Regional Primary Plans Stall in Mass State Effort
Massachusetts and Vermont back a six state regional primary on March 2 to challenge New Hampshire as Rhode Island and Connecticut weigh options. Vermont signals readiness, New Hampshire wants to lead, while Maine and Rhode Island consider joining. Law changes prompt questions on delegate selection with 90 days until the new law takes effect and 30 minutes of regional debate yields little momentum.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Bay State
New Hampshire
New England
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Maine
Thomas P. O'Neill
Sex Hormones Get New Start In Mood Disorder Therapy
Researchers report reviving past failed experiments by using estrogen to treat chronic low mood in women and now test testosterone in men. Drs. Broverman Vogel Klaiber Kobayashi say results are promising with women and early encouraging signs in men though sample sizes are small.
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Worcester, Mass
Donald M. Broverman
William Vogel
Worcester State Hospital
Teachers Face Court Hearing in New Bedford Strike
Sixteen striking New Bedford teachers prepared for a contempt hearing in Bristol County Superior Court Taunton on petitions filed by the state Labor Relations Commission. Negotiators for about 900 strikers met late into the night with school committee officials and mediator Lawrence Holden as efforts to resolve the three week walkout continued. Mayor John A. Mackey and union president Robert Oliveira sought to restart talks after schools remained in makeshift classes.
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New Bedford
Mass
State Labor Relations Commission
Lawrence T. Holden
Bristol County Superior Court
Francis W. Keating
Taunton
Holden
Commission
Fairhaven
John A.mackey
Robert F. Oliveira
Mackey
American Workers Face Apple Picking Tough Realities
In Concord New Hampshire Edward R Southwick a year without construction work joins unemployed residents in orchards where Jamaicans and Canadians form the faster workforce. Foreman Robert LaRocque notes many locals quit quickly while quotas limit alien labor and highlight a shift toward domestic pickers amid unemployment.
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Concord
N.H
Edward R. Southwick
Southwick
Robert LaRocque
LaRocque
U.S. Labor Department
New Hampshire
John E. Callahan
State Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Callahan
Howard C. Townsend
George Soulia
DES
Soulia
Ae Calvin Wright
St. Elizabeth
Jamaica
New England
Edward C. Ledbeater
Hopkinton
Thomson Drift From GOP Drives New Hampshire Turnabout
Concord New Hampshire Gov. Meldrim Thomson hints at re election but signals possible run under a third party banner after years of GOP opposition to Ford and praise for Reagan and Wallace. His Conservative Caucus leadership angers some Republicans while a Reno Nevada trip stirs third party talk.
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Concord
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
Thomson
Reno
Nev
New Hampshire
Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Alabama
George Wallace
Thomson Furthemore
GOP
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
Nashua Telegraph
Gas Explosion Ripples Through Lowell Section
An arson squad and external gas experts opened an investigation into a Lowell blast that damaged Centralville, leveling a cafe building and nearby units. Twenty-three people were injured lightly as fifty eight businesses and several rental trucks suffered damage across the area.
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Lowell
Mass
Ifty
Centralville
Merrimack River
Central Business District
Peter Frassica
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Lisa Hoadley
Gould Hill Orchards
Contoocook
Miss Hoadley
American Independent Party
Republican Party
Blackie & Son
Coleslaw & Tartar Sauce
Alfred RD
Art Gallery
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