Migrant workers kept in virtual peonage in U S
Harvard psychiatrist Dr Robert Coles told a Senate subcommittee that American migrants suffer virtual peonage with no welfare or unemployment protections. He urged extending National Labor Relations Act coverage to farm workers to allow union organizing and bargaining for wages and conditions.
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Rhode Island Eyes Semi Public Schools Plan
Rhode Island officials explore semi public parochial schools to boost finances without breaching church state rules. A Brickell report proposes public control over secular curriculum with private church supervision and funding for non secular areas, preserving separation while aiding religious instruction.
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Four Die in Vermont Accidents Across State
Four people died in Vermont during a rain soaked weekend in separate incidents. In Sudbury a 24 year old Rutland man Gary W. Hesse died when the car he rode in overturned after leaving Route 30. the driver Dennis Branchaud escaped. In Baltimore a 19 year old Roxbury Conn man Raymond Hunicke Jr. and his father were in a single engine plane crash near Hawks Mountain. A 28 year old East Berkshire man Louis E. Russell drowned at Lake Carmi. Chester Depot teen Parry died in a Route 10 crash near Chester. Gov Davis began a three day northern Vermont tour stopping at St Johnsbury Academy and planned stops in Newport and St Albans. In Winooski a man fell into the river after stepping on a live wire. Walter Perry died and Richard Laudabush survived a shock. Funeral services will be held Wednesday for former Milton state Rep Richard O Branch who died of a heart attack. Burlington’s new water plant may start Tuesday ending a two week ban.
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Hiker sues over arrest in East Greenbush for loitering
Donald Schanbarger, 33, of West Hebron, filed a $490,000 damage suit in Albany County Supreme Court alleging wrongful arrest during a 25 mile hike from Chatham to Albany on April 30, 1968. He was fined $10, conviction later overturned by the state Court of Appeals. He said he walked because no bus connection.
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North Adams and Charlemont reps seek to revoke B and M franchise
North Adams state Rep Frank Matrango and Charlemont Rep Winston Healy push revocation of the Boston and Maine franchise amid ongoing wreck investigations in Franklin and Berkshire counties. A derailment near Charlemont tied the east west line for hours. cause not given. Berkshire County deputy sheriff Edward Major and three others plead innocent to lottery charges after police raids. cases set for Aug 18. Berkshire School to become coed next year with 12 girls as day students. Moon Walk cloth by Arnold Print Works produced for New York firm, featuring Apollo 11 scene and spacemen.
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