Orleans County vigilante probe tied to Labor Day arrests
Deputy Attorney General Frank Mahady, in an Orleans County investigation into alleged vigilante activity, hints at developments within days after four men were arrested for intoxication and disorderly conduct following a nighttime shotgun attack on the Rev. David Johnson in Irasburg.
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Imontdelier
VPI
Frank Mahady
Orleans County
Mahady
David Johnson
Irasburg
UPI
Vermont issues plastic photo licenses pilot shows pace
The Vermont Motor Vehicle Department reported about 3,000 photograph driver licenses have been picked up since the spring pilot. Commissioner James Malloy aims for a November 1 deadline to offer the new licenses nationwide in regional offices and foresees a shift from paper to plastic. Booths at Champlain Valley and Rutland fairs boosted sales, with 1,500 at Essex Junction, 1,000 at Rutland, and 500 at Montpelier fairs.
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Rutland
Essex Junction
Montpelier
Vermont Judge to rule on Royalton College injunction
Washington County Chancery Court Judge Robert Larrow will decide this week on the state motion to dismiss Royalton College's injunction against the Vermont Education Board and Commissioner Harvey Scribner. A hearing last week focused on dissolving the injunction as the college seeks direct appeal options. The temporary order had blocked the board from suspending the college's degree granting privileges for not meeting state requirements.
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Royalton College
Collins declines New England regional post offer
Civil and Military Affairs Secretary Benjamin Collins rejected the $27,500 a year executive director post with the New England Regional Commission in a letter to Gov. John W. King. Administration Commissioner William Kearns also refused the offer after a month of consideration.
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Montpelier
UPI
Benjamin Collins
New England Regional Commission
Collins
New Hamphire
John W. King
William Kearns
Rensselaer to borrow 2.1 million for Medicaid costs
In Rensselaer County officials plan an $2,100,000 borrowing tonight to cover rising 1968 Medicaid costs and other welfare program shortfalls. Commissioner Beaudoin said the funds will amend the 1968 budget to provide for deficiencies and supplementary appropriations for Department of Social Services operations through year end. In Cohoes a 16 year old allegedly fired rifle shots at a man during a burglary. he was captured after a Watervliet storm sewer pursuit and arraigned on burglary and assault charges. The juvenile companion faces detention in Albany County.
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Rensselaer
Board of Supervisors
Department of Social Services
John R. Beaudoin
Cohoes
Colonie
Watervliet
Daniel H. Mahar
Mahar
James Crandall
Albany County
Waterford Bird Loss Spurs State-Raised Replacements
Waterford officials report the loss of a flock of birds valued at 7 875 at a town board meeting. Highway Superintendent Thomas Murray states he retrieved 175 state raised birds costing about 45 dollars each and dispersed them around town for this year's shotgun season.
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Waterford
Thomas Murray
State Conservation Department
Priest and nun leave religious life in Berkshire
In Lenox and Pittsfield area, Rev. Louis J. McCue of St. Anne's Church and former nun Mary Jane Burke, formerly Sister Immaculate, each chose to exit religious life on Monday. McCue reports leaving due to discontent with church structure. Burke leaves for personal reasons while continuing nurse duties at Berkshire Medical Center. McCue granted a leave of absence and is at his parents' home in New Jersey.
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Pittsfield
Louis J. McCue
St. Anne’s Church
Lenox
Mary Jane Burke
Sister Mary Immaculate
Father McCue
Miss Burke
Pittsfield General Unit
Berkshire Medical Center
New Jersey
Health board keeps neighborhood center closed indefinitely
In a Monday vote the Board of Health ordered the center closed pending inspections by health and building officials. VISTA workers and 40 children kept tutoring in makeshift shade under a tree, as the center remaining the hub for local antipoverty programs.
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Adams
Board of Health
VISTA
Delayed opening of vocational wing of Pittsfield school cited
Pittsfield officials say the vocational wing of the $7.6 million new school on Valentine Road will open later than October due to a plumber shortage. Architect William Wiesse noted floors in part of the wing cannot be prepared because of the delay.
