Waterbury Catholics deny arrangement to perpetuate segregation
In Waterbury Conn the Hartford Archdiocese rejected a Justice Department claim that an arrangement with public and parochial schools kept the public system segregated. Officials say there is no collusion or discrimination and that Catholic schools strive to help minorities with limited resources. The department alleges lines routes and transfer policies favor white schools. The city vows remedial action and awaits justice department updates. Waterbury has 13 000 pupils with 28 percent Negro or Puerto Rican.
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Waterbury School Board
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George P. Harramon
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Department of Justice
Department of
Nude rider rides Boston subway in Cambridge scene
A 20-something man rode the Cambridge Dorchester subway unclothed from Central Square to Park Street. Police removed him after guards alerted others. MBTA says the man was a recent mental patient and returned to the hospital.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Davis To Ask Governors To Back Environmental Control Project
Governors from six New England states gather at Scarborough Maine for a busy agenda including a regional drug rehabilitation program and plans for sewage treatment facilities. Maine Governor Curtis chairs and urges federal funding while Vermont Governor Davis promotes an environmental control institute at Ripton and coastal land use study. The meeting features an NIMH drug abuse expert and a Massachusetts aviation act proposal with regional development goals to follow.
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Scarborough
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UPI
New England
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Kenneth M. Curtis
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Atlantic
Deane C. Davis
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Job Corps Center
Ripton
New England Regional Commission
Sidney Cohen
National Institute of Mental Health
Department of Commerce
Governor Sargent proposes student trustees for state colleges
Boston Gov. Fran W. Sargent urges student representatives on the boards of trustees at UMass Lowell Tech and Southeastern Massachusetts University to foster reasoned dissent. A task force would study faculty board seats, noting potential conflicts of interest and legal issues before any action.
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UPI
Francis W. Sargent
Holy Cross
Sargent
University of Massachusetts
Umass
Lowell Technological Institute
Southeastern Massachusetts University
Gibson Denies Rumors of Impending Retirement
Brattleboro based UPI reports Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ernest W. Gibson denies plans to resign or retire. The 68 year old judge says no age limit, no current plan to step down, and calls the article hogwash. He was appointed in 1950 by President Truman and is a former governor.
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UPI
U.S. District Court
Ernest W. Gibson
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Harry Truman
Aiken
PSB Approves Financing Plan Of Phone Company in Hinesburg
The Vermont Telephone Co. of Hinesburg wins Public Service Board approval for a 5.6 million financing package. The board also urges faster expansion of the capital improvement program to reduce multi party lines to four by 1971. The order authorizes refinancing 2.5 million with Automatic Electric Co. and a 2.7 million long term loan, plus 40,000 shares at 10 each. Interest set at 0.625 percentage points above 8.5 percent prime. prepayment allowed. funds earmarked for capital improvements and debt repayment.
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UPI
Vermont Telephone Co
Hinesburg
Public Service Board
Automatic Electric Co
North Tll
Vermont Highway Tax Revenues Rise 87 Percent
An AMA analysis shows Vermont highway user revenues increasing from 15 million in 1958 to 28 million last year. Motor fuel taxes, vehicle registration fees, motor carrier charges and other fees drive the rise, with motor fuel receipts up from 8 million to 14 million over the decade. Vermont allocates about 14 million annually to federal automotive excise taxes. Special motor user taxes now account for 26.2 percent of total state taxes.
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Vermont
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Eugene G. Wagner
AMA
Pleas Entered in Danville Shooting Case
Reginald Currier 31 of Danville pled innocent and innocent by reason of insanity to a first degree murder charge for the May 4 shooting death of 18 year old Daniel Desrocher on a Danville logging road. Judge Harold Sylvester lowered bail from 75000 to 50000 and ordered Currier returned to Vermont State Mental Hospital in Waterbury.
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UPI
Reginald Currier
Danville
Currier
Superior Court
Harold Sylvester
Sylvester
Vermont State Mental Hospital
Waterbury
Daniel Desrochers
Vermont jobless rate nudges up in early July
VT unemployment rose to 1.5 percent for the week ending July 5. White River Junction posted the lowest rate at 0.2 percent due to nine unemployed. Except for Rutland Middlebury and White River Junction, most offices saw higher claims with Burlington up one and Newport up 53, while eight other local offices reported increases.
Windsor State Prison fire damages estimated at 30000
Corrections Commissioner Charles Adams said the preliminary damage estimate totals 30000 for Windsor State Prison. The figure covers a new mess hall and kitchen floor, wiring repairs, and first floor repainting. It excludes basement laundry and clothing room renovations where the fire began last Thursday.
Vermont logs three industrial deaths in last month
The Vermont Department of Labor and Industry reported three industrial fatalities for last month and 1,324 non fatal accidents, about 200 more than the same month a year ago.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Department of Labor and Industry
SIC Hearings Challenged in State Supreme Court Action
In Troy the State Investigation Committee plans hearings next week but a anonymous petition seeks show cause in State Supreme Court why the SIC should not be allowed to hold public sessions on matter tested in private. Expected topics include the Troy garbage contract city assessments and political contributions. Over 40 residents testified in secret sessions over 10 months. Albany sees Edmund O Neal named principal Arbor Hill Elementary. he becomes Albany Public Schools first black principal and will earn 14430 in September. Schenectady narcotics raids net 24 arrests including two juveniles with LSD marijuana and other drugs. Charges include possession and sale of narcotics and weapons. three suspects linked to The Breed motorcycle gang.
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State Investigation Committee
GIC
SIC
State Supreme Court
John T. Casey
New York City
Troy Area
Albany
Edmund O’neal
Albany Board of Education
Arbor Hill
O’neal
Schenectady
New York
Howard Levine
George W. Stroebel
Rensselaer County
California
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Berkshire Industry Talks on Excelsior Acquisition
Crane and Co bids to buy Excelsior Printing Co and Excelsior Processing and Engraving Co in North Adams. Officials refuse comment as talks persist with no agreement reached yet. Also North Adams approves R-1A zoning line change along Clarksburg boundary maintaining farming in new rural zone.
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Dalton
Crane and Co
Berkshire County
Excelsior Printing Co
Excelsior Processing and Engraving Co
Daniel Alcombright
Clarksburg
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