Hiss Reinstated to Massachusetts Bar After Reform
Alger Hiss, once convicted of perjury in a spy case that helped propel Richard Nixon to prominence, is reinstated to practice law in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that his good behavior over two decades supports readmission, with Hiss to take the bar oath in Boston.
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Boston
Alger Hiss
Richard M. Nixon
Massachusetts
State Supreme Judicial Court
Hiss
New York
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Nixon
California
House Committee
Lewisburg
State Board of Bar Overseers
Bar
G. Joseph Tauro
Board of Overseers
Supreme Judicial Court
John F. Groden
Groden
Rape Rate Surge Across 10 States Since 1972
En core American and World Wide reports a 60 percent rise in rape cases per 10 000 residents across ten states since 1972. The study highlights growing incidence and urges policy review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encore American
Durkin Wyman Lose Out On Pay
Senate officials said Republican Louis C. Wyman and Democrat John A. Durkin forfeit about $25,000 in back pay after the seat was declared vacant in August. A special runoff is set for Sept. 16 to fill the six year term, with the winner to receive $42,500 annually from oath.
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Washington
Senate
New Hampshire
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
GOP
Norris Cotton
Durkin
Middletown mural highlights smog issue and DEP funding
In Middletown a large pollution mural by Gayle Edmonds and local students appears across from the shuttered pollution control office. Health Director Karen Lundberg notes no direct link between ozone findings and a $2,000 state contribution to reopen the office. The city plans partial reactivation with town funds and federal aid as officials weigh efficiency.
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Middletown
Conn
New England
Karen Lundberg
Connecticut
Wesleyan University
Gayle Edmonds
Ainted
Theiddletown
Lundberg
State Department of Environmental Protection
Comet Kobayashi-Berger-Milan Visible Across Sky
Viewers in the Northern Hemisphere can see the Kobayashi-Berger-Milan comet with naked eye just below the Big Dipper handle. Discovered by Toru Kobayashi Douglas Berger and Dennis Milon the comet is 45 million miles from Earth en route to the sun and will remain visible for about two weeks. It reaches its closest solar approach on September 5 and will reappear for the Southern Hemisphere.
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Cambridge. Mass
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Kobayashi-Berger-Milan
Toru Kobayashi
Sakai
Japan
Douglas Berger
Union City
Calif
Dennis Milon
Cambridge
Smithsonian
Primary Measure Alive in Massachusetts Regional Primary Push
Legislation to make Massachusetts the focus of a regional presidential primary remains alive despite an adverse House Election Laws Committee report. The measure would move the Massachusetts primary to March to rival New Hampshire and would alter delegate selection methods. a redraft is planned to address opposition.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Massachusetts House
House
Francis C Lapointe
D-Chicopee
New Hampshire
New England
Lapointe
Thomas W. McGee
Lynn
David M. Bartley
D-Holyoke
Senate
Kevin B. Harrington
D-Salem
Thomas P O'Neill
Paul Guzzi
Charles F Flaherty Jr
Cambridge
Democratic State Committee
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Mass. Bar
Lahey Clinic
UPI
Essex Street
Boston Police
Joseph Land
Favorite Overalls Co
Electrolux
Desco Parts & Repair
Singer
Biddeford
Price
Wyman
N.E
North Branford
New London
Norwalk
Bicentennial Commission of
New Haven
Schooner Inc of
Luckey
Salem
Clearwater
Hudson River
Yale University
Peter Halsey
Yale
James Agrested
Portsmouth
Exeter
Durham
Newmarket
N.H
Drake Smith
Route
Seiween
Exeter & Durham
Robert G. Cyr
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport, Wells Water District
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