Maine Elks vote to drop whites only clause
The Portland Elks Lodge voted 182 to 8 to remove the whites only membership clause after losing its liquor license under Maine antidiscrimination law. Officials say the change aligns with state rules and funding must comply with laws, amid protests by NAACP supporters and calls to court if needed.
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Herschel Joslyn
Earl J. Wahl
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Joslyn
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Liquor Commission
Elks Lodges
Commission
Newburgh Play Cancellation Sparks Student Outbursts
Police and deputies patrolled Newburgh New York as youths sparked vandalism and clashes after a school play was canceled. Fifteen people were arrested Monday on charges including loitering and simple assault.
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Newburgh
Vermont election results reflect local power struggles Windsor
Voters in Windsor choose two new selectmen amid a fight over Town Manager Willard Blaisdell as seven candidates seek the posts created after a referendum. In Orwell a $108000 school operation appropriation and a $79000 share of running Fair Haven Union High School are on the ballot, while Barre reverses prior votes to approve both city and school budgets with cuts.
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Windsor
UPI
Board of Selectmen
Willard Blaisdell
Orwell
Fair Haven Union High School
Barre
High Hodgkin's disease cluster eyed in Albany class of 1954
State Health Department alerts Albany High School Class of 1954 families and the public about 12 Hodgkin's disease cases in the group, seven deaths, urging affected individuals to contact Dr. Peter Greenwald at the Cancer Control Bureau in Albany. In other items, an 81-year-old Albany woman was wounded by a teen shooter, and Troy police morale is blamed on city management by the PBA president.
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Sheriffs Department
Albert S. McDowell
Newburgh Free Academy
Albany
Albany High School
State Health Department
Peter Greenwald
The
Cancer Control Bureau
Holland Ave
John Neal
Jean McLean
St. Peter’s Hospital
Troy
Troy Police Benevolent and Protective Association
Ralph DeSantis
Owen G. Connally
PBA
Pittsfield
Howard L. Franks
O’hare
Chicago
Chemical Department
General Electric Co
Darien
Burlington
UPI
Vermont Health Department
Thunder Valley Farms
Rome
Maine
Cott Corp
Clicquot Club Co
Millis
Mass
Vermont
Health Department
Pittsfield Millionaire John J. Kelly Leaves $4 Million Estate
Berkshire Probate Court inventory lists John J. Kelly of Pittsfield as a self made millionaire with real estate valued at $90,000 and more than $4 million in holdings. Major personal assets include Berkshire Pallet Co. stock over $2 million and Kelly Lumber Co. stock worth $1.7 million. Other holdings include a cafe liquor store apartment houses and Brodie Mountain Ski operation in New Ashford.
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Pittsfield
John J. Kelly
Berkshire
Berkshire Pallet Co
Kelly Lumber Co
Brodie Mountain
New Ashford
Vermont to hold meetings on new directional sign program
Development Secretary Elbert Moulton will lead three sessions in Brattleboro Springfield and Mt Snow to explain changes in Vermont direction sign rules tied to the 1968 antibillboard law. Officials aim to expand the sign program statewide next year amid a legal challenge delaying full rollout.
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