Maine voters keep controversial income tax by wide margin
Maine voters approved the state’s graduated income tax by 190,053 to 63,317 with 627 of 631 precincts reporting. The vote followed a two year campaign by opponents who warned repeal would force spending cuts or higher sales and property taxes. Governor Curtis hailed the result and called for government reform and efficiency.
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Senate
Scott G. Lamb
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Kenneth M. Curtis
White Wins Re election With Big Margin In Boston
Mayor Kevin H White defeats Louise Day Hicks by 42793 votes securing 61 percent of ballots with 18 of 22 wards carried. He credits programs and anti airport expansion while Hicks plans Congress bid amid a bitter campaign lasting two months.
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Boston
UPI
Kevin H. White
Louise Day Hicks
Hicks
North End
Logan International Airport
Little City Halls
John B. Hynes
James Michael Curley
Northeast oil import program slightly raised by Nixon
Washington officials announce a small increase in the special oil import program begun last year. The move aims to guarantee supplies for the Northeast region amid ongoing energy concerns.
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Washington
UPI
England
GOP
George A. Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Joint Board of Fuel Supply
Venezuela
Belfast police threaten strike over rearming demands
British troops rounded up 23 suspects in dawn raids in Lurgan and Belfast as Belfast’s 2,000 police threaten to strike unless issued weapons to fight back against gunmen and bomb attacks. The deadline set by police follows months of violence and calls for stronger security measures amid remarks on Northern Ireland policy.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
Lurgan
Army
Labor Party
Brian Faulkner
Men of
Northern Ireland Police Federation
Home
Reginald Maulding
Lord Hunt
Marble decision rests with Nixon on tariff relief
The UPI report says President Nixon must cast the tie breaking vote to determine if U S marble makers were hurt by trade concessions. The U S Tariff Commission split on a petition by marble firms claiming Italian imports erode the market after duties fell from 50 percent in 1948 to just over 12 percent this year. Vermont hosts much of the sector with the only underground marble mines in the United States.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
U.S
U.S. Tariff Commission
UVM plea wins ear on campus building plan
The University of Vermont won a sympathetic hearing from the House Institutions Committee as it endorsed 150000 dollars in state funds to build a pedestrian overpass linking campus areas. The panel also considered a 950000 dollar request for a new music classroom and planned a Windsor Prison tour for future legislation on a new maximum security facility.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
House Institutions Committee
John Zampieri
D-Ryegate
Zampieri
Windsor State Prison
GOP committee regroups in Montpelier as Merriman named state chairman
In Montpelier UPI reports the Republican State Committee reorganizes with new town and county deputies and to vote on continuing Russell Merriman as full time state chairman after his hiring last month to lead campaign efforts. Merriman would earn 18 000 dollars plus expenses through the November 1972 elections. In Richford UPI Richard Thomas, a GOP congressional hopeful, urged higher federal law enforcement funding while suggesting cuts to defense. He pressed for better training and pensions for officers as part of the primary slate.
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Montpelier
UPI
Republican State Committee
Russell Merriman
Merriman
State Committee
Richford
Richard Thomas
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Secretary of State
Thomas
Unemployment Up In State With 5000 Claims Filed
Montpelier reports unemployment at 4 percent last week with 5,000 new claims filed, rising from 3.9 percent the prior week, per the state Department of Employment Security.
Birth rate in state declines for first half of 1971
Burlington UPI reports the state registered 4 017 104 births in the first six months of 1971, down from the same period in 1970 marking the first decline in three years.
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Burlington
UPI
Warren County brothers die in Route 418 crash fire
In Warren County two brothers Craig McNeil 18 and Franklin 21 died when their car struck a bridge abutment on Route 418 and burst into flames. Medical examiner Dr Clinton Lawrence said identification was delayed due to severe burn injuries. A Colonie restaurant burglary occurred early Tuesday with a suspect seen nearby and fleeing with unknown cash.
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Warrensburg
Warren County
Teir
Craig McNeil
Franklin
Clinton Lawrence
Colonie
Central Ave
Berkshire Elections Highlight Local Races and Referendums
Incumbent Mayor Donald G. Butler defeated Joseph Scelsi 11 785 to 9 397 to win re election in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Voters approved a referendum to withdraw U S forces from Indochina and another to legalize Beano. Roper Public Opinion Center to study school racial attitudes in Williamstown. Great Barrington plans a winter carnival with Steve Blass likely as carnival king. Adams barbers push back on state anti discrimination law seeking barber school and apprenticeship requirements. North Adams Mayor Joseph Bianco won decisively over Taft after a heated primary clash.
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Pittsfield
UPI
Donald G. Butler
Joseph Scelsi
U.S
Indochina
Roper Public Opinion Research Center
Williamstown
Roper
Thomas Whalen
Great Barrington
Berkshire
Steve Blass
Canaan
Adams
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