Three Young Bay Staters Send Cards to 500 GIs
Ann Carleton and Christine Donchess of Canton Massachusetts send over 500 Christmas cards to U S troops in Vietnam each year. The 17 12 and 8 year olds started after a shipmate complained of little mail and they also write Valentine cards letters and birthday greetings.
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Belmont
Oil Industry Debates Imports and Depletion Cuts
High government and petroleum officials clash over oil imports and the depletion allowance. Senators propose raising foreign oil access to 20 percent, while industry groups warn of economic damage and dependence. A potential gas-exemption note emerges amid supply concerns and the Arctic icebreaker voyage tests.
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Board of Trustees
Mistrial Sought In Chicago Seven Trial
Chicago defense lawyers move for mistrial after undercover agent Irwin Bock testified his pretrial statement was untrue. They contend Bock disclosed undercover status to defense, while prosecutors push on mail tampering and wire taps claims. Subpoenas for Johnson, Clark, Wilkins and Daley were at issue.
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Kennedy: Bureaucracy Hampers Refugee Policy
Senator Edward M. Kennedy says US refugee policy suffers from timidity and bureaucracy. He cites delayed response to the Nigerian civil war and displaced persons in Vietnam, and backs a Senate subcommittee report urging creation of an office of refugee and humanitarian affairs and expanded refugee admission and aid efforts.
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Klan Imperial Wizard Released From Prison
Robert M. Shelton the imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan walked out of a Texarkana federal prison after nine months of a one year contempt of Congress sentence He departed with a supporter in a car bearing Alabama plates and declined further comment Shelton 40 from Tuscaloosa Ala was convicted in Washington for refusing to turn over Klan membership rolls He earned 15 days off for good behavior and extra good work according to prison officials
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Bay State Fugitive Agrees To Extradition From N J
MAYS LANDING NEW JERSEY UPI Brady a former Massachusetts Parking Authority chairman, 63, who fled in 1963 after indictment in the Boston Common Garage theft case totaling about 784,000 dollars, reportedly agreed to extradition to Boston. Governor Sargent and Governor Hughes exchange formal steps after a county court ruling. Brady was jailed on 200,000 bail before extradition talks.
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Quaker aid to Vietnam sparks cross border action
American Friends Service Committee members handed Canadian Quakers 3175 dollars for medical relief to North and South Vietnamese and the National Liberation Front. The transfer, if completed, may violate the 1966 Trading with the Enemy Act. President Nixon, a Quaker, was briefed about the excursion. In Vermont, Rep. Robert Stafford denies rumors he will seek the Gibson judgeship, calling them pure speculation.
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Burlington Free Press
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Burlington
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Boutin Installed as First Noncleric Saint Michael's President
Bernard L. Boutin was formally installed as president of St. Michael's College, the first lay leader of the Roman Catholic school. The former Laconia mayor led GSA under Kennedy and SBA under Johnson, becoming the 11th president. Inaugural rites awarded honorary degrees to Rev. William Donaghy, U.S. District Judge Bernard Leddy, and posthumously to U.S. District Judge Ernest W. Gibson Jr.
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Ernest W. Gibson Jr
Resident dies after Malletts Bay cabin cruiser blast
Burlington officials report John Fluery aged 49 of South Burlington died at Medical Center Hospital of Vermont after burns from the June 29 cabin cruiser explosion in Malletts Bay. The blast injured five others, including owner Robert Ray of Essex Junction, with burns over half their bodies.
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Malletts Bay
Medical Center Hospital
Vermont
John Fluery
South Burlington
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Essex Junction
City budget sparks protests at public hearing in Albany
In Troy, department heads and city workers urged against Adrian Gonyea’s 1970 budget of 10.25 million dollars as seventeen residents voiced reservations at a courthouse hearing. Critics called the plan illegible and warned of an eventual water plant shutdown and police pay clashes if adopted unchanged. In Albany, nearly 600 Black parents rallied to back student demands after clashes and school closures, as Supt Hepinstall urged calm and prepared to meet Black student representatives.
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Adrian C. Gongea
Gonyea
Albany
Albany High School
James Hepinstall
St. John the Baptist Church
Hepinstall
Fixed base operations rules adopted for Harriman Airport
North Adams Airport Commission approved fixed base operations standards for Harriman Airport and will send the code to the Federal Aviation Administration for review. George West of Mohawk Valley Aviation Co has run all airport ops since opening 20 years ago, with Edward Pringle seeking air taxi and flight school operations and West objecting to the new code.
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Harriman
Taconic High dedicates new 7.1 million building
Pittsfield drew nearly 5,000 residents to the dedication and open house for Taconic High School. The 241,000 square foot facility was open for public tours through 6 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
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