Kennedy to Address Boston Harbor Islands Conference
UPI reports Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will open a two day Boston Harbor Islands conference in Boston. The event discusses recreation pollution transportation and development options including potential airport and a 1976 world's fair. Moakley chairs the commission and notes workshops and a Thursday harbor tour weather permitting.
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Boston
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts Democrats
John J. Moakley
Special Legislative Commission
Boston Harbor Islands
Moakley
Boston Democrat
Good Health for Urban Poor Conference Opens in Boston
More than 200 people attend a three day conference on guaranteeing the right to good health for the urban poor. Keynote speaker Richard G. Hatcher, Gary Indiana mayor, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy planned evening talks. Attendees include officials, doctors, educators, activists, and labor, industry, and foundation representatives.
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Portsmouth
N.H
UPI
Richard G. Hatcher
Gary
Ind
Boston Globe
Harvard Medical School
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
W. Davis Taylor
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Globe
Panel Approves Extension of Food Stamp Program
Washington Senator George D Aiken says the Senate Agriculture Committee tentatively approved amendments to extend the food stamp program through June 30 1972 The panel also proposes authorization increases to 750 million for fiscal 1970 and 1 5 billion for fiscal 1971 and 1972 The measure aims to allow rapid program expansion and would require a simple resolution to unlock 750 million for fiscal 1970 with potential adjustments if department estimates prove low.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R - Vt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
Department of Agriculture
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Department
Officials Investigate Tampering With Computers
Building Director Irving Bates tightens security at the state administration building annex after a string of nighttime incidents. Officials probe tampering in the annex during two weeks, including crossed wires in a highway department computer card punching machine and a vault break in central data processing. Bates cites possible state employee involvement and notes ongoing jurisdiction disputes between Montpelier police and state police.
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Montpelier
UPI
Irving Bates
State Administration
Highway Department
Robert Keene
Highway Computer Center
Central Data Processing
Annex
Bates
Project Set To Improve Rural Vocational Programs
The New England Regional Commission awarded a $100,000 contract to the New England School Development Council to develop a three stage exploratory occupation program for rural public schools in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. It targets seventh through tenth graders not bound for college with planning starting July 1 followed by fall development and testing and next summer expansion with more teachers and materials.
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Boston
UPI
New England Regional Commission
NERC
New England
Devel
Opment Council
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Boys State Votes on Con Con in Northfield
Northfield residents report Green Mountain Boys State and Girls State activities. About 287 boys participate in a mock constitutional convention referendum aligned with a statewide vote rejected last June. Federalist leaders back the measure as the legislature approves a similar plan. In other action, the mock Senate backs renaming U S 7 after Eisenhower while the House funds aid to parochial schools. Girls State in Montpelier advances a $50,000 grant for the Vermont New York Youth Project.
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Northfield
Green Mountain
Boys State General Assembly
Howard Nadworny
Burlington
Joseph Mullen
Senate
U.S. 7
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Vermont College
Montpelier
Vermont
New York
Defense spends 144 dollars uprooting three weeds in London
London report says the British Ministry of Defense paid 144 dollars to send weed disposal expert Tom Carlisle eighty feet up the Whitehall Ministry Building to remove three elderberry saplings growing from crevices.
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London
UPI
Ministry of Defense
Tom Carlisle
Ministry
Whitehall
Disciplinary Action Upheld In Case of Northfield Teachers
BURLINGTON. Education Commissioner Harvey Scribner upheld the department action against two Northfield teachers who resigned Jan 13 without notice. Dorothy Bloomfield had her teaching certificate suspended and Evelyn Bloomfield was denied an emergency certificate after a hearing. The ruling notes relatively good communication but warns districts not to condone corporal punishment. Attorney Samuel Bloomberg said he will await a written copy before considering an appeal.
