UMass Students Call Two Day Class Boycott Over Budget Cuts
Amherst mass residents report that 23000 students at the University of Massachusetts planned a two day class boycott to protest a proposed 10 percent cut in the 94 million dollar budget. Gov Dukakis administration says the cut is needed amid a fiscal crisis.
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Mass
University of Massachusetts
Michael
Dukakis
New England
Brown University
Action Committee
Umass
Massachusetts Tornado Season Forecast From Boston Meteorologist
National Weather Service foresees about four destructive tornadoes in Massachusetts this summer with July as the peak. Meteorologist Anthony E. Tancreto notes varied monthly occurrences, cites historic Worcester and West Stockbridge events, and urges sheltering rules to minimize danger during funnel activity.
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Massachuetts
Mississippi
National Weather Service
Bay State
Anthony E. Tancreto
Massachusetts
Worcester
West Stockbridge
Massachusetts moves toward mandatory death penalty amid Supreme Court questions
The Massachusetts House approved the bill 154 to 68 as Senate action loomed. If enacted, it would impose mandatory death for nine categories of first degree murder, while Supreme Court arguments on North Carolina cases threaten the legality of such statutes.
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Massachusetts
U.S. Supreme Court
House
Michael S. Dukakis
Senate
Dukakis
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Francis W. Sargent
Senate Judiciary Committee
John J. Conte
Worcester
Conte
Rules Panel To Review Key Vote On Ballots
The Senate Rules Committee will reconvene Wednesday to reconsider skip ballots in New Hampshire's disputed Senate race between John A. Durkin and Louis Wyman. The panel has faced multiple tie votes over 180 000 ballots and may decide whether to count ballots marked skip for Wyman or Durkin, influencing the election outcome.
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Senate Rules Committee
Senate
New Hampshire
John A. Durkin
Louis Wyman
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Wyman
Allen
Durkin
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
State Ballot Law Commission
State Commission
Skip Durkin
Boston Theaters For Sale Over Crime and Neglect
Boston theater owners say crime, crumbling neighborhoods, and a hostile surrounding area threaten the Colonial Wilbur and Shubert. They cite poor press, lingering skid row access, and nearby porn shops as factors driving audiences away and prompting sales. Mayor White responded with police patrols and better lighting, but owners remain dissatisfied.
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Colonial
Wilbur
Shubert
James Hulse
the Colonial
Richard Hummler
Alexander Cohen
Kevin H. White
Ford to attend Nimitz commissioning and Susan Ford event
President Ford will fly to Norfolk Virginia for the USS Nimitz commissioning, then via helicopter to Winchester for his daughter Susan’s Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival crowning. Nessen announced the plans on Monday.
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Ford
Norfolk
U.S.S. Nimitz
White House
Ron Nessen
Winchester
Susan
Resumed search for missing plane near Boothbay Harbor
The air and sea search for a Piper Cherokee Six missing since Sunday resumed today with no trace of the plane or its seven passengers. The plane ferried six construction workers to an oil refinery project in Saint John New Brunswick.
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Maine
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Plaistow
N.H
Michael T., McEvoy
North Andover
Kevin J. Kelleher
Salem
Craig O'Connell
Salisbury
Thomas Patterson
Framingham
Alex Coady
Brendan Sullivan
Chelmsford
Coast Guard
New Brunswick
Piper
Canada
Richard T. Davis
Civil Air Patrol
Portland
Davis
Bar Harbor
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Pease Air Force Base
New Hampshire
Brunswick
Massachusetts Faces Oil Policy Alone Amid Regional Doubts
Massachusetts lawmakers heard blunt advice that a regional energy plan is unlikely as officials warned the rest of New England will not back a special treatment for the Northeast. The session also discussed limited prospects for developable oil near Georges Bank and the Balt imore Canyon, while drilling plans persist.
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Massachusetts
New England
Roger Babb
Rogers Morton
John McGlennon
Environmental Protection Agency
Babb
McGlennon
Sachusetts
Robert Black
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Georges Bank
Baltimore Canyon
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