Vermont and Maine Join Suit Against New Hampshire Over Commuter Tax
Vermont Attorney General James M. Jeffords said he will join Maine in a lawsuit against New Hampshire challenging its commuter tax on residents. He notes Vermont loses about $300,000 annually as revenues shift to New Hampshire and Maine. Jeffords plans a legal brief with Maine for the New Hampshire Supreme Court this fall.
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Montpelier
Vermont
James M. Jeffords
Green Mountain
Stae
Maine
New Hampshire
Jeffords
Granite State
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Treasuries
Massachusetts
Carl M. Austin
York
Merrimac
N.H
U.S
Supreme Court
Mountain State
Duplicate Bridge Played At Beach OLD ORCHARD BEACH
Duplicate bridge at the Lawn Avenue Playhouse featured players including Robert Whelan Oscar Paradis Gwenn Flannery Estella Aranovitch and others. Winners were Whelan Paradis first Flannery Aranovitch second Warren third Spiegel fourth. A game is set for tomorrow at 1 p.m. and a novice game at 7 30 p.m.
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Old Orchard Beach
Lawn Avenue Playhouse
Robert Whelan
Oscar Paradis
Gwenn Flannery
Estella Aranovitch
James Warren
Harold Spiegel
Cyril Somerville
Jane Burns
Fernando Hamel
Roger Conrad
Margaret Bloomfield
Richard Cote
Max Blond
Linda Stronberg
James Moutsatsos
Alice Fecteau
Donald Briggs
Whelan
Paradis
Band Will Play In Ocean Park
Painchand's Band of Biddeford under Calvin Torrey performs in the Temple at Ocean Park tomorrow night at 8. The program features popular tunes Broadway selections and marches.
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Ocean Park
Painchand
Band of
Biddeford
the Temple
Calvin Torrey
Guards Quell Disturbance At Men’s Center
About 25 inmates at the state Men’s Correctional Center disrupted activity with noise and minor damage. Supt. Merton R. Johnson said guards, aided by staff from days off, restored order with no outside help and most work programs paused except for essential roles. Johnson noted rumors of demand for pay for work.
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South Windham
State Men’s Correctional Center
Merton R. Johnson
Johnson
Imates
You ll Have To Pay More To Watch
Saline Michigan reports a humorous price sign for auto repair hourly rates. Labor costs stand at nine dollars per hour, watching at twelve, helping at fifteen, and supervising at twenty per hour. The notice suggests mechanics prefer working solo.
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Saline, Mich
Detroit
Stage Set For Segregation Inquiry By Denver Board
Denver school board filed a 132 page final brief in a desegregation suit before the Supreme Court asking that all court ordered integration of Denver public schools be ended. Oral arguments are expected when the court reconvenes for its fall term. The suit was brought in June 1969 by eight families alleging intentional school segregation.
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Denver
Denver School Board
Supreme Court
South
High Court
McGovern’s rise from shy boy to political figure
A detailed portrait traces George McGovern’s path from a reserved Mitchell SD youth to a relentless debater and future political leader. It covers family background, early education, war service as a bomber pilot, debating success, religious shifts, and his move into higher education and early political life.
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Lingsworth
Avon, S.D
Grace Kiehlbach
George
McGovern
Mitchell
South Dakota
S. Robert Pearson
George Janke
Glee Club
Vocations Club
George McGovern
Mitchell ‘High
Eddie Mizel
Tax report omits loopholes in wealthy tax data
Rep. Henry Reuss says Treasury figures exclude loophole income such as capital gains and oil depletion allowances. He notes 15,211 taxpayers in the 200,000 plus bracket paid an average 177,161 in 1970, an effective rate of 44.1 percent of adjusted gross income, while about 18,000 minimum-taxed wealthy faced roughly 4 percent.
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Washington
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Treasury Department
Treasury
Edwin S. Cohen
Reuss
Cohen
Maine Arts Commission Receives NEA Grants
The Maine State Commission on the Arts and Humanities earned a $6,000 NEA grant to launch Film in the Schools and a $5,000 NEA grant to continue Poetry in the Schools. Both programs run under Artists in the Schools and will begin this fall in collaboration with the U.S. Office of Education. Film in the Schools funds two week residencies by film makers to develop local teacher film techniques. Poetry in the Schools will place five Maine poets in five elementary schools for five weeks of twice weekly workshops.
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Augusta
Maine State Commission On the Arts and Humanities
National Endowment For the Arts
NEA
U.S. Office of Education
Maine
South China Youth Killed In Car Wreck
An 18 year old, Preston H. Mosher, died at the scene after his car spun out on a turn in South China. Three other passengers were injured in the Monday night crash, state police said.
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South China
Preston H. Mosher
Mosher
Safety citations on Blacksville No 1 mine and 1971 72 transport deaths
U S Bureau of Mines records show Con solidation Coal Co Blacksville No 1 mine incurred nearly 500 federal safety citations over four years. Nine miners were reported dead after a fire and blasts. most citations issued after 1970. Separate federal figures report 58,452 transportation deaths in 1971 with motor vehicle fatalities at 50,949 and a declining rate per vehicle mile despite higher totals.
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Morgantown
W. Va
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Consolidation Coal Co
Blacksville No. 1
Blacksville
John Corcoran
Consolidation
Washington
Transportation Department
Department
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
Volpe
Navy ends dropping live grenades in Chesapeake Bay training
A 25 year Navy practice of dropping live hand grenades into an unrestricted area of Chesapeake Bay during training was halted after questions from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. The spokesman admitted the mistake noting the explosions were meant to simulate damage. Maj. J. W. van Loben Sels then said he would review the issue before the Navy suspended the practice two hours later.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
George McGovern
Young McGovern
McGovern
House of Representatives
John Vesey
Joseph McGovern
Prairies
North Dakota
Joseph
Frances McLean McGovern
George
James Hol
Eleanor
Italy
South Dakota
L. McGovern
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Dakota Wesleyan
Garrett Theological Seminary
Northwestern University
Illinois
Diamond Lake
Ill
Northwestern
Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Norfolk
J. W. van Loben Sels
Corps of Engineers
Teen Sustains Fractured Spine After Accident
In the crash Bobbi Jo Bennett, 15, of Vassalboro suffered a fractured spine while two other passengers were treated and released at an Augusta hospital.
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Bobbi Jo Bennett
Vassalboro
Augusta
George Durfee Vacuum Supplies and Service Ad
George Durfee offers vacuum bags filters hoses and repair parts for all makes and models. Repairs guaranteed with free pickup and delivery after 5 PM. Call for service and availability.
Bay Area Clamming Ban Remains Amid Oil Cleanup
Coast Guard announces use of heavy equipment today to remove oil slicks from Casco Bay beaches, restricting access to clam digging and other shore activities until cleanup progresses.
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Portland
Coast Guard
Casco Bay
Port oil spill cleanup begins as Tamano faces closure
Bulldozers and front loaders prepare for shoreline restoration after 40000 to 60000 gallons of bunker C oil spill from the Tamano tanker. The bay is closed to damming. Texaco funds cleanup, Wilhelmsen faces bond, and Coast Guard probes cause. Scores of oil-coated birds reported. EPA cautious on marine impact.
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Portland
Department of Sea&Shore Fisheries
Augusta
Bay Area
Texaco
Hussey Sound
Coast Guard
U.S
Tamano
Wilhelmsen Corp
Oslo
Environmental Protection Agency
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