New England oil price fixings draw federal probe plea
UPI report from Cambridge says New England faces a winter fuel oil shortage tied to a world wide price fixing scheme. Jerry S. Cohen urges a massive federal grand jury investigation and anti trust action, while Gov. Sargent warns of gouging and seeks regional unity to press Washington for relief. Massachusetts predicts $110 million more for residual fuel oil this year amid supply and tanker shortages.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
New England
Jerry S. Cohen
U.S. Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
U.S. Supreme Court
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
America
Sargent
Cohen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Seven Sisters
New England Governors Conference
Nixon
New
Massachuestts
Jeffords urges tougher pact on Lake Champlain
Attorney General James Jeffords urged Vermont and New York to strengthen the Lake Champlain Basin Compact to require mutual consent for locating any new plant on the lake or its tributaries. He called for land use controls and a nondegradation standard, warning the new International Paper mill at Ticonderoga would discharge untreated sewage into the lake.
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South Burlington
UPI
James Jeffords
Vermont
New York
Lake Champlain
Jeffords
New International Paper Co
Ticonderoga
N.Y
FTC discloses utility funds spent to fight N E hydroelectric projects
The Federal Power Commission reports two New England electric utilities spent 567057.97 dollars from 1964 to 1968 to oppose the Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric project. Seventeen companies listed such costs under miscellaneous expenses, arguing the funds covered studies for regulatory input and customer interests.
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FTC
N.E
Washington
UPI
Federal Power Commission
New England
Maine
Dickey- Lincoln
Dickey-Lincoln
House
House-Senate
FPC
Electric Coordinating Council of
Electric Council of New England
Office of Accounting and Finance
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
PassamaQuoddy
Boston Edison Co
Holyoke Water Power Co
Year Round School Plan Considered in Vermont
Hinesburg Champlain Valley Union High School directors weigh a continuous year round system called the 45 15 plan to ease overcrowding. If approved on November 24 it would start July 1 1971 with four student groups rotating nine week terms and 15 day breaks. families stay together in one group and holidays are observed.
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Hinesburg
UPI
Champlain Valley Union High School
Vermont
Pollution controls seen as blow for auto industry
In Washington Assistant Senate GOP Leader Robert Griffin weighed concessions to ease auto industry burdens amid a strong push for tough emission rules. He floated a possible one year extension and questioned feasibility, arguing for flexibility while Muskie defended the standard setting and urged Detroit to build cars Americans can live with.
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Washington
API
Senate
GOP
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
Michigan
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Senate Public Works Committee
Muskie
Detroit
Volpe urges limits on autos to save cities
Transportation Secretary John Volpe told the American Transit Association that public transit must work or cities will stagnate as suburbs expand. He argued cars in city centers will be restricted, though not outlawed, to curb mobility problems. He and Governor Sargent backed a Congress pending measure to free federal funds for mass transit.
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Boston
UPI
John A. Volpe
Volpe
American Transit Association
Massachusetts
Nixon
Francis W. Sargent
Panel urges curb on Legislative Council
Vermont panel urges reform to end bill logjams. Proposes moving studies from Legislative Council to standing House and Senate committees with staff support. Recommends earlier bill deadlines, streamlined messaging between houses, joint public hearings, a consent calendar for minor bills, and clarified State House space use.
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Legislative Council
House
Senate
State House
Liberty Union petitions challenged in Vermont
Rep. Timothy OConnor challenged Liberty Union nominating petitions filed in Montpelier claiming signatures were not personally witnessed before a notary, that some petitions duplicated names, and some voters were ineligible. The party seeks a place on the November ballot with William Meyer, Dennis Morrisseau, and Peter Diamondstone. A hearing was requested with a Tuesday response expected.
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Secretary of State
U.S. Senate
William A. Meyer
Dennis Morrisseau
Peter Diamondstone
O’connor
Bethel girl pleads guilty in Cabot deaths
In Washington County Court Bethel 18 year old Julie Morse pleaded guilty to being an accessory to the abandonment of an infant connected to the Cabot deaths last winter. She was remanded in custody on 15000 bail for a pre sentence investigation as her husband and his brother already serve life for second degree murder tied to the shooting deaths of Everett Morse Sr Joyce Martin and the exposure death of Anthony Martin.
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Everett Morse Sr
Joyce Martin
Cabot Shack
Aiken cites Vermont as having lowest New England electric rates
Senator George Aiken Republican Vermont announced figures showing Vermont's electricity rates are the lowest in New England and well below the national average. He credited easy access to power from the St. Lawrence River and said other regional utilities charge rates that are far out of line.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
George Aiken
R-Vt
Vermont
New England
St. Lawrence
Aiken
Rockefeller warns Nixon on defense cuts hurting New York economy
Gov. Rockefeller says about 30,000 jobs were lost in 12 months due to reduced defense work, with heavy layoffs on Long Island, Binghamton, and Buffalo. Separately, Troy police seek two masked holdup men after a failed $40,000 bank heist. two women are arraigned on drug and robbery charges in Newark. Cohoes mother Mrs. Stanley Louprette and her husband win a $100,000 state lottery prize.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Nixon
Long Island
Binghamton
Buffalo
Troy
Lansingburgh
Newark
N.J
Cohoes
Stanley Louprette
Zoning criticism in Pittsfield sparks council concerns
Southeast Homeowners Association accuses zoning changes of corroding neighborhoods and harming property values in Pittsfield Outer Williams Street area. City plans study on student publications with 12 adults and up to six editors following Mantra dispute at Taconic High School. North Adams police gain radar equipment via federal grant for enforcement with warnings first week then citations.
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Pittsfield
Southeast Homeowners Association
Williams Street
Thomas J. Roche
Taconic High School
Mantra
North Adams
William F. Coyne
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Troy-Bennington Road
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New England Bankcard Association
B.B.P
Bennington, VT
Central Maine Power Co
Connecticut Light & Power
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Massachusetts Electric Co
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Narragansett Electric Co
New England Power Co
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New Hampshire
Western Massachusetts Electric Co
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Pany
Sxio Natural
Mammoth Mart
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