Police Troop Quells Boston Housing District Riots
Riot squad deployed in Mission Hill and Orchard Park as hundreds of youths threw rocks damaging cars. At least 20 arrests and nine injuries reported, one serious, as residents from Roxbury and Boston City Hospital were involved. Witnesses described chaotic, racially charged clashes amid city unrest.
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Frank Gravino
Boston City Hospital
Gravino
New York City
Mission Hill
Orchard Park
Mary Morgan
Roxbury
Ford NH Visit Open Question in Wyman Senate Race
White House deputy said President Ford favors Louis C. Wyman but may not visit New Hampshire to campaign. Wyman supporters say Ford will come. Gov. Thomson cites an arrival, while Durkin and Wyman campaigns plan rallies in Concord and Manchester amid inflation, health care costs and spending debates. Carmen Chimento of the American party calls for honesty in government.
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Concord
N.H
White House
Ford
Louis C. Wyman
U.S. Senate
New Hampshire
Wyman
Larry Speakes
John A. Durkin
Meldrim Thomson
Durkin
Claremont
Congress
Manchester
Carmen C. Chimento
Senate
State Troopers Forming Union in New Hampshire
New Hampshire state troopers are organizing into a labor union under the International Brotherhood of Police Officers. About 260 staff members, roughly 180 troopers in uniform, are affected. Col. Paul Doyon opposes an outside agency but won’t obstruct. he favors the State Police Benevolent Association for representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord. N.H
Doyon
State Police Benevolent Association
Senator Leahy Targets Do-Nothing Federal Agencies
U S Senator Patrick Leahy says the Federal Fire Council wastes up to 100 million dollars yearly and should be dismantled. He plans to terminate its 67000 dollar annual appropriation and seeks similar action against other agencies. Six Vermont college students staffed his waste search this summer.
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Montpelier
Fire Council
Congress
U.S
Patrick J. Leahy
D-Vt
Leahy
Senate
Vermont College
the Treasury
Agriculture and Armed Services
Council
William Hanbury
Federal Fire Council
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
National Fire Prevention Council
Guard Doctors Seek Malpractice Coverage During Duty
Attorneys for eight of sixteen Massachusetts National Guard doctors debate whether malpractice suits apply while on duty at Fort Drum New York. State officials say the attorney general will defend if sued, but will not represent them in military trials. Law excludes medical acts by state employees from malpractice liability, yet officials note limits and insurance gaps exist for guard members on duty.
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Boston
Massachusetts National Guard
Attorney General's Office
Rober Bonin
Bonin
Fort Drum
N.Y
Neil L. Chavez
Boston Globe
Teenage parachutist survives ride on freight train
Seventeen year old Anna Cuttone parachuted with friends in Biddeford Maine. Her chute snagged a box car, she hung on as the train haltered three miles away in Arundel. She escaped with cuts and a chin gash stitched after being helped off the train by railroad staff.
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Waltham
Mass
Anna Cuttone
Biddeford
Maine
Reston
Billerica
Arundel
Henry Trefethern
John L. Dunham
Miss Cuttone
Historian William Shirer Locked Out by Wife in Lenox Case
Author William L. Shirer filed a criminal complaint after his wife Martha changed the locks keeping him from clothes, checkbooks, and manuscripts. Judge John J. Dwyer charged Mrs. Shirer with larceny by conversion and the case awaits further hearing.
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See
Mass
William L. Shirer
Shirer
Martha
John J. Dwyer
Lenox
Log Drive Case Sets Up Trial in Maine Rivers dispute
In Portland Maine U S District Judge Edward T Gignoux denied a bid to halt Kennebec Log Driving Co pulpwood drives for several paper firms The trial date may be set when court reconvenes next month The case relies on an 1899 antipollution statute and a government push to force river cleanup The Maine legislature has ordered log drives to end by Oct 1 1976 A government victory could end the drives earlier and the suit argues log placement hazards navigation and illegal refuse deposit
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Portland, Maine
Kennebec
U.S
Edward T. Gignoux
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Gignoux
Maine
Salt Lake Vast Saltiness Described
The Great Salt Lake in Utah spans about 70 miles by 20 miles and holds water up to 32 feet deep, its salinity roughly five times that of typical ocean brine.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Jesuit's Return Is Mystery
Officials in Boston could not explain the reported return to the United States of Rev. Aram J. Berard S J of Boston from South Vietnam. He was described as among Westerners leaving Vietnam amid mounting difficulties under the new authorities. He was aboard a jet that landed in Bangkok and was to spend several days there before continuing home.
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Boston
Society of Jesus
United States
South Vietnam
Aram J. Berard
S.J
Father Berard
Bangkok
Thailand
U.S. State Department
Residents Protest Four Lane Riverfront Highway in Hallowell
About 1,000 residents demonstrated against a planned four lane highway through Hallowell Maine organized by the Committee to Save Hallowell. Speakers led by State Sen. Bennett D Katz and US Rep David F Emery argued the project should be blocked citing historic riverfront buildings and the AGATS study still in planning.
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Hallowell, Maine
Hallowell
Committee To Save
Augusta-Gardiner Area
State Department of Transportation
Bennett D. Katz
Augusta
Katz
Kennebec River
David F. Emery
Striker Charged In Claremont Beef Co. dispute
Claremont New Hampshire police charged Robert Dion 25 with reckless conduct after a cherry bomb firecracker was thrown into the Claremont Beef Co cutting room during a strike by Local 10 Amalgamated Meatcutters Union. No injuries or damage were reported as the strike enters its tenth day with negotiations set to resume Monday.
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Robert Dion
Claremont
Amalgamated Meatcutters Union
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Mission Hill Project
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Milton Shapp
Bination
Beacon Street
Massachusetts State House
Ford N.H
Union
Chrtist
National Hot Dog and Sausage Council
America
Pittsfield
Art Gallery
Center Street
Portland
Park & Shop
Saga Food Service
Saint Francis College
Jesuit
Claremont, N.H
Claremont Beef Co
Janelle’s Dog Grooming Salon Inc
Pet Supply & Accessories
Wells
Town & Country
Five Points Shopping Center
Robert G. Cyr
Fiber Materials Inc
Stephanie Smith
Biddeford Industrial Park
Biddeford, Maine
Old Orchard
Saco Area
Joan Dubuc
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