Sheriff Balks at Costume For Harvard Commencement
Harvard and Middlesex County Sheriff John Buckley clash over the traditional top hat and sword outfit for the commencement opening in Cambridge. Buckley declines to wear the uniform citing cost and insult, offering a dark suit and staff instead. Harvard insists he appear in full regalia, while Harvard marshal William Anderson confirms Buckley’s anticipated absence and hints Suffolk County Sheriff would open in his uniform.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Middlesex County
Harvard University
John Buckley
Harvard
Buckley
Francis W. Sargent
Children’s Association of
Lowell
William G. Anderson
Thomas Eisenstadt
Suffolk County
Search for Missing DuBois Brothers Near Waits River
Fish and game wardens planned an exploratory effort to decide which beaver dams to open in hopes of locating Roger DuBois seven and Russell DuBois three, missing since May 16 near the rugged Knox Mountains. No dams along the Waits River will be opened yet and no date set for any operation. Local property owners raised concerns about dam blasting damage, though a department biologist said blasting will not harm the environment. A massive search of the Knox Mountains area failed to find any trace of the Williamstown brothers or their family.
Author of Ugly American Offers ETV Views Tonight
Burlington report notes co author William Lederer and his wife Corinne will discuss The Mirages of Marriage on Vermont Educational Television's Cracker Barrel. They defend views against romantic love and address Women's Liberation Movement while Vermont viewers hear about marriage and society. Also featured are medical students Pasanen and Page voicing protest in Washington and Essex Junction High School students under John Preston.
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Burlington
Vermont
William Lederer
D.D. Jackson
Corinne
Peacham
Lederer
University of Vermont
Wayne Pasanen
Russell Page
Washington, D.C
U.S
Cambodia
Essex Junction High School
John Preston
Environment Guidelines To Be Explained Twice
Vermont officials announce two workshops in southern Vermont to explain new environmental control guidelines effective June 1. West Dover Firehouse June 11 4 p.m. and Central Vermont Public Service Rutland June 18 1 30 p.m. Williams hosts with Cowles assisting. developers brokers and officials urged to attend.
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Montpelier
Robert Williams
Environmental Conservation Agency
Vermont
West Dover
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Rutland
William Cowles
Vermont Environmental Control Board
Williams
Collins urges constructive dissent at St Michael's College
Former astronaut Michael Collins urged graduates to work to construct, not destruct, praising efforts to lower the voting age and fight pollution. He criticized inflammatory politics, noted Alabama's Wallace win, and defended Nixon's Vietnam troop withdrawal while stressing clear objectives and progress.
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Winooski
UPI
Michael Collins
St. Michael’s College
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Nixon
U.S
Southeast Asia
Collins
Wallace
Vietnam
Cambodia
Volunteer in Labrador by Tricia Gibney Plans
Miss Tricia Gibney daughter of Mrs Frances Gibney of Hanover New Hampshire and formerly of Bennington will graduate from Hanover High June 11 and travel to Labrador for a Grenfell Mission summer posting. She begins orientation at Webster College St Louis August 28.
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Tricia Gibney
Frances Gibney
Hanover, N.H
Bennington
Hanover High School
Montreal
Labrador
Gibney
Grenfell Mission
Webster College
St. Louis
Salmon to announce candidacy for Vermont attorney general
Rep. Thomas Salmon, 37, House minority leader from Dockingham, will hold a news conference in Montpelier on Wednesday and is expected to announce his bid to become the first Democrat to run for attorney general. Attorney General James Jeffords, a Republican, has said he will seek another term.
Greensboro man killed in Vermont crash on Town Road 5
Martin Clark aged 54 of Greensboro died Monday night after his car collided with another on a sharp curve on Town Road 5. He was the 38th highway fatality in Vermont this year.
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Burlington
UPI
Edson Borthwick
Winooski
George Burt
Borthwick
Greensboro
Martin Clark
Clark
Vermont
Burlington lawmaker Peisch to retire from state politics
Rep. Francis Peisch vice chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in Burlington says he will not seek re election. He has served since 1966 and led the floor fight for the sales tax before being sidelined by the Davis administration. The report notes his role as acting chairman in 1969 during illness.
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Burlington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Francis Peisch
Peisch
Ways and Means
Arthur Gibb
Weybridge
Davis
Persch
Vermont Democrats prepare bid for House minority leader
UPI reports in Montpelier that two Democratic representatives Thomas Candon of Rutland and James Shea of Winooski will seek the House minority leader post if re-elected. Shea has served as minority whip. incumbent leader Thomas Salmon of Rockingham is expected to leave his seat to run for attorney general.
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Montpelier
UPI
Thomas Candon
Rutland
James Shea
Winooski
Shea
Thomas Salmon
Rockingham
Albany Health Center to Get $1.01 Million Federal Grant
Officials in Albany announce a $1.01 million federal grant to acquire a site and operate the Northside Community Health Center for one year to serve about 30 000 residents in Arbor Hill. Mayor Corning proposes two renewal tracts for construction while a rented building may be used in the interim. A separate note warns that lack of funds could cancel a $3 million South Mall art display across New York museums.
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Albany
Northside
Robert Carroll
Medical College of Albany
Erastus Corning
Arbor Hill
South Mall
Gen. C.V.R. Schuyler
Office of General Services
Berkshire approves 800000 sewer interceptor in Williamstown
Federal approval grants selectmen funding for an 800000 interceptor line to serve Spruces Mobilehome Park and feeder mains east of town. It will extend to Cole Avenue and the disposal plant near Pownal, with bids and easements sought on 17 private properties. In North Adams, Mayor Bianco blocks a proposed Washington Avenue Youth Center, preferring revisions before council submission.
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Williamstown
Spruces Mobilehome Park
North Adams
Cole Avenue
Pownal
Joseph R. Bianco
Washington Avenue
William L. Cummings
VISTA
Alma Arles to challenge credentials vote at convention
Pittsfield Democrat Alma Arles says she will challenge on the floor at the state convention the credentials committee’s decision to withhold delegates from New Ashford Peru Florida and New Marlborough depriving those towns of representation. Separate item notes Leona Robinson found alive after an all night search in Otis State Forest after fleeing a burning car. Police say a spare gasoline can ignited when she lit a match to check her watch.
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Pittsfield
Alma Arles
New Ashford
Peru
Florida
New Marlborough
Leona Robinson
Torrington
Conn
Otis State Forest
Fairview Hospital
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