Permanent Injunction Sought Against MIT Demonstrators
MIT seeks a permanent injunction against the November Action Coalition as antiwar protesters press on with week long demonstrations in Cambridge. Judge Thomas J. Spring will hear the case after a temporary restraining order barred disruptive acts. About 300 demonstrators occupied an administration building for hours and marched, with 20 percent MIT students among participants.
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Howard W. Johnson
MIT
Kresge
Paul E. Gray
NAC
Brownell Says Peterson Enters Tax Case for Political Gain
Vermont legal expert says Governor Peterson joined the Wheeler tax appeal for political gain. The case concerns Vermont taxing New Hampshire residents who earn in Vermont, with former Deputy Attorney General Jonathan Brownell arguing the Supreme Court dismissal rested on constitutional precedent and not politics. Brownell notes both Peterson and Cleveland face reelection in 1970.
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Farm Bureau backs land use tax and local welfare control
At the Barre annual meeting about 100 delegates supported a land use tax to favor agricultural lands and urged listers to assess use-based value. They backed local control of social welfare, a $25 minimum per student state aid, and continued sales tax with possible fuel oil exemptions.
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Keith Wallace
Waterbury
Vermont Democrats Reelect State Chairman Frank Esposito
Vermont Democrats re elected Frank Esposito of Rutland to a full two year term after state committee members rejected delaying the vote. Former Gov. Hoff and Lt. Gov. Daley addressed the meeting urging party unity for 1970, with Daley optimistic about a Democratic senator and Hoff weighing another run. Donald Webster outlined party work and announced Project 70 to raise House seats from 49 to 70.
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Franklin County
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Donald Webster
Weekend Food Buys Weekend Food Buys
The Agriculture Department reports liberal meat and poultry selections this weekend with good availability of fresh vegetables fruit and seafood across areas. Broiler-fryer chickens and turkeys remain abundant with pork cuts bacon ham roasts chops and smoked picnics widely available. Maine sardines canned tuna and fish sticks are the most plentiful fish nationwide.
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Maine
Rabies Case in Newport Center Highlights Vaccination Need
Vermont reports the 19th rabies case of 1969, a dog in Newport Center bitten by a fox, with tests confirming rabies. Officials urge strict vaccination law enforcement as disease moves toward humans. Vermont has no lab-confirmed human cases. In Montpelier the House Judiciary Committee prioritizes abortion and divorce statute revisions for 1970, pushing ethics and omnibus crime control ideas aside.
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Newport Center
State Health Laboratory
Franklin
Orleans
L. J. Leavens
State Health Department
Vermont
United States
Grand jury urged to review Roberta Blakeney death
Washington County State's Attorney Kimberly Cheney filed a Montpelier petition seeking a grand jury to review evidence in the 16 year old Roberta Blakeney death from Barre. Blakeney's body was found Oct 2 after she was reported missing in July. No date set for grand jury.
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API
Washington
Kimberly Cheney
Roberta Blakeney
Barre
Cheney
Spaulding High School
Miss Blakeney
Restraining order allows GE workers to return to Schenectady plant
A U S District Court order in Auburn ends a strike by I A E W local 332 workers, requiring non striking GE employees to reenter the plant after midnight and barring strikers from grounds. Joseph Mangino says the union will appeal but will comply.
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Edmund Port
U.S. District Court
Auburn
General Electric Co
Joseph Mangino
International Association of Electrical Workers
Mishara sues Pittsfield Housing Authority over Rose Manor contract
A $1 million suit filed in Middlesex Superior Court at Cambridge targets the Pittsfield Housing Authority over the $1.7 million Rose Manor elderly housing project in Pittsfield. Mishara Construction Co claims owed extras and change orders totaling $200,000 from the state financed 100 unit facility begun May 6 with a 400 day deadline, occupied in July 1969 but still not complete.
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Middlesex Superior Court
Cambridge
Pittsfield Housing Authority
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