Crackdown planned on nude dancing in Boston Combat Zone
Suffolk County district attorney Garrett Byrne moves to suspend licenses at three lounges including one in the Combat Zone, citing 174 legal infractions chiefly nude dancing and sexual activity. City officials caution against focusing only on nudity, while business representatives defend it and push for safer streets alongside broader enforcement. Redevelopment Authority had proposed zoning to contain theaters and bars within the two-block Washington Street area.
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Boston
Watch and Ward Society
Suffolk County
Garrett Byrne
Boston Licensing Board
Byrne
Herbert Gleason
City Corporation
Debra Beckerman
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Washington Street
Amherst College goes coed after 153 years
Amherst College, ending a long battle, opened admission to women last November. Officials say the first applicant pool is smaller than expected as they plan 50 to 70 transfer women this fall. Applicants to vacancies run about two to one with a April 1 deadline.
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Amherst
Maine Banker Heads Commission on Maine's Future
Halsey Smith, former New York banker turned educator, named chair of a 40 member state panel to chart Maine’s growth policy by 2000. The Commission on Maine's Future will meet in Augusta to gather public input and develop methods to measure and achieve the desired quality of life for Maine residents.
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Portland
Maine
Halsey Smith
New York
Smith
University of Maine
James B. Longley
Commission On
Augusta
New Jersey
Commission
New England
Eastport
Casco Bank & Trust Co
Princeton
Casco Bank
Center
New Hampshire Prosecutor Cleared of Pornography Charge
In Haverhill New Hampshire a Grafton County prosecuting attorney John Eames was found innocent on pornography charges by a six person jury after a trial that concluded on Wednesday. The verdict marks a second acquittal in under a year.
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Haverhill
N.H
New Hampshire
Grafton County
John Eames
Blanche Eames
Bethlehem
Eames
Deep Throat
the Devil
New Hampshire Atty
Warren B. Rudman
Attorney General's Office
Murder trial in Maine continues for Serra case
Defense witnesses are to testify as two Massachusetts men Frank Cagliata and John Moraites stand trial for the shotgun death of Vincent Serra of Medford. A truck driver testified he saw flashes near Nobleboro on the night Serra was killed and noted a license number traced to Cagliata.
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Wiscasset
Massachusetts
Vincent Serra
Medford
Mass
Clifford Colson
Corea
U.S. 1
Nobleboro
Serra
Frank Cagliata
Malden
John C. Moraites
Colson
Cagliara
Asst
Fernand R. LaRochelle
LaRochelle
Longley Budget Faces Bitter Hearing In Augusta
Augusta AP dispatch says Gov James Longley’s two year budget drew strong opposition from legislators both parties at the first Appropriations Committee hearing. Agency heads described cuts in services and personnel and urged more funding for elections and medical examiner and debt service alongside other programs.
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Augusta
James Longley
Appropriations Committee
William Garsoe
Cumberland
Budget Office
Ralph Ross
Appropriations Panel
Maynard Dolloff
Department of Agriculture
University of Maine
Longley
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Webber Hospital
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