Police Oust Dartmouth Students From Seized Building
Nearly 200 riot police from Vermont and New Hampshire moved in at dawn to clear Parkhurst Hall after students seized the building in protest against ROTC. Fifty six students were removed, some by force, and taken to a county jail. Dartmouth President Dickey urged compliance as the roving crowd outside grew.
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UPI
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Reserve Officers Training Corps
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Nashua
Walter Peterson
Joseph Reagan
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Concord
Peterson
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Thaddeus Seymour
Gilbert Tanis
Waldo Chamberlain
John Sloan Dickey
Dickey
Nixon Declines Wolfson Appeal Amid Fortas Link
President Nixon refused requests from Florida lawmakers and others to intercede for imprisoned financier Louis E. Wolfson in a matter tied to Justice Fortas. Wolfson sought executive pardon or delay. Nixon declined meetings as U.S. officials denied a Toledo grand jury process related to Fortas’ former law firm.
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UPI
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Supreme Court
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Ohio
U.S. District Court
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Fortas
U.S
Harry Pickering
Cleveland
Florida
Life Magazine
Wolfson Family Foundation
Spessard Holland
Claude Pepper
Charles Bennett
Vermont aims for federal mediation in Champlain pollution case
Vermont Water Resources Commissioner Reinhold Thieme says progress is steady in Vermont’s complaint against New York over Lake Champlain pollution from the Ticonderoga sludge deposits. A federal conference in Burlington led to a sampling plan, with a final report and a technical subcommittee remaining to complete recommendations under the Clean Waters Act.
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UPD
Ticonderoga Bay
N.Y
Vermont
Reinhold Thieme
New York
Lake Champlain
Thieme
International Paper Co
Ticonderoga
Burlington
GMPC Granted 6 Million Short-Term Notes by PSB
The Public Service Board allowed Green Mountain Power Corp of Burlington to issue 6 million dollars in secured short-term notes from Chase Manhattan Bank and Marine Midland Grace Trust Co of New York, due within a year. Funds fund normal construction and VELCO investments, including a 1.4 million dollar construction budget, plus a 4 million dollar Vermont Yankee investment, with a possible additional 300 to 400 thousand dollar VELCO investment this year.
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Vermont Yankee
VELCO
Vermont Faculty Debates ROTC Credit Status
About 100 University of Vermont College of Arts and Sciences faculty met and adjourned without action on a resolution to bar Army ROTC courses from credit. The resolution, prompted by student petition and supported by several professors, is to be forwarded to the next meeting.
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Burlington
UPS
University of Vermont College of Arts and Sciences
Retailers mailed registration forms for 3 percent sales tax
About 15 000 retailers received registration applications as Vermont prepares to roll out a 3 percent sales tax on June 1. The Tax Department aims to raise nearly $10 million annually. Forms were sent using state income tax withholding lists and copies went to city and town clerks.
Grant announced for Johnston State College building
A $1,360,000 grant under the Higher Education Facilities Act was awarded to Johnston State College in Johnson Vermont to help finance an academic building under construction. Private and state funds will cover the remaining portion of the $2.1 million project.
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Washington, D.C
UPD
Johnston State College
Johnson
Hamilton Hill Residents Ask Police Protection in Schenectady
A 50 strong group from Hamilton Hill, mainly Black residents, visited City Hall to seek better police protection and improved lines of communication after meeting with the City Council, police chief, and city manager. They urged foot patrols, human relations training for officers, a police cadets corps, and eased police recruitment requirements, but several said the talks were ignored.
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Schenectady
Hamilton Hill
City Hall
Troy City contract deemed invalid over disposal deal
Troy corporation counsel Carl W Engstrom said Tuesday the city's garbage disposal contract with Capitol Division Inc was invalid because City Manager Adrian Gonyea only had power to enter into parts of the contract that deal with removing garbage. The April 11 agreement signed by Gonyea seeks to cut Capitol Division's $50,000 performance bond to about $1,400.
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Troy
Carl W. Engstrom
Troy Corporation
Capitol Division, Inc
Adrian Gonyea
Gonyea
Capitol Division
State bus lines ban concealed weapons on baggage
Beginning May 15, major New York state bus lines will refuse baggage containing concealed weapons. The Public Service Commission announced the rule on Tuesday, banning firearms, ammunition and other weapons, though enforcement details remain unavailable.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
Williamstown navy officer faces court martial debate
James A. Shepard, crewman aboard the Pueblo, backs the Navy secretary’s stance against disciplinary action for Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher and defends the eleven month sentence as sufficient. He receives a Distinguished Service Award in an informal ceremony. Meanwhile in North Adams, retiring President Andrew S. Flagg is honored with gifts after a peaceful campus sit-in reflection. AEF Realty offers a plan to ease eviction threats at the Columbia Street housing complex and to fix rents and repairs via a court-directed arrangement.
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James A. Shepard
Pueblo
Lloyd M. Bucher
Shepard
Navy
John H. Chafee
Board of Selectmen
North Adams
North Adams State College
Andrew S. Flagg
France
Flagg
ADAMS
AEF Realty Co
Columbia Street
Board of Health
Atty
Philip H. Grandchamp
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