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Burlington
UPD
Harvey Scribner
Northfield
Samuel Bloomberg
Scribner
Dorothy Bloomfield
Evalyn Bloomfield
Robert Vail
Bloomfield Sisters
Bloomberg
Vermont
Vermont Senate Approves Brattleboro U S Marshal Hansen
The Vermont Senate confirmed Christian Hansen Jr of Brattleboro as U S marshal for Vermont after his nomination by President Nixon on May 21. Hansen, manager of New England Telephone Co in Brattleboro, will replace Thomas Sorrell of Burlington. Unemployment in Vermont fell to 1.6 percent for the week ending June 14 with 1,785 initial claims, 196 fewer than the prior week. St Albans had the highest rate at 4.1 percent while White River Junction at 0.20 percent was the lowest.
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Washington D.C
UPI
Senate
Christian Hansen Jr
Brattleboro
U.S
Vermont
Hansen
Richard Nixon
New England Telephone Co
Thomas Sorrell
Burlington
Vermont college coed slaying case to be reviewed by grand jury
A Washington County grand jury will sit June 27 to hear evidence in the April 15 shooting death of 18 year old Robin Farnham of East Montpelier. Army Sgt. Gerald Blondin 21 of Barre is held at Windsor State Prison on an information warrant for the rifle murder and has pleaded innocent while undergoing psychiatric tests.
Brattleboro District Receives Preschool Education Grant
The U S Office of Education awarded Brattleboro Town School District a planning grant of 25450 dollars to develop a program for educating pre-school handicapped children in the Brattleboro area. Sen Winston L Prouty announced the grant, one of 21 nationwide this fiscal year.
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Washington, D.C
U.S. Office of Education Today
Brattleboro Town
Brattleboro
Winston L. Prouty
Norwich University Receives $25,000 Bequest for Students
Norwich University has been given a $25,000 bequest from the estate of Henriette F. Dole of Bristol New Hampshire. The income will boost restricted endowment funds and a scholarship committee will administer the two proceeds to aid deserving Norwich students who might not otherwise obtain a college education.
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Northfield
Norwich University
Henriette F. Dole
Bristol
N.H
Norwich
Caceerabannae
Vermont Declares Discover Flying Month Across States
Governor Davis led a June proclamation naming Discover Flying Month to highlight general aviation as a key part of the national transportation system. Vermont also received 307265 in FAA funds for 1970, the second largest New England grant, to reconstruct a Barre Montpelier runway, with state funds matching.
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Montpelier
Gov. Davis
Davis
FAA
New England
Vermont
Barre-Montpelier
Cohoes GOP assistant chair questioned as illegal
In Cohoes New York the executive committee challenges the election of John V. Marinucci as assistant chairman of the Albany County GOP saying the move bypassed Rule 2 and he was not properly recommended by the local district committee. The matter dates to June 1968. The dispute centers on process and representation for party leadership.
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Cohoes
John V. Marinucci
Albany County
GOP
Cohoes Republican Party
Stanley Pawenski
Marinucci
Berkshire North and South Streets Beautification Plan Unveiled
In Pittsfield the Association of Business & Commerce unveiled a 1.5 million preliminary plan to beautify North and South Streets. Architect John Wacker of Hugh Stubbins & Associates drew the scheme featuring tree planting along sidewalks, heated sidewalks to melt snow, new furnishings, and crosswalk patterns.
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Pittsfield
Association of Business & Commerce
ABC
John Wacker
Cambridge
Hugh Stubbins & Associates
Local shop barred from moving Chicken Barrel sign
Lee, owner of a Kentucky Fried franchise, was denied by selectmen to activate a revolving Chicken Barrel sign. The board also ordered deactivation of a rotating sign at a Park Street service station. Zoning laws prohibit moving signs or signs with moving parts.
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Lee
Kentucky
Park Street
New England Tel and Tel plans 6000 feet of cable in North Adams
North Adams announces plans to install nearly 6000 feet of underground telephone cable on East Main Street this summer, per Harold P. B. man, business office for North Adams and Florida. Pittsfield reports Action for Opportunity starts its first Summer Job Bank to place youngsters aged 13 through 15 from city neighborhoods in work.
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New England Tel. & Tel. Co
East Main Street
Harold P. B. Man
Florida
Pittsfield
Action For Opportunity
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