Pittsfield State Police May Be Moved to Lee
State Public Safety Commissioner Richard Caples announced a possible consolidation moving Pittsfield troopers to Lee, a plan he calls speculative and dependent on an overall relocation study. He hopes troop commanders discuss it March 23, noting six troops and 26 year-round substations with Pittsfield housing 12 troopers. The Dalton Avenue barracks in Pittsfield opened June 29, 1987, after moving from Cheshire in a $50,000 project.
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Richard R. Caples
Pittsfield
Lee
Caples
Northampton
Monson
Shelburne
Falls
Russell
North Berkshire
Dalton Avenue
Cheshire
New England Governors Meet Over NHRR Plight and Regional Issues
New England governors met in Boston to discuss the debt riddled New Haven Railroad and regional transportation. They planned to study commuter options with New York and Connecticut, including possible contracts under new authorities and subsidized service. They also planned hearings on residual oil quotas and a April 6 meeting with congressional delegates.
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Boston
UPI
New England
New Haven
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
John H. Reed
Maine
John N. Dempsey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Boston & Maine Railroad
B&m
New York
New York Central Railroad
Gavs
Dempsey
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
Connecticut Transportation Authority
Rockefeller
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Westchester County
N.Y
New York City
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
MBTA
U.S. Interior Department
Veterans Administration
New Hampshire
Edwin W. Webber
New England Council
Supreme Court Strikes Maryland Film Censorship Law
The Supreme Court unanimously invalidated Maryland film censorship requiring pre exhibition submission. Justice Brennan said the regime lacks adequate safeguards against inhibiting protected expression. Justices Douglas and Black would go further, arguing no censorship is permissible. Ronald L. Freedman of Rex Theater Baltimore appealed the ruling. Maryland, Virginia, New York and Kansas maintain boards. 50 to 69 percent of urban residents live under film censorship.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
William J. Brennan
William O. Douglas
Hugo Black
Brennan
Black
Ronald L. Freedman
Rex Theater
Baltimore
Virginia
New York
Kansas
36 000 Can Workers Go On Strike In USW Dispute
The AFL CIO United Steelworkers of America launched a strike against Continental Can Co. and American Can Co. affecting about 36,000 employees nationwide including Puerto Rico and Canada. Contracts extended to March 1. outcome could shape talks with smaller can firms employing about 9,000 workers.
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Aflcio United Steelworkers of America
Continental Can Co
American Can Co
Puerto Rico
Canada
American
Continental
Can
American Can
States
Continental Can
U.S
Canadian
Truth in Advertising from The Eagle Family Want Ads
The ad notes a Fiat 1958 automobile with Geod condition new battery fuel pump generator points runs well and reasonably priced It mentions three calls but states the car sold on the third night of the ad run The piece emphasizes advertiser satisfaction and lessons from ads and cancellations over the phone.
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FIAT
Eagle Family
Lone Ranger Actor Bruce Beemer Dies at 62
Bruce Beemer, 62, longtime Lone Ranger radio actor, died of a heart attack in Lake Orion, Michigan. He was the third actor to portray the famous masked hero, taking over in 1932 from the Detroit origin station WXYZ and remaining until the show ended in the 1940s.
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Lake Orion, Mich
Bruce Beemer
Lone Ranger
Beemer
WXYZ
Detroit
Air Strikes Halt After Error In Mekong Delta
US air strikes against Viet Cong in the Mekong Delta were halted after an error killed four South Vietnamese troops and wounded officers. Ground forces with U.S. helicopter support pressed a broad offensive, while the area remained heavily mined and under sniper fire.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong
Vietnamese Camouflaged Vessel Sunk Offshore Near Saigon
Vietnamese pilots report sinking a camouflaged vessel in the Mekong Delta area about 50 miles south of Saigon. The craft, possibly a munitions carrier from North Vietnam, carried about 30 men on deck as sampans ferried supplies. A South Vietnamese light plane said gunfire hit it while above the boat, prompting air support from two Vietnamese Air Force fighters to strike with rockets and bombs causing the object to burn and sink.
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Navy
North Viet Nam
Mekong
Kien Hoa
Saigon
Shorter Sessions Legislators Are Told How To Work Less
An 81 page report by the legislative Research Council in Boston shows how other states reduce annual workload and questions Massachusetts pay. It notes no recommendations but cites limits on session time and filing fees as possible tools.
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Boston
UPI
Legislative Research Council
Massachusetts
Senate
Maurice A. Donahue
D-Holyoke
California
Kosygin and Peking condemn U S Viet Nam report
Soviet Premier Kosygin and Chinese presses assailed the U S State Department white paper on South Viet Nam. Kosygin called the document a black book while Beijing decried it as a pretext for renewed aggression against North Viet Nam. Senators generally supported the paper’s case on Communist involvement.
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Washington
Alexei N. Kosygin
Red China
State Department
South Viet Nam
Kosygin
Leipzig
Department
Peking
U.S
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Johnson
Saigon
Asia
China
Tokyo
New China
United States
Democratic Republic of
Tass
Buddhists Launch Peace Drive in Saigon Rally
Thich Ho Giao led several thousand Buddhists in Saigon over the weekend urging an end to foreign intervention in Vietnam. He said foreign nations push war for form and block peace and freedom.
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Saigon
Thich Ho Giao
Form
Viet Nam
Quat rejects international Viet Nam war settlement
Premier Phan Huy Quat said Vietnam rejects any international solution that does not halt Communist infiltration and subversion. He left room for a negotiated settlement but insisted any deal must guarantee South Viet Nam's security and liberty. The two hour briefing drew over 200 foreign and local reporters.
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Saigon
UPD
Phan Huy Quat
Viet Nam
Quat
South Viet Nam
Rocket To Aim At Paper Moon
Cape Kennedy, Fla. AP An Atlas Centaur rocket will launch Tuesday to propel a spacecraft toward a fictional moon. The so called paper moon target lies 248000 miles away where the moon will be next October when Surveyor aims to land. The study gathers trajectory data in advance of the October lunar mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Lunar
Minon
Five Day Forecast Near Seasonal Norm With Light Precipitation
The forecast indicates temperatures through Saturday will average about 26 degrees with little day to day variation. Snow flurries or rain showers are expected Thursday and Friday amid otherwise mild winter patterns.
White Paper Narrows Vietnam Gap in Congress Rally
Congress members from both parties praise the administrations Vietnam White Paper while some Republicans voice doubt. Rep Melvin Laird applauds air strikes and cautions against sanctuary for Communists. Sen William Proxmire and Senate allies back the plan as best path to peace, urging readiness to widen ground forces if needed.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Congress
Johnson
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
Republican Conference
Laird
North Viet Nam
U.S
William S. Proxmire
Dwis
Senate
Proxmire
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N.E
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Sen
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Melvin R. Laird
William E. Proxmire
Mao Tse-tung
Moscow
Unity” Conference
Russia
Willy Stoph
Council
By Carl P. Leubsdorf
Southeast Asia
Gop
Viet Mam
Hawaii
Fuye
Russell B. Long
Lang
NBC
Meet the Press
Hanoi
Gale McGee
D-Wya
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