Rejected Suitor Kills Girl Then Turns Gun on Himself
In Portland Maine Ronald Lane 22 abducted 18 year old Darlene Maxwell at her home after a breakup threat. He forced her into a car and shot her then killed himself as police closed in. Darlene Maxwell, a Cape Elizabeth High senior, died instantly. Lane died at Maine Medical Center. The case was ruled murder death by own action. Funeral services for Darlene Maxwell were set for Saturday at Hobbs Funeral Home in South Portland.
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Portland
Maine
UPI
Ronald Lane
Darlene Maxwell
Marion Whitcomb
Kenneth Curtis
Lane
Darlene
Roy A. Whitcomb
Curtis
Miss Maxwell
Winthrop
Cape Elizabeth
Whitcomb
Maine Medical Center
Hermann Derry
Hobbs Funeral Home
South
Manufacturers oppose ban on pesticides in Bay State
Farmers conservationists and lawyers urged the Pesticide Board of the Public Health Department to impose controls up to a total ban on persistent pesticides like DDT. Spokesmen for two of the five firms producing the chemicals argued such controls would be unconstitutional and not in the public interest.
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Boston
UPI
Pesticide Board
The
Public Health Department
Museum of
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Richard C. Irwin
Irwin
John A. S. McGlennon
R-Concord
James A. Brownell
Department of Natural Resources
McGlennon
Mt Washington Auto Road Closed By Heavy Rains
Heavy rains forced closure of Mount Washington Auto Road after days of downpour. About 7.26 inches fell from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday, with 10 inches total since Monday, eroding road spots and threatening Cog Railway service. Crews await reopening and assess damage.
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Mount Washington, N.H
UPD
Mount Washington
Cog Railway
Interstate school districts set pattern for cross border towns
Vermont and New Hampshire approved interstate districts to share education services. The Dresden Hanover model began in 1963 with Hanover High students from Norwich, while elementary schools remain separate. Officials say geography and similar community profiles fuel success and economies.
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New Hampshire
Congress
Nixon
Hanover
N.H
Norwich
Dresden
William Zimmerman
Northwestern University
Boston
Connecticut
Dartmouth College
New England
Supreme Courts
Governor Davis Tours Vermont See Pinkerton Probe
Gov Deane C Davis toured St Albans on the final leg of a three day northern trip and said he is proud of hiring two Pinkerton detectives for 6000 to probe welfare abuses. He expects few proven abuses but notes many may receive welfare legally under contested philosophies. He urged aggressive action to curb pollution and called for controlled subdivision rules amid large southern developments. He held 65 private interviews in Newport with 13 complaints of welfare abuses among topics ranging from national antimissile plans to student disorders.
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Newport
UPI
Deane C. Davis
St. Albans
Pinkerton
Davis
Vermont
Teen-Ager Killed on Tractor in Westfield Farm
UPI reports Marcel D. Meunier Jr. aged 14 died when a tractor he operated overturned on his family farm in Westfield. Also from UPI, Gary Ernest Bacon, 18, of Weathersfield died after a car collision on Route 5 Wednesday night.
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Westfield
UPI
Marcel D. Meunier Jr
Weatherfield
Gary Ernest Bacon
Weathersfield
Bogus checks fleece Albany area stores for 1513 dollars
Police report sixteen checks for 94 dollars and 58 cents to James E. Kelly forged by skilled suspects. The fake instruments trace to an Albany upholstery firm and a non existent National Trust Company of Albany. Clearance misrouted between banks, totaling 1513.28 across Albany Troy Schenectady Colonie.</S>
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Albany
James E. Kelly
National Trust Company of
Dennis Mar
First Trust Co
Troy
Schenectady
Colonie
First Trust
Pittsfield Man Believed Drowned Off Plum Island Mystery
A Pittsfield man John W Davies 26, disappeared after leaving Salisbury Beach in a 15 foot boat to skin dive with George Karrys 17 of Toronto and Charles Schultz 29 of Scotia N Y. Karrys body was found 3 miles east of the Merrimack River Coast Guard station. Davies is still missing.
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Pittsfield
John W. Davies
Plum Island
Salisbury Beach
George Karrys
Toronto
Charles Schultz
Scotia
N.Y
Karrys
Merrimack River Coast Guard
Davies
Pittsfield Navy Reserve Base
Salisbury State Reservation
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Education Today
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By Frederick Treesh
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Rutland
Chittenden
New York
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Hudson Valley
Hudson
Hudson River Sloop Restoration Inc
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Berkshire
Pittsfielder
Lawrence K. Miller
Berkshire Athenaeum
Archittct
Lanesboro
Charles H. Kruger
Kruger
House of Correction
Cranwell School
Lenox
Pittsfield High School
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