■Sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning the lone hangar at Pilgrim Airport in Hatfield collapsed atop 14 single-engine planes. Francis H. Balboni, owner and manager of the airport, Monday stood stunned and silent in front of the remains of the caved-in hangar. He said 14 planes were under the remains.
■The emphasis of education in Massachusetts during the 1970s will be to develop the “whole person” rather than to concentrate on “the three Rs,” the chairman of the state Board of Education said today. Allan R. Finlay said that the principal goal of the new program is to “change the direction of the curricula, develop the student as an individual and teach him how to live life constructively.”
■Amherst officials and the University of Massachusetts ended years of discord today with a compromise agreement on a wide range of financial issues. The agreement provides Amherst with consultants to help the town attract businesses and broaden its tax base. In return, town officials have agreed to drop a lawsuit against UMass seeking $203,000 in back traffic-fine money they say was mistakenly put in a campus account.
■Law enforcement officials from around New England paint a grim picture of the possible consequences of casino gambling in Massachusetts, saying thousands of compulsive gamblers would write bad checks, sell drugs, or rip off companies to feed their addiction.
■Agnes A. “Gush” Valenta, a lifelong Hampshire County resident well-known for promoting women’s sports in an era when opportunities for female athletes were scarce, died late Tuesday night at age 77. Her name, now memorialized on a city softball field, has become synonymous with women’s and girls’ sports in western Massachusetts, especially the Northampton Lassie League, which she co-founded in 1969.
■Advocates for the homeless are appealing to permanently extend the 16-person capacity of Amherst’s winter shelter, after the limit was lifted temporarily on an emergency basis last weekend because of the extreme cold. Town Manager John Musante said that with overnight lows expected to fall well below zero, he had suspended the policy that requires finding homeless people other sheltering options when the shelter reaches its 16-person capacity.