Calls for faster action as Belchertown deaths prompt probe
Friends of Belchertown accuse the state Mental Health Department of stalling an investigation after four residents died in two weeks starting November 19. The deaths triggered multiple probes and a federal lawsuit seeking improved living conditions and staffing at Belchertown and other state institutions.
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Belchertown
Mass
Friends of
Belcherown
Belchertown State School
State Department of Mental Health
U.S
Boston
Friends of Belchertown
Milton Greenblatt
Human Services
Peter C. Goldmark
Robert Yasi
Wilfred Bloomberg
Friends
Francis J.W. Ford
Manuel Real
Massachusetts Association For
Ford
Greenblatt
Wrentham
Dover
Fernald
Monson
Mental Health Department
Parents Group
Richard Magrie
Hampshire- Franklin Dist
John Callahan
Benjamin Ricci Jr
University of Massachusetts
Ricci
Bobby
Volpe Named U S Ambassador to Italy by Nixon
John Volpe 64, former Massachusetts governor and secretary of transportation, named Thursday as U S ambassador to Italy. He touts Italy as key to European security and says retirement is not in his plans, noting honors including Knight of Malta and Vatican knighthoods.
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Washington
America
John Anthony Volpe
Rome
Volpe
Nixon
U.S
Italy
Senate
Wakefield
Mass
Massachusetts
John Volpe
Baxter Park Timber Cutting Legality Probed
The Natural Resources Council plans to review legal questions in a timber cutting agreement between the Baxter State Park Authority and Great Northern Paper Co. A vote may be set to decide if the council will pursue court action to halt cutting of 110,000 cords in a remote northwestern park area, as 160,000 acres were originally involved.
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Great Northern
Dog's Gall Bladder Operation Cost Reduced at Angell Memorial
North Reading Massachusetts AP report on Thomas J. Culleton whose German Shepherd Stoney required emergency surgery and a 10 day stay at Angell Memorial. The initial bill of 745 was reduced to 275 after his family, facing unemployment and six children, appealed for relief.
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North Reading
Mass
Thomas J. Culleton
Culleton
Angell Memorial Animal Hospital
Stoney
Tommy
Angell Memorial
Jeanne Hamrin To Head Waban Day Care Center
Jeanne Hamrin from Cape Porpoise will lead the new Waban Day Care Center for children with special needs at Camp Waban starting Monday. The joint project of Waban Association and the State Department of Health and Welfare aims to serve handicapped children and will include Sally Whitehouse as co teacher. Interested readers may contact Wayne Wormwood at Box 195 North Berwick to participate.
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Sweden
Hamlin
New York
Sha’ar Hanashe
Israel
Hamrin
New York State Institute For Basic Research
Columbia University
Sally K. Whitehouse
Cape Porpoise
Springfield College
Katherine Gibbs School
Boston
Wayne Wormwood
Box 195
North Berwick
Tri States Weigh Joint Liquor Warehouse Plan
A New Hampshire Executive Council committee reports that New Hampshire Vermont and Maine are weighing a three state liquor warehousing venture. A feasibility study says a joint warehouse could be sited at Portsmouth Port and inventory flow could be improved through consolidation of 13 Boston area vendors.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Boston
Post Auxiliary Holds Seasonal Yule Party
The Past President's Parley of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion Auxiliary met at Wonder Bar Restaurant for their annual Christmas party. They voted to hold future meetings at local restaurants. A Spring meeting is planned with date and place to be announced. A donation to Biddeford Public Health Nurses was made and canned goods were collected for Christmas baskets. Attendees listed.
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Parley
Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion Auxiliary
Wonder Bar
Biddeford Public Health
Legion Post
Anna Donahue
Gladys Lamb
Blanche Keithly
Rose Soulard
Blanche Binette
Yvonne Bergeron
Evelyn Morin
Leona Goulet
Alice Goulet
Rita Couture
Ellen Kelleher
Maine Won’t Issue New Plates in 1973 Says Sticker Only
Maine Secretary of State Joseph T. Edgar announced that no new license plates will be issued in 1973 despite expired four year plates. A single 1973 sticker will be issued and placed in the upper right corner, covering the 1969 sticker, with new plates not due until 1974.
