Rubbish jam blocks Housatonic river west branch
A photo shows a log and debris pile on the Housatonic west branch near South Street, including fire extinguishers tires and oil drums. GE engineer Lon O Nordeen has cleared some trash and urges public action while conservation officials discuss equipment and riverfront preservation.
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Housatonic
South Street
Nordeen
Pittsfield
Vincent J. Hebert
Purnell
Conservation Commission
Labor Council Blasts Auto Insurance Hikes
Boston AP The Massachusetts State Labor Council urged scrutiny of auto insurance ratemaking at a Boston hearing before the Insurance Commission. Council attorney Robert Segal accused insurers of misleading rate petitions and two sets of records, arguing rates and investment income justify a decrease rather than the proposed nearly 30 million increase. Governor Sargent said he did not believe the increases were justified.
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Boston
Massa
Interchusetts State Labor Council
State Insurance Commission
Robert MM. Segal
Council
Francis W. Sargent
Weekend Weather Clouds and Showers Forecast
Weekend forecast calls for cloudy skies with a chance of a shower today. Highs reach the low 50s, with partly cloudy conditions tonight and Lows in the 30s. Tomorrow should be partly sunny with highs around the 50s.
Labor Suffer Despite Cimb In Employed
Washington AP reports the Labor Department notes 45 million workers saw weekly pay decline 86 cents in October due to shorter hours, while inflation erodes gains from a year earlier. Employment rose to 70.6 million seasonally, with reduced overtime and shorter weeks signaling tougher times ahead.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bipartisan Senate Support for Nixon Vietnam Plan Grows
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield joined 39 senators in backing a resolution praising Nixon peace efforts and urging a mutual cease-fire in Vietnam. He warned against rushing the vote, saying it would not be pushed through. The measure mirrors a House Foreign Affairs Committee action with an added cease-fire call. A House vote was anticipated earlier.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Vietnam
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
D-Mont
Rpenn
Associated Press
Food Stamps Boost Move In Senate Action
The Senate moved a measure to boost food stamps with an authorization rise from 340 million to 610 million for the current fiscal year starting July 1. The action, backed by Nixon administration figures, stops short of a 750 million target and faces no House action weight. Senators from both parties supported the resolution, while debate linked to Vietnam proposals and anticipated antiwar demonstrations in November.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Threat to Nixon Brings Arrests
Two men faced $200,000 bond each for threatening President Nixon in relation to the Vietnam War. George W. Baker of Miami and John Anthony Baker of Breezewood, Pa., were arrested just before Nixon’s Key Biscayne weekend. The Miami man allegedly wrote Nixon promising to kill federal officials if his Vietnam son died. firearms were seized.
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Miami
Nixon
Vietnam
Key Biscayne
George W. Baker
John Anthony Baker
Breezewood
Asst
U.S. Atty
Mike Osman
George Baker
John Baker
Osman
Draft Board
Baker
Bahamas
Ron Ziegler
Ziegler
Washington, D.C
Jack Warner
Secret Service
John Arthur Baker
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
President Nixon seeks 1000 more air controllers and airport funds
Grand Day Bahamas AP President Nixon urged Congress to authorize 1000 additional air traffic controllers and pressed for passage of his 180 million airport and airway development bill. He said the 22,000 controllers currently on duty must be boosted to speed travel and avoid midair collisions. The plan would fund the new controllers in the current fiscal year with no extra budget, while proposing user charges to finance future airways projects.
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Grand Day
Bahamas
Nixon
Congress
Transportation
Ment
Florida
White House
New York
Gav
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefelter
Antiwar March Approved From Capitol To White House
Government grants a permit for a mass antiwar march on November 15 from Capitol Hill to the White House via Constitution Avenue. Demonstrators will rally near the Washington Monument after proceeding along Third Street to Constitution, then past the Ellipse to 17th Street. Deputy AG Kleindienst cites order and safety goals, details route change from Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
White House
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
Vietnam
Pennsylvania Avenue
Kleindienst
Constitution Avenue
Washington Monument
Capitol
Pennsylvania
Kléindienst
Capitol Hill
Third Street
Constitution
17Th Street
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General Electric
Lon O. Nordeen
City Conservation Commission
Department of Parks and Recreation
George R. Purnell
R. Jay Meddaugh
West Branch
Wislock
Labor Council
Scott
Mansfield
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Sens, Strom Thur
Pan American Airways
Airways
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