Summer session workshops at UVM cover wide topics
Burlington May 20 marks the start of a new summer session at the University of Vermont. Early one to two week workshops meet the needs of students with summer jobs or plans who want college credit. Programs include self reflection and personality development, encounter group based human relations, and an experimental writers workshop linking experience to poetry and fiction. Ruth Hertzberg, co author of Putting Food By, will lecture on home food preservation with freezing and canning methods. A Center for Human Potential in East Monkton hosts a workshop on human interaction with elective sessions in sensitivity awareness and meditation. A separate course studies meditation methods and deepening practice with qualified resource people.
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University of Vermont
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Ruth Hertzberg
UVM Extension Service
Center For Human Potential
East Monkton
Learning disabilities tied to language problems, says neurologist
Neurologist Dr. Antonio Gomez told Vermont College audiences that learning problems arise from language processing issues, linking communication, perception, and nervous system function. He cited studies showing up to 20 percent of public school pupils have some learning problem and described how deficits in perception affect reading, letter recognition, and directional tasks.
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Montpelier
Vermont College
Antonio Gomez
Gomez
Vermont flood relief funds may be limited this year
Development and Community Affairs Secretary Donald Webster warned flood victims that relief money is scarce and claims may be cut back. The 1974 legislature appropriated 650000 dollars for flood victims with 26000 dollars for administration as claims exceed available funds. Public rail rebuild plans also aim to stabilize service on the St Johnsbury to Lamoille line next month under state guidance.
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UPI
Donald Webster
Vermont
Webster
API
St. Johnsbury
Richford man pleads not guilty to manslaughter charge
Louis Cunningham, 32, of Richford, entered an innocent plea in District Court Tuesday to manslaughter in the fatal beating of Marlin Raymo, 34. Cunningham, held on a 3 to 6 year sentence for nighttime breaking and entering, was ordered back to Windsor State Prison to await trial. Raymo died January 6 from head injuries after an altercation on December 28.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Louis Cunningham
Richford
Marlin Raymo
Cunningham
Windsor
Raymo
Ex-secretary of state Rawson Myrick dies at 91
Funeral services will be held Thursday for former Vermont Secretary of State Rawson Myrick who died Monday night after a long illness. Myrick, 91, was appointed secretary of state by Gov. John Weeks in 1928 and served until 1947. From 1909 to 1927, he served as a deputy secretary under Aaron Grout. Eleven inches of snow fell in Burlington Tuesday, a new record for that date surpassing the 1891 record of 10 inches.
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UPI
Vermont
Rawson Myrick
Myrick
John Weeks
Aaron Grout
Albany Eyes Gas Rationing End and Parking Authority Plan
New Yorks energy chief A C O Hara says lifting odd even gas restraints depends on supply adequacy and distribution to avoid a return to shortages. In Albany the Assembly passes a bill creating a five member Albany Parking Authority with up to 10 million dollars in bonds, sending it to the governor for signature despite some opposition over authority oversight.
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Albany
A.C. O’hara
O’hara
State Assembly
Senate
Wilson
HUD hints at renewal extension. Nutman questioned
In Pittsfield a HUD regional official signaled a likely one year extension for North Street urban renewal and questioned the advisability of continuing with developer George H. Nutman citing three years without concrete progress. Local officials may still proceed with a five month extension granted by the City Council.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
North Street
New York
George H. Nutman
Robert L. Paquin
Nutman
Paquin
HUD
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