Massachusetts Republicans Weigh Kennedy Opponent Names
Massachusetts Governor Fran Sargent says several strong candidates are considered to oppose Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 1970. He cites Ed Brooke Erwin Canham and Sy Spaulding among possibilities while noting Kennedy will be very tough to beat.
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Christian Science Monitor
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Republican State Committee
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Silvio Conte
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Tufts Afro-Americans Demand Contractor Hire Black Workers
Black Tufts students plan to bring 14 black workers to a dormitory site to test Volpe Construction Co in hiring practices. Afro-American Society seeks 20 percent minority workers. only 5 percent of 104 workers were minority as of Friday. Federal involvement prompted Labor Department investigators. court action and a Middlesex Superior Court declaratory judgment request are possible. Six hours of site occupation, two day student boycott, and faculty discussion followed.
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UPI
Tufts University
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Malden
Middlesex Superior Court
Volpe
Tufts
Arts and Sciences
Protest March Closes MIT Demonstrations in Boston
About 400 demonstrators led by the NAC marched through downtown Boston halting week long protests against MIT war research. They carried Viet Cong flags and chanted Ho Chi Minh slogans as they moved from Government Center to Local Board 31 near Copley Square with no incidents. Jerry Rubin spoke at Copley Square urging halt to the Chicago Eight trial as part of the rally.
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UPI
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MIT
November Action Coalition
NAC
Jerry Rubin
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Jesus Christ
Grapefruit Diet Promises Fast Weight Loss
Hollywood special advert touts a grapefruit diet claiming 10 pounds lost in 10 days with no hunger. It promises rapid early loss, then steady shedding, and urges readers to mail $2 for a copy with a money back guarantee.
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Hollywood
Calif
U.S
Vermont tale turns to joke as $320000 bill for confiscated marijuana shipped
A Colchester farmer sent a $320,000 bill to Vermont officials for two tons of wild marijuana seized and burned last summer. Attorney General Jeffords joked it, urging payment from the state police budget to rib Public Safety Commissioner Davis. Jeffords said the sale of marijuana is illegal, so the state has no liability.
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South Burlington
UPI
John J. Wright
Colchester
Wright
James Jeffords
Vermont
Jeffords
Frank Davis
Davis
Glenn Davis
Giant Discount to Face 12 Counts Under Vermont Blue Laws
Franklin County State's Attorney Richard Gadbois says he will charge the Giant Discount department store with 12 counts for violating Vermont Sunday Blue Laws. The store opened Sunday selling restricted items after warnings to stop.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Franklin County
Richard Gadbois
Discount Department Store
Vermont
Gadbois
Discount House
GE Schenectady strike tests union talks amid nonstriking report
In New York, a GE strike enters a third week with 13 000 nonstriking white collar and executive workers expected to report to the Schenectady plant. A federal court order barred mass picketing as the company argues local police failed to protect nonstrikers. The walkout began Oct 27 at 280 GE facilities, led by the International Union of Electrical Workers. Hoosick Falls districts vote on a 1 280 million bond for school additions and renovations with polls 12 15 to 9 pm.
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Schenectady
General Electric Co
International Union of Electrical Workers
Hoosick Falls
Berkshire town faces horse permit deadline in new zoning rules
In North Adams about 20 horse owners await Health Department permit approvals to keep animals in residential zones. A Nov. 20 board meeting will consider enforcement after a city referendum restricted horses and livestock to rural zones. About 20 lack the two acres required.
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