New Hampshire Studies East West Superhighway Feasibility
Concord New Hampshire UPI work has begun on a Department of Public Works and Highways study to assess the feasibility of an east west toll road paralleling Route 101 from Hampton to Keene. The study will use roadside interviews at 11 points along the seacoast and Connecticut River with Wilbur Smith and Associates of New Haven conducting field work for about two weeks.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Department of Public Works and Highways
New Hampshire
Hampton
Keene
Robert Whitaker
Harris Poll Shows Growing Impatience With Viet War
A Louis Harris poll cited by Time magazine shows 80 percent of Americans fed up with the Vietnam War while 55 percent deem it necessary to counter Communist aggression. One third favor immediate troop withdrawal, 76 percent back Nixon’s plan in principle, and a narrow majority support continued withdrawal on a schedule. Publics and leaders diverge on permitting Communists in a South Vietnamese government, and on escalating military action.
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New York
UPI
Vietnam
United States
Louis Harris
Asia
Time Magazine
Harris
U.S
Nixon
Nobel Prize for Economy Awarded for First Time
STOCKHOLM isUPI Prof Jan Tinbergen of the Netherlands and Prof Ragnar Frisch of Norway won the first Nobel Prize for Economy. The Swedish Academy of Sciences praised their dynamic models for analyzing economic processes and bringing mathematical precision to market conditions and growth.
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Stockholm
UPI
Jan Tinbergen
Netherlands
Ragnar Frisch
Norway
Swedish Academy of Sciences
Tinbergen
Netherlands School of Economics
Rotterdam
Frisch
Academy
University of Oslo
Institute
United States
Bank of Sweden
Alfred Nobel
Hague
University of Leiden
Statistical Central Bureau of
League of Nations
Central Planning Bureau
United Nations
Institute For Social Economy
Yale
Sorbonne
Swedish Academy
Tunney's Daughter Found Alive in Europe Under Care
Mrs. Joan Tunney Wilkinson of Milwaukee, missing since August 28 after failing to meet her husband Carter Wilkinson and two daughters in Oslo, was found alive under a physician's care in a western European city. The condition is serious but not critical. Her husband flew to Europe after the discovery. the Tunneys in Stamford are relieved by the news.
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Stamford
Europe
Wilkinson
Tunney
Vermont Death Toll Reaches 112 After Weekend Crashes
Vermont and New Hampshire roads claimed three lives over the weekend. A Barre couple, Bradley and Roberta Mack, 28, died in a Route 14 collision with a tractor-trailer. their 2-year-old son Brian survived. Milton Twiss, 50, of Hartford, died from injuries a crash on Interstate 91 in Norwich caused by losing control on snow.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Barre
North Randolph
Hartford
Hanover
N.H
Bradley J. Mack
Roberta
Brian
George Wineman
Latrobe
Milton A. Twiss
Norwich
Twiss
Vermont seeks state share for $1 million police radio network
Attorney General James Jeffords announces the 1970 legislature will be asked to appropriate the state's share of a $1 million statewide police radio system. He says state and local contributions will total $300,000 to $400,000 with federal funds covering the rest. Aims for operation by mid-1971, while a governor's commission envisions a late 1973 rollout.
Redistricting Move Promises GOP Edge in 1970 NY Elections
Albany reports Republican leaders weigh court-backed redrawing of legislative districts to gain long term control before Rockefeller calls a special session to resolve the court order by January 31. Assembly margin is narrow with Republicans leading both houses. Saratoga’s Skidmore College nets 250000 Dana Foundation grant to fund a 1.5 million campus center, construction to begin 1970 spring or summer.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Saratoga
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
Charles A. Dana
Workers Accept Textile Wage Pact in Berkshire
More than 200 members of Local 523 United Textile Workers at Arnold Print Works in St Stanislaus Koska Hall voted unanimously to accept a three-year offer. Wages rise 12, 14, and 15 cents per hour over the three years from a current average of $2.08. In North Adams, Atty James W Lilly faces criticism from redevelopment critics urging replacement by a trained director. In Pittsfield, the County Commission pressures 12 Lanesboro property owners over pollution at Pontoosuc Lake with a potential closing order next summer after a shoreline tour finds waste water and raw sewage discharges.
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North Adams
James W. Lilly
North Adams Redevelopment Authority
Northern Berkshire Development Corp
Donald A. Thurston
Downtown Futures, Inc
North Adams Futures, Inc
Lilly
Pittsfield
Lanesboro
Pontoosuc Lake
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Tal
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Usda Choice
Greenland
California
Valencia
Cmetn Ee
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Richmond Quarters
Gene Tunney
Hunter
Talkies
Main ST
Bennington, VT
New England
Motor Inn
No. Benn. Rd
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Burlington
UPD
Red Cross Blood Center
University of New Hampshire
Durham
Middlebury College
Rivier College
Nashua
Rutland
Davis
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury
Diocesan Council
David Brown
Department of Christian Social Relations
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