■As many as 40 persons marched in front of the Hotel Northampton carrying placards last night to protest what they said was the involvement of the International Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Florida land sales, and the war in Southeast Asia. ITT owns the Wonder Bread Baking Co., among other concerns.
■Members of the Bay State Village Association expressed their concern over the impending removal of the library from the Feiker School at a meeting this week. Members are upset that the Feiker School library might be replaced by a bookmobile.
25 Years Ago
■In a case never tested before in the state’s courts, lawyers are questioning Easthampton’s “zero tolerance” drug policy — a code that calls for mandatory expulsions of students caught with controlled substances. The school’s year-old drug disciplinary policy — enacted after a handful of students got high on LSD while in school — has resulted in the expulsion of five students allegedly caught with marijuana while on a school field trip.
■To accommodate a growing congregation and third Sunday service beginning this September, the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence plans to hire a second full-time minister. “Our goal right now is to try to hire someone as quickly as possible,” said Jan Koleszar, who is co-chair of a six-member search committee.
10 Years Ago
■In September, a group of about 30 students from the private Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech will be coming to the Leeds Elementary School every day for classes. Clarke is leasing space at the public elementary school for its kindergarten-through-eighth-grade program for students with hearing loss.
■Natasha Trethewey, a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Master of Fine Arts program, was named U.S. poet laureate on Thursday, the first time anyone associated with the university has received the prestigious honor. Trethewey graduated from UMass in 1995.