Ballpoint pen used as weapon in 747 hijack to Cuba
Five foot Puerto Rican hijacker of an American Airlines 747 took 220 aboard in Havana. Stewardess Lucinda Rawson said the gun was a ballpoint pen attached to a metal comb wrapped in a sweater. The plane landed in San Juan after Cuban authorities denied takeoff.
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San Juan
P.R
UPI
American Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Lucinda Rawson
Syracuse
N.Y
Granma
Angel Lugo Casaus
Ponce
Oliver Salmella
Braintree
Mass
Sky
FBI
Salmella
Miss Rawson
Hilton Hotel
Swordfish ban sparks court challenge to FDA rule
Mercury concerns led to an FDA ban on swordfish sales but reports show swordfish being sold in Massachusetts. Five California fish processors petitioned a federal court to overturn the FDA ban, seeking relief from the restriction.
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U.S
California
FDA
Massachusetts
Charles C. Edwards
Richard J. Ronk
Everett H. Poole
Poole’s
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Poole
Ronk
United States
Green Mountain Power seeks 18 percent rate increase
The Vermont utility seeks an 18 percent across the board rise, arguing Vermont Yankee investment should not count toward its rate base. Cross examinations concluded as hearings resume in Bellows Falls Burlington and Montpelier with Public Service Board involvement and testimony from public counsel Edgar Bernstein.
Vermont conservationist objects to pesticide regulations
Gerald James of Brattleboro a leading conservationist plans to submit objections to the Vermont Agriculture Department proposed pesticide rules governing defoliants used on rights of way. He seeks a hearing and says the department misinterpreted his official objection on behalf of the Conservation League of the Connecticut River Valley.
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Agriculture Commissioner
Gerald James
Brattleboro
The
Conservation League of the
Connecticut River Valley
James
Montpelier Youth Bar Faces City Hall Review
Residents urge City Hall to tighten rules on The Industrial Revolution bar in Montpelier after a council hearing. Owners Douglas Brissette and City Attorney W Edson McKee were asked to draft mutually acceptable licensing conditions as neighbors cite noise littering and objectionable behavior since the fall opening. Brissette says he employs three weekend police and that off site issues are for Montpelier police to handle.
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Montpelier
UPI
City Hall
W. Edson McKee
Douglas Brissette
Brissette
Vermont Yankee license sparks cost concerns at GMP
The Public Service Board heard Green Mountain Power Corp warn that if Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp does not start operations, GMP faces 2.5 to 3 million dollars annually for capitalization plus an 800 100 dollar charge to buy needed electricity. GMP seeks an 18 percent rate increase to cover operating costs and loans as Vermont Yankee seeks a license from the Atomic Energy Commission with a decision not expected before spring.
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Green Mountain
Vermont Yankee
Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont Board seeks opinion on Hartford withdrawal from planning group
The Vermont Environmental Board asks the attorney general for a legal opinion on whether Hartford selectmen validly withdrew from the Ottauquechee Regional Planning Commission. The ruling will determine if planners have standing to challenge an 11 acre lot subdivision by Quebec Lakes Development Corp. in Hartford.
Escapees Return After Daring Daylight Jail Break
In Schenectady County, Jack Greenhalgh aged 17 of Niskayuna and Leonard A. Chase aged 20 of Schenectady surrendered to authorities early Wednesday after fleeing the county jail Monday. A Grand Jury will hear prison official testimony on the escape, with speculation of inside help. The pair cited family influence for returning. their future freedom remains uncertain. In Albany, 72-year-old William P. Culver seeks a new trial after conviction for beating and burning a woman in 1940, alleging police coercion. His court battle faces the challenge of faded witnesses from the original trial.
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Schenectady
Jack Greenhalgh
Niskayuna
Leonard A. Chase
Greenhalgh
Chase
Albany
William P. Culver
Hamilton St
Martin Schenck
Culver
Williams College Students Challenge Voter Registration Policy
In Berkshire's Williamstown students from Williams College plan to contest Town Clerk Elwood Lamphear's reading of new rules on registering 18 year olds and students as voters. The McGovern for President Student Committee aims to register students for the state primary. Lamphear says six months residency is required and plans to enforce the policy, claiming it mirrors practices in North Adams and Amherst.
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Williamstown
Williams College
Elwood Lamphear
McGovern For President
Lamphear
North Adams
Amherst
Norman Rockwell Nixon portrait acquired by National Portrait Gallery
STOCKBRIDGE The Norman Rockwell painting in which President Nixon posed in fall 1968 has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Marvin Sadik gallery director said negotiations had been under way for some time to obtain a portrait done in life of Nixon.
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Wickes
North Street
Washington
Green Mt. Power
Edgar Bernstein
Washington, D.C
Bay State
Boston
Francis W. Sargent
B.B.P
Bennington, VT
New England
West Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Bennington Museum
Paradise
Howe Scale
Rutland
Howe-Richardson Scale Co
James Jeffords
Robert Williams
Howe Richardson
ST. Albans
Vermont Highway Board
Environmental Conservation
Schulyer Jackson
Vermont Environmental Board
Highway Panel
Reginald Arnold
White River Jet
Brandon
Springfield
David Snow
Richard Countermarsh
Stoughton Pond
North
Countermarsh
New York
Down In
Berkshire
Rockwell
Nixon
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