Cronkite Warns Environmental Backlash Ahead at Boston Dinner
Walter Cronkite says the environmental movement faces a tough period as a backlash emerges, warning that the honeymoon is ending for environmentalists. He spoke in Boston while accepting the Bradford Washburn Award and joined a panel on quality of life with Barry Commoner and Herbert Doan.
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Boston
UPI
Walter Cronkite
Cronkite
Bradford Washburn
Boston Museum of Science
CBS News
Barry Commoner
Center For the Biology of Natural Systems
Washington University
St. Louis
Herbert Doan
Dow Chemical Co
Fires kill at least 19 in Alaska Michigan and California
United Press International reports that fires Sunday in three states killed at least 19 people, including 15 children. In Michigan a Pontiac home blaze claimed Mrs. Freddie May Colsey and four of her children, plus two visitors, with a gasoline can found inside the door. Alaska saw six children and a mother die in a Fairbanks trailer fire believed caused by a defective heater in 5 degree weather. California ranch home deaths totaled five children ages three to 13. the father led two to safety but could not save the others as flames consumed the dwelling.
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Michigan
California
Pontiac
Mich
Freddie May Colsey
Patricia Ann Galvan
Chris
Wesley
Cherlyn
Dale Duane Brewer
Dorothy Elizabeth
Peggy Louise
Dale Jr
Galvan
Brewer
Blyth
Calif
Coal miners back on job after wage hikes split mine unions
About 15 000 soft coal miners returned to work after the Pay Board approved the first year of wage increases, with 80 000 miners under UMW contracts following a three year deal with operators. A few dissidents complained of scant gains and a clothing allowance cited as the main concession by some leaders.
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UMW
The
Association of Coal Operators
Big Steel Company
Consolidation Coal Co
West Virginia
Sophia
Ed Milam
Stotesbury
Historic Inn Razed by Fire in Barnstable Mass
The 250-year-old Barnstable Inn an 18th century stagecoach stop was destroyed by fire Sunday officials said.
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Barnstable
Mass
UPI
Bush Says Charter Revision Could Save United Nations
Bush says revising the U.N. charter may be the only way to save the organization. He suggested unlocking the charter's Pandora’s box despite possible grief and discussed Taiwan independence talk and Japan possible Security Council membership.
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U.S
U.N
Bush
Wtev-Tv
Formosa
Taiwan
Peking
Security Council
Japan
Morrisseau plans book on his army experiences
Dennis Morrisseau of Burlington former Democratic congressional candidate says he will write a book about his Army experiences including protesting the Vietnam War in 1968 while in uniform. He will remain out of the January 7 special election race and still identifies as a Democrat.
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Burlington
UPI
Dennis Morrisseau
U.S
Antipoverty
Liberty Union Party
White House
Vietnam
Vermont
Montpelier
James E. Sanderson
Francis Esposito
Rutland
Russell Merriman
Robert W. Larrow
New England Feels First Winter Snow Storm
A heavy wet snow hit New England with slush on highways and warnings for eastern Massachusetts where 13 inches were possible before afternoon flurries. The National Weather Service said the storm would taper in Connecticut by morning and move northeast with eastern Maine facing the worst conditions up to five inches. Mountain areas in New Hampshire and western Maine could see similar totals while flurries linger in northern parts tonight and Tuesday.
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UPI
New England
Massachusetts
National Weather Service
Logan International Airport
Connecticut
Augusta
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont highway deaths rise with three fatalities
Three people died in Vermont over the weekend in separate crashes. Allan Hagerman 18 of Jaffrey NH and passenger 17 Strafford NH plus 21 year old Michael McCafferty were hurt in Brattleboro. Elizabeth Ables 71 of Burlington died in a single car crash on I 89 at Randolph. Joseph Bolster 19 of Ludlow was struck by a car on Vermont 103. The toll for 1971 stands at 132.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Vermont
Allan D. Hagerman
Jaffrey
N.H
U.S. 5
Hagerman
Boby Jo McDonald
Strafford
Michael McCafferty
Tragic Rochester Abduction Ends in Death on I 490
A 10 year old Rochester girl Carmen Colon was kidnapped while fleeing kidnappers on Interstate 490. She was found two days later near Riga strangled after a rape. Passersby offered information and rewards, but no arrest yet. An information center at the sheriff’s office is active.
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Rochester
Carmen Colon
Riga
Sheriff's Office
Hudson Valley College to Break Ground On 3.7 Million Student Center
Hudson Valley Community College will break ground Tuesday on a 3.7 million student center to replace Hudson Hall. The two story building will accommodate 5,000 students, include two dining rooms a theatre auditorium and a control booth for sound and lighting teaching. It will house student government chaplain student recreation reading rooms and the bookstore.
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Troy
Hudson Valley Community College
Hudson Hall
Berkshire briefs on park sale, school move, classroom vote
In Williamstown the Spruces park owner Timenterial faces an attachment by First Agricultural Bank tied to contracts during its ownership. Market Trends founder Walter Fusco denies involvement. North Adams considers buying Houghton School for a playground after Mark Hopkins loss. Lenox voters approve seven relocatable classrooms for Lenox Memorial High School by 236 to 77, with installation hoped by late January.
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Williamstown
First Agricultural National Bank
Timenterial Inc
Bristol
the Park and Recreation Commission
Houghton
Frank A. Zoltek
Mark Hopkins
North Adams State College
Lenox
Lenox Memorial High School
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River Valley
Green Giant
Realemon Juice
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Clorox
Morton’s
U.S. NO
Pascal Celery
Elaine
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Intertherm Inc
Intertherm
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United States
Vermont Gas Systems Inc
Julian Gaissert
Gaissert
Canadian National Energy Board
Chester School
Chester
New York
Down In
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