Cape Cod Indians' Tribe Verdict Seeks $30 Million Land Interest
An all white twelve member federal jury enters a second day of deliberations on whether a group of Cape Cod Indians constitutes a tribe with potential $30 million land holdings in Mashpee. Separately Springfield forum organizers expect a presidential call to boost a Panama Canal program on Jan 14. In Vermont a public hearing will examine Right To Know law changes allowing exploratory meetings by public officials. Maine studies flag that the Bangor Brewer bridge may require design changes to allow oil tankers upriver. authorities warn the Coast Guard and Army Corps would halt construction if tankers cannot pass.
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Boston
Cape Cod
Springfield
Mass
Panama Canal
Carter
White House
Montpelier
Herbert Ogden
R-Windsor
Bangor, Maine
Bangor Brewer
State Transportation Department
Coast Guard
Army Corps of Engineers
Michigan convict charged in Sal Mineo slaying case
Lionel R. Williams 21, already serving time in Michigan for forgery, was charged in Beverly Hills California with first degree murder in the two year old stabbing death of actor Sal Mineo. Police secretly taped his jail conversations about the Mineo case during the investigation. Williams is due to finish an eight month sentence Friday at Calhoun County Jail in Marshall Michigan.
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Marshall, Mich
Michigan
Sal Mineo
Beverly Hills
Calif
Lionel R. Williams
Calhoun County
Marshall
Mich
Marine photographer's rampage leaves two dead at Camp Pendleton
Sgt. Earl J. Holley, 24, of Staten Island, was arrested at the Camp Pendleton base photographic lab after a shooting-stabbing spree that killed two senior co-workers and wounded four others. Investigators say he may have targeted specific people as the gunfire erupted in the lab.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Earl J. Holley
Staten Island
N.Y
Base
Radio City to shut after Easter show ends 45 year run
The Radio City Music Hall president announced the Apollo stage in Rockefeller Center will close after the Easter show on April 12 ending a 45 year run. The announcement follows a string of fiscal troubles that have troubled the theater.
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New York
Radio City Music Hall Today
the Rockettes
Great Stage
Rockefeller Center
Crack in Aquarium Window Forces Sea Life Removal
Boston AP reports the New England Aquarium will remove about 280 sea creatures after a crack resembling a shattered windshield appeared in a viewing window, prompting safety concerns and a temporary shutdown of the tank.
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Boston
New England Aquarium
Hampton selectmen at Capital Tidbits page reveal?
A compact note lists Hampton selectmen featured across pages including No. Hampton selectmen page 12 and Newmarket selectmen page 20. The items appear as brief municipal items with local governance notes and short updates.
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Maine Legislature
Harris Survey
Hampton Selectmen
Capital
Pease Report
Newmarket Selectmen
Dollar Rises Sharply in European Markets After United Action
In London and other European centers the dollar surged as the U S government and the Federal Reserve agreed to buy dollars to stabilize the currency. The move lifted the dollar against the West German mark Swiss franc French franc and Italian lire while gold fell.
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London
U.S
Frankfurt
Zurich
Paris
Milan
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
Washington
New York
Europe
Carter and Giscard honor D-Day dead at Omaha Beach
President Carter and French President Valery Giscard d Estaing visit the Normandy cemetery above Omaha Beach. They place wreaths beside a bronze memorial as 9,386 Americans are buried there and 90,000 service members lie in European graves. A solemn ceremony honors Franco American ties and shared sacrifices in World Wars.
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Omaha Beach
France
Carter
Europe
fFrench
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Normandy
Paris
Germany
U.S. First Infantry Division
American Legion
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Shortage of power in N E seen
New England power officials warned of a grave electricity shortage within eight years unless more nuclear plants are built. The New England Power Pool foresees a 4.5 percent annual growth in demand and criticized delays at Seabrook Pilgrim and Millstone plants, stressing nuclear energy as cheaper than oil or coal.
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Boston
New England
New England Power Pool
Seabrook
New Hampshire
Pilgrim
Massachusetts
Millstone
Connecticut
Staszesky
Oyster River faces funding gap for handicapped education
Oyster River School Board in Durham protests state underfunding of handicapped education. Despite federal obligation for free and appropriate public education, state limits on local spending push costs for 12 handicapped students from 12,460 to 25,225. Officials cite inadequate funding and ask who bears the liability as tuition and supervisory costs rise by more than 21 percent to 129,437.
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Durham
Oyster River School Board
Oyster River
Councilors defiant on court nominees
New Hampshire Executive Council members refuse to bow to Gov. Thomson over confirmation of Maurice Bois as chief justice. Thomson defends Bois and Louis Wyman nominees while Councilors accuse Bois of improper Probation Board actions. Unrelated Deer Street accident sends an unidentified woman and infant to Portsmouth Hospital.
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Concord
N.H
Executive Council
Meldrim Thomson
Bois
McLane
State Probation Board
Louis D'Allesandro
Supreme Court
D'Allesandro
Thomson
D’allesandro
Deer Street
Portsmouth Hospital
Indictment of ex bookkeeper in Hampton funds case
Ex bookkeeper Helen Ceres Hardardt was indicted by a Rockingham County Grand Jury on theft by deception for misappropriating up to 7800 dollars from Hampton town payroll accounts during 1973 to 1977. Officials cited public confidence concerns and a policy against town police investigating own cases.
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Exeter
Helen Ceres Hardardt
Rockingham County
Hampton
Hampton Selectmen
Eldredge
Epping
Fremont
Derry
Portsmouth
Hampton Police and
Helen Ceres
Hampton District Court
H. Alfred Casassa
Panamanian leaders seek changes to salvage Torrijos treaty
Senate minority leader Baker warned the Panama Canal pact faces failure in the U S Senate and urged modifications. Torrijos and Panamanian officials held a five hour emergency conference at Farallon to craft proposals. Baker suggested amendments or reservations could avert a second Panamanian referendum, while White House and State Department would vet any changes.
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Panama City
Panama
U.S. Senate
Omar Torrijos
Senate
Howard Baker
Rtenn
Torrijos
Baker
United States
Canal
White House
State Department
Romulo Escobar Bethancort
Crown to return to Hungary with US delegation
An Air Force jet carrying the Crown of St. Stephen departed Andrews Air Force Base for Budapest under tight security. A 24 member American delegation accompanied the mission, while the State Department withheld the crown’s prior location for security reasons.
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Washington
St. Stephen
Hungary
Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Marinland
Budapest
State Department
Keefe pushes immediate pool start for summer use
New City Councilman William F. Keefe calls for an immediate start toward a new Pierce Island pool so children can swim this summer. He will move the item Monday with Assistant Mayor James Splaine seconding. Keefe criticizes the Recreation Department for delays and inaction.
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William F. Keefe
Pierce Island
Keefe
James Splaine
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Standish
Sam
Maine
Augusta
Mashpee Jury
Bangor Bridge
Mineo Suspect
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Amuck
Giscard d’Estaing
Giscard d'Estaing
N.E
Frank Staszesky
William Sowers
Joseph Murdoch
Malcolm McLane
Councilor
D’ Allesandro
Public Service Co
Craig Miller
Jimmy Carter
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