State operated lottery debated in Boston today
Legislation to create a state operated lottery was set for House debate in Boston. Speaker David Bartley said the bill could generate about 30 million dollars in new revenue and would establish a five member commission to develop details and oversee operation. Tickets would cost 50 cents with weekly drawings and about 10 000 prizes weekly, top prize 50 000 dollars, with 45 percent of revenue returning to the state treasury.
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Boston
UPI
House
David Bartley
D-Holyoke
William Q. MacLean
Fairhaven
Bartley
Surance
Blue Cross
Thomas E. Edney
Aiken seeks funds for White River VA center expansion
Senator George D. Aiken announced that an additional 1.797 million dollars for the White River Junction Center modernization is in the VA appropriation bill set for Senate action. He said the money keeps the 204‑bed hospital project moving, with final bids in August and completion targeted for June 1973, as part of an 18.677 million dollar overall bill.
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George D. Aiken
White River Junction Center
Veterans Administration
Senate
White River Junction
Congress
Vermont
Sen. Aiken
91St
White River
Aiken
Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
U.S. Senate
University of Vermont
Escaped murderer recaptured in Portland arrest
Rhode Island authorities planned to pick up Robert O. Lewis 29 a convicted killer who escaped May 21. He was arrested in Portland on car theft and stolen credit card charges and gave a false name. He is said to not resist extradition after escaping Newport court. The Tiverton murder involved two Massachusetts men burned bodies.
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Portland
Maine
UPI
Rhode Island
Robert O. Lewis
Lewis
Newport
R.I
Massachusetts
Tiverton
Chappaquiddick Bridge A Diminished Tourist Site
Edgartown Massachusetts reports a quiet Sunday at the Chappaquiddick bridge once famed after the Kennedy incident. Foster Silva a sanctuary worker notes few visitors with tours no longer common. Officials plan repairs as the bridge serves mainly picnickers and swimmers accessing the bird sanctuary.
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Edgartown
Mass
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappane
Mary Jo Kope
Foster Silva
Silva
Sullivan proposes bill to reimburse Vermont seniors losses
Burlington Democrat Rep Andrew Sullivan says he will introduce legislation to reimburse elderly residents for money lost when Social Welfare checks were cut after Social Security increases. He blames the Davis administration and notes a 1971 Democrat resolution to block welfare cuts stalled in the House. John Collar of Vermont Housing Authority says Westview in Springfield could finish this September with 104 units renovated, time cut to months. cost up to 850000, 20 families moved. A Hotel Windham renovation for the elderly is not yet dated.
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UPI
Andrew P. Sullivan
Vermont
Social Welfare
Sullivan
Davis
Joseph Petit
Senate
House
Springfield
Vermont Housing Authority
Westview
John Collar
Collar
Windham
Bellows Falls
Dummerston Teen Dies After Interstate 91 Crash
Douglas Barnes 18 of Brattleboro died from injuries after a single car crash on Interstate 91. Gerry Bancroft 20 of Proctorsville drove the car which left the southbound lane, crossed the median and struck a rock ledge. In Springfield, school directors begin sifting 50 applications for principal of Springfield High School to replace Armand Guarino who resigns Aug. 15. Guarino was one of three officials stepping down amid teacher criticism of the district’s education. The board has 40 applications for the intermediate school principal post and hopes to narrow to three candidates for each position. In Washington, HUD announces grants and loans including 1,076,042 for 60 elderly units in Montpelier, Vermont.
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UPI
Douglas Barnes
Brattleboro
Barnes
Gerry Bancroft
Proctorsville
Springfield
Springfield High School
Armand Guarino
Guarino
Washington, D.C
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Montpelier
Catskill teen charged in 16 year old slaying
In Catskill New York a 16 year old boy Alphonse Jacksone of 55 Hop O Nose Homes was charged with the murder of Ivory Arnold 16 of 31 Hop O Nose Homes following a Friday night fight. The arraignment occurred Saturday before Town Justice Wilbur Cross. A second brief item notes a Route 131 washout in Brunswick from a thunderstorm trapping several cars and the Nassau fire destroying a hay barn on the Warner H Craatz farm with arson suspected as the cause.
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Catskill
Greene County
Alphonse Jacksone
Ivory Arnold
Wilbur Cross
Brunswick
Nassau
Warner H. Craatz
Fire Fatalities Reach End After Lounge Blaze
An 18 year old, David W. Griffin, died in Massachusetts General Hospital after a June 11 fire at Stardust Lounge in Holyoke. He and a companion reportedly entered an unlighted cellar to light a heating device with a candle before the blaze. The fire led to a fatal outcome after weeks of poor condition. In other towns, North Adams taxpayers circulate petitions to place a new high school on the ballot, arguing the cost warrants public vote on a multi million project. Pittsfield Housing Authority purchases a 23 unit Renton project, a milestone as the first postwar public housing for families and first federally financed housing in the city.
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Holyoke
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
David W. Griffin
Vermont St
Stardust Lounge
Griffin
North Adams
North Adams Taxpayers Association
Charles H. Norcoss
Pittsfield
DuBois Birthplace Located in Great Barrington
In Great Barrington the birthplace of Dr William E Burghardt DuBois was confirmed. A 1950 letter written by DuBois and found by Berkshire Courier reporter John La Fontana identified Church Street as the site. The cottage no longer stands and a memorial on Egremont Road commemorates his grandfather’s farm.
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William E. Burghardt DuBois
Church Street
DuBois
John la Fontana
Berkshire Courier
Dr. DuBois
Egremont Road
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