Meditation Gets Chance In Fight Against Drugs
The International Meditation Society seeks to reduce alcohol and drug abuse and crime through transcendental meditation. Vermont funds 2500 dollars to send a meditation teacher and provide stipends for students unable to pay. Aimed at northeastern Vermont, the program will evaluate outcomes after six months to a year with participants from the local community.
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Montpelier
International Meditation Society
Vermont
Social and Rehabilitative Services Department
Meditation Society
Joseph R. Handy
Handy
North
St. Johnsbury
Hardwick
Daniel Kaufman
Burlington
Kaufman
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Groton Shipyard Strike Drives Food Stamp Need in Community
In Groton Connecticut striking workers at Electric Boat, a General Dynamics division, have turned to food stamps with over 1,000 applications filed at a storefront aid office. The Metal Trades Council unions pressed talks on seniority grievance and arbitration while major issues like wages remained unresolved and picket activity waned.
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Groton
Calf
Community Services Committee
Metal Trades Council
General Dynamics
Mansfield backs end to Senate stalemate in New Hampshire race
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged breaking the deadlock over the disputed November 5 Senate election between Republican Louis C. Wyman and Democrat John A. Durkin. After a fifth failed bid to cut off debate, Republicans and Democrats faced another vote as the stalemate stretched over 27 ballots and eight procedural issues.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Senate
New Hampshire
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
Wyman
Durkin
Robots Still Second Best in Rhode Island Lab Work
University of Rhode Island professor Dr. John Birk, backed by an $85 000 National Science Foundation grant, builds a home sized robot with a hand and arm capable of grips and multi directional movement. The device lacks human level understanding coordination and sight but can be reprogrammed for various industrial tasks and offers the advantage of not getting bored.
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South Kingstown
R.I
University of Rhode Island
John Birk
Birk
National Science Foundation
Five Charged In Bridge Burning Case At Conway
In Conway New Hampshire four adults and a juvenile were charged in district court with arson over the July 5 destruction of the 273 foot Smith Eastman covered bridge over the Saco River. Denis Frost 27 and Paul Bell 23 faced arson counts with 5000 bail each. Brenda Putnam 18 and Wendy Barriet 20 held on arson with 1000 bail. Juvenile proceedings were started for the youth. The bridge had been 130 years old leaving 59 covered bridges in New Hampshire.
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Conway
N.H. (Ap
Smith-Eastman
Denis A. Frost
Paul Bell
Albany
Conway District Court
Brenda Putnam
Wendy Barriet
Saco River
New Hampshire
Judge Denies Injunction To Halt I 95 Widening North Of Boston
U S District Court Judge Hugh Bownes denied a preliminary injunction sought by the Essex County Preservation Association to halt widening Interstate 95 from four to eight lanes over 18 miles north of Boston. The group argued the environmental study overestimated traffic and urged an impact review, but the judge ruled no irreparable environmental harm shown and that future traffic levels are not for the court to decide.
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Concord
N.H
U.S. District Court
Hugh Bownes
Massachusetts
Boston
Essex County Mass. Preservation Association
Bownes
Preservation Association
Preservation Society
Francis W Sargent
Danvers-Middleton
Merrimack River
Newburyport
New Hampshire
Newport Synagogue Prepares Bicentennial Visitor Push
In Newport Rhode Island the Touro Synagogue gets a fresh coat of paint a rebuilt fence and Bicentennial medals to draw visitors. Rabbi Theodore Lewis notes the old building draws many travelers unaware of Newport’s early Jewish history and its Sephardic roots dating to the 1600s tied to Roger Williams religious freedom.
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Touro
Theodore Lewis
Lewis
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
Roger Williams
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