Bennington finds over half water samples exceed lead limit
Health Department tests 40 Bennington homes show 23 with elevated lead, 9 with none, 8 below safety. Cutoff set at .05 due to high readings, urging families with 0.05+ lead to see a physician. Free blood lead test kits and Burlington lab analysis explained.
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Bennington
State Health Department
Main Street
Health Department
Linden Witherell
Environmental Protection Agency
Witherell
Burlington
State Laboratory
Mt Anthony Union School board approves 8.2 percent budget rise
The Mt. Anthony Union School board approved a $3.528 million budget for the coming year, up 8.2 percent and totaling $269,000 more than the current budget. The increase raises the tax rate about 45 cents per penny, adding roughly $45 to a $20,000 home, with costs driven by higher heat, electricity, Social Security, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and liability insurance. The plan adds staff salaries, a reading consultant, parttime instructors, and a new track improvement fund, while trimming instructional and capital outlay costs to offset the rise.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Finance Committee
Robert J. Dimke
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
University of Vermont
Jonathan B. Durand
Dimke
Robert Houle
Soviet awaits U.S. initiative to mend rift
Moscow signals expectation that Washington must lead in repairing strained Soviet American relations after failed Moscow talks on strategic arms control. Pravda and Izvestia charge U.S. unilateralism while urging good ties. Carter says the U.S. aims for permanent friendship and drastic reductions of atomic weapons. See SOVIET on back page.
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Moscow
Carter
Soviet Union
United States
Communist Party
Pravda
U.S
Ussr
Washington
Cyrus R. Vance
Izvestia
Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
Politburo
Tass
Leahy urges energy funding and national food policy
In Burlington speech, Senator Patrick Leahy calls for more federal funding for solar wind and geothermal energy and opposes large new nuclear plants. He also urges a national food policy to address global hunger and nutrition, noting Americans underestimate world food shortages.
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Leahy
Burlington
UPI
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Senate
Christ the King Church
State probes former Sen Alden over insurance premiums
Vermont officials investigate alleged misuse of client insurance premiums by former Sen John Alden of Windsor County. The case traces to his Mutual of Omaha period, with complaints filed last year and referred to the Windsor County prosecutor. Alden, who lost a bid for lieutenant governor, denies all charges and sought to void the legislature’s year election result.
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Alden
T. Garry Buckley
Mozart
Schumann
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Efrain Guigui
VSO
Sadat in U S to Discuss Peace Terms
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrived at the White House to meet President Carter for three days of talks. Both leaders voiced hope for Arab Israeli peace this year and stressed resolving the Palestinian homeland issue to seize the opportunity for a lasting settlement.
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Washington
Anwar Sadat
Carter
Middle East
Sadat
White House
Kingdom of
Jordan
Geneva
Israel
Local briefs and features span MAU quiz, lectures and town updates
Bennington College President Murphy speaks to Rotary while MAU wins again in a TV quiz show and SVC names a commencement speaker. Gerry Raftery notes the lack of a free lunch as Carter’s rhetoric draws critique. MAU guidance column debuts. Manchester Town Meeting focuses on sewer work and synthetic foods panel reviews. Entertainment covers Music of the Mind at GMAC and a Bennington College play. Sports highlight MAYAA wrestling and Hoosick Falls, with Red Sox prospects and pre-season lineup chatter.
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Bennington College
Murphy
Rotary
MAU
SVC
Gerry Raftery
TRB
Carter
Manchester
Canfield
GMAC
Kitty
Hoosick Falls
Red Sox
Survey of county historic sites in Bennington County
Peter Jensen hired by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation to complete a survey of historic buildings structures and districts in Bennington County over the coming months. The project resumes a 1972 effort halted in 1974 and aims to identify sites worthy of the State Register and potential National Register listing.
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Anne Eisenmenger
Vermont Division For Historic Preservation
Peter Jensen
Bennington County
Jensen
Williams College
The
University
Vermont
Woodford
Stamford
Glastonbury
Sandgate
Winhall
Sandgrove
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Cyrus Vance
Paul Warnke
Zbigniew Brezezinski
National Security Council
State
Rudolph Giuliani
Guiliani
Cook
Windsor County
William Keefe
John G. McCullough
Park-McCullough
Vermont Symphony Chamber Players
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