Canada opens Arctic waters to ships of all flags
Ottawa says Arctic passage open to vessels of all flags as debate over sovereignty continues. Mitchell Sharp notes Manhattan's voyage through Northwest Passage signals potential oil tanker routes while stressing Arctic use for peaceful purposes and safety standards.
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Mitchell Sharp
Canada
Arctic
Sharp
United States
Manhattan
Northwest Passage
Alaska
Globe and Mail
Toronto
Washington
Arctic Passage
New York Telephone Plans $10 Billion Service Upgrade
A New York Telephone executive told a Public Service Commission hearing that the company will spend $10 billion over the next decade to improve service. He cited requests for more trunk circuits, cables, and staff. call handling will rise as 59 percent of downstate central offices are upgraded in 1969 and 73 percent by year end 1970.
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New York
New York Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
William G. Sharwell
Sharwell
Telephone Com
Harvard to Name Panel on Reform
Harvard University will form a 34 member Committee on Governance to study structural changes and better channels of communication among administration, governing boards, faculties, students and alumni. The panel, drawing from faculty, students, and representatives of alumni, overseers and trustees, will issue recommendations but not set policy. It aims to identify key issues such as conduct rules, a university wide senate, and distribution of responsibility among boards and faculties.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard University
Nathan M. Pusey
Board of Overseers
Sunday Vermont Day at Eastern States Exposition
Vermont Day highlights the 10th and final chapter of the 48th Eastern States Exposition with Lorne Greene headlining Stake Night horse show awards and a full timetable of free and paid attractions. Vermont exhibits feature a new permanent Vermontiana museum, trout stream, dairy bar, and crafts amid performances by Montpelier High School Band and Miss Vermont Agriculture Jeanna Chase.
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Green Mountains
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Whitingham High School
Johnson State College
Philadelphia
Montpelier
Vermont Agriculture
Jeanna Chase
Pomfret
Father vows continued search for missing Illinois youth in Vermont
Ilinois Appellate Judge George Moran says he will not abandon efforts to find his son William Moran, 21, missing since Sept. 3 from Spring Lake Ranch in Cuttingsville. The boy, treated for brain damage from a four year old auto accident, vanished as the search extends to New Hampshire and Massachusetts along potential return routes to Granite City Tl, with Vermont officials and groups assisting.
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Cuttingsville
George Moran
William
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Spring Lake Ranch
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New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Granite City
Vermont personnel chief accused of discriminatory action
Trustees of the Vermont State Employers Association charged John Simonds, the new personnel director, with discriminatory conduct and violations of the merit pay system. They oppose Simonds's wage differentials for Brandon Training School nurses and for highway maintenance workers in Brattleboro, Springfield, and White River Junction. Garnet Harvey urged fairness to Simonds as a new appointee.
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Waterbury
Harvey
Simonds
Vermont towns slow to abolish open dumps
Health Commissioner Robert Aiken said about half of Vermont municipalities have taken no action on a law requiring the abolition of open dumps. He told the state Board of Health that at least 125 communities have not contacted his office with plans to remove waste, and warned of crackdowns before snow flies.
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Montpelier
Robert B. Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
State Board of Health
Vermont seeks Supreme Court dismissal in tax case
Vermont asks the Supreme Court to dismiss Wilfred Wheeler of Enfield New Hampshire appeal challenging Vermonts method of taxing income of out of state residents. Attorney Jonathan Brownell said the appeal does not raise a substantial question of law and the high court is expected to hear the case next month.
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Montpelier
Vermont
U.S. Supreme Court
New Hampshire
Atty
Jonathan Brownell
Wilfred Wheeler
Enfield
N.H
Winooski President Hints at College Cooperation
Bernard L. Boutin new president of St. Michael's College says cooperative arrangements are being explored with nearby Trinity College in Burlington. He told convocation that every avenue of possible cooperation is under review, including shared course offerings and use of classroom and lab facilities.
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Winooski
Bernard L. Boutin
St. Michael’s College
Trinity College
Burlington
Boutin
Albany County jail escape prompts state review
The State Correction Commission is preparing a special report on Eric Walther’s escape from Albany County jail last Saturday. Walther leaped from a 25 foot wall. Sheriff Edward Fischer declined comment. A prior confidential SIC report criticized jail operations and noted odd staffing, including a nearly 80 year old part time baker guarding prisoners.
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Albany
State Correction Commission
Eric Walther
Albany County
Walther
Edward Fischer
Berkshire Mayor eyes bid plan for Mohawk Trail land
Mayor James F. Cleary said he will likely urge the City Council to advertise 10.7 acres on the Mohawk Trail for bids instead of selling to Berkshire Broadcasting Co for 500. The land is hardly valuable and near land the company already owns. Raymond Babeu offered to pay more than 500 and proposed preserving the site as a rustic park, noting nearby land goes for 4 000 for six acres.
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North Adams
James F. Cleary
Mohawk Trail
Berkshire Broadcasting Co
Cleary
Broadcasting Company
Raymond Babeu
GE to dismantle four mile Housatonic UHV line in Lenox
General Electric plans dismantling more than four miles of an ultra high voltage line on the Housatonic River in Lenox citing rising maintenance costs. Nineteen of the eighteen towers are slated for scrap.
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Pittsfield
Housatonic
Lenox
General Electric
UHV
John G. Anderson
Williamstown bylaw bars newspaper names on delivery tubes
Building inspector Joseph McCann says the new sign bylaw prohibits displaying newspaper names on future delivery tubes because the name counts as advertising. Affected publications include the North Adams Transcript and the Pennysaver of Bennington. names on tubes must be painted over.
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Williamstown
Joseph McCann
North Adams Transcript
The
Pennysaver
Bennington
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