New England crime up 13.3 percent in 1970 FBI report
FBI data show 1970 crime rose 13.3 percent in New England, above the 11.3 percent national rise. Massachusetts led in total crimes and violent offenses with 197 murders and 49 955 auto thefts, while Vermont and New Hampshire posted declines in murders. Rhode Island and Connecticut also reported high totals and rising assaults.
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First lawsuits filed challenging the freeze
UPI reports the government argues suits against the wage freeze are premature and that plaintiffs must show direct harm first. Four Catholic University professors contend the freeze is unconstitutional amid broader union actions by 650,000 Postal Service workers seeking relief from the October $250 step-up. Mohawk Airlines posts a July loss of 134,000, bringing seven month deficit to 1.595 million on 28.821 million gross. service resumed after a strike and merger plans with Allegheny.
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High advertising blamed for unbalanced diets in children
UPI reports pediatricians Karakat Gokulanathan and K P Verghese of Howard University warned at the International Congress of Pediatrics that mass advertising drives American toddlers toward excessive milk juice and fruit while neglecting meat and vegetables. They studied 240 children aged 1 to 6 from affluent Maryland families, finding a cultural shift toward materialism and dietary fetishes that prompt nutritional imbalances and insufficient weight gain despite parental concerns about clingy milk loving kids.
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Vermont seeks district realignment and basin change
Vermont officials will ask merging two U S Army Corps districts to end statewide project confusion. Western Vermont would shift from Albany to Waltham and boundaries of the New England River Basins Commission would cover the entire state. Also, Evelyn McMacklin Gibson, widow, dies in Arizona at 57 linked to the ongoing Orville Gibson murder case. Frank Carpenter, acquitted, has died.
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Lawmaker pushes work requirement for welfare recipients
Rep. John Zampieri of Ryegate says he will introduce a bill next year requiring able bodied welfare recipients to work for municipalities or the state at no less than the minimum wage. He also proposes recipients pick up benefit checks at local employment offices, mirroring a New York law.
Governors' Conference on Natural Resources set for Oct 8
Vermont Gov. Davis announced the fourth annual Governors' Conference on Natural Resources will be held October 8 in Montpelier with the theme Ecology and the Economy In Concert or Conflict. Vermont’s insured unemployment rate stood at 3.9 percent for the third straight week, the lowest since last winter, per the Employment Security Department. The Water Resources Board will hold a public hearing September 21 in Perkinsville on Windsor County Pond use regulation. Connecticut River communities face low state funds for sewage plants due to pollution from New Hampshire, says Martin Johnson.
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Common waterfowl season set for Vermont Lake Champlain area
New York and Vermont agree on a single waterfowl season for the Lake Champlain boundary area to run this year. A new western boundary expands hunting room while the southern boundary stays the same. The 50 day session opens at P M Oct 9 and closes Nov 27. Seven men were arrested on gaming charges after a statewide raid of four businesses and three private homes in Albany and Colonie following a separate round up of 26 organized crime suspects in ten counties.
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Adams Assessor predicts further tax rate rise after revaluations
Adams Assessor Laurie J. King warned of an 8 to 10 rise in next year’s tax rate unless revaluations curb property milking by landlords. He cited figures suggesting the capitalization method could curb deteriorating real estate and urged broader revaluations using cost, fair market, and income approaches.
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