Blount warns of breakdown in nation's mail service
Washington Postmaster General Winton M. Blount warned Congress that the U S postal system faces a nationwide breakdown unless Nixon administration plans for a corporate style operation are approved He said Chicago in 1966 showed mail piling up and taking weeks to clear and warned the system could fail anywhere at any time if not changed He defended a board controlled system and said postal reform could become self sustaining within five years while noting legislature opposition and broad country support for the plan Blount urged rapid action to avert collapse and expressed optimism for eventual passage of the bill
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MIT Panel Recommends Resumption of Secret Research
A MIT faculty panel recommends dropping the moratorium on secret research and retaining two off campus labs linked to the Pentagon, Lincoln Laboratory and Instrumentation Laboratory. The report urges faster security clearances and notes labs’ heavy military funding and past advances.
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Cambridge
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UPI
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Lincoln Laboratory
Instrumentation Laboratory
Howard W. Johnson
Tion
Defense Department
Charles S. Draper
Lincoln
Recaptured Wandering Swans Romeo and Juliet in Marshfield
Romeo and Juliet, two swans once released near Brockton, were recaptured near Marshfield after four months of sightings. Owner Charles H. McKenney Sr. said the birds had wings clipped at birth and could only fly ten feet high. Fifty locals aided by a boat blockade and an overhead airplane helped the capture.
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Marshfield
Mass
UPI
Charles H. McKenney Sr
Brockton
Vermont Consumers Face 3 Percent Sales Tax Start
Vermonters began paying 3 cents more on each dollar of retail purchases as the new 3 percent sales tax took effect to help balance the state budget. Exemptions include food, drugs, feed, fertilizer, seed, livestock, and private sales while retailers must collect the tax.
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UPD
Lawrence Wright
Oil Drilling OKed Off Santa Barbara Coasts
Nixon authorized resumption of pumping at the Union Oil well in the Santa Barbara Channel after a massive January to February oil spill. The presidential commission urged pumping to deplete the repetto reservoir, warning as long as oil remains future leaks are possible. The panel noted the Union lease sits shallow near the surface, unlike other offshore sites, justifying continued operations with safeguards.
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Local Women's Club Wins Criteria Award at Vermont BPW Meet
At the Vermont Federation of BPW state convention held May 23 25 at Equinox House Manchester Bennington Manchester Burlington clubs shared honors. Therese Goodermore headed Bennington with Janet Mattison Dorothy Gaye and Cecile Roy among delegates. Officers elected Saturday night included Elizabeth Downer president Irma Zentz first vice president Jean Marshall second vice president Amie Taylor recording secretary Eileen Trafton Errol Vail Janet Duell auditors and Ethel Wells nominating chair.
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Mink says campus unrest rooted in unmet ideals
Rep Patsy Mink told about 200 Vermont College graduates that student unrest stems from unmet democratic ideals not dissents. She urged meaningful change on campuses, warned of greater tragedies, and opposed federal intervention, linking unrest to racial hatred war and big government in daily life.
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Drowning ruled accidental in St Michael's deaths at Huntington Gorge
Huntington Vermont UPI Pat rick Leahy states tentative ruling of accidental drowning for two St Michael's College students Michael Grady of Colorado Springs and Brian Graham of Birmingham. Autopsies by Dr Lawrence Harris show Memorial Day deaths from asphyxia due to drowning while swimming in the gorge upper pool with another student and two girls. Grady recovered Friday night, Graham Saturday morning.
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Robert E. Grady
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Birmingham
Mich
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St. Michael’s
Camper explosion leaves Doody in critical care
Edward Doody and his wife Frieda of Keene New Hampshire were burned in a Middlesex camper blast Sunday. Doody, 51, sustained second and third degree burns over about 65 percent of his body and remains in critical guarded condition at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin. Frieda Doody, 50, suffered burns over 20 to 30 percent and was listed in satisfactory condition. officials said a leaking gas bottle and a lit cigarette caused the explosion.
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UPI
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Keene, N.H
Frieda
Middlesex
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Milton man nets 38 pound sturgeon on Lamoille River
Louie Lamphere of Milton caught a 38 pound sturgeon near West Mountain Dam on the Lamoille River. The fish, about 4 feet 6.5 inches long and estimated at 50 years old, was the first sturgeon in the area since the dam's 20-year presence. Lamphere landed it in 45 minutes using a 7 foot fiberglass rod and 10 pound test line.
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Burlington Matriarch Parmelia La Riviere Dies at 87
Parmelia La Riviere of Burlington died Sunday at 87 leaving 118 direct descendants. Funeral services set for Tuesday at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. Survivors include eight daughters, three sons, a sister, two sons in Michigan, 51 grandchildren and 56 great grandchildren.
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UPI
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St. Joseph’s
Michigan
Arts Festival in Washington Park Friday June Seventh
Assemblyman Neil W. Kelleher and Eric Jones will host the fourth annual Arts Festival of the Rensselaer County Council for the Arts on Saturday June 7 from 1 to 6 p.m. in Washington Park with Adrian Gonyea as honorary chairman. Joseph F. Kennedy and Peter Taylor organize the event featuring booths, an art show on the park fence, and a tour of nearby Victorian homes. Rain date Sunday June 8.
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Pittsfield Theatre Drops Swedish Film Inga Over Decency
A 15 member group in Pittsfield viewed the Swedish film Inga and deemed it violates decency standards. Theatre manager Fran cis J. Faille of North Adams says the film will not be shown. Assistant District Attorney William R. Flynn helped arrange the viewing. Flynn says the group did not order a ban, only expressed concerns.
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North Adams
Asst. Dist. Atty
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