Polish defector starts new life as hospital porter in Boston
Wojciech Ostrowski a 35 year old Polish seaman who defected last week began working as a hospital porter at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston for a 40 hour week earning 2.25 dollars per hour. He lives with a Polish family and has community support from the Polish American Citizens Club of South Boston as immigration rules allow temporary asylum while awaiting possible permanent status.
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UPI
Wojciech Ostrowski
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
United States
Boston Harbor
America
Ostrowski
Danzig
Gdynia
U.S
New Zealand
Denmark
Congress
Explosion cuts main line of Belfast Dublin railway
A bomb attack severed rails on the Belfast Dublin line at Kilmore near Lurgan, halving one track and hindering traffic between Belfast and Dublin. Gunfire targeted a British patrol in Falls Road. an IRA leader pledged continued attacks as over a dozen bombs exploded across Northern Ireland with injuries and animal deaths reported.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
Army
Green Howards Regiment
Falls Road
Irish Republican Army
IRA
B&M agrees to repair tracks and equipment
Boston and Maine railroad will repair tracks and equipment if state inspections find unsafe conditions. Massachusetts heads of DPA MBTA and state officials urged on-site checks after three commuter-line sections were flagged as poor. B&M said the six year timetable change slowed commuter service due to track issues and cited fixes as part of the plan.
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Boston
UPI
Boston & Maine Railroad
State Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
MBTA
John R. Verani
DPA
B&m
John W. Barringer
Harvard Students Gain Vote Rights in Cambridge Election
Federal magistrate clears the way for 21 Harvard University students to vote in Cambridge’s municipal election. The ruling upholds the board’s denial for three students while directing escrowed ballots and counting of the rest, with Michael B. McCarthy among those eligible.
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UPI
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Cambridge Election Commission
Willie J. Davis
Michael B. McCarthy
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Davis
Election Board
Death toll climbs in Indian cyclone disaster
New Delhi reports a massive cyclone in Orissa state devastates coastal areas with official death tolls rising from 3,391 to over 5,000 and feared to exceed 10,000. Eyewitness accounts describe bodies in floodwaters, widespread destruction of homes, and up to four million homeless as relief on a war footing struggles to reach isolated regions.
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UPI
Orissa
All-India Radio
Press Trust of India
PTI
Cuttack
Jambu
Paradip
Bhubaneshwar
Nilamani Routray
Mohawk to vote on Allegheny merger December 14
Mohawk Airlines stockholders meet December 14 to vote on a proposed merger with Allegheny Airlines. Share owners were invited Monday with a 126 page proxy detailing terms and company data. The plan calls for Mohawk stockholders of record October 26, 1971 to receive Allegheny stock plus a seven year warrant.
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Utica
N.Y
UPI
Mohawk Airlines
Mohawk
Allegheny Airlines
William P. Tolley
Tolly
Civil Aeronautics Board
Nixon
Allegheny Common
Royalton College Chief Plans Step Down Amid Campaign
Anthony N. Doria president of Royalton College says he will resign as head of the private South Royalton institution whether or not he wins the Vermont independent bid for Congress. He indicated negotiations are under way to name a successor. Doria had previously led the college after founding it five years earlier and sought to keep the school distinct from his own name.
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UPI
Royalton College
Anthony N. Doria
Congress
Doria
South Royalton
Vermont
Vermont Education Board
Vermont Supreme Court
Education Board
Vermont Dems: Samson Loses State Seat for Rutland Post
Poultney law student Michael Samson, 22, who sought the Vermont Democratic vice chairmanship, appears set for Rutland County Democratic Committee vice chair. State Chairman Francis Esposito said Samson won a second Rutland panel slot but did not earn a state committee seat. ByLaws bar outside members from the state committee except the chairman and treasurer.
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Rutland
UPI
Michael Samson
Poultney
Vermont Democratic Party
Democratic Committee
Francis Esposito
Samson
Esposito
Robbery Wave Ties Troy Area Crime to Grocery Holdups
Two Negro men fled with about 50 to 60 dollars after a Monday afternoon hold up at LaPointe Grocery Store on Fifth Avenue. Troy police note no weapon was seen, but assume armed robbery. Former Mayor Meyer may testify in the bribery case of James J. Mitchell over a March 26 1969 bid for the Capitol Division Disposal Co contract and Troy airport dumping rights.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
George D. Aiken
Rvermont
U.S. Senate
Lake Champlain
Ticonderoga Bay
Great Lakes
All Lakes
Environmental Protection Agency
Aiken
Washington
International Paper Co
Ticonderoga
N.Y
Vermont
Troy
Omer C. LaPointe
LaPointe
Fifth Ave
Lawrence D. Meyer
James J. Mitchell
Meyer
Mitchell
Capitol Division Disposal Co
Berkshire Ambulance Service opens in Pittsfield
Berkshire Ambulance Service begins operation in Pittsfield with two ambulances and $1 million in insurance. Headquarters at 219 Fourth St and service across Berkshire County. Darrold Gooley of Cheshire notes the new firm addresses years of inadequate ambulance transport. Also, GE Pittsfield pays just over $2 million toward the $15.6 million real estate warrant, up from last year.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire Ambulance Service
Fourth St
Berkshire County
Darrold Gooley
Cheshire
General Electric Co
John J. Norton
North Adams approves 190-unit Trudeau Farm housing plan
North Adams Planning Board approved a proposal by Mohawk Forest Associates for 190 housing units on a 25 acre Trudeau Farm site at the Mohawk Trail foot. Leon Brock of Boston said the project includes 18 two story buildings, a plan previously considered for a high school. A separate Sunday break at Suburban Medical Associates on Stockbridge Road saw a quantity of drugs deemed harmful taken from the doctors’ office, with no exact amount or type yet determined.
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Trudeau Farm
Mohawk Trail
Suburban Medical Associates
Stockbridge Road
John J. Boyne
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