Crime Unit Funds Voted With Senate Amendment
Massachusetts Crime Commission funding faces House hurdles after Senate approval. The bill totals 569000 for investigative work and 60000 for the attorney general, with a Senate amendment shifting a 5000 audit line to the state auditor. House consent and possible conference committee loom as politics and corruption probes unfold across Suffolk Bristol and Worcester Counties.
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Convention Priority Bill Passes House
The Massachusetts House approved a bill to toughen rules for convention candidates. It would require a convention-rejected candidate who polls under 20 percent to file 10,080 signatures to enter a primary, while a candidate with over 20 percent could enter by filing 2,400 signatures. The measure passed on revived and initial roll calls despite a failed attempt to send it to the Supreme Court for constitutional review.
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Cattle To Pry Shelter Living In Nuclear Fallout Test
Elkhorn Nebraska AP report notes thirty Guernsey cows and a bull will be placed in a two week test to see how cattle react to living in a nuclear fall out shelter. The shelter, a $35,000 structure built in 1911 at Roberts dairy farm, will house the animals with short outdoor exercise periods after the first days as they would during a nuclear attack scenario.
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Douglas 64 Weds 23 Year Old for Montana Honeymoon
Buffalo New York report on Supreme Court Justice Willianto Douglas marrying 23 year old Joan Martin in a church ceremony. The couple planned a month long camping and hiking honeymoon in Montana and Washington. The bride, a Allegheny College graduate, met Douglas two years earlier while he gave a lecture at Meadville campus.
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William O. Douglas
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New Military Reserve Program Shortens Enlistment
Washington reports a Defense Department change affecting 17 to 26 year olds entering reserves or National Guard. Enlistment now six years, down from eight for some. active duty time may increase to four to 49 weeks for training, with some cases up to 18 months. Eligibility requires local unit vacancy, tests, 48 drills per year, and a two week summer camp.
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Space Agency Chief Joining Raytheon
D Brainerd Holmes resigns as director of NASA's manned space program effective September 1 and will join Raytheon Co as a senior vice president. Holmes led the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft programs for NASA.
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Legislators' Pay Raise Cleared Tentatively in Mass
A Massachusetts plea cleared the way for legislators to receive a 50 percent pay raise and higher expense allowances retroactive to April 1. Atty. Gen. Edward W. Brooke warned repayment may occur if the Supreme Court rules against the raise, while a referendum challenge vies to suspend the law despite its emergency clause.
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Massachusetts
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Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates and Address Change Notice
Berkshire Eagle lists subscription prices by carrier and mail with zones and durations. It also advises subscribers to notify the local post office with old and new addresses to avoid service interruption.
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Berkshire Eagle
Pittstiele
Massachusenls
Wallace Defies Courts With Bible Reading Plan in Alabama
Gov. George Wallace vows to reenter any school that federal courts overturn a resolution mandating Bible reading in Alabama classrooms. The statewide board, backed by Wallace, approved the measure to make Bible study a formal part of the course of study despite Supreme Court limits. Alabama law already requires daily Bible reading in state-supported schools.
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Massachusetts Senate approves 16 member Consumers Council
The Massachusetts Senate gave preliminary approval to a House-passed bill creating a 16 member in paid Consumers Council with subpoena powers. The measure passed 26 to 14 after defeating an amendment to reduce council size and powers.
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UPS
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Consumers’ Council
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John F. Parker
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John FE. Powers
Willian TE. Hays
Waltham
ABCC orders 42 Boston liquor stores shut. appeals sought
Lawyers for Wie shops appear before the ABCC to request a stay while 42 Greater Boston package stores face shutdowns for alleged resale price law violations. The ABCC ordered suspensions and closures for at least one week, with six stores cited for repeat violations in the past two months.
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