Task Force Nears Oil Import Quota Recommendations
Washington officials report Nixon administration task force will soon finish recommendations on the oil import quota policy that restricts foreign crude. New England governors pressed for a refiner free trade zone in Machiasport Maine to curb prices, while critics urged abolition or easing of the quotas.
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UPI
Nixon
George P. Shultz
New England
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhow
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Senate
Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Prouty
New
New England Governors Push Quota Reduction On Oil
Massachusetts Governor Francis W. Sargent led New England leaders in Washington to urge easing oil import quotas. Joined by Maine Governor Curtis Rhode Island’s Frank Licht and New Hampshire’s Walter Peterson they pressed Labor Secretary George P. Shultz for relief while noting the system’s harm to consumers and local oil drillers. Curtis cited a push for abolition though no timeline was given. Maine sought a foreign trade zone at Machiasport to refine foreign crude locally.
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OEP
United States
U.S
Middle East
New England
Hart and Sons
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Charles H. Percy
Reill
Jacob K. Javits
Rep.y
Senate
Boston
API
Washington
Nixon
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Sargent
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
Frank Licht
Rhode Island
Walter Peterson
New Hampshire
Labor
Curtis
White House
Machinsport
Hanoi Says U S Wages War of Annihilation in Vietnam
North Vietnam denounces U S actions as a war of annihilation. Hanoi sources cite massacres including Song My and three other wholesale killings with claimed death tolls near 4 000 across Ba Lang Kong Hring Poulo Condor and Tay Ninh. Names for sites are given with rough locations and Allied prison at Con Son.
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UPI
Hanoi
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Vietnam
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U.S
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Hanoi Radio
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North Vietnamese Communist Party
Nixon
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Ba Lan An
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Saigon
Paulo Condor
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South China Sea
Politeness Pays At Reno Bank Robbery
A well dressed man entered Security National Bank in Reno and asked for help before pulling a pistol from a bag. He demanded money and received about $1500 from a teller, then fled in a car.
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Reno
Nev
Security National Bank
Study Panel Urges Vermont Drug Commission
The governor s Committee on Children and Youth calls for creating a state drug commission to coordinate efforts and implement a comprehensive attack on drug abuse. The 32 page report to Gov Davis praises the 1968 Drug Control Act as enlightened but criticizes fragmentation and urges a new structure to unify services and programs.
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Commissioners of Health
N E Teamsters Endorse Nixon Vietnam Policy
The New England Teamsters Joint Council No 10 representing over 82 000 members endorsed President Nixon's Vietnam policy at its monthly meeting 135 delegates voted unanimously for a plan to pursue a peace solution The council covers all New England states except Connecticut and condemned communist era mobilizations A directive urged members to show support by driving with headlights on during Pearl Harbor week December 7 13
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UPI
Teamsters Joint Council No. 10
New England
Nixon
Connecticut
Nicholas P. Morrissey
AFL-CIO Plans GE Product Boycott Over Month-Old Strike
AFL-CIO chief George Meany said a boycott of General Electric items will begin during the Christmas season if talks do not progress by Friday. The nationwide action targets GE products to pressure settlement with the IUE and UE unions, affecting 147,000 workers and possibly delaying talks. Meany stated the federation will mail boycott instructions to its 121 affiliates.
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Afl-Cio
New York
UPI
General Electric Co
George Meany
Washington
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
United Electrical Workers
Meany
State colleges raise room and board fees in Vermont
The State Colleges Board of Trustees approved a $140 increase in room and board at the four Vermont state schools, lifting total living costs to just over $1,000, while signaling possible tuition hikes if the $700,000 request for the coming year is not approved. The panel warned a budget cut could limit student numbers and hinted at further tuition increases to cover educational expenses.
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Randolph
UPI
State Colleges Board of Trustees
Randolph Center
Frederick Reed
State Colleges
Robert S. Babcock
New York legislators push to repeal abortion law
A group of state lawmakers in Albany signaled a 1970 push to repeal the states abortion law which now allows terminations only to save the life of the mother. A broader bill adding five grounds was defeated 78 to 69 in the assembly on April 17. Gov Rockefeller opposed GOP reapportionment moves and an education post was filled.
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Albany
Rockefeller
State Court of Appeals
Ewald B. Nyquist
New York State
Board of Regents
Department
Nyquist
James E. Allen Jr
U.S. Education
Albany County Budget Seeks $45 Million for 1970
Albany County officials unveiled a $45 million proposed county budget for 1970, up nearly $5 million from this year. The tax levy would rise from $2.9 million to about $5 million, with almost $2.5 million of the increase going to the Department of Social Services.
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Albany
Department of Social Services
Adams-Cheshire Weigh Tuition Pact For Shared High School
Berkshire news brief lists Adams-Cheshire School Committee asked by Stamford Vermont to consider letting Stamford high schoolers attend Hoosac Valley Regional High School on a tuition basis next year. Stamford totals about 60 students in nearby Drury High and elementary grades, with choices between Drury or Hoosac if agreement reached. Also reports Berkshire Medical Center officers elected president Benjamin Sullivan of Dalton and executive director Alexander Babillis of Lanesboro. St Luke’s president Edward Farrell Jr and Pittsfield General head Peter Rice. new Berkshire Medical Center governor Mrs. Lawrence K. Miller. Williamstown selectmen told to start sewage treatment plant engineering by Jan 5. state to decide on own plant or regional system with North Adams by May 1 next year.
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Stamford, Vt
Hoosac Valley
Stamford
Drury High School
North Adams
Drury
Pittsfield
Benjamin J. Sullivan
Dalton
Berkshire Medical Center
Alexander Babillis
Lanesboro
Edward J. Farrell Jr
St. Luke’s Corporation
Peter van Santvoord Rice
Pittsfield General Group
BMC
Lawrence K. Miller
Williamstown
State Division of Water Pollution Control
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