Jury ends Kent State probe indicts 25 after riot
A special grand jury in Ravenna indicts 25 people on 43 offenses connected to the Kent State shootings. It assigns major responsibility to the university administration, says guardsmen acted in self defense, and declines criminal charges against National Guard members. The report contrasts with the President's Commission and notes 58 guardsmen were struck by projectiles. The identities of those indicted were not released pending arrest.
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Ravenna
Ohio
UPI
Kent State University
Ohio National Guardsmen
Kent State Administration
National Guard
Grand Jury
Taylor Hall
KENT
Canada uses War Emergencies Act to crush Quebec unrest
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Emergencies Act to quell threats of insurrection in Quebec. Police and thousands of troops arrested 227 people in Montreal Quebec City Rimouski and Chicoutimi with warrants issued in some cases. The act suspends civil liberties allowing warrantless searches arrests and detentions and may curb press rights.
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Ottawa
UPI
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Quebec
Montreal
Quebec City
Rimouski
Chicoutimi
Robert Lemieux
Front de Liberation du Quebec
FLQ
Trudeau
Michel Chartrand
Lemieux
Shaftsbury tax battle clouds state aid changes
Shaftsbury residents faced a $1.50 jump in the school tax rate after a state spot check raised the Grand List from $11 million to $18 million, cutting state aid from $131,000 in 1969 to an estimated $60,000 this year. Officials failed to appeal within 30 days and the informal hearing with two Vermont Tax Department men yielded no remedy.
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Shaftsbury
Vermont Tax Department
Tax Department
State Education Department
Education Department
Cole Hall
Richard Bruce
Selectmen
Wilfred Bordeau
Robert Barry
Bennington
William C. Sennett
Vermont
Sennett
Elizabeth King
Alfred Wade
Jesse Strong
Catherine C. Corcoran
Montpelier
Merton Snow
Hoff rails at Prouty absenteeism from Vermont labor rally
Former Gov. Philip Hoff challenged U.S. Sen. Winston L. Prouty at a Bennington County Labor Council meeting over an 83 percent absentee rate from committee hearings since December 1969. Hoff urged accountability, arguing busy schedules do not excuse disengagement from Vermont constituents.
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Prouty
Hoff
Vermont
Washington
Bennington
Subway attack by 200 students shocks Manhattan
About 200 students from George Washington High School and Public School 143 robbed and beat passengers on a southbound subway train near 181st Street. Passengers were threatened at knifepoint, some injuries occurred, and a watch was stolen. Police found property along the cars and tracks but made no arrests after a station lineup yielded no identifications.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan
George Washington High School
Public School 143
181St Street
Rose Gresham
Precision Valley bears the weight of a long strike at Jones and Lamson
In Springfield Vermont, the Jones and Lamson strike idles over 700 workers, crippling the regional tool industry. Local 218 president Bob Farnsworth and his family face hunger while picket lines supply food from union aid and state assistance. The broader impact spreads across southern Vermont and into New Hampshire, with Bryant Grinder and others cutting jobs amid a shaky industry recovery.
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Lamson Machine Tool
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
IUE
Precision
Springfield-Windsor
Vermont
Connecticut River
New Hampshire
National Tool Industry
Jones and Lamson
Waterbury Farrel
Textron
J. and L
Bryant Grinder Co
Springfield
Social Welfare Department
Bill Hagin
Perkinsville
N Y high court upholds Mason Law on skins trade
The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Mason Law banning importation and sale of skins from endangered species, overturning a lower court ruling. The decision allows pre Sept 1 imports but extends protections to alligators caiman crocodiles and several big cats with future expansion to ocelots jaguars and margays.
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Albany
N.Y
Court of Appeals
A. E. Nettleton Co
Dreamed Goat Day memory on Oct 12 family note
Inside column recalls why Oct 12 is called Dreamed Goat Day in Ogden family history. Page 4 quotes a personal tradition and its meaning within a long held tale.
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Sam Ogden
Geoff Chapman
the Harte
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