Connecticut Senator Urges Smoke Detectors in New Homes
Hartford UPI Sen George L Gunther R Stratford pushes a bill to require builders to install smoke detectors in all new single family homes noting fires and deaths from smoke inhalation He says adding the detector cost to home price would be about four or five dollars per year and asks the state fire marshal to inspect detectors for effectiveness The plan excludes existing homes and aims to shield new residences from fire risk.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Connecticut
George L. Gunther
Stratford
Gunther
Hayes Fiedler urge expanded arts funding in Massachusetts
Helen Hayes and Arthur Fiedler led a roomful testimony before the Special Commission on the Performing Arts urging stronger public support for the arts in Massachusetts. Hayes praised openings but warned of the stakes for American culture, while Fiedler noted the Boston Symphony Orchestra faces a widening deficit and weathered attendance. Louise Tate emphasized arts as essential resources attracting people and business, and former Attorney General Robert H. Quinn argued art funding should match other public investments.
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Boston
UPI
Helen Hayes
Boston Pops
Arthur Fiedler
Massachusetts
Miss Hayes
The
American Theatre
Fiedler
Special Commission On the Performing Arts
Epec
America
Louise Tate
Massachusetts Council On the Arts and Humanities
Miss Tate
Robert H. Quinn
Oil spill figures questioned at New England offshore hearing
Shell Oil executive C J Shirley told a Interior Department panel in Boston that federal spill estimates are greatly overstated for exploration of 1.2 million offshore acres. He noted strong environmental safeguards and 1 million dollars of cleanup gear in Rhode Island. The hearing, part of a four day schedule, examined 1.8 million acres off Georges Bank and potential leases amid boundary talks with Canada.
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Boston
UPI
Georges Bank
Gulf of Mexico
Newngland
C.J. Shirley
Shell Oil Corp
Interior Department
Shirley
Davisville
R.I
Irley
Bureau of Land Management
Providence
New England
Washington
Canada
Department of State
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
U.S. Interior Department
Extradition fight in triple murder case heard in NH Supreme Court
Keene man Robert Smith seeks to avoid extradition to Massachusetts on December murders of Dr. Hugh Mahoney his wife Ruth and son John. Co-defendants Robert Wilson and Terrence Milan face related charges as hearings set for January with briefs due by December 21. Smith, Wilson inmates at NH State Prison, also tied to a March Greenfield Mass. killings case and recent escape attempt leading to punitive detention.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Masschusetts
Robert Smith
Hugh Mahoney
Ruth
John
Robert Wilson
Keene
Terrence Milan
Jaffrey
Wilson
Middlesex County Grand Jury
Cambridge
Mass
Milan
Smith
New Hampshire
Greenfield
Supreme Court
Robert Stein
New Hampshire Legal Assistance
Meldrim Thomson
Massachusetts
Superior Court
Charles Flynn
Stein
State Supreme Court
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Anglewood
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Bethany Saunders
Hendersonville
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