New England News Briefs Highlights from Rhode Island to Massachusetts
Multiple brief items across New England. Paul Nadeau 18 of West Warwick drowned at Pascoag Reservoir near Mater Spei Day Camp in Rhode Island. Newport Folk Festival opens with Joan Baez Bob Dylan Theodore Bikel Peter Paul and Mary and Pete Seeger. Dover Street Bridge beams caught fire causing collapse delaying New Haven Railroad service. Senate Agriculture Committee approves rural water grants and loans bill introduced by Senator George Aiken. Beatrice LeComte 65 dies in Bedford fire in a duplex bedroom. daughter Marie Bogrette reports the incident.
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Glocester
R.I
Paul Nadeau
West Warwick
Mater Spei
Pascoag Reservoir
Bob Dylan
Theodore Bikel
Peter, Paul and Mary
Pete Seeger
Boston
Dover Street
New Haven
South Boston
South End
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
George Aiken
R-Vt
Farmer's Home Administration
Bedford
Mass
Beatrice LeComte
Marie Bogrette
Boston University gets $3.5 million for medical school building
The Public Health Service awarded Boston University 3,497,638 dollars to fund a 10 story instructional building at the Medical Center School of Medicine. Dr Harold C Case outlined the grant and its grantor on campus plans.
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Boston
USS
Public Health Service
Boston University
University Medical Center
School of Medicine
Harold C. Case
Univer
Medicare Act Questions Answered for the Elderly
Washington AP lists questions and answers on the two new government health programs for seniors in the Social Security health care bill. Benefits include a basic hospitalization plan and a voluntary supplemental plan, with specifics on coverage, costs, start dates in 1966 and 1967, and options for private insurance.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Quincy gets $88,852 labor grant for job training
The Labor Department approved an $88,852 grant for Quincy Massachusetts to train 200 unemployed workers. The 26 week program will run at General Dynamics Electric Boat division in Quincy with private funds expected to match the grant for a $6.5 million building plan.
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Sity
Washington
Labor Department
Quincy
Mass
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division
Arnzen Quits Pine Tree Society Post
ROME AP J Richard Arnzen resigns as executive director of the Pine Tree Society for Cr ippled Children and Adults Inc The move announced Wednesday takes effect immediately Arnzen had held the post since 19
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Rome
J. Richard Arnzen
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Arnzen
Government Spending Figures Show Small Federal Decline
Final fiscal year spending shows Defense Department cuts of 3.5 billion while total federal outlays fall only 900 million from 98.3 to 97.4 billion. Treasury Secretary Fowler and Budget Director Schultze released figures. White House cites a 3.5 billion deficit for 1965 vs 6.3 billion earlier.
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Associated Press
Washington
Defense Department
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Biddeford
Pine Tree Society
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UAR
Reserve Officers Association
Army Reserve National Guard
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