Teacher suspended over draft card burning critique in Somerville
In Somerville Massachusetts a seventh grade teacher faced suspension with pay after encouraging a girl to consider burning a draft card. The 12 year old, whose brother was killed in Vietnam, wrote that she felt sick when reading about draft card burners. The school committee suspended the teacher indefinitely pending a hearing, with the mayor calling for dismissal.
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Somerville
Mass
UPI
Vietnam
Sheila McNabb
Spec
John McNabb
Ben Sahn
Eleanor Sobel
Brookline
James F. Brennan
Supt. of Schools
Leo C. Donahue
Airborne SAC computer shown to aid post attack operations
Bedford Massachusetts UPI The Air Force unveiled an air borne computer system to serve as SAC headquarters if ground operations fail during a nuclear attack The PACCS ADA system on SAC KC135 would enable on board personnel to compute data for large scale maneuvers The prototype developed by RCA faced testing limits and safety checks before possible production with a classified future count and no confirmation of Soviet counterparts.
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Bedford
Mass
UPI
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
SAC
John P. Clowrey
Hanscom Field
Maj
Albert Pikul
RCA
Burlington
Pentagon
Tom Elliot
Electronic Systems Division
Hanscom
Pikul
Crowrey
Soviet Union
Four Dartmouth students freed as four begin jail terms
Forty youths were released after serving 30 days for contempt of court over the Parkhurst Hall takeover at Dartmouth College. Four others were convicted Wednesday and sentenced to 30 days plus $100 fines. Names include Walter Metzger Mark Mitchell William Taylor and John Melquist with origins Hastings NY Des Moines IA Frakes KY and Los Altos Calif. Herbert Wilson II senior from Newport News VA had trial continued.
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Dartmouth College
Grafton County
Richard Dunfey
Herbert A. Wilson II
Newport News, Va
Walter A. Metzger
Hastings
N.Y
Mark H. Mitchell
Des Moines
Iowa
William J. Taylor
Frakes, Ky
John Q. Meliquist
Los Altos Highlands
Calif
U S Planes Strike Above DMZ In North Vietnam Raid
U S warplanes bombed North Vietnam near the DMZ near Dong Hoi after an unarmed photo plane was shot at. Ground fire hit the aircraft, two crewmen bailed out and were rescued. The raid followed a halt in bombing and used armed escorts to answer ground fire. In Saigon terrorists killed civilians in multiple blasts, with casualties reported across the capital. U S and South Vietnamese casualties for the week were released, showing a downward trend due to truces and a Buddha's birthday standdown.
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Saigon
API
North Vietnam
U.S
Dong Hoi
South China Sea
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Panhandle
North
United States
U.S. Command
Cholon
Vermont News Roundup With Tax Skips and Legal Shifts
Tax Commissioner Lawrence Wright clarifies agricultural exemptions under Vermont’s 3 percent sales tax covering feed seeds plants and fertilizers by general use outside the home while labeling limits apply to pet foods and household use products. Patrick Leahy proposes district attorney system without constitutional change. Donald E. McGettrick gets two years with six months in prison for embezzlement. Lt. Gov. Hayes urges listening to non violent student groups amid campus tensions. 18 of 174 Vermont National Guard engineers extend active duty in Vietnam until unit release.
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Montpelier
UPS
Essex Junction
U.S. District Court
Bernard Leddy
Donald E. McGettrick
McGettrick
Boston
Camp Johnson
UPI
Adj
Reginald Cram
131St Engineer Co
Vermont National Guard
Vietnam
Defense Department
South Vietnam
Cram
Ban Me Thout
Adjutant General
Court of Appeals rules for worker in dance injury case
In a 42 decision, Robert Bletter of Harcourt Brace and World, Inc. won 912 in workmen’s compensation after breaking his leg dancing during lunch in his office elevator. He danced from job satisfaction and goodwill toward colleagues and supervisors. Albany also saw a ruling upholding the Public Employment Relations Board division of 140,000 state workers into five bargaining units, with CSEA set to appeal before statewide elections starting the week of June 30.
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Albany
New York State
Court of Appeals
Robert Bletter
Harcourt Brace and World, Inc
Bletter
State Public Employment Relations Board
CSEA
North Adams college president honored with sculpture
Dr. Andrew S. Flagg of North Adams State College received a welded steel sculpture from Dr. John Stritch as a recognition of his service. The Starburst Series piece will sit on NASC lawn then move to the new mall garden area. The plaque reads To Andrew S. Flagg From His Grateful Faculty and Friends. Hinsdale voters approve a 3.7 million regional school building plan with 42 to 20 vote. turnout 63 of 749. Becket Cummington Peru Washington Windsor also vote yes. Bridges Pond deed received by Williamstown town. forms filed for state reimbursement. Williamstown voters reject a 3.2 million elementary school project by 1,437 to 657.
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North Adams
Andrew S. Flagg
North Adams State College
John Stritch
Hinsdale
Murdock Hall
NASC
Flagg
Central Berkshire
Dalton
Becket
Cummington
Peru
Washington
Windsor
Williamstown
Bridges Pond
State Department of Natural Resources
The
Conservation Commission
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South Street
Bennington
Vermont
Ernest H Javery
Alan H. Page
Save-By-Mail Bank
POSTA
Burlington Savings Bank
Burlington, Vermont
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Honduras
Griffin Inc
Arlington
Dartmouth
Plymouth
N.H
North Haverhill
Hanover
Parkhurst
Reserve Officer Training Corps
ROTC
Gla Dinh
Chinatown
Mekong Delta
Nichols
Maidenform
Tricot
American Dairy Association
State’s Attorney
Hayes
Ripton
Thomas Hayes
New York
Upholds Worker Division
Down In
Berkshire
Dr. Flagg
Bridges
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