Fire officials indicted in Boston campaign fund case
A Suffolk County grand jury indicted former Fire Commissioner James H. Kelly and Deputy Chief Leslie Magoon, naming current Fire Chief George Paul an unindicted co conspirator. Seven indictments allege Kelly and Magoon conspired to seek political contributions and promised promotions to department employees. Kelly and Magoon set to appear for arraignment. Paul defends understanding of the term.
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Boston
Kevin H. White
Suffolk County Panel
James H. Kelly
Leslie L. Magoon
George Paul
Kelly
Magoon
Paul
Atty
Francis X. Bellotti
Veteran Senator Cotton Returns To Campaign Trail In New Hampshire
Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire resumes campaigning for Republican Louis Wyman after briefly retiring. He calls the tight Durkin Wyman race pivotal for committee seats and GOP control, urging party unity and vote turnout amid a runoff election in September.
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Concord
N.H
Norris Cotton
House of Representatives
Senate
Louis C. Wyman
Cotton
New Hampshire
Unity Party
Meldrim Thomson
Wyman
Durkin
Washington
Joseph Grandmaison
Manchester
Charles Bo Stanton
Nashua
Denis Sullvan
Grandmatson
Sullivan
Rhode Island Speed Limit Proposal Is Rejected
The Rhode Island Traffic Commission rejected lowering speed limits on highways. Senator James Costello questioned legality of setting limits below 55 mph on federally funded interstates. Governor Wo NP el’s safety adviser had proposed reducing night limits to 50 mph to cut fatalities, with practicality and interstate consistency concerns noted.
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Rhode Island
Traffic Commission Commission
James Costello
D-Lincoln
Philip Wo Npel
Edward J. Walsh
Costello
Sponsor Sees Food Stamps Expanding Beyond Intent
Putney Vermont sponsor George I. Aiken says the federal food stamp program has outgrown Congressional aims and backs Secretary Earl Butz who wants it moved from the Agriculture Department. Butz criticized the program as a welfare department while speaking to Maine farmers, noting two thirds of his budget goes to stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putney. Vt
Congress
US Agriculture
Earl Butz
George I. Aiken
R-Vt
Butz
Department of Agriculture
Augusta
Maine
Aiken
Senate
Agriculture Department
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Barre
Welfare Restriction Challenged in New Hampshire Suit
Ruth Archibald of Winchester filed in U S District Court to challenge a New Hampshire policy denying welfare payments for children with a stepparent claiming equal protection violations. She seeks AFDC and Medicaid for herself and three of her four children and asks for a three judge court to hear the merits. The suit cites her August 1974 marriage and her husband’s high weekly earnings and travel costs.
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Concord. N.H
New Hampshire
Ruth M. Archibald
Winchester
U.S. District Court
Archibald
Henry L. Archibald
Patriots Tackle Shelby Jordan Faces Expanded Drug Charge
A federal grand jury in Providence expanded the drug case against New England Patriots tackle Shelby Jordan to include conspiracy to sell cocaine. Jordan, 23, and Providence resident Lewis Cohen, 28, were previously charged with sale of cocaine. the indictments add conspiracy to plan the cocaine sale. Jacqueline Mazzo, 23, also of Providence, was arraigned on a drug possession charge.
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Providence
New England Patriots
Shelby Jordan
Jordan
Lewis Cohen
Jacqueline Mazzo
Cohen
Time Of Your Life at Harvard Summer School Repertory
Harvard Summer School Repertory Theatre presents The Time of Your Life at the Loeb Drama Center through Aug 23. Joe the central character guides a San Francisco saloon crowd including Nick, a cop duo, a dreamer, a prostitute, and Kit Carson as director John Shearin frames a nostalgic prewar portrait.
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Cambridge
Mass
William Saroyan
Harvard Summer School Repertory Theatre
Loeb Drama Center
San Francisco
Nick
Joe
Kit Carson
Saroyan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
the Loeb
John Shearin
Donald Soule
CN Harbors Board Posts Losses and Price Hikes Across Canada
The Canadian National Harbors Board reports a 14.3 million loss for last year due to rising interest costs. Shell Oil Canada plans a wholesale price increase of about 5.3 cents to offset higher crude prices and refining costs. Premier Bourassa seeks arbitration to resolve a Pratt and Whitney strike. Atlantic Fishermen argue Russian herring reports are inaccurate, with quotas reached early. A hospital worker in Kingston contracted typhoid after church camp exposure. Manitoba declares emergency health measures to counter possible encephalitis outbreak with mosquito spraying across Winnipeg.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Harbors Board
Harbors Board
Canada
Toronto
Shell Oil Co. of Canada
Winnepeg
Saul Miller
Manitoba
Miller
Winnipeg
Clean Environment Commission
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Groton
Conn
UPI
John Irwin
Bellotti
Kirk O'Donnell
White
Joseph Timilty
Black Hart
M.tota ST. Joseph Hall
Elm Street
Biddeford
Gambleh Putuaneo
Faice
NEW England News
A Re
Edward W. Brooke
R.mass
Brooke
General Truck & Car
Service
Jesse Bunnell
Shell Oil
Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft
Bourassa
Kingston, Ont
Kingston General Hospital
James Flett
Free Methodist Church
North America
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