Massachusetts House disrupted by welfare protest invasion
Protesters described as revolutionaries burst into the Massachusetts House during a debate on welfare cuts. Two men, Robert Gardner and Scott Ridley, were arrested. injuries were reported among officers and attendees. Rep. Barney Frank condemned the disruption as it followed by leaflets from the group claiming to represent Western Massachusetts activists.
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Capitol
Paul L. Doherty
Robert R Gardner
Amherst
Scott A. Ridley
West Chatham
University of Massachusetts
Barney Frank
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Vistors
James Kahalas
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Vermonters First Urges Shift From Out-of-State Firms
The Vermont Alliance urges policy change to favor community-based businesses over out-of-state corporations. Aimed at retaining profits locally, the group proposes a new community industry development division and a state loan program to back local firms.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Alliance
Donald V. Webster
Jeremy Ingpen
Chelsea
Oxford
Reading University
Ingpen
New England
Cabot
Cooperative Creamery
Webster
Stripper Foxe and Mills Now Just Friends in Connecticut
Fanne Foxe says she divorced last year to be with Rep. Wilbur Mills but notes the public won’t accept a congressman marrying a stripper. Battistella moved to Connecticut and begins new career as writer actress and nightclub performer.
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Westport, Conn
Fanne Foxe
Wilbur Mills
Annabel Battistella
Connecticut
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Arlington
Arkansas
Gov Noel rails at oil price rigging and GOP foes
Providence AP dispatch reports Rhode Island Governor Philip W. Noel denying national ambitions says he will play a role in next year’s elections. He criticizes local Republicans over a nursing home stake and national Republicans over oil price handling, calling a $7,000 investment in his children’s nursing home a non-issue.
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H. James Field
GOP
Pawtuxet Village
Noel
Nelson A Rockefeller
Oldest Vermont Prison Fades to Empty Silence and Memory
Windsor Vermont AP report recalls Vermont State Prison built 1809 and closed August 7. Retired guard Dale Rook reflects on riots fires escapes and personal toll, noting sparse custodians and lingering memories after inmates were moved to federal facilities.
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Vermont State Prison
Vermont
Dale Rook
Fortress Rock
Thomson To Begin Alaska Visit
New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson will depart Sunday for a week long Alaska trip. He will tour the Alaskan pipeline route and natural gas fields in the southern part of the state with aides including his son Peter and officials from Resources and Economic Development and the fish and game department. The trip, funded mainly by state funds, is described as a state function despite criticism over private plane use.
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N.H
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
Alaska
Thomson
Peter
George Gilman
Fish and Game Department
Governor’s Body Guard
May Toss-Up in Durkin Wyman Senate Contest
In New Hampshire 100 voters show 29 undecided about the Sept 16 special election between Republican Louis C Wyman and Democrat John A Durkin. Durkin leads among interviewees in Laconia and Manchester while Wyman appeals to others amid criticism of the Senate delay.
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James Ayres
Senate
New Hampshire
Associated Press
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John A. Durkin
Durkin
Manchester
Wyman
John Gazadajka
Gazadska
Norris Cotton
Ralph Frye
Congress
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Ayres
Wahlington
Andy Dunn
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