New England groups urge end to oil import controls
The New England Council and the New England Governors Conference urged ending oil import controls to stabilize heating oil supply and cut costs for the six-state region. They argued current measures shift a disproportionate national burden and hinder refinery plans in Machiasport, Maine, while noting regional vulnerability in emergencies. The groups were joined by the New England Fuel Institute and the Massachusetts Consumers Council in submitting the position to the Presidents Cabinet Task Force on Oil Import Controls.
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UPI
New England
New England Council
New England Governors Conference
Machiasport
Maine
New
Ers
Yale
George A. Hay
Gulf Coast
Delaware- Maryland
Alaska
Hippie Survives Plunge From Golden Gate Bridge
James G. Layton of San Francisco, 20, high on drugs, leaped 275 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay shouting goodbye. He survived with minor injuries, after being picked up by a private boat and then transferred to a Coast Guard Cutter and Letterman Hospital. He underwent treatment for an extreme psychotic reaction from a drug overdose and had been using LSD and mescaline.
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UPD
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco Bay
James G. Layton
Layton
Presidio
Letterman Hospital
Nolan Dean
Dean
Mescaline
Coast Guard
Letterman
Rev Johnson Returns To Irasburg After Eight Months
IRASBURG UPI Reverend David L. Johnson the Negro minister behind last year's Irasburg affair returned with his wife and son after an eight month absence. A July shooting at his home led to a board of inquiry chaired by Judge Ernest Gibson later criticizing state police for delays in arrest and conviction of Army Sgt Larry Conley while noting adultery charges against Johnson and a white house guest.
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Irasburg
UPI
David L. Johnson
Johnson
David
Johnson Home
Philip Hoff
Ernest Gibson
Army
Larry Conley
Glover
White House
Three-man panel sworn to police Vermont CATV firms
A three member board, formed to preclude state CATV regulation in Vermont, was sworn in. Atty D Bruce Clewley, A Wilson Barstow, and William A Hunter will oversee CATV firms, with authority to adjust rates, extend service areas, or compel upgrades. Chairman Phillips Lothrop said the board will suffice, with six of twenty companies already under two years of board oversight.
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Montpelier
UPI
Atty
D. Bruce Clewley
Power Company
A. Wilson Barstow
Burlington
William A. Hunter
Phillips C. Lothrop
Vermont Legislative Liaison Committee
Guardsman earns Purple Heart in Vietnam action
Specialist 5 Louis J. Emile of Middlebury, serving with the 131st Engineers of the Vermont National Guard in Vietnam, received the Purple Heart for injuries from enemy fire at a guard post May 27 near Ban Me Thout. He was the unit’s first Purple Heart recipient, breaking his leg when a fall during action left him unable to reach the bunker’s automatic weapon. Emile’s wife Susan and their baby boy reside in Middlebury.
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Camp Johnson
Louis J. Emile
Middlebury
Vietnam
131St Engineers
Vermont National Guard
Emile
131St
Ban Me Thout
Highlands
Si. Co
Susan
Vermont tax chief predicts 740000 first month sales tax
Vermont Tax Commissioner Lawrence Wright estimates about 740000 will be collected in the first month of the new 3 percent sales tax though only 10 percent of expected revenue was in by Wednesday. About 70000 had been collected from nearly 1200 merchants as the state aims for 9 million in revenue to cover a 6.4 million budget for fiscal 1970. Jamaica motorcyclist killed after collision with a deer on Route 30.
Graft Allegations in Troy City Contract Sparks Hearing
Former Troy city manager Sidney C. Smith testified before the State Investigating Committee charging that $61,000 of last year’s garbage contract flowed to the Republican party coffers. The hearing followed a ruling allowing anonymous petitioners to avoid appearing while appealing. SIC Chairman Curran condemned city mismanagement and political fiat. Rensselaer Welfare Rights Organization began outreach to expand support and pressed for welfare gains within three days. In Albany, two teachers faced discipline. one resigned after suspension for a messy appearance while the other’s case proceeded before Acting Education Commissioner Nyquist over long hair and mustaches.
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Troy
Sidney C. Smith
State Investigating Committee
Republican Party
Smith
State Supreme Court
John T. Casey
SIC
Paul J. Curran
Rensselaer
Rensselaer Welfare Rights Organization
John Beaudoin
State Fair Hearings Commission
Albany
Ewald B. Nyquist
John Collins
Ravena
Capsule of Moon Message Sparked by Sprague Electric
In North Adams the Sprague Electric Co teamed with NASA to produce a 16 gram lunar micro message capsule engraved on a minute disc using a new info tech process. Messages from 74 heads of state were prepared at Sprague Worcester, with NASA approving the project on June 23 and completion on July 11. At Pittsfield the Urban Coalition voted 10,000 in seed money for a new day care center serving 92 low income children, with state and federal grants hoped for, while Redevelopment Authority seeks HUD support for a west side housing rehab project including a possible community school.
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North Adams
Marshall Street
Sprague Electric Co
Sprague Worcester
Semiconductor
Sprague
Worcester
NASA
Pittsfield
Urban Coalition
Early Childhood Development Center, Inc
Redevelopment Authority
Housing and Urban Development
West Side
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Vnal Industries Inc
Rev. Johnson
Secretary of State
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Thomas
Verm
Attorney General’s Office
Technical Development Advisory Council
Jamaica
Putney
Steven A. Woods
New York
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