Controversial Go Ask Alice book in Vermont schools
Vermont towns wrestled with whether Go Ask Alice should be in school libraries. In Blue Mountain Union High School District Wells River a fourteenth grade dispute led to removal, later reinstatement with parent note access for grades seven to twelve. A three member media panel reviewed the book and supported reinstatement with restrictions while a school board finalized access rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leaning
Mt. Anthony Union
Vermont
Blue Mountain Union High
Rupert Brown
Banner
Alice
Ox Bow Union High School
Bradford
Wells River
Brown
American Civil Liberties Union
Vermont Librarians Association
Bung
Media
Bennington
Jonathan Durand
Durand
Mary Louise Plumb
Go Ask Alice critique on censorship in schools
A 15 year old diary Go Ask Alice is examined for its blunt drug tale and its banning from Bennington schools. The piece argues that censorship silences a vital, uncensored account of youth drug use and its consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Bennington
Doper
Labor Opposes Mallary Run In U S Senate Race
Rutland Herald report says organized labor will prioritize defeating Rep. Richard Mallary R VT in the U S Senate bid. COPE AFL CIO official cites Mallary s conservative labor voting record and notes COPE will fund a Vermont poll for the state Democratic party to gauge Mallary s chances. Former Federal Power Commissioner Charles Ross of Hinesburg challenges Mallary for the Republican nomination. Patrick Leahy is the only declared Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
UPI
Rutland Herald Today
Richard Mallary
U.S. Senate
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Afl-Cio
Vermont
Charles Ross
Hinesburg
Mallory
George Aiken
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Senate
Snow days tally in Southwest Vermont unions
The April lion has eaten two of five snow days in the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union. Shaftsbury and Woodford have used all five, while Arlington has 4, Bennington 4, Mt. Anthony Union 4, and North Bennington 2. If no more snow days occur, districts will not need extra days to reach 175 required school days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb
Everett Street
R. Marshall Witten
Bennington
State Social Welfare Department
Timothy Corcoran
Charles Mather
Peter R. Donavan
J. Duncan Campbell
Vermont Supervisory Union
Central School Office
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Arlington
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union
Supt
George A. Sleeman
PSB weighs phone rate hike in Vermont
The Public Service Board considers a New England Telephone Co request for a temporary nearly five million dollar rate increase affecting 147,000 Vermont users. The biggest jump targets an installation charge rising from 12 to 32.50, with other rises in business service intrastate toll and party line fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
Vermont Welfare Rights Organization
Low Income Advocacy Council
PSB
Louis Reder
Willow Park Phase 2 reduced by Bennington selectmen
Bennington selectmen reluctantly approved a scaled back Phase 2 Willow Park plan to fund baseball and softball diamonds and a water pipe by cutting tennis court lighting a comfort station and field grading. The overhaul comes after bids far exceeded the $118 000 project estimate with federal state and local funding previously arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow Park
Bennington
Selectmen
Edward R. Lamb
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Vermont Senator O'Brien Recooperating After Heart Attack
Senator John J. O'Brien of Chittenden County is listed in good condition at Fanny Allen Hospital after a heart attack. The 76 year old Vermont Senate minority leader was admitted to the cardiac ward Monday and is resting comfortably and responding to treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winooski
Fanny Allen Hospital
John J. O’brien
Chittenden County
Vermont Senate
O’brien
Obituaries for Blanchard Denko Smith and Paddock Obituaries
Funeral services are planned for Arthur E Blanchard 67 at the Vermont Veterans Home with burial at Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery Bennington. Robert E Denko 42 dies in a Danby quarry with services in Granville NY and numerous relatives listed. Richard M Smith 56 of Woodford dies with services in Bennington and Granville. Daniel B Paddock 68 native of Dorset Granville dies after long illness with services in Granville. Doris Mae Cornell wife of Kenneth Cornell dies in Putnam Memorial Hospital with services in Shaftsbury. Memorials to Bennington Rescue Squad noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Blanchard
Vermont Veterans Home
All Faiths
Everett Corbett
Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Bennington
Blanchard
Rutland
James Blanchard
Ft. Ticonderoga, N.Y
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
David C. Newkirk
King Funeral Home
Granville
N.Y
Robert E. Denko
Pawlet
Danby Marble Company
Denko
Bridgeport
Julie
Jane Denko
Donald
Graniteville
Andrew
Florida
Ronald
Illinois
Arlene Trombley
Manchester
N.H
Richard M. Smith
Long Trail Road
Woodford
Putnam Memorial Hospital
A. J. Dewey Lumber Co
Vermont Tissue Co
Gibney
Kenneth Schwebel
Fred
Margaret (Foster) Smith
Searsburg
Lucretia Gravel
Ronald Caron
North Bennington
Margaret Washington
Pownal
John Lewis
Gerald Collins
Robert Smith
Linda Smith
Michael
Charles
Francis Smith
Lewis Corliss
Daniel B. Paddock
Dorset
Utica
Cornelius VandenBroek
Scottsville Cemetery
Danby
Martin
Jennie (Dillingham) Paddock
Marie Stone
Daniel Jr
Freeman
Jacksonville
Fla
Maurice
Queensbury
John
Whitehall
Parts Unknown
Ellen Priest
Fair Haven
Louella Paddock
Glens Falls
Caroline Elmore
John Paddock
Mary Cadoret
Ida Capen
Plainville, Conn
Doris Mae Cornell
Kenneth Cornell
South Shaftsbury
Hanson-Walbridge
A. J. MacDonald
United Methodist Church of
Shaftsbury
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Geoffrey Chapman
Nixon
Michigan
Sparling
Labor
Mallary
James Alexander
Alexander
Jim Bishop
Belvidere Street
Bishop
Neil S. Moss
Moss
Parks & Recreation Commission
Community Recreation Center
Bennington Area
Derick Doucette
Dorothy Gibbons
James Ennis
Sunderland
Phyllis Booth
Owen Burke
Mary Austin
White Creek
John Cooney
Hoosick Falls
William Miller
Shushan
Brian Morrissey
Elizabeth Johnson
Maurice Rancourt
Corey Jansen
Petersburg
Ferris King
RD Pownal
Lisa
Donald Magas
Canastota
Magas
Joan Riley
Philip Riley
Park Street
BOA
Peter Donavan
Champlain Construction Co
Middlebury
Susan Hall
Gary Briggs
Hall
South Street
Briggs
Bennington Briefs
Macrame
Charles Dickens
Bennington Free Library
Altar Rosary Society
St. Francis de Sales Church
John XXIII Institute
Model U.N
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Sen. O’brien
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