Middlebury Names Aide To Help Mediate Disputes
Middlebury College forms a governing committee and an ombudsman to mediate campus disputes among students faculty and administration. Lynn Hinman is named coordinator of student activities and will study campus problems, remain neutral, and propose equitable solutions while preventing recurrences.
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Middlebury
UPN
Middlebury College
Lynn Hinam
James Armstrong
Hinman
Ombudsman
Grapefruit Diet Promises Fast Weight Loss
Hollywood special reports a sensational grapefruit diet claiming 10 pounds lost in 10 days with no hunger. It promises rapid fat loss by eating permitted foods while grapefruit juice acts as a catalyst, with a money back guarantee and a plea to mail $2 for a copy.
Wetmore Treasures Sold Today at Public Auction
Newport NRJ reports Miss Edith Wetmore’s 52 room Chateau-sur-Mer overlooking Narragansett Bay was auctioned to the Newport Preservation Society for about 320000. The sale included china, paintings, furniture and art objects with Parke Bernet Galleries handling the auction of thousands of items to the public over several days.
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Wetmore
Newport, RJ
Edith Wetmore
Narragansett Bay
Chateau-sur-Mer
William S
Miss Wetmore
Newport Preservation Society
New England Society For the Preservation of Antiques
New York
Philadelphia
Newport
The
Elms
Manhattan Completes Northwest Passage Voyage Milestone
The 1002 foot Manhattan icebreaker tanker reached Sachs Harbour as the Northwest Passage voyage neared completion. It must still traverse 665 miles to Point Barrow Alaska to finalize the mission proving a commercial route over the Arctic. Humble Oil sponsors the 39 million voyage and may decide on a larger tanker fleet after this round trip.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan
Sachs Harbour
Northwest Passage
Beaufort Sea
Point Barrow
Alaska
Humble Oil & Co
Humble
Goddard Introduces Community Council Governance Plan
Goddard College in Plainfield will grant a direct vote to students faculty and staff through a new Community Council beginning Wednesday. The one person one vote system includes 800 related members and 300 adult education enrollees, with the board remaining focused on fundraising as campus unrest prompts democratic reforms.
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Royce Pitkin
Goddard College
Goddard
Community Council
DIRT SHOVEL for fall transplanting
Tempered steel blade and shank designed for extra strength and lightness. Reg. $4.39. SPECIAL $339
Maine Catholic Bishop Feeney dies at 75 in Portland
The Most Rev. Daniel J. Feeney, Maine's Roman Catholic bishop who inherited a $5 million red balance and restored it to solvency, died at Mercy Hospital after a lengthy illness three days after his 75th birthday. He had suffered strokes and congestive heart failure, and funeral arrangements were pending. Feeney, a Portland native, led the diocese from 1948, attended Vatican II, and was praised for public service by Gov. Curtis and church leaders.
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Portland
Maine
UPI
Daniel J. Feeney
Feeney
Mercy Hospital
Chancery
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Peter Gerety
Gerety
Washington
Kenneth M. Curtis
Frederick Wolf
Episcopal Diocese of
Diocese of
Plans Completed To Incorporate Ripton Center
Montpelier reports the incorporation filing for the Vermont Environmental Center in Ripton will be made with the secretary of state. Governor Davis’s aide says a nine member board will be named, with five gubernatorial appointees and one each for the Natural Resources Council, Vermont Education Association, and Vermont Federation of Sportsmen. The center will receive 90000 in NE regional commission funds for the first year as the board seeks an executive director. The Ripton committee aims to launch the first program next July at the converted Job Corps site.
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New England
West Springfield
Mass
Moulton
Davis
Natural Resources Council
Vermont Education Association
Vermont Federation of Sportsmen
Ripton
Job Corps Center
Laconia Initiates Mass Rubella Immunization Program
Laconia New Hampshire launches a pilot townwide rubella immunization effort, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation. About 3,800 public and parochial students in Laconia and five surrounding towns will be inoculated over a week or more using a Merck live virus vaccine. The program costs roughly 7,000 dollars, with 2,000 dollars from the state and rest raised by contributions and the Lakes Region Mental Health Association.
