Fluoridation Debates Weigh at Two Vermont Schools
Shaftsbury and North Bennington school boards consider fluoridating water at their elementary schools amid parent input efforts. Shaftsbury asks parents to approve or oppose and to request a public hearing, while North Bennington plans a May 9 information meeting with doctors from the Bennington County Dental Association and state Health Department. The state endorses fluoridation as a decay preventative, though Bennington town has historically rejected it. A joint meeting between state officials and Shaftsbury is also tentatively planned.
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Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Sam Carrara
Phillip Viereck
John Holback
Bennington County Dental Association
William J. Burnham
John Long
Dental Health Division
State Health Department
Dental Association
Bennington
Joseph Crossman
Shaftsbury School Board
Viereck
North
Michael Magnant
Dental Health Program
Thompson entertains Skidmore crowd with mumbled lecture
Hunter S. Thompson, famed Rolling Stone reporter turned political writer, delivers a rambling onstage routine at Skidmore College. The crowd laughs at his swearing as he riffs on the 1972 presidential campaign, creating a chaotic yet captivating lecture moment.
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Hunter S. Thompson
Thompson
Rolling Stone
Skidmore
Allegheny Airlines
Boston
Albany
Montreal
Richard Lee Hunter
Family Violence Help Guides Abused Wives to Safety
In Brattleboro Joyce Hanley escaped an abusive marriage with her two sons after a drunken assault, aided by the Brattleboro Women’s Community Center. The center supplied shelter, counseling, and support, helping Joyce rebuild with her husband later taking on a volunteer counselor role for men. The piece emphasizes the center’s crucial role in recovery and safety.
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Hanley
Brattleboro
Mike
Joyce
Howard Johnson’s
Brattleboro Women’s Community Center
Women’s Center
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alanon
Elliot St
Joyce Hanley
Julie Peterson
Restraint Key to Inflation Plan
President Carter unveiled a cooperative voluntary anti inflation plan aiming to cut the rate by two points by the end of 1979. He named AFL CIO head George Meany and GE chairman Reginald Jones to coordinate efforts with advisers. The plan includes voluntary wage and price constraints, crackdown on price fixing, less regulation, reform of rate setting, and international steps to lower prices. Carter stressed no magic solution and warned against raising unemployment. He expects energy policy next week to be inflationary but hopes to limit impact via conservation and tax offsets. He opposed a $50 per person tax rebate and warned against a permanent tax increase alternative from Congress.
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Washngton
UPI
Carter
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Reginald Jones
General Electric Co
Senate
Congress
Ford
Nixon
Education funds cut by appropriations panel
The Vermont Senate Appropriations Committee endorsed an 181 million dollar fiscal 1978 budget, slashing 1.6 million from the House plan. Major cuts hit special education and campus colleges, with net effects including a 227,700 drop for the state college system, and a 90,000 addition for the Green Mountain Club while per pupil aid to districts was removed. The bill heads to the Senate floor as House and Senate differences must be resolved in conference before adjournment later this month.
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Vermont State Colleges
State College
Community College of Vermont
House
Brandon
Green Mountain Club
Judicial Branch of Government
Consumer Protection Division
Attorney General’s Office
Senate
Inside Local Highlights and Page References
The column notes the Wadsworths switching from recipes to food value analysis, Equal Time critiques the Total Woman syndrome, Pete Horton on teacher cynicism, and Paul Malamud on campus oddities. Also tax sale in Pownal and Right-to-Read in Manchester with a Arlington fire and a theatrical show by HFCS students. Sports cover MAU mound season start, Miller golf return, and Dave Cowens taxi stunt across pages 12 and 13.
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Wadsworths
Pete Horton
Paul Malamud
Pownal
Manchester
Arlington
HFCS
MAU
Miller
Dave Cowens
Lottery Snag Delays Vermont House Vote on State Lottery
In Montpelier the Vermont House refused Senate amendments to a state lottery bill, urging conference to resolve organIzational concerns raised by Rep. John Murphy. Gov. Snelling plans to sign despite reservations as Vermont remains the last New England state without a money game. House also approves Senate changes placing two students on UVM board, sending bill to the governor.
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Senate
Richard Snelling
Vermont
New England
House
University of Vermont Board of Trustees
Snelling
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