Boston to establish housing court with enforcement powers
Boston creates a dedicated Housing Court with equity and criminal powers to enforce codes, appoint housing specialists, and provide remedies like fines, jail, injunctions and restraining orders. The court aims to curb deteriorating housing, overcoming landlord bias in existing courts and improving tenant protections.
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Boston
Francis W. Sargent
Boston Housing Court
Gens
Supreme Judicial Court of
Sargent
Revolutionary group claims MIT bombing in letter
A Boston Globe received a two page letter from the Proud Eagle Tribe claiming responsibility for an early Friday bombing at MIT Hermann Hall. The letter denounced William P. Bundy as a principal architect of the Vietnam air war and said Bundy was the target. The blast caused about 35000 dollars in damage to a fourth floor ladies room and nearby offices.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Proud Eagle Tribe
Hermann Hall
William P. Bundy
Lyndon Johnson
Bundy
Center For International Studies
Boston Sunday Globe
Harvard University
Center For International Affairs
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Ellsberg
Globe
Hermann
Ralph Garrett Sr
Harvard
Young voters favor Kennedy in Gallup poll
New enfranchised voters aged 18 to 21 prefer Senator Edward Kennedy over Nixon by 59 to 28 in a Newsweek Gallup Poll. Among all voters Nixon leads Humphrey and Muskie, while Lindsay breaks even with Nixon. Voters rate Kennedy as appealing to the young but older voters remain less enthusiastic.
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New York
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Gallup
Newsweek Magazine
Kennedy
Nixon
Hubert Humphry
D-Minn
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
John V. Lindsay
Humphrey
Muskie
Lindsay
Vietnam
United States
Richard Scammon
Newsweek
UVM weighs appeal after fee ban ruling
UVM officials study a Franklin County Court decision striking down the $21 student activities fee as unconstitutional. President Edward C. Andrews and attorney Robert Eastman will discuss the ruling as the university plans an appeal within 30 days. The judge faulted trustees for not supervising fund distribution and questioned adherence to a 1965 policy.
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ST. Albans
UPI
University of Vermont
Franklin County
Edward C. Andrews
Robert Eastman
Harold C. Sylvester
Sylvester
U S funds rising for Vermont food aid programs
UPI reports Vermont receives record federal support for Agriculture Department food programs. Child nutrition aid doubles in three years while food stamp expenditures quadruple over four years, boosting total funding from 2 million to 6.4 million. School lunch funds rise, projected 1.356 million this year. Federal share of public assistance climbs to nearly 29 million including welfare and Medicaid boosts.
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Washington
UPI
Vermont
Agriculture Department
U.S
George D. Aiken
Robert T. Stafford
Department
Acting chief wounded in Nashua police station shootout
Nashua police Acting Chief Armand Roussel was wounded in a shootout with an alleged assailant who died. Roussel underwent surgery for three gunshot wounds and remained in fair condition, while Calvin Parker, 46, of Nashua, died after the exchange.
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Nashua
N.H
UPI
Armand Roussel
Rousse
Frday
Calvin Parker
Parker
Roussel
Cals
St. Joseph's Hospital
UVM health services under fire from reviewing team
A special investigating team from the American College Health Association faulted the University of Vermont health services for students praising the value of the $44 annual student fee while citing serious shortcomings. The report notes poor equipment staff and financial controls and questions the organizational line under the dean of students rather than the medical school. It contains 115 recommendations from a three day May inspection.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont Health Services
American College Health Association
UVM
Medical
Parochial School to Close in Rutland
Rutland's St Peter's Parish will shut the first six grades of its eight grade elementary school next June due to ongoing losses. The move affects about 400 students while the 7th and 8th grades may continue with Mt St Joseph High School. If kept open, it would cost Rutland taxpayers about $200,000 for a public school at St Peter's.
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Rutland
UPI
Thomas Connor
St. Peter’s
Connor
Mt. St. Joseph High School
Christ the King
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Vermont seeks disbarment of former Windsor County official
The Vermont Supreme Court faces a 12 item complaint against James Wright of Stockbridge, accusing ethical violations during April 1969 to February 1970. The attorney general seeks disbarment and an injunction barring further practice until resolution, with a hearing set for Oct. 27. Wright served as Windsor County State's Attorney in the late 1960s before returning to private practice in 1968.
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Wright
Vermont Welfare Rights Meet to Discuss Welfare Reforms
The Vermont Welfare Rights Organization will hold its annual meeting in Burlington on Oct. 30 with a full day of workshops. Beverly Bevins Moore says welfare recipients live by the state’s will, urging that adequate income for all would lower costs in the long run. Vermont Legal Aid will discuss new welfare regulations. workshops cover school lunch programs housing and dental care.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont Welfare Rights Organization
VWRO
Beverly Bevins Moore
Vermont Legal Aid
Albany Teen Dies In Albany Arterial Crash
Carlton Carmichael a 17 year old Albany resident died from injuries after a head on collision on the Northside Arterial near the Thruway. Lynn Magrum 20 and Ernest Whelden 25 faced charges including criminally negligent homicide intoxicated driving and wrong way driving. Two other Magrum passengers were hospitalized. In Waterford a 25 year old man John A Ahearn fractured his ankle when his car plunged off a dock and sank on the Mohawk River nearby Riberdy's Grove. Police cannot remove the submerged vehicles due to canal gates and will involve state officials.
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Albany
Carlton Carmichael
N. Allen St
Lynn Magrum
Voorheesville Ave
Voorheesville
Magrum
Ernest Whelden
Sixth Ave
Troy
Waterford
Mohawk River
John A. Ahearn
Fourth St
Riberdy’s Grove
Ahearn
Petition to halt Berkshire road project on North Main Street
In Lanesborough residents petition to stop a Chapter 90 road widening now underway toward the Ashford line, arguing the present road suffices and changes will raise traffic and speed harming area charm. In North Adams, the Senate approved a $90,000 capital outlay for renovating Mark Hopkins School into an open classroom laboratory school for North Adams State College in fiscal 1972.
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Lanesboro
North Main Street
Ashford
North Adams
State Senate
Mark Hopkins
Division of State Colleges
North Adams State College
Pittsfield Clears Path to Buy BCC Building for $1
Pittsfield avoids risk of paying $75,000 for Berkshire Community College building after a signed $1 option is found and given to Mayor Donald Butler. City officials confirm the option preserves the deal and negates prior price concerns.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire Community College
BCC
Donald Butler
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