Betty Furness resigns from New York consumer board over inaction
Albany New York television figure Betty Furness quits after a year as chair of the State Consumer Protection Board, criticizing the legislature for not passing strong consumer protection laws. Governor Rockefeller reluctantly accepts the resignation as she cites conservative lawmakers and budget cuts.
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Betty Furness
N.Y
Albany, N.Y
UPI
State Consumer Protection Board
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Consumer Protection Agency
Miss Furness
Furness
Kidnaped tot found wandering along roadside
Four year old Wendy Chase was found wandering along a roadside by two Buffalo women twenty hours after she was abducted by an elderly man. Wendy, who had been taken in the country, was bruised, hungry, thirsty, and had a rash. Authorities continued the search for the kidnapper as her parents expressed relief and gratitude.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
Wendy Chase
Wendy
Joseph Chase
Jean Hofmann
Mary Brennan
River Road
Tonawanda
Chase
Anita Parker
Anita
FBI
Court rules news media need not divulge sources
A New York State Supreme Court justice dismissed subpoenas targeting six news outlets over Hobart College disruption, ruling first amendment and Civil Rights Law protections apply. CBS, Democrat & Chronicle, Times-Union, Gannett papers, Canandaigua Messenger, Geneva Times, WROC and WHAM were named in the action. The ruling came as part of cases tied to a college disturbance led by Tommy the Traveler, an undercover sheriff’s agent posing as an SDS organizer.
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Canandaigua
N.Y
UPI
Supreme Court
New York
Gannett-owned
Rochester
Canandaigua Messenger
Geneva Times
WROC
WHEC
CBS
Edwin Schulman
Thomas
Tommy
Tongyai
Finger Lakes
Thermal Wire and Electronics faces closure or expansion
Vermont news reports stockholders vote on July 25 in Grand Isle to decide whether Thermal Wire and Electronics will shut down or expand into new lines such as pharmaceuticals and trailer parts. The firm blamed a January 1970 fire for losses after last shipping June 15 from temporary HQ.
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Grand Isle
UPI
Thermal Wire and Electronics Corp
Frederick J. Fayette
South Burlington
Champlain Gun Club
Champlain Islands
Fayette
Chittenden-Grand Isle
Vermont Governor to Appear on Mike Douglas Show
Gov. Davis will tape a Thursday appearance on the Mike Douglas Show in Philadelphia. Dan Dailey, star of The Governor and J.J., will be interviewed as the governor comments on how realistically the show portrays gubernatorial life. Air date not announced.
Rutland GE executive named head of three plants
J Walter Herlihy, plant manager at Rutland GE, is named general manager of three Vermont and New Hampshire plants. He will oversee Rutland, Ludlow, and Hooksett operations, employing about 1,400 people. He remains based in Rutland after 11 years of managing the Rutland plant. Meanwhile Concord reports Maine pilot Laurence Davenport, missing since July 2 after departing Burlington, is the subject of an informal search along his presumed flight path after the formal search was halted.
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Rutland
UPI
J. Walter Herlihy
General Electric Co
Vermont
New Hampshire
Herlihy
Ludlow
Hooksett
N.H
Concord
Maine
Laurence Davenport
Burlington
Woman found dead after New York bungalow fire
In Palenville a 75 year old woman, Mary Woods, was found dead in her single-story bungalow following an early Monday fire that destroyed the home. Fire Chief Chester Tompkins reported the blaze began shortly after 4 am while she was alone inside.
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Palenville
Mary Woods
Chester Tompkins
Car collision kills 24 year old Fort Devens soldier
In Williamstown Elmer Schweizer of Celina Ohio was killed when his car hit a milk truck at Routes 2 and 7 Taconic Trail. The truck driver Paul Loss 25 of North Adams was uninjured. This marked Berkshire County 16th fatality of the year and second in three days.
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Williamstown
Fort Devens
Elmer Schweizer
Celina
Ohio
Crescent Creamery
Paul Loss
North Adams
Taconic Trail
Berkshire County
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Aiken
Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
U.S
Southeast Asia
U.S. Senate
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
D-Montana
Paris
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South Vietnam
NOTIC
Bilds
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Main St
Bennington
R of Commerce
Highway Department
Highgate
Montpelier
Waterbury
Sharon
Davis
Albany
State Police Benevolent Association
New York State
State Police Academy
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Central
Roxuiliien
Pittsfield
James E. Barnes
Equal Education, Inc
Hartford
Windsor Lake
Park and Recreation
Roger Tatro
Health Department
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