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Augusta
Maine
Joseph T. Edgar
Edgar
New Englander Magazine Sold to Yankee Inc
The New Englander magazine based in Portsmouth has been sold to Yankee Inc of Dublin publisher of Old Farmer's Almanac. Robert Trowbridge president of Yankee says the firm will publish its first issue in March with a new regional business editorial approach and a circulation expansion from about 7000 to 40 000 50 000.
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Dublin
N.H
New Englander
Walsh Publishing Corp
Portsmouth
Yankee, Inc
Old Farmer’s Almanac
New England Council
Robert Trowbridge
Yankee
Premature Maturation: When Life Feels Like An Antique
HAL BOYLE notes that some people age mentally by clinging to routines and avoiding novelty. He lists signs such as avoiding new films, reading the obituary page for pleasure, regular driving routes, stale conversations, and monotone moods, urging self shakeups.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Nee Nah Council honors officers and Christmas plans in Old Orchard Beach
Nee Nah Council of Pocahontas meets renominating officers led by Pocahontas Mary Bean and Keeper Evelyn Lunder. Christmas party set for Dec 18 with gifts exchange. Great Pocahontas Beulah Sterner to visit. Toilers-by-the-Sea and United Methodist Women also hold meetings. Kiwanis, dessert bridge, and art association events noted with attendees and activities.
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Nee Nah Council
Pocahontas
Wenonah Mary Bean
Evelyn Lunder
Catherine Lemire
Mary Bean
Priscilla Bibber
Linda Bean
Isabelle Pratt
Great Council
Geneva Perrin
Carrie Whittemore
Great Pocahontas
Beverly Bryant
Toilers-by-the Sea
Porter Hall
Edythe Baggs
Louise Stuart
Dessert Bridge Club
Wesley Mewer
Sunset Drive
Scorer
Mewer
Old Orchard Beach Art Association
Old Orchard Beach High School
Carolyn Wilson
Marion L. Dow
Mona Bragdon
Edmund E. Presley Sr
Ethel M
C. Paul Wight
Sylvia Goss
Helene Maurice
Carole Ann Maurice
Yolande Maurice
Lorraine Ryan
Almonza Souliere
Evelyn Y. Monier
Isabella Mclver
Alfred T. Simpson
Robert M. Black
Catherine B. Nielson
Alice D. Leavitt
Gertrude Eastman
Woman's Club Meeting in Kennebunk Pars with Decorations Demo
The Webhannet Woman's Club held a business meeting in Kennebunk featuring a Christmas decorations demonstration by Mapes Home and Garden Center. Guests included Mrs. Vernon Jones and others. The Jan 8 session at 1:30 p.m. will feature Bill Miller of the Taylor Wine Co on "Uses of Wine" plus film and wine tasting.
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Kennebunk
Webhannet Woman’s Club
Mapes Home
Vernon Jones
James Carll
Paul Bennett
Betty Roberts
Virginia Gupp
Louise Claus
Jack Russell
Willard Kelly
Frank R. Howe
Wells
Robert E. Pillsbury
Saco Rebekah Lodge Plans Saturday Meeting and Christmas Party
The Saco Rebekah Lodge will meet Saturday at 7 30 p m at the Odd Fellows Hall Main Street Saco Following the meeting a Christmas party will be held with members of the Encampment and Odd Fellows and their wives Attendees are asked to bring a gift for exchange Refreshments will be served and entertainment is in the charge of the Encampment
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Saco Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Main Street
Saco
Odd Fellows
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Waban Children Center
Howe’s Floor Store
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Southern Maine
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Mae Rood
Lucille Puffer
Elizabeth Wilson
Shirley Doe
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Ethel Draper
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Myrtle Peplaw
Silas Baggs
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