New England electric rates seen 25 to 50 percent rise
The New England Public Power Association warned retail electric rates could jump 25 to 50 percent soon due to skyrocketing industrial fuel oil prices. A rollback on residual fuel oil prices was urged as the group cited communities like Braintree Taunton Norwicht and Burlington faced doubling fuel costs. Senator Kennedy criticized Esso profits from a 300000 barrel tanker at Everett and noted delivery costs for No 6 oil.
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New England
Association
Frank Sahlman
Braintree
Taunton
Mass
Burlington Vt
Norwich
Edward M. Kennedy
Esso
Everett
Kennedy
New England forested land remains vast despite population
ETNA Maine UPI The American Forest Institute reports New England still 76 percent forested with 31.5 million acres, 17 million in Maine. New Hampshire 5 million, Vermont 4 million, Massachusetts 3 million, Connecticut 2 million, Rhode Island 500000 acres.
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Etna
Maine
Women win partial victory at Episcopal Church convention
At the Houston–based Episcopal General Convention the church approved a $23.8 million budget and allowed women to serve as deacons for the first time, though they did not win ordination as priests. Some parishes protested the General Convention Special Program funding. Conservative members withdrew amid the funds approval.
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Houston
UPI
Episcopal Church
John E. Hines
British envoy warns Mideast peace prospects gloomier
Milton Massachusetts United Press International reports British ambassador to the United Nations Lord Caradon calls the Middle East peace outlook very gloomy and at its lowest point, with a complete deadlock between sides. He warns hostilities could break out anytime and blames Western powers alongside the Soviet Union for drift since the settlement resolution.
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Milton
Mass
UPI
United Nations
Middle East
Lord Caradon
Curry College
Soviet Union
United States
France
Great Britain
Bennington Special Ed Chief Defends Program Before Directors
Harold J. Shepard, Bennington School District special education coordinator, faced questions about program adequacy after former director Raymond L Heureux criticized time, goal progress, and overall advancement. The board supported Shepard, approved a new teacher, and debated space needs at St Peters Church.
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Harold J. Shepard
Bennington
Raymond P. L’heureux
Shepard
BSD
George
Antiwar Referendum 70 Endorses Hoff and New England Candidates
The antiwar group Referendum 70 endorsed more than 100 candidates for Congress and governorships who publicly vow to end the war in Southeast Asia. Among New England Democrats endorsed Thursday were Connecticut Governor candidate Rev. Joseph Duffey and 4th District hopeful F. Gilroy Daly, Massachusetts 3rd District candidate Rev. Robert F. Drinan Jr., 6th District Rep. Michael Harrington, and Gerry Studds in the 12th District, plus Vermont Senate hopeful Philip Hoff. No Maine or Rhode Island endorsements were reported.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Robert F. Drinan Jr
Michael Harrington
Gerry Studds
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Senate
Maine
Rhode Island
Vermont board weighs dam plan on Mad River Waitsfield
The Vermont Water Resources Board reviewed preliminary findings on Hemco Corp s privately built dam project for a Waitsfield vacation home subdivision. Chairman Denning Miller warned that a decision may be delayed due to contested issues and likely court challenges.
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Miller
Migrant worker hanged himself in Ulster County Jail
A 37 year old migrant from Tampa Florida employed at Van Duser's Fruit Farm was found hanging in his Kingston jail cell at 8 30 p m Thursday in Ulster County Sheriff William B Martin said the man had wrapped lightweight pants around his neck. The inmate was arrested Wednesday for public intoxication. Cohoes Memorial Hospital announces a two phase 2 2 million expansion and renovation plan three years in planning. Work will begin in spring 1971.
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Kingston
Tampa
Fla
Ulster County
William B. Martin
Albert Colman
van Duser
New Hurley
Colman
Cohoes
Cohoes Memorial Hospital
Pittsfield school panel weighs drug education plan
Pittsfield supt Thomas J Whalen leads proposed community effort to curb drug abuse while not approving a school curriculum. Health officials report 12 youths contracted serum hepatitis from suspected contaminated needles. GE's No 6 fuel oil costs raise plant bill by 830000, 125 percent, risking jobs. Drury High School faced a harsh NEASC evaluators report calling the older wing a disgrace and firetrap. Officials study potential need for a new high school for North Adams and surrounding towns.
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Pittsfield
Thomas J. Whalen
Harold Stein
General Electric Co
Richard L. Reinhart
Reinhart
North Adams
Drury High School
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
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