New Hampshire Legislature Winds Down 922 Million Budget Session
The New Hampshire legislature closes a six month term with 922 million in programs over two years. Gov Thomson veto battles linger as lawmakers prepare adjournment and consider veto overrides on scholarships and guardians bills. The capital budget includes 54.9 million in construction and a 5 dollar weekly state worker pay raise.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
Thomson
Port Authority
Portsmouth
House
Senate
Education Needs Women At Helm
Hartford AP report quotes Dr Suzanne Taylor of the state Commission on the Status of Women on eliminating sexism in public schools. She cites male dominance in educational leadership as perpetuating stereotypes and urges widening curricula and affirmative action to boost female representation in school administration.
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State Commission On the
Suzanne
Taylor
Dr. Taylor
State Board of Education
Connecticut
Connecticut Education Association
Massachusetts Acts To Curb Medical Malpractice Insurance
Massachusetts passes a law to insure malpractice coverage for all doctors and create a three member tribunal to screen claims. A state pool will set rates, with a $2000 bond for plaintiffs appealing tribunal findings. Law aims to prevent premium spirals seen in California and New York while preserving meritorious cases.
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Boston
Massachusetts
California
New York
Michael S. Dukakis
James Stone
Rights Quizzing Ongoing In Boston School Integration Hearings
Law enforcement officials including Boston Police Superintendent di Grazia testified at a U S Commission on Civil Rights hearing on police tactics in Boston's school integration crisis. The panel weighed forcing three anti busing advocates to testify amid sharp exchanges with Boston politicians.
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Boston
US Commission On Civil Rights
Robert J. di Grazia
State Secretary of Public Safety
Massachusetts National Guard
Commission
Stephen Horn
John Kerrigan
Horn
Kerrigan
Capon
Noel would back Wallace over Nixon in 1976 race
Providence Rhode Island Governor Philip Noel says he would vote for George Wallace over Richard Nixon or Watergate, and he does not rule out Wallace for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Providence
Richard M. Nixon
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Philip W. Noel
Wallace
George Wallace
Richard Milhous Nixon
Watergate
Rhodeland
Noel
Democratic Governors Conference
Navy Crewmen Rescued After Helicopter Crash
Two Navy men were rescued and two were missing after a Navy helicopter sank six miles off Newport Rhode Island during a routine training exercise. The recovered crewmen, Lt Timothy Stone and Lt Philip Hannaford, were in satisfactory condition. The missing are Lt Cmdr Harold Guinn and Lawrence W. Kamas. The crash occurred in 100 feet of water near Brenton Reef light tower.
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Newport
R.I
Navy
Cmdr
Harold Guinn
Virginia Beach
Lawrence W. Kamas
Moyock
N.C
Kamas
Naval Regional Medical
Coast Guard
Brenton Reef Light Tower
Narragansett
Rhode Island May jobless rate eases to 15.8 percent
Rhode Island DES says unemployment fell in May to 15.8 percent, the first drop in months. May workforce figures show 71,700 unemployed, with adjusted rate 16.3 percent, unchanged from April. revisions point to higher June figures. Maine and Massachusetts also see declines or forecasts.
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Providence
Rhode Island
State Department of Employment Security
DES
Mary C. Hackett
May
Rode Island
Miss Hackett
State Employment
Employment Service Job Bank
Maine
Emilien Levesques
Arbiters Weighed To Settle New Hampshire Election
In a Senate session marked by tension and partisan stalemate, Sen. Ted Stevens urged a full recount of the New Hampshire Senate race by three lawyers from the American Arbitration Association. Durkin and Wyman would each pick a lawyer, who would select a third, with findings going to the Senate.
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New Hampshire
Senate
Ted Stevens
Alaska
GOP
Stevens
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
American Arbitration Association
Wyman
Durkin
Manches
J. Bennett Johnson
Johnston
California
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