Vermont Supreme Court Keeps Abortion Law Valid
Vermont Supreme Court rejects bid to declare the 124 year old abortion statute unconstitutional while keeping its use limited to danger to a woman's life. Justice Keyser notes vagueness test met and Bartlett’s actions illegal. Court stops short of ruling on doctor practices and the Blondin pre trial evidence issue.
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Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Supreme Court
Leahy
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Medeiros Installed as Boston Archbishop in Rare ceremony
Richard Cardinal Cushing presides at the installation of Bishop Humberto S. Medeiros as Archbishop of Boston in a historic rite. Medeiros, 55, formerly Brownsville bishop, will lead over two million Catholics in the diocese. Over 2,500 expected for the 4 p.m. ceremony at Holy Cross Cathedral.
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Humberto S. Medeiros
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Medeiros
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Tex
Vatican
Holy Cross Cathedral
Luigi Raimondi
United States
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New York
John Cardinal Carberry
St. Louis
Lawrence Cardinal Sheehan
Baltimore
Logan International Airport
New Bedford
Fall River
Rio Grande Valley
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Cesar Chavez
Archdiocese of Boston
Vermont unit pricing adopted to aid consumers
A Vermont legislative council consumer protection panel approved unit pricing rules for stores of 2500 square feet or more to show item cost per unit, aiding easy price comparisons. It also backed a repair estimates rule and rejected licensing for TV or auto repair shops.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Legislative Council
Stowe motel fire owners sue insurers for $124,500 claim
Burlington reports that the Stowe motel owners have filed in federal court against Glens Falls Merchants Mutual and Hartford Fire Insurance for failure to pay a 124,500 claim after a fire caused by an explosion last year. Three Massachusetts men were later sentenced for related actions including arson and burning to defraud an insurer.
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UPI
Stowe
Federal District Court
Glens Falls
Merchants Mutual
Hartford Fire
Massachusetts
Vermont names director for community college plan
The Vermont Community College Commission appoints Peter Smith of Montpelier as director to craft a statewide community college system. Smith, 25, a Princeton 1968 graduate and Harvard M.A. holder, previously ran an experimental educational facility and is a Burlington native. In Brattleboro, a Hoff speech was canceled by the Lions Club due to lack of interest as advance reservations failed to cover the $4.50 dinner.
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UPI
Vermont
Richard Blum
Blum
Gov. C. Davis
Office of Economic Opportunity
Davis
Morrisville
Montpelier
Vermont Community College Commission
Harvey Scribner
Peter Smith
Smith
Princeton University
Harvard University
Brattleboro
Philip H. Hoff
Brattleboro Lions Club
George Coulombe
Hoff
U.S. Senate
Socialist Workers candidate envisions a people’s revolution in US
In Albany on Tuesday Clifton DeBerry of the Socialist Workers Party outlined a platform calling for immediate U.S. withdrawal from Asia, a 100 percent tax on incomes over 25 000, support for the women’s liberation movement, and a 30 hour work week. DeBerry, who ran for president in 1964, framed the agenda as sweeping reforms of economic and political systems.
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Socialist Workers Party
People’s Revolution
Clifton DeBerry
U.S
Asia
Women’s Liberation Movement
DeBerry
SWP
Overpayment Liability Hit North Adams Officials
In a fiscal year review, State Auditor Thaddeus Buczko found the city liable for a $2000 overpayment by the North Adams Redevelopment Authority, caused by signing a sale contract before HUD word arrived. The error stems from an Ashland Street property purchase authorized beyond federal price.
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North Adams
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