McCloskey Talks Truth In Government During NH Campaign Hike
UPI reports Rep. Paul McCloskey hiked in the Presidential Range during a five day New Hampshire swing ahead of the March 7 primary. He pressed a theme of truth in government, criticized the Nixon administration and pledged a low key campaign focused on credibility and timely exposes of alleged deception.
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End of Labor Day Weekend Sparks Massive Traffic Jams
United Press International reports heavy congestion across New England as bad weather pushed travelers home early. Cape Cod vacationers backed up seven to eleven miles on major routes. traffic deaths rise with nine highway fatalities in Maine and eight in New Hampshire. Officials noted the unusual early surge and a Maine Turnpike record of 2,690 vehicles through York turnstiles between 2 and 3 pm.
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Identity Sought Of Plane Crash Victims In Plymouth Mass
Officials conduct autopsy on two unidentified bodies burned in a single engine Cessna 172 crash on foggy Pine Hill near Plymouth Massachusetts. FAA checks for missing aircraft. crash at about 5 25 p m near the ocean with wreckage found around 7 p m.
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Winds shake Great Stone Face in Franconia Notch
Government seismologists report winds cause subtle horizontal movement of the Great Stone Face known as the Old Man of the Mountain in Franconia Notch New Hampshire The NOAA study notes that turning mechanisms and turnbuckles respond to gusts while vertical movement remains small The report credits wind and ground vibrations as primary factors with other geologic events having no major danger NOAA also details a seven month 280000 geodetic survey in Dade County Florida to map precise positions using portable nine story towers built and dismantled rapidly
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Man Sought for Questioning in Mass Trooper Shooting
Massachusetts authorities widened a manhunt for Stephen M. McDonough 23 Avon Connecticut as a person of interest in the shotgun attack on Trooper Francis J. Reardon 41 South Hadley. A special state police strike force pursued leads from central Massachusetts to Bridgewater and Schaefer Stadium amid few clues and multiple sightings.
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Vermont eyes new corrections chief amid prison delays
Vermont officials expect Community Corrections Director R Kent Stoneman to become corrections commissioner as William Cowles holds a news conference to announce the successor to Lawrence Bershad who left for Harvard. Other candidates include John Moran and Robert G Smith. Moran has cooled on the job. Plans for a new maximum security prison were scrapped after bids exceeded 5.1 million.
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Vermont State Fair Attendance Dips Early Year 1971
Vermont fair officials report about 10 000 fewer attendees in the first two days of the 1971 season with under 11 000 on opening Sunday and over 21 000 on Labor Day, forecasting over 100 000 by close while last year saw 41 000 plus. The League of Cities briefing on the Emergency Employment Act includes 200 Vermont government positions with 74 allocated last week, featuring Gov. Davis and Stella Hackel. Norman Goodrich dies from gunshot wounds at Vermont Medical Center suffered Aug. 23 in East Providence.
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Thieves Loot The Barrel Discotheque in Rensselaer
In New York thieves stole about 10,700 from The Barrel in Rensselaer early Monday. They lifted cash registers totaling 320 and removed two safes weighing near 300 pounds each, using a dolly to move them. Police estimate the loot includes the safes’ contents. Attendance at the Schaghticoke Fair has fallen, with 59,694 visitors through yesterday and 14,192 on Monday. Today is the final Children’s Day with free entry for under 14.
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Rensselaer
Lenox Logs First Cable Connections on Old Stockbridge Road
Lenox has begun cable television connections after eight years of waiting. HF General Manager John W.P. Mooney estimated about 200 homes in Lenox and Lenox Dale will be connected by month end, adding to the existing Lenox Dale CATV since 1967. In Peru, plans progress for five acre lots on a 280 acre Pierce Hinsdale tract owned by a Torrington real estate trust, with Albert Farms continuing farming on open land amid woods and wetlands.
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North Adams voters to decide on regional school district
Residents of towns bordering North Adams will vote October 7 to form a regional school district with the city. Selectmen in Clarksburg Florida Monroe and Savoy must call special elections within 30 days to let voters decide on creating the district.
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