Balloonists Seek New Records In Montana to Maine Flight
Balloonists James Contes and Arnold Holm lift off in an 80 foot balloon The Free Life from Montana destined for Bangor Maine aiming to set new distance and endurance records. Rod Anderson of New York leads the mission with a four day flight across the U S via the Dakotas Canada Chicago Detroit Buffalo Pittsburgh ending in Maine.
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Maine
Billings
Mont
UPI
Bangor
James Contes
Akron
Ohio
Arnold Holm
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
United States
F. Bourlouski
Moscow
Charaboulski
Contos
Holm
Rod Anderson
New York
Dakotas
Canada
Chicago
Detroit
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
National Aeronautics Association
New England Governors Push Meeting With Nixon on Pollution
New England governors meeting in Scarborough Maine urge a White House talk with President Nixon to address regional pollution funding cuts and air traffic congestion. They note Congress has underfunded pollution abatement by 1.5 billion over five years and back a federal aviation facilities expansion bill. A separate New England Regional Commission session approved a five year 55 million plan for housing education and employment, and endorsed a Geo Transport Foundation advisory group studying high speed rail feasibility.
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Scarborough
Maine
UPI
New England
Nixon
Kenneth M. Curtis
Congress
Rhode Island
Frank Licht
New England Regional Commission
Commerce Department
Geo - Transport Foundation of
Davis Wins Support For Ripton Project
Gov. Deane C. Davis wins tentative support for the New England Environmental Institute at Ripton Vermont. The six New England governors vote to send commission staff to inspect the former Job Corps center and discuss the plan with Vermont Natural Resources Council. The council had earlier recommended the vacant site for the education program and Davis seeks a $200000 grant to underwrite operation.
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Scarborough
Maine
UPI
Deane C. Davis
New England Environmental Institute
Ripton
New England
New England Regional Commission
Commission
Job Corps Training Center
Davis
New England Governors’ Conference
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Job Corps
Israel Criticized Over Health in Occupied Territories
Boston based UPI reports Egyptian and Iraqi health officials accusing Israel of failing to provide adequate medical care in Gaza and Sinai after the 1967 war. Dr. Abdou Sallam cites Red Cross findings of staff shortages poor nutrition and rising TB. Dr. Izzat Mustapha urges halting deportations of Arab physicians and allowing aid and repatriation efforts. Israel did not respond.
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Boston
UPI
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
World Health Assembly
Abdou Sallam
International Red Cross
Gaza
Sinai
Izzat Mustapha
Territories
Red Cross
Mustapha
U.N
Vermont taxation laws blamed as unclear and conflicting
Vermont officials told a legislative committee that state land taxation for forests and parks is unclear and unworkable and proposed alternatives such as payments in lieu of taxes or a state average appraisal. Groton stands out by reappraising and raising its tax share to 13 percent. The inquiry covers 69 forests and parks totaling 116652 acres with a mix of assessed methods across towns and counties.
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Groton
Williams
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
Reed Raft In Trouble On Atlantic Crossing
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico UPI The Ra crew of six faced a dire mid Atlantic stretch with waves washing over the raft stern and supplies being jettisoned Captain Heyerdahl said the voyage toward the New World remains on schedule but the crew is exhausted and worrying about staying afloat The last report places Ra about 1000 miles east of Martinique as they test the theory Egyptians reached the Americas before Columbus
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
UPI
New World
Thor Heyerdahl
Heyerdahl
Mid- Atlantic
Martinique
Americas
Wrong Question Costs Plane Passenger $200
Dudley, a Washington, D.C. lawyer and United Church of Christ official, was fined $200 by East Boston District Court Judge Guy J. Rizzoto for disturbing the peace after asking an American Airlines stewardess, How long does it take to go to Havana. The trial noted the stewardess testified that the comment upset her and the plane’s captain described the reaction. Dudley said he will appeal to Superior Court and was released on recognizance.
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Havana
Dudley
United Church of Christ
Rizzota
Washington, D.C
van A Eisemann
Hurst
Tex
Nika
Cuba
Parker to head UVM Student Affairs Commission
Kenneth Parker, a University of Vermont dropout, was named to lead a 10 member commission to study ways to improve student government communication. He withdrew before final exams citing academic problems, and his bid for the Board of Trustees last February failed. Davis emphasized Parker's SA president role over his college quitting.
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Scarborough
Maine
UPI
Deane C
Davis
Kenneth Parker
University of Vermont
Parker
UVM Board of Trustees
Vermont Officials Probe Bank Demand Notes Use
Lt. Gov Thomas L Hayes asked Banking and Insurance Commissioner Charles Black to examine the use of demand notes for home mortgage loans. He questioned scope and justification, and whether regulators can curb the practice or need new legislation. Vermont signals director denied interstate sign requests under 1968 Anti Billboard Law.
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Montpelier
UPI
Richard Thomas
Windsor County
Thomas
Highway Committee
API
Banking and Insurance
Charles Black
Legislative Council
Automobile Liability Study Committee
Black
Senate
Vermont
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Burlington
New York Conservation Council Holds Troy Meetings and Sept. Lake Placid Plan
Officers and board members of the New York State Conservation Council meet today and Saturday in Troy representing 30 000 organized sportsmen. They will discuss the September 24 27 annual meeting at the Marcy Hotel Lake Placid area conservation issues regional reports and a health department address. Also in Troy the Pure Waters Authority designates a 650 acre plot on the Poestenkill North Greenbush line for solid waste disposal near Route 66 150 Wynantskill Creek three miles southwest of Troy and five and a half miles northeast of Rensselaer benefiting 85 percent of county residents. Albany Assemblyman Raymond C Skuse attacks Mayor Erastus Corning over downtown Albany decline calling current plans mere promises and urging concrete results for 1980 business and economic improvements.
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Troy
New York State Conservation Council
New York
Marcy Hotel
Lake Placid
Hugo Anderson
New York State Health Dept
State Pure Waters Authority
Poestenkill
North Greenbush
Rensselaer County
State Health Department
Arthur Handley
PWA
Wynantskill Creek
Rensselaer
Albany
Raymond C. Skuse
Erastus Corning
Skuse
Berkshire bus crash halts runaway vehicle at Union Street
Victor H. Desnoyers driver of a bus owned by John Tietgens stopped the runaway by crashing into the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Forgen at 510 Union Street. The crash likely saved the lives of 16 ecology class passengers. No one was seriously hurt. In Pittsfield, a race- and ghettos-oriented day care center plan advanced as social agencies endorsed seed funding of 10,000 dollars for the Early Childhood Development Center at 43 Francis Avenue with capacity for 92 children.
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North Adams
Victor H. Desnoyers
John Tietgens
George Forgen
Union St
Desnoyers
Autumn Heights
Pittsfield
Bath experiment to test generation gap at Main Street
Five Greenfield Community College students plan an experiment for an introductory psychology class by placing two volunteers in a bathtub filled with soap bubbles on Main Street and recording reactions. Gerald Levitch, chairman of the Greenfield Selectmen, called it an interesting idea.
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Greenfield
Greenfield Community College
Main Street
Gerald Levitch
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St, Louis, Mo
Washington County
Caledonia County
Reed
Tilford Elley
East Boston
Guy J. Rizzota
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
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Hayes Queries Bank
Brandon
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