Massachusetts No Fault Rule Upheld with Expected Savings
Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds no fault auto insurance law limiting bodily injury claims to the insureds up to 2000 dollars and dropping pain and suffering. Insurers cite 15 percent saving this year with 25 percent projected next year while officials claim 76 million dollars saved in 1971 and further cuts anticipated in 1972.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Paul C. Reardon
Massachusetts
Florida
Reardon
Massachusetts Insurance Information Committee
Environmentalists seek amendment to SST landing ban in Massachusetts
Beacon Hill environmentalists plan amendments to a Massachusetts bill banning SST landings and takeoffs state wide if noise exceeds 108 decibels. The state Supreme Court advisory opinion suggested amendments are needed to align with FAA noise evaluation guidelines before the House votes on July 12.
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Boston
UPI
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House
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
High Court
Senate
Federal Aviation Administration
Benjamin Nason
FAA
Nason
Addict crisis feared as Vietnam pullout looms
Boston experts warn 40 000 to 60 000 heroin addicts may flood back to the United States after U S troop withdrawal raising crime and mortality in cities Knowles cites 6000 to 10000 Boston heroin users and urges health, lifestyle, nutrition, and housing improvements amid broader death causes a critique of auto safety efforts by Ralph Nader and a Massachusetts SST ban proposal targeting Logan Airport
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Boston
API
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Massachusetts General Hospital
John Knowles
American Physical Therapists Association
Knowles
Ralph Nader
Nixon urged to avoid demagog not to alienate voters
The Ripon Society urges President Nixon to steer clear of demagogic sloganeering and slick TV salesmanship to aid reelection. The liberal Republicans say he should heed progressives, ignore Wallace partisan votes, and note gains by McCloskey and Riegle showing districts less Republican than the nation.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Nixon
Ripon Society
Forum
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Paul N. McCloskey
R-Calif
Donald Riegle
R-Mich
First year of liberalized abortion hits 164000 in New York City
Health Services Administration notes 164,323 abortions expected by year end with many on out of state residents. Over 46 percent involve women under 24. teen abortions total 23.4 percent of the city’s cases. Complications declined from 12.4 to 8.7 per 1000. 15 abortion related deaths since law began, none in last four months.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Health Services Administration
Health Services
Gordon Chase
Chase
New Hampshire Presidential Primary Filing Fee Law
Gov. Walter Peterson signed a bill making New Hampshire’s first in the nation presidential primary harder to enter. Candidates must pay a $500 filing fee and collect 1,000 signatures, up from no fee and 100 signatures previously.
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Concord
N.H
Turnout urged for Fair Haven school election July 7
Fair Haven officials seek big youth turnout as 18 to 20 year olds gain voting and adult rights under a 1971 law to influence a school bond vote. Voters in Orwell, Fair Haven, Benson, Castleton and West Haven previously rejected a 525000 dollar addition bond for Fair Haven Union High School.
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Fair Haven
UPI
Orwell
Benson
Castleton
West Haven
Fair Haven Union High School
Blast Damages Dunn Memorial Bridge and Nearby Buildings
A dynamite blast on the Dunn Memorial Bridge in Rensselaer destroyed two sections and caused window damage to about 30 buildings in Rensselaer and Albany due to an unusual high pressure air mass. Controlled Explosives of Oakland said they are insured and will cover repairs. In Cohoes, 44-year-old Frank Cannato was swept from a ledge while fishing and drowned after being carried downstream. a companion swam to safety.
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Rensselaer
Dunn Memorial Bridge
Albany
Controlled Explosives
Oakland
Calif
Cohoes
Mohawk River
Frank J. Cannato
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Waterford
Cannato
Berkshire grant funds planning for hydro plant impact handbook
The Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission received 185000 dollars from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to produce a handbook evaluating how electric generating and transmission facilities affect communities. The effort follows Northeast Utilities proposal for a 200 million pumped storage plant in Sheffield or Falls Village Connecticut. The guide will examine population land use recreation public facilities economies taxes water and wildlife.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Northeast Utilities
Sheffield
Falls Village
Conn
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