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Laconia
N.H
UPI
Preg
Merck, Sharp and Dohme Co
West Point Pa
United States
New Hampshire
Belmont
Gilmanton
Meredith
Center Harbor
Sandwich
Drug Company
The
Lakes Region Mental Health Association
Robert A. Ewald
Laconia State School
Scientists Ready to Seed Hurricane Holly Weatherists weigh storm modification plan
Hurricane Holly nears land range as scientists consider seeding the rainband with chemicals for the first time in a hurricane. Project Stormfury planes previously seeded Debbie with silver iodide but saw no clear effect. Navy recon places Holly east of San Juan as it drifts northwest, while unrelated court and trooper actions are noted from London and Huntington.
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UPI
Holly
Puerto Rico
Debbie
Rogers Kin Die In Plane Crash Near Santa Fe Airport
A twin engine Aerostar crashed after takeoff near Santa Fe Airport killing Bryant W. Langston and his wife, both of Medford New Jersey. Witnesses described a stalled ascent and rapid descent. bodies were badly burned. The flight plan showed a California to New Jersey cross country trip with Dallas slated as next stop.
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N.M
UPI
William Rogers
William P. Rogers
Bryant W. Langston
Medford
N.J
California
New Jersey
Dallas
Vermont Student Aid Grants Reach Over One Million
Vermont Student Assistance Corp reports a 6000 balance after awarding more than 1 million in incentive grants to 2400 needy Vermont college students. Board notes 100 late applications pending and 730 guaranteed loans under federal student aid programs. Grants vary by family income. last year 2000 students averaged 439 of 900000 doled out. Emergency Board funds sought in 1968. legislature orders late-app funds from current appropriation.
Vermont to buy Rutland building for out patient program
UPI reports the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare approved plans to purchase and renovate a building in Rutland for an out patient program run by Rutland Mental Health Service. Vermont Mental Health Commissioner Jonathan Leopold said construction modification was approved and work on the Rutland Hospital center will start later. part of a federal grant of 369 247 will fund buying and repairing a Main Street building.
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Montpelier
UPI
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Rutland
Rutland Mental Health Service
Vermont
Jonathan Leopold
Rutland Hospital
Leopold
Main Street
Rumors Denied on Grand Jury Hearings in Rensselaer County
Troy district attorney refutes claims that the current Grand Jury is hearing SIC testimony from July sessions. He studies 73 volumes of transcripts provided by SIC chair Paul Curran, while noting government operations cited as politically driven. Green Island merger: Hammermill Paper plans to acquire Manning Paper assets pending stockholder and IRS approval. Manning specializes in technical papers for abrasive backing, insulation, and filters.
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Troy
People’s Representatives
Republican County
Green Island
Hammermill Paper Co
Erie
John A. Manning Paper Co
Pennsylvania
Green Island Company
Albert H. Miller
Manning
Internal Revenue Service
Penn Central to close local ticket office
The Public Service Commission authorized Penn Central Railroad to discontinue its city ticket office since no passenger trains serve the area. In the first seven months of 1969 the average monthly passenger ticket sales were 143, about seven per day, with no complaints reported.
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Troy
Public Service Commission
Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
Berkshire film censorship challenge ends in dismissal
State Cinema Inc filed against the Western Massachusetts district attorney asserting rights were violated when a Pittsfield theatre was ordered to ban the film The Vixen without a test for obscenity. Federal Judge Thomas Wyzanski wrote the opinion noting no constitutional violation. A dismissal of the complaint is expected soon.
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Pittsfield
Western
Public Works orders Dalton Woolen Mill to stop effluent
Pittsfield Public Works Commissioner Gerald S. Doyle gave Dalton Woolen Mills two days to prove a screening device will work to ease the Pittsfield sewage plant disruption until an automatic system is installed. He served notice on Dalton selectmen that the mill must cease its effluent or face shutdown.
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Pittsfield — Public Works
Gerald S. Doyle
Dalton Woolen Mills
Pittsfield
Doyle
Dalton Selectmen
Citizens group proposes nonprofit stock plan for housing
Leonard Huband, chair of the Citizens Committee for Community Improvement, suggests forming a nonprofit corporation in North Adams. Citizens would buy stock at 10 dollars a share or earn one share for four hours of work to help ease the citys housing problems.
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North Adams
Leonard Huband
Citizens Committee For Community Improvement
Massachusetts takes 83 acres for Berkshire Mental Health Center
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts acquired about 83 acres of land near Hillcrest Hospital and Onota Lake for a new Berkshire Mental Health Center after a lengthy delay. BMHC President Thomas J. White projected ground breaking in 1972 if plans proceed.
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Pittsfield
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hillcrest Hospital
Onota Lake
Berkshire
BMHC
Thomas J. White
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