Labor University Alliance Forms Against War in Indochina
Professors, students and workers form the Labor University Alliance to oppose the war in Indochina and push a shift from a war economy to human needs. Led by Harvard’s George Wald, the group aims to unite academia and unions, plan a Washington conference, and attract dues-paying members across 15 cities.
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Indochina
Harvard
George Wald
Labor- University Alliance
LUA
Leonard Woodcock
United Automobile Workers
Wald
Southeast Asia
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Ward
Teamsters
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
United Electrical Workers
American Federation
Captain relieved after troops refuse to obey orders near Laos
UPI reports Captain Carlos Proveda of the Americal Division’s 1st Cavalry Brigade was replaced by a more experienced officer after his armored troop, amid repeated clashes with Communist forces along Route 9 near Lang Vei, refused orders to advance. A tactical error by Proveda led to withdrawal maneuvers and damage to a APC.
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U.S
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
UPI
Carlos Proveda
John G. Hill Jr
5Th Infantry
Proveda
1St Cavalry Brigade
Hill
Lang Vei
APC
Laos
Xe Pon
South Vietnam
Binding arbitration set if Mohawk talks fail
Four days of intensive negotiations begin today as Mohawk Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association seek to resolve 11 key issues in a strike that idled 396 pilots since November 12. If no agreement is reached by Thursday, two days of talks on a back-to-work plan follow, with mediator David L. Cole ready to settle the back-to-work matter. Partial service to resume by mid-April and full service by mid-May, as reservations reopen at Syracuse.
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Mohawk
Syracuse
N.Y
David L. Cole
Debris Reported in Mt Washington Ravine
UPI reports debris found in Huntington Ravine above Mount Washington NH. Forest rangers planned a day search but bad weather and avalanche danger delayed it. Campers in Tuckerman's Ravine reported hearing a plane and later finding wreckage. FAA says no missing flight filed near the area.
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Mount Washington
N.H
UPI
U.S. Forest Rangers
Huntington Ravine
U.S. Forestry Service
Tuckerman’s Ravine
Federal Aviation Administration
Concord
Vermont Snow Records Fall On First Day Of Spring
Vermont sets a new snowfall record at 132.2 inches surpassing the prior 132 inch mark as Newport hits 142.8 inches. A Burlington NWS spokesman calls it a real winter while weekend storms bring up to 16 inches in parts and western Massachusetts reports 6-12 inches. Green Mountain Power asks PSB for a 2.6 to 4.7 percent rate rise tied to higher fuel costs with potential surcharges for further price hikes.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
National Weather Service
Burlington International Airport
Newport
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Montpelier
Green Mountain Power Corp
Public Service Board
Central Vermont Pubic Service Corp
PSB
Green Mountain
Two Belmont Women Die In Route 103 Crash Near Cuttingsville
A February crash on a curve on Route 103 south of Cuttingsville left two Belmont women dead Edna M Desjardin 56 and Mildred White 76. The truck operator William A Whitcomb 22 Jericho and passenger Patricia Traviss 23 Pitts Town N Y were uninjured. The state police cited a blinding snowstorm as a factor making 1971 Vermont highway fatalities rise to 12 and 13.
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Wallingford
Belmont
Cuttingsville
Edna M. Desjardin
Mildred White
William A. Whitcomb
Jericho
Patricia Traviss
Pitstown
N.Y
Vermont
Witten Loses Bid to Bypass Ways and Means on Tax Bill
Vermont House Appropriations chair R Marshall Witten of Bennington failed to move a bill amending a utility tax law past the Ways and Means Committee. Reps Emory Hebard and Melvin Mandigo noted the measure had not been reviewed by the committee. Rep Brian Burns offered the bypass, and the motion passed unanimously.
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Brian Burns
D-17
Burlington
Four Die In New York Area Auto Pedestrian Crashes
In the Greater Troy Area four people including a 15 year old North Greenbush boy died in auto pedestrian crashes weekend police report names Donald J. Woroby Craig J. Weir Kathleen Monk and William G. Boyles. The youths were struck while walking or retrieving objects near routes 4 40 and 5 and Route 23 near Cairo in North Greenbush Argyle Rotterdam and Greene County.
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Troy
North Greenbush
Donald J. Woroby
Woodland Rd
Craig J. Weir
Main St
Argyle
Kathleen Monk
Curry Rd
Rotterdam
William G. Boyles
Third St
Cairo
North Greensbush
Craig Weir
Ralph E. Guilder
RD 2
Greenwich
Boyles
Greene County
IPC Plant Ordered Closed at Ticonderoga
Albany The International Paper Co. must shut down its old plant at Ticonderoga and stop discharges into Lake Champlain by April 24. A Supreme Court ruling announced by Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz also provides for civil penalties if it fails to comply. The firm has a new plant four miles north of the town.
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Albany
International Paper Co
Ticonderoga
Lake Champlain
Supreme Court
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Berkshire Catholic schools plan merger approved in Pittsfield
Notre Dame parish council approved a diocesan plan to merge three local Catholic elementary schools into one operation in Pittsfield. Mount Carmel and St. Joseph's boards were to meet later this week. Rev Karl B Huller proposes combining faculties and using two of the three school buildings.
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Pittsfield
Notre Dame
Mount Carmel
St. Joseph’s
Karl B. Huller
Diocese of
Burglary, Fatal Accident Highlight North Adams and Stockbridge News
In North Adams police investigated a burglary at Electronic Supply Center on River Street with nearly $2,500 of equipment stolen and more than $1,000 in damages. In Great Barrington, 59 year old Charles Stevens Jr. died in a two car crash at Route 7 near Stockbridge and Monument Valley roads. Also in North Adams Wheel Estates Inc. received VA approval for financing mobile homes at its Plateau site near McCann Vocational High School.
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North Adams
Electronic Supply
River St
Edward W. Gyurasz
Great Barrington
Charles H. Stevens Jr
Interlaken
Stockbridge
Monument Valley
Stevens
Stockbridge School
Daniel E. Zubanch
Naugatuck
Conn
Zubanch
Joan Hesperth
Waterbury
Fairview Hospital
Wheel Estates Inc
South Church Street
Wheel Estates
Charles J. McCann Vocational-Technical High
Hoosac Valley
Veterans Administration
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Labor-University Alliance
Michael Widmer
Cambridge
Mass
Woodcock
UAW
Gallup
Washington
Bennington
Main Street
Bennington, VT
Firs National Stores
U.S.D.A. Choice
Usda Choice
California
North ST Bennington
Wigan
England
Harry Winnard
Bradford House
Siz
Monument Plaza
Mt. Washington
Shopper’s Service
Revereware
Farberware
Mirror
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Green Mt
Witten
New York
IPC
Down In
Berkshire
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