Massachusetts drinking age to drop to 18 say ABC panel
The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission recommends lowering Massachusetts drinking age to 18 and allowing 18-year-olds to work in direct handling and selling of alcohol. It also proposes repealing men only tavern licenses, removing liquor questions from certain ballots, and ending package store license quotas to boost competition.
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Massachusetts
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Howard M. Miller
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ABC
Commonwealth
Miller
GM strikers reject food from students at Santa Barbara
In VAN NUYS California UPI reports a group of General Motors strikers refused to allow a truckload of food delivered by University of California Santa Barbara students to the UAW Local 645 headquarters. About 100 strikers voted against entry while others accepted food outside the lot. One worker cited a Communist plot and a student pledge to show not all students are Communists. Embarrassed union leaders apologized.
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Calif
UPI
General Motors
University of California At Santa Barbara
United Auto Workers
UAW
Frank Shaw
Vietnam
Rick Simmons
Four men and cat finish 7000 mile raft Pacific crossing
Four bearded men led by Vitale Alzar of Spain reached Alexandra-Mooloolaba Australia after 161 days and 7000 miles from Guayaquil to show primitive craft could cross the Pacific. The log raft La Balsa, 40 by 15 feet with a reed deckhouse, carried a radio and a sail. Minette the cat survived many storms as the men, along with Marcel Modena, Gabriel Garces, and Norman Tetrault, were welcomed by a crowd.
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France
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Norman Tetrault
Canada
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Chile
Robert Trumbull
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Pacific
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Brisbane
la Balsa
Gabriel Garces
Minette
Alzar
Negligent landlords blasted in environmental health report
A Massachusetts task force urges adding landlords to those responsible for pollution threats and lets private citizens sue polluters when housing deteriorates. The 105 page study backs stricter enforcement, cease and desist orders, higher polluter taxes, and empowered inspectors, aiming to curb environmental harms alongside air and water pollution.
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UPI
Appalachian State students walk out on Jane Fonda protest
About half of Appalachian State University's 3,500 students walked out during Jane Fonda's Thursday night talk criticizing the establishment. Fonda, free on bond, urged Nixon's impeachment and alleged Agnew could be indicted for crossing state lines to incite riots.
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UPI
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Spiro T. Agnew
Vermont Robbery Convict Seeks Separate New Trial
Calvin Trude 27 of Williston seeks a new trial separate from accomplices Joshua Tatro 32 and George Tatro 35 of Burlington after a U S District Court jury convicted them of robbing the Merchants National Bank in South Burlington on Christmas Eve, taking about 19000. The trio remains jailed pending pre sentence investigation.
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Vermont Yankee bonds eyed for Vernon plant financing
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp aims to close an 80 million first mortgage bond sale next Thursday to finance its Vernon Connecticut River plant nearing completion. 82 underwriters bid the issue, with PSB approval for long term financing and a 15 million common stock issue still to be approved. The plant faces ongoing environmental concerns from conservation groups. Representatives from 350 colleges attend a regional conference on student volunteerism at the University of Vermont, focusing on volunteer use in corrections, medicine, education and pollution programs. The event, postponed from May due to campus unrest linked to Kent State and Cambodia.
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Kent State University
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Vermont and New Hampshire health officials meet in Norwich
Vermont Mental Health Commissioner Jonathan Leopold and New Hampshire Mental Health Director Bernard March join health officers in Norwich to coordinate community mental health agencies along the Connecticut River valley. They will discuss responsibilities for out-of-state patients interstate financing joint programming and admissions procedures.
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UPI
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut River Valley
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Bernard March
Troy Open Housing Bill Passes First Council Hurdle
The Troy City Council tentatively approved an open housing ordinance prohibiting discrimination in sale rental lease or financing based on race creed color or national origin. The measure awaits review by the corporation counsel and council law committee before a public hearing and final vote. Albany State Supreme Court Justice T Paul Kane ruled New York Telephone Co may charge 11 million customers higher rates than PSC allowed, potentially enabling temporary rate increases for higher revenue.
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Corporation Counsel and Council Law Committee
Albany
Supreme Court
T. Paul Kane
New York Telephone Co
New York State
Public Service Commission
Troy approves $202,000 traffic program for Troy streets
Capital District Regional Planning Commission on Thursday night approved a $202,000 program from the State Department of Transportation to improve traffic flow in Troy. Troy is one of 13 communities designated for a traffic engineering project, targeting better street directions and intersections.
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Capital District Regional Planning Commission
State Dept. of Transportations
Local notices and plans span Berkshire and North Adams items
Plans for a Kimberly Clark secondary treatment plant in Berkshire anticipate a pollution abatement order to remove oxygen demanding cooking liquor effluent. In North Adams, Historic Valley Park caretakers sign on as fire department study marks water source access. An architecture firm is appointed for North Adams State College facilities and student union plans. Curtis Publishing previews revival of Evening Post as quarterly with first issue next April.
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Joseph Graveline
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Winchester
James T. Amsler
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