis found Lockheed Aircraft Corp would lose at least 359 million dollars selling 252 Tristar jets and would not break even. The report, completed in 1970, warned costs were optimistic and could push losses higher without cost-sharing by subcontractors. Lockheed sought a 250 million dollar government loan to avoid bankruptcy as Rolls Royce engine supply issues intensified.
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National Women's Political Caucus Forms to Promote Female Candidates
Washington UPI report notes Liz Carpenter and leaders like Betty Friedan and Lucy Wilson Benson organize the National Women's Political Caucus to recruit train and support women as candidates at local state and national levels. Women are 53 percent of the population yet lack governors none among governors and few women in Congress.
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Two Byrds Push Prosecution For Ellsberg Pentagon Papers
Senators Byrd and Byrd Jr call for prompt and full prosecution of those who leaked the Pentagon papers. They urge handling of dissent within law and emphasize accountability for everyone in sensitive government roles who exposed policies. Ellsberg, a former State Department employee, helped prepare the papers.
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Bean Can Sets Off Exeter Supermarket Alarm
For ten nights in a row the Exeter store alarm triggered at 10 34 pm prompting patrols. Police and alarm staff found no burglar until an alarm expert noticed reflected lights from an express train setting off the sensor. The culprit was a can of baked beans.
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Exeter
England
UPI
Vermont Warns on Mercury Fish Then Eases Ban
Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Robert Aiken advised limiting mercury fish intake but said a normal fish dinner once a week may be okay. The Health Board eased a ban on smaller lake fish sales while maintaining restrictions on larger species. Expectant mothers should continue avoiding contaminated fish. Long term studies on mercury impacts are planned.
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Empire State College to be non campus based in New York
Albany and Rochester will host a new college starting this fall that operates without a campus. The Empire State College targets nontraditional students including housewives factory workers and recent graduates offering degrees without fixed classroom sessions. In Albany a separate burglary saw $120 cash a ring valued around $450 and two wrist watches taken after the intruders woke Wyne Peters and forced a $50 check to be written. The same city plans fifty low income homes as part of Arbor Hill urban renewal with two parcels sold to Interfaith Better Home Development Corp for $29 000.
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Route 8 greenbelt plan eyed for Rixbelixe corridor
In North Adams the Route 8 corridor from south of Pittsfield toward Vermont is proposed as a greenbelt recreation test, with DPW engineer Dean Amidon saying the plan is in the proposal stage. Route 8 and Boston area U S 495 were noted as possibilities. public hearings before Thanksgiving will outline potential park-like uses along the Lenox to Williamstown stretch. A separate note reports Great Barrington Plaza, a million-dollar shopping center with 97,253 square feet of retail space on 14 acres at Stockbridge Road, to be developed by Bernard Wasserman of Providence and start in the fall.
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Cambridge
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Market Break In North Adams Nets About $40
North Adams report says a thief broke into the State Road Open Air Farm Market Thursday. About 40 dollars worth of merchandise was taken including 12 watermelons 5 pints of blueberries 2 banana bunches 3 cases of soda and 2 eight pound tomato boxes. Patrolman John F Flaherty found the break at 1 20 a m. Owner James Ziter identified the stolen goods. A separate note from Great Barrington reports a 100 dollar reward from the James V Modelo Post VFW for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a drug pusher.
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James Ziter
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