Passamaquoddy Indians press discrimination charges
Passamaquoddy representatives spoke on radio and TV in Portland and Boston alleging Maine courts apply different standards in Indian cases and that authorities used trumped up charges against their attorney Don Gellers. They referenced a $150 million Massachusetts reparations suit and urged financial backing to gain independence.
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Portland
Maine
UPI
Passamaquoddy
Boston
Wgan-Tvv
Albert Dana
Don Gellers
Eastport
Gellers
Washington County
Calais
Machias
U.S
Newell
WKBG
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Maine Passamaquoddy
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Unitarian Assembly to Hear Formans Reparations Demand
Boston reports the Eighth General Assembly of the UUA opens with expectations that black leader James Forman will present demands for reparations to blacks. A spokesman notes Forman’s prior demand of 140 million to the United Church of Christ and his call for 500 million from white churches.
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Boston
UPD
General Assembly
The
Unitarian Universalist Association
UUA
James Forman
Forman
National Black Economic Development Conference
General Synod
United Church of Christ
Assembly
Martin E. Marty
University of Chicago
Christian Century
Marty
Vermonters Help Prepare Moon Flight
Hundreds of Vermonters contributed to Apollo 11 by working at firms that supplied parts for the mission. At Simmons Precision in Vergennes 650 employees designed a fuel measurement system for the rocket. Haveg-Supertemp in Colchester made high temperature spacecraft wires and IBM in Essex Junction produced components for NASA ground computers.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
UPD
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin Aldrin
Simmonds Precision
Vergennes
Apollo
Haveg-Supertemp
Colchester
International Business Machines
Essex Junction
NASA
Two Die Nine Injured In Vermont Weekend Accidents
Two Vermonters died in weekend crashes while nine people were injured in a Randolph two-car collision. Kimball E. Evans, 19, of Burlington, died after being thrown from his car on Shipmans Hill in Colchester. A search resumed for Raymond M. Morin, 27, of Johnson, who fell from his fishing boat into Lake Champlain Sunday night. Morin reportedly fell overboard while pairing the outboard motor. Two West Springfield children were briefly hospitalized after the Randolph crash.
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Colchester
UPI
Randolph
Kimball E. Evans
Burlington
Shipman’s Hill
Raymond M. Morin
Johnson
Lake Champlain
West Springfield
Mass
MSU Instructor Named Director of UVM Counseling Services
Dr Richard Does, 29, a Michigan State University clinical psychology instructor, was named director of the University of Vermont student counseling and testing service effective Sept 1. He previously taught at MSU's counseling center after earning graduate degrees in clinical psychology. The post covers counseling referral and testing for students.
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Burlington
UPI
Michigan State
University of Vermont
Roland Potter Monday
Richard Does
Does
Dedham
Mass
Michigan State Counseling Center
Burlington couple killed in Route 7 collision
A Burlington Virginia couple died in a crash on Route 7. Shri Dhar, 24, and his wife Minakshi, 23, were killed at the scene in the truck car collision reported by UPI from Salisbury.
Cohoes paver project completes six streets under 222000 plan
Cohoes ward crews finished six of fifty one scheduled repairs under a 222000 program credited to a city paving machine the Cadillac of the paver field The work approved by the Cohoes Common Council includes Tibbetts Place Bleeker Street Van Schaick Avenue Harmon Street Breslin Avenue and the south end of Park Avenue Two more items note a Amsterdam triple shooting and a Albany water main break with ten hours of disruption and a 38 caliber revolver found at the scene.
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Cohoes
James Cuva
Cadillac
Tibbetts Place
Bleeker Street
van Schaick Avenue
Harmon
Vitet
Devlin Streets
Breslin Avenue
Park Avenue
Amsterdam
Jose Falu
Guy Park Avenue
Falu
Guilderland
Forbes St
Louis Greveley
Otilio Adrian
Merci Adrian
Albany
Northern Boulevard
Sheridan Avenue
Orange Street
Night closures eyed for Greylock Freeman playgrounds
Berkshire article reports Parks and Recreation threatening 6 pm shutdown of Greylock and Freeman School playgrounds due to teen gatherings. 30 to 40 youths 15 to 17, vulgar remarks and bullying cited as main concerns after roving patrols fail. Authorities urge curtailment to avoid closures. Greenfield also faces a slum housing issue. City officials push building inspector and code. Adams center opens with 60+ workers including VISTA and NYCs to aid disadvantaged youths. North Adams to install underground utilities on State Street per Urban Renewal plan with bids set for Aug. 19.
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North Adams
Department of Parks and Recreation
Greylock and
Freeman
George A. Fairs
Parks and Recreation
Greenfield
Planning Board
State Street
Main Street
Public Works
William L. Bolt
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First National Stores
Wayne
Total Value
Jack Mendelsohn
Arlington Street
Unitarian Universalist
the Times
Mendelsohn
Dana M. Greeley
George Wald
Harvard
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Main St
Bennington
American Motel School
Altobello
P.O. Box
Quincy
Vermont
UVM
Norwich
Two Rivers Regional Planning Commission
Hans Klunder
Bellows Falls
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Samuel Lewis
Frank Whitcomb
Edwin G. Hebb
Salisbury
New York
Cohoes Street
Down In
Berkshire
Adams
Summer Street
VISTA
Glenn Genovese
City
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