Nobel economist Samuelson blasts Nixon policies in Cambridge
MIT professor and Nobel laureate Paul A. Samuelson sharply criticized the Nixon Administration’s fiscal policies at a Cambridge news conference. He warned unemployment would persist through 1971, urged shifting from protectionist moneymen to technology, and urged utilizing tools to stabilize the economy while praising inflation controls.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Paul A. Samuelson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Swedish Academy of Science
Samuelson
United States
Vietnam
Gary
Ind
University of Chicago
Harvard University
Nixon
Johnson
Washington
MIT
America
Hoff Gains Support From Liberty Nominee In Senate Bid
Liberty Union candidate Gerald James endorses Democrat Philip Hoff for the U.S. Senate citing Nixon and Agnew efforts to elect a Republican majority. Hoff criticizes funding gaps for Vermont agriculture while Sen. George Aiken defends Rep. Prouty’s attendance. Boston and Maine seeks merger approval with Norfolk and Western under federal review.
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Dennis Morrisseau
Congress
Peter Diamondstone
Hoff
Nixon
Vermont
House Appropriations Committee
Burlington
George Aiken
R-Vt
Boston
UPI
Boston and Maine Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway System
U.S. District Court
Francis J.W. Ford
Boston and Maine
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Norfolk and Western
United States
Morrisseau concedes bid in Vermont race
Liberty Union candidate Dennis Morrisseau admitted defeat in his bid to unseat Rep. Robert Stafford amid a Democratic primary loss to Bernard O Shea. He predicted Stafford would win easily and saw other races favoring incumbents, while Vermont education grants totaling 559000 were announced by Senator George Aiken. A separate report notes a firearms theft at Cummings Hardware and a Burlington fireman in serious condition after a fall during a demolition project.
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Waterbury
UPI
Liberty Union Party
Dennis Morrisseau
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Bob Stafford
Morrisseau
Bernard O’shea
Enosburg
Southeast Asia
White House
U.S
Winston Prouty
Philip Hoff
Liberty Union
William Meyer
Leo O’brien
Davis
Kingston High hit by fire bombs during concert
Police report Molotov devices were thrown through windows at Kingston High School as about 700 people attended a concert and college courses. Only one device exploded causing extensive damage to the administration office after hours of bomb threats and evacuations earlier in the day.
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Kingston
Kingston High School
Priest Egan to keynote 12th Diocesan Youth Convention
The Rev. Daniel Egan, author of Junkie Priest, will headline the 12th annual Diocesan Catholic Youth Convention. The event runs October 31 and November 1 at Holiday Inn in Menands and LaSalle Institute in Troy.
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Albany
Daniel Egan
Holiday Inn
Menands
LaSalle Institute
Troy
Berkshire Pittsfield Planning Board chaos over housing plan
Pittsfield saw last minute shifts as the Southeast Homeowners Association withdrew its petition after the city solicitor ruled the zoning change illegal. The housing group seeks the solicitor’s resignation while developer Jay J. Raddock faces delays on the 100 unit low income project on Williams Street. Meanwhile a separate 100 unit elderly housing project gained a permit for 1.9 million dollars on Columbus Avenue. In other news, Raymond M. Gregory was charged with murder in Virginia for the September stabbing death of John L. Hobart, with bond set at 5,000 dollars. Mrs. Joan Hobart faced a material witness bond. A separate federal suit claims Local 473 violated contracts with jurisdictional disputes tied to Carpenters Local 444. Adams reports the state will restore the Veterans Memorial Tower on Mount Greylock with an engineering study and winter bids for spring work.
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Williams Street
Southeast
Columbus Avenue
Pittsfielder
Raymond M. Gregory
John L. Hobart
Middlefield
Virginia
Prince William County
Gregory
Manassas
Hobart
Joan Hobart
Federal District Court
Boston
Laborers and Hod Carriers Union
George Fuller Co
Berkshire Common
General Contractors Association
Carpenters Local 444
Adams
State Commissioner of Administration and Finance
State Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Building Construction
Veterans Memorial
Mount Greylock
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Seeg
SENA
Benningtong
Liberty
Aiken
Prouty
B&m
N&w
Washington, D.C
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Vermont Education Department
Chester
Cummings Hardware
Ernest Charboneau
Charboneau
New York
Colonie
Sheila Allen
Heckle Goldberg
Arthur Goldberg
South Mall
Down In
Berkshire
Greylock Responsibility
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