First complete synthesis of gene hailed by Luria
Nobel laureate Salvador Luria of MIT calls the first complete synthesis of the basic hereditary unit a valuable scientific advance but notes no major immediate consequences. He cites the tour de force of the steps and cautions about speculative use in genetic engineering. Harvard’s Mark Ptashne likewise praises the elegant system while downplaying broader claims.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Salvador E. Luria
Massachusett Institute of Technology
Luria
Har Gobind Khorana
University of Wisconsin
Harvard University
Mark Ptashne
Harvard
Khorna
Ptashne
Apollo 13 oxygen tank failure blamed on error
Houston space center reports human error damaged an Apollo 13 oxygen tank two weeks before launch and caused an explosion near the moon. Edgar M. Cortright, chair of the review board, said technicians overvolted heater thermostat switches during a practice countdown at Cape Kennedy, misjudging a 65 volt DC rating versus 30 volts.
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Space Center, Houston
API
Moon
Edgar M. Cortright
Cape Kennedy
Cortright
Dartmouth Plans Program on Environmental Studies
Dartmouth College announces a new program on environmental studies as part of its Public Affairs Center efforts. A related address by Prof. Georg Borgstrom argues modern science loses sight of its purpose, warning of an impending ecological crisis rooted in the view that nature exists to serve man.
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Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth College
Public Affairs Center
Georg Borgstrom
Michigan State University
Borgstrom
Dartmouth
Gerald S. Witherspoon
Goddard College
Plainfield
Frank Smallwood
Sterling Brackett
Newport
Dennis H. Chitty
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Whitehead
A.J.W. Scheffey
Center For Environmental Studies
Williams College
Charles H.W. Foster
Cambridge
Mass
Misuse Probe of State Cars Amid Intercollegiate Race Notes
Vermont administration official William French launches a summer long inquiry into possible misuse and maintenance issues of state owned vehicles after reports of tax payer concerns. The piece also covers a 1970 Intercollegiate Transcontinental Clean Air Car Race with 43 cars from 33 schools, entering by July 15 and starting August 24 from MIT and ending at Caltech Pasadena, featuring various propulsion technologies and fuels.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Passadena
California Institute of Technology
French
Vermont
Methodist Art Show Discussion Session Planned
An open meeting for artists and interested parties will be held Sunday from 3 30 to 5 p m at First United Methodist Church. The third annual show runs Aug 12 to 28 and includes Bennington Battle Day Aug 16.
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First United Methodist Church
Bennington
Beavers Blasted as Portage in DuBois Missing Search
Vermont Fish and Game wardens plan to dynamite three beaver dams on the Waits River on Friday to uncover any trace of Roger DuBois age 7 and Russell DuBois age 3 who have been missing since a massive two week search in Orange and Williamstown. Commissioner Edward Kehoe said relief blasts will lower water levels and could aid the river search with biologists noting no wildlife harm.
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Arthur DuBois
Williamstown
Kehoe
Burlington oil firm on trial for Lake Champlain pollution
Final arguments are set today in U.S. District Court for Northern Oil Co of Burlington accused by the federal government of discharging oil into Lake Champlain in June 1969 and violating federal anti-dumping laws. Prosecutors and defense rested Tuesday after calling several witnesses including Dana Bray and Edward Meiser.
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Brattleboro
UPI
U.S. District
Burlington Oil Company
Lake Champlain
Northern Oil Co
U.S
Dana Bray
Burlington
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Edward Meiser
Three Mass men charged with Stowe motel arson face court
Ralph Russo 34 Somerville Alfred Angeli 32 Medford and Frank Capizzi 34 Boston charged with first degree arson for the Highland Meadows Motel fire last November. They pleaded innocent, are free on 60000 bail each, and a court date was set Friday in Vermont District Court with possible plea change.
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Highland Meadows
Montpelier Lawmaker Giuiliani Seeks Fourth Term
Montpelier state representative candidate Peter Giuiliani announces plans to run again as Ways and Means chairman. The National Life Insurance Co. lawyer vows fiscal discipline and opposes new taxes while signaling selective budget cuts based on state resource demands.
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Montpelier
UPI
House
Ways and Means
Peter Giuiliani
National Life Insurance Co
Giuiliani
Davis
Albany Academy demotes after Memorial Day chant
In Albany, at least ten students face demotion from several ranks after a Saturday Memorial Day Parade chant of Peace now. Headmaster Harry Meislahn confirmed captains were reduced to private, with one suspended briefly and others reassigned, stating the march honored war dead, not politics. In Troy, HEW grants exceed $100,000 for Rensselaer County projects including Head Start and an RPI ozone measurement study.
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Albany
Albany Academy
Harry Meislahn
Academy
City of
Nixon
Troy
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Rensselaer County
Carlton J. King
Saratoga
Committee On Economic Opportunity
Berkshire billboard zoning fights spark legal challenge
Berkshire callers report City Solicitor Samuel Landa labeling billboard zoning rules illegal due to vagueness and unlawful delegation. The plan from M Callahan & Sons passed initial council approval 6 to 5 as a compromise to Planning Board limits, with a potential negotiated fix. Florida summer school program Boost targets Grades 1 through 5, funded by federal funds, offering sessions at Windsor Lake and Chilson's Pond from July 6 to August 14 for economically disadvantaged youths.
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Pittsfield
Samuel Landa
M. Callahan & Sons
Florida
Clarksburg
Windsor Lake
Chilson’s Pond
Saddled Prominent Insect Eyes Defoliation at Mt Greylock Area
Albert A. Genest of the state Department of Natural Resources warns that the Adams Greylock range and west wall will be defoliated by the Saddled Prominent around midsummer. If pupae counts do not indicate damage, adult moth movement could cause continued trouble this year.
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Adams — Greylock Range
Adams
West Wall
Albert A. Genest
State Department of Natural Resources
Mt. Greylock
Stanford selects Berkshire Eagle reporter for journalism fellowship
Gerald B. O'Connor, 41, a reporter and columnist for The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Mass., was named by Stanford University as one of 15 reporters approved for professional journalism fellowships for 1970 71, joining peers from across the nation.
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Stanford
Calif
UPI
Gerald B. O’connor
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Mass
Stanford University
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