Vigilant Guards New England Lobster Waters Amid Harassment Claims
In international seas off New England, the Coast Guard cutter Vigilant investigated three harassment incidents against U S lobster boats by Soviet vessels over two days causing damage nearing forty thousand dollars. Wily Fox owner reports continued trawler interference after Vigilant’s departure. State Department considers reparations if claims are substantiated while lawmakers press for stronger national fishing policy.
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Boston
UPI
USS. Coast Guard
Vigilant
New England
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward W. Brooke
State Department
Wily Fox
New Bedford
Mass
Nantucket
Fleet Wing
Coast Guard
Joseph S. Gaziano
Prelude Corp
U.S
A. Thomas Easley
New England Council
Easley
United States
Family quarrel erupts in Chicago shootout with police
In Chicago, a domestic dispute escalated into a gun battle as officers responded to a kidnapping threat. Three policemen were wounded, four suspects captured, and one infant saved as officers stormed a three story building near 56th and Michigan.
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Chicago
UPI
Glenn Rosiak
56Th
Michigan
Rosiak
Robert Gordon
Irving Williams
Bernard Reynolds
van Smith
Williams
Viginette
Joseph Mikulskis
William Kane
Jones
Kane
Mikulskis
Billings Hospital
Milkulskis
Black Panther
Panther Party
Panthers
Ky helicopter makes emergency landing in rice paddy
SAIGON UPI reports Ky's VNAF helicopter suffered a mechanical failure and made an emergency landing in a rice paddy during a trip to the Cambodian border. The week saw minimal helicopter losses, the lowest in 27 months, with broader fighting reported near Kien Binh.
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South) Vietnamese Air Force
VNAF
Do Cao Tri
Army of the
Kien Binh
Assembly backs return of five sacred wampum belts
The New York Assembly approved a bill requiring the state to return five sacred Wampum Belts to the Onondaga Indians. The measure, amended to place the belts in the Onondaga Cultural Center, now goes to the Senate. The belts were bought in 1898 for 500 dollars and are held in the Education Department Museum. The bill faces opposition over tribal claims and collection value, with Governor Rockefeller potential action.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Assembly
Senate
John Caemmerer
East Williston
Joseph R. Pisani
New Rochelle
Onondaga Cultural Center
Syracuse
Pisani
Education Department
State Education Department
Mary Ann Krupsak
Amsterdam
Guy R. Brewer
Queens
Sixth judge takes over in Angela Davis case
A sixth judge, Richard E. Arnason, was assigned to pre-trial proceedings in Angela Davis and Ruchell Magee’s murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy case. Arnason will review prior sessions and set an early resumption date after previous judges recused due to bias concerns and peremptory challenges. The case stems from the August shootout at Marin County Courthouse that left four people dead including a judge.
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San Francisco
UPI
Angela Davis
Richard E. Arnason
Contra Costa County
Miss Davis
Ruchell Magee
Arnason
Magee
UCLA
San Quentin
Marin County
Alan A. Lindsay
Two U.S. Professors Visit Peking After Hanoi Trip
Arthur W. Galston of Yale and Ethan R. Singer of MIT, both American science professors, arrived in Peking by train after two weeks in Hanoi. NCNA says they were greeted by leading members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and invited to visit.
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Tokyo
UPI
North Vietnam
Peking
New China News Agency
NCNA
Arthur W. Galston
Yale University
Ethan R. Singer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Galston
Signer
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hanoi
Vermont official sees few obstacles to pollution act fees
Water Resources Commissioner Martin L. Johnson told an environmental conference he expects little trouble meeting legal objections to a proposed fee schedule under the 1970 Water Pollution Control Act. He noted that changes in about half the regulations should satisfy the attorney general's concerns and keep the act’s requirements intact.
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Ripton
UPI
Martin L. Johnson
Johnson
Water Resources Board
Velco pump storage in Middlebury may avert 1980 fossil plant
Vermont officials say a Velco pumped storage hydro plant in Middlebury could obviate a large 800 megawatt fossil fuel plant by 1980. The plan envisions two man made lakes covering over 1,200 acres. Velco also weighs four Addison County sites for a smaller fossil fuel plant to be finished by 1976.
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Middlebury
UPI
Vermont
Vermont Electric Power Co
Velco
L. Douglas Meredith
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Addison County
Vermont Milk Control Board proposes marketing area realignment
The Vermont Milk Control Board proposes abolishing Brattleboro Windsor County and general area regions on July 1 and creating two new areas. Area 2 will cover towns in Bennington Windham and Windsor counties. Area 1 will include all other controlled towns. The plan also calls for changes to milk pricing formulas for producers and for retail and wholesale costs.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Milk Control Board
Brattleboro
Windsor
Bennington
Windham
Tax Commissioner Wright to resign by Sept. 1
Tax Commissioner Lawrence Wright will resign before September 1 to enter private law practice, Gov. Davis said. Wright cited a desire to pursue a general law practice and will join Gravel and Shea after Mallary names his successor.
Hoff to teach seminar at Harvard Kennedy School
Former Vermont governor Philip Hoff will spend the fall semester at Harvard University as a one semester fellow at the Kennedy School of Government Institute of Politics. He will conduct extensive research on governmental economics and lead a seminar during the fellowship.
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Burlington
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Hoff
Experimental Institute of Politics
Medicaid cuts halted by federal injunction in New York
In New York state, Commissioner Beaudoin says a federal court injunction blocks previously announced Medicaid cuts. About 480 cases were notified of closure. those notices are voided. Clients should keep using the old yellow card. new green cards are not valid. The Senate also approved a bill to repeal the full crew law for trains, arguing safety and cost savings. The measure moves to the Assembly.
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Troy
Albany
UPI
New York State
Senate
John Caemmerer
New York
Indiana
Ohio
Arkansas
Assembly
Williams Inn Planned for Williams College Area
In Williamstown Berkshire County plans call for a contemporary two story Williams Inn with 120 rooms at North and Main streets. Architect George E. Yutchinson of Treadway Inns Corp says the site is the only viable location. the project costs about 2.38 million dollars and would take 9 to 13 months to complete while Williams College owns the current building and seeks 12 to 14 months for the move.
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Williamstown
Williams Inn
George E. Yutchinson
Treadway Inns Corp
Williams College
Acquittal in Middlefield murder case ends probed trial
Raymond M. Gregory, 38, was acquitted in Manassas Va of murdering Middlefield Selectman John L Hobart after 64 hours of prosecution testimony. Judge Bernard Jennings ruled the state failed to link him to the Sept 30 stabbing death of Hobart, 43, chairman of the Middlefield board of selectmen. A Lee bylaw would ban non conforming signs after June 1 1977.
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Middlefield
Pittsfield
John L. Hobart
Raymond M. Gregory
Hobart
Manassas
Prince William County
Bernard Jennings
Gregory
Board of Selectmen
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