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Pittsfield
High School Commission
Valentine Road
William Wiesse
Vermont
Freeman, French and Freeman
YMCA Names North Adams Executive Director
Maurice H. Hight aged 37 of Natick has been named executive director of the Northern Berkshire YMCA to succeed Robert H. Schmehl. Chairman Benjamin Apkin said Hight would assume duties around the middle of the month.
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North Adams
Maurice H. Hight
Natick
Northern Berkshire Ymca
Robert H. Schmehl
Benjamin Apkin
Hight
Foreign fishing boats violate U S twelve mile limit near New England
Boston reports say Coast Guard will intensify patrols after claims of about 30 violations by Soviet bloc and other foreign vessels. A British mother ship serviced roughly 30 boats. Tekoa, a 11000 ton vessel registered in London with 55 crew, was in Boston Harbor.
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UPD
Coast Guard
New England
U.S
Hastings Keith
West Bridgewater
Keith
William Ellis
1St Coast Guard District
Ellis
Cape George
Nauset Beach
Cape Cod
Leonard J. Roche
Seafood Producers Association of
New Bedford
Britain
London
New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd
Teen-Age Girls Rally For Teddy Kennedy in Mass.
In Chicopee Massachusetts hundreds of high school girls wept and pressed forward to touch Senator Ted Kennedy on his first purely political appearance since his brother Robert’s assassination. He endorsed Humphrey Muskie and spoke for Rep Edward Boland amid a fierce Democratic primary against Charles Ryan at Boland’s campaign HQ.
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Chicopee
Mass
UPI
Teddy Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Kennedy
Robert
Edward P. Boland
Springfield
Charles V. Ryan
Boland
Democratic Party
Humphrey
Ed Muskie
Los Angeles
Teddy
Vietnam
Worcester
CWA Aims to Represent 30000 NE Telephone Workers
The Communications Workers of America plans to represent about 30,000 employees of New England Telephone Co. as part of an AFL CIO affiliated union organizing drive, disclosed in a Monday CWA announcement in Boston.
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CWA
N.E
Boston
UPD
Communications Workers of America
New England Telephone Co
NET
Afl-Cio
Gerald Walsh
IBTW
New England
Bell System
IBRW
Providence
R.I
Court Order Fails To Halt Walkout by N Y C Teachers
United Press International reports nearly all of New York City's 900 public schools were closed as teachers defied a court order, extending summer vacation for 1.12 million pupils. Strikes also affected Michigan, East St Louis and Madison Illinois, with only a small fraction of teachers and students reporting to school. The state supreme court ordered the United Federation of Teachers to stop, but the union vowed to continue a plan to restructure the system into 30 districts.
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New York City
Michigan
Michigan Education Association
Michigan Federation of Teachers
East St. Louis
Justice Department
Madison
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
IBTW
Bell System
Ed McCann
New England
CWA
The
NET
Connecticut
eCann
New York
McCann
Bell
National Labor Relations Board
Maine campaign trip postponed for Humphrey Muskie
In Lewiston Maine Democratic State Chairman Severin Beliveau said the planned visit by Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Senator Edmund Muskie to Portland would be delayed to a later date. Humphrey Jr and his wife will tour Maine next week with coffees and teas in Portland Lewiston Rumford and Augusta. Muskie plans to campaign in Baltimore and New York City.
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Lewiston
Maine
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S
Muskie
Portland
Severin Beliveau
Humphrey
Providence
R.ir
Kennebunk Beach
Beliveau
Baltimore
New York City
Hubert Humphrey Jr
Nancy Lee
Vice
University of Minnesota
Rumford
Augusta
New England Governors to Debate Gun Control Laws
Six governors from New England meet in West Springfield to discuss proposed firearms control legislation and interstate teacher certification. Leaders include John W. King, Kenneth M. Curtis, Phillip H. Hoff, John A. Volpe, John H. Chafee, and John Dempsey.
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West Springfield
Mass
UPI
New England
Massachusetts
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
John Dempsey
Connecticut
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