Consumer Credit Protection Act signed at Babson Park
President Johnson has signed the Consumer Credit Protection Act to force full disclosure of finance charges in loan and credit purchases starting July 1 1969. The measure targets lenders and retailers with yearly APR terms on declining balances and costs of financing, aiming to curb shyster lending while protecting consumers from excessive garnishment and hidden charges.
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Babson Park
Mass
Johnson
Massachusetts
Bay State
AWOL soldier seeks sanctuary at New England church
Army officials discussed Richard W. Scott Jr. 21 of Walpole after FBI agents seized him the day he entered a Wellesley church to claim sanctuary. Scott had been absent without leave for three months from Ft. Sill and was turned over to the Army by the FBI.
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Associated Press
FT. Devens
Mass
FBI
Wellesley
Richard W .Scott Jr
Walpole
Ft. Sill
Oklo
New England Resistance
Scott
Wellesley Natick
Unitarian
Robert Gardiner
Franklin police officers face juryless perjury trial
In Worcester County Superior Court, Franklin Police Chief Arthur C. Pellagi and Sgt. Dino B. Geromini chose to be tried without a jury on perjury charges linked to testimony at the trial of William J. Kazonis, who was later convicted in an $88,000 Shrewsbury bank robbery.
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Worcester, Mass
Franklin
Arthur C. Pellagi
Dino B. Geromini
Worcester County Superior Court
Francis L. Lappin
William J. Kazonis
Somerville
Peckage Gee
Shrewsbury
Kazonis
Pellagi and
Geromini
Massachusetts Democrats push gun control petition drive
The Massachusetts Democratic State Committee kicks off a statewide signature drive for a congressionally enacted gun control package. It calls for registration of all firearms licensing of dealers and sales only with permits after police checks. The effort counters the NRA. In Haverhill police will collect firearms turned in by owners per Mayor James Waldron.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee
Congress
Lester S. Hyman
Republican State Committee
National Rifle Association
Haverhill
James F. Waldron
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