Governors Split Over Refugee Placement In New England
New England governors react differently to accepting Vietnamese refugees. Connecticut and Rhode Island express caution amid high unemployment, while Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine pledge aid. Dukakis invites sponsorship. Longley offers to house Vietnamese children only, not families.
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Yes
Connecticut
Ella Grasso
Rhode Island
Philip W. Noel
Noel
Massachusetts
Michael
Dukakis
The
Bay
Commonwealth
Vermont
Public Safety
Edward W. Corcoran
Joseph Handy
Maine
James B. Longley
Ford
Longley
Rhode Island Senate approves 10 month malpractice rate freeze
The Rhode Island Senate with governor approval votes 46 to 0 to freeze malpractice insurance rates for ten months amid sharp hikes. A proposed 1 member commission would study the issue and report back by March 1, 1976, as physicians warn of defensive medicine and higher fees. The move targets hospitals facing about 500 percent rate increases and others about 100 percent.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Senate
Philip W. Noel
House
Noel
Weicker Says Watergate Reform Stalled in Congress
Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut voices frustration as Congress stalls Watergate reform. He warns 1975 deadlines loom, cites FBI CIA abuses and lack of access to personal finances or IRS privacy. He supports stronger watchdogs and vows on tax return safeguards amid bureaucratic pushback.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Lowell Weicker
Congress
Weicker
K—Conn
GOP
Senate Watergate Committee
FBI
CIA
Internal Revenue Service
Vermont Yankee Workers Vote For Strike Yet Hold Jobs
In Vernon Vermont an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers strike vote led to a unanimous strike approval but workers will not walk off before Monday. About 54 employees at the 540000 kilowatt plant seek a 12 month pact versus the companys 15 month offer. Union officials meet with management and a federal mediator to settle differences.
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Donnelly
Bush Lady Finds Rooming House After Years Under Tree
Mary Hrycewycz, a 65 year old German Ukrainian immigrant known as the Bush Lady, moved from under a tree on Mill River Road to a one room apartment in Stamford after complaints. She speaks four languages, distrusts helpers, and feeds seagulls at Whittaker Park, earning local health and welfare complaints. Her nephew William Hrycewycz, contacted after years apart, relocated her belongings to a rooming house with officer Floyd Krom assisting.
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Stamford
Conn
Mary Hrycewycz
Mill River Road
Atlantic Street
Floyd Krom
Krom
William Hrycewycz
Whittaker Park
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