Alburg Dairymen To Dump Milk Today in Price Protest
Northwestern Vermont dairymen plan a milk spill at Joseph Polardy farm in Grand Isle County to protest low prices and rising costs. The action follows prior spills in Highgate Springs and Williston, with farmers acting alone and counter protests by antipoverty groups noting milk for needy children.
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Alburg
UPI
Vermont
Joseph Polardy
Grand Isle County
New England
Lawrence Beaulieu
Highgate Springs
Franklin County
Robert Senesac
Springdale
Maine
National Farm Organization
Williston
Chittenden County
Butler fired as SAC project director in Vermont
Gov. Deane C. Davis dismissed Charles K. Butler from the Student Affairs Commission post effective June 12, saying Butler lacks the temperament and philosophy to represent students. The firing ends Butler’s role after friction over the antiwar moratorium and questions about his two way communications duties.
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Butler
Davis
Nixon
MIT To Split Ties With Draper Lab In Policy Shift
MIT will convert the Draper Laboratory into an independent unit and later a separate corporation, while Lincoln Laboratory remains attached but will halt applied weapons research. Draper had 1969 expenditures of 54 million with 25 percent military work. Lincoln spent 65 million with 74 percent on military research and about 17 000 employees.
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MIT
Lincoln Laboratory
School
Defense Department
Johnson
Bay State House Amends Bill For Withdrawal Referendum
The Massachusetts House backed a watered down substitute to a Senate bill on a statewide referendum on immediate U S withdrawal from Vietnam, contingent on prisoner exchanges. The measure, with a 136 82 vote to reconsider, faces possible joint conference to reconcile differences, and would have the Judiciary Committee study public will on U S actions in Vietnam. Vietnam veterans in the chamber received standing ovations during debate before passage.
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Boston
Senate
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
House
Maurice A. Donahue
D-Holyoke
Joint Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
William F. Hogan
D-Everett
American Legion
Paul Murphy
Dboston
Chelsea Naval Hospital
State House
Hogan
Murphy
Vermont Food Stamp Plan Funds Pilot by Mail
A one year federal grant of 12445 funds a pilot by the Social Welfare Department to mail food stamps to recipients. Commissioner Betit said the program will boost participation and ease purchases, with the Morrisville district office overseeing 18 communities in Chittenden LaMoille and Washington counties starting June 1.
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Chittenden
LaMoille
Washington Counties
Barre strike negotiations Eye dispute in Granite industry
Federal mediator John O'Reilly brings together Barre Granite Association and Granite Cutters International Association as 1100 workers remain off the job. The walkout began May 1 over wages, idling more than 80 plants while an arbitrator from Concord, New Hampshire, is expected to propose concrete terms at today's bargaining session.
Rutland Senator Orin Thomas Dies at 83
Orin Thomas a Vermont state senator for 25 years and one of the state's largest dairy operators died at 83 in a Rutland hospital. He served as Rutland town representative in 1931 and was elected to the Senate in 1933, serving until 1958. Funeral services will be held Friday in Rutland.
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UPI
Orin Thomas
Vermont
Thomas
Richard Thomas
Senate
Vermont Board Approves Aid for Union 32 School
The Vermont Education Board awarded 1.1 million dollars in state aid toward a four million dollar Union School 32 facility. The board requires the new school to operate as a receiving site for Montpelier High School tuition students, while noting the 850 student capacity will factor into future tuition decisions. Union 32 officials fear capacity may not cover an unspecified number of tuition students alongside district needs in Berlin Calais East Montpelier Middlesex and Worcester.
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Berlin
Calais
East Montpelier
Middlesex
Worcester
Waste dump burn to clear Nassau pollution lagoon
In Nassau New York twenty industrial waste acres on Mead Road will be burned this weekend under state and county health oversight to fulfill a court order for Loeffel's Waste Oil Co. dumping cleanup. The burn, lasting at least 24 hours, is expected to produce heavy black smoke and may cause minor explosions with two fire companies on site.
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Nassau
Mead Road
Rensselaer County
Loeffel
Waste Oil Co
Carl Stefanik
Kunstler Warns of Student Strike Shaking Nixon War Policy
Chicago 7 lawyer William M Kunstler told Union College students in Schenectady that a nationwide student strike and boycott could push the Nixon administration over its Vietnam war stance. He warned of mass takeovers for what he termed liberation schools and chaotic upheaval, insisting free speech even for radical calls.
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Schenectady
Nixon
William M. Kunstler
Chicago 7
Black Panther Rap
Brown
Union College
Kent State University
Liberation Schools
Unified medical center urged for Berkshire region
In Pittsfield 57 doctors and dentists urged Hillcrest and Berkshire Medical Center to join a unified regional medical center. Berkshire Medical Center offered financial backing to Hillcrest to secure a joint facilities commitment, while Hillcrest officials said they won’t fight the matter. BMC would build another Hillcrest facility if an agreement is reached and Hillcrest aims to raise 800000 dollars. Also in Pittsfield, Joseph F. Sirignano Jr. was sentenced to a year in the Second Street jail after being convicted of larceny for taking a car from auto dealer Charles Valuski and abandoning it in Maryland. the car was recovered with no damage.
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Hillcrest
Berkshire Medical Center
BMC
Joseph F. Sirignano Jr
YMCA
Felix the Cat
Second Street
Clement A. Ferris
Charles Valuski
Frank W. Cimini
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