New VISTA volunteers target jobs and housing in Vermont
Five VISTA workers have been deployed to Bennington Rutland and surrounding towns to study business and labor markets and to act as liaisons among business leaders unions and the poor The aim is to raise employment and living standards through community analysis teams that inform job training programs and housing projects including low rent housing in Bennington The Bennington volunteer Matthew Canzoneri and fellow workers will assess unmet economic needs and the Bennington labor market planning future projects and potential re enlistment for a second year
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Vermont
Service To
America
VISTA
Peace Corps
Bennington
Rutland
Matthew Canzoneri
Stanford University
University of Minnesota
Beech Court
Frank Scanlon
Canzoneri
Peter Ayersbach
Fair Haven
Bennington - Rutland
Kansas
Canzonett
Middletown
Harvard SDS Forces Week-Long Protests Amid Vote Rejection
Militant Harvard students led by SDS ignored a student body vote to suspend a class boycott and prepared for further action. Several hundred occupied University Hall, staging a five hour peaceful mill in after a larger rally, while Afro-American Society pressed a black studies program demand. There were no incidents as participants planned continued demonstrations and ROTC protest actions.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Harvard University
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Harvard
University Hall
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Harvard Yard
Archie Epps
Area Doctors Will Meet In Burlington May 21 24
The New Hampshire Vermont Medical Society joint meeting runs May 21 to 24 at the Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington. Dr Francis D Moore of Harvard Medical School will discuss life and death May 24. May 22 features Dr Buford Ward of University of Alabama Medical Center on the GP role. Dr Patrick S Byrne of Manchester England speaks on international medical education May 22 at the banquet. Gov Deane C Davis of Vermont and Dr Gerald D Dorman of New York City will attend. Dorman to be installed AMA president in July.
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Burlington
Francis D. Moore
Harvard Medical School
New Hampshire- Vermont Medical Society
Vermont College of Medicine
Moore
Buford Ward
University of Alabama Medical Center
Birmingham
Patrick S. Byrne
Manchester
England
Queen Elizabeth 2 sails on maiden voyage
Britain hails the QE2 as the Cunard liner begins a nine day cruise to Las Palmas and Portugal with 1,350 guests paying 396 to 3600 dollars. The ship, 963 feet, features single funnel, two classes, and extensive amenities while engineers test corrected engines after prior delays.
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Cunard Line
Mary
Elizabeth
Las Palmas
Portugal
British Isles
Britain
Cunard
Suez
Panama
Husak Seeks Tight Alignment With Soviet Union
Prague reports Gustav Husak flew to Moscow to pledge closer Czechoslovak Soviet ties. He promised to become a strong link in the bloc and deepen Marxist Leninist friendship while a crackdown on dissent continued. A few hundred students staged campus sit ins against his regime. Olympic great Zatopek condemned the removal of Dubcek.
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Prague
UPD
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Kremlin
Gustav Husak
Alexander Dubcek
Husak
Dubcek
Emil Zatopek
New Party Plans May 3 Convention in Vermont
Norwich Vermont based New Party organizers announce an organizing convention on May 3 at Montpelier City Hall. Temporary chairman Pennington Haile invites all Vermonters seeking new approaches and reform within or outside the major parties to attend. Prominent speakers Marcus Raskin and Jonathan Mirsky are slated to speak. attendees are urged to mail a $1 registration to Box 84 Norwich VT 05055.
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Norwich
Vermont
New Party
Eugene J. McCarthy
Montpelier City Hall
White House
Vietnam
Jonathan Mirsky
Rain Increases Flood Danger in New England
Rain raises flood threat across New England as forecasted precipitation resumes melting, threatening moderate river flooding. Col. Frank T. Baines of the Army Corps of Engineers notes record depths held behind 21 flood control projects in northern New England while the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers slowly fall. Officials warn minor lowland flooding will persist along major rivers for several days.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Frank T. Baines
Army Corps of Engineers
Connecticut
Merrimack
U.S. Weather Bureau
Hartford
Conn
Fire destroys Walsh's Youth Store on Merchants Row
A general alarm blaze in Rutland's Merchants Row gutted Walsh's Youth Store and damaged Freeman's Jewelers. Patrolman Daniel McCarthy spotted the fire about 6 30 a.m. Firemen fought it for 45 minutes, with $15,000 in inventory at risk and smoke damage to the jewelry shop. Fire Chief Alfred Koltowski said the cause was not yet determined.
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Rutland
UPD
Merchants Row
Walsh
Daniel McCarthy
Freeman’s Jewelers
Alfred Koltowski
Ellsworth named head of Johnson State history and politics
Professor Robert A. Ellsworth is appointed head of the history and political science departments at Johnson State College for the next academic year starting in September. He will continue as convenor of the social science division and teach Western civilization and international relations along with Russian and Latin American history. Ellsworth, a Morrisville native, joined the faculty in 1957 and is active in Vermont civic circles, serving on Morristown Library’s board and as vice president of the Vermont Council on World Affairs.
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Johnson
Robert A. Ellsworth
Johnson State College
William D. May
Ellsworth
Morrisville
Vermont
Morristown
Vermont Council On World Affairs
Three Montreal men plead innocent in silver coin smuggling case
In Burlington three Montreal men Daniel Pelinsky Nicholas Carasoulis and Eugene Ewaschuk pleaded innocent in federal court to indictments charging smuggling of 40000 in Canadian silver coins into the United States. They posted bail of 14500 10000 and 10000 respectively. The incident near Highgate Springs on Sept 27 1968 is alleged with conspiracy charges. The judge scheduled jury trials in Montpelier.
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Burlington
UPC
Montreal
U.S
U.S. District Court
Bernard Leddy
Daniel Pelinsky
Nicholas Carasoulis
Eugene Ewaschuk
Pelinsky
Carasoulis
Ewaschuk
Tria
Highgate Springs
Leddy
Federal Court
Montpelier
Boy 6 Drowns in Cooper Brook Fishing Accident
The body of Ramby Ainsworth of Hardwick was recovered Monday from six feet of water in Cooper Brook about 100 yards from where he fell Sunday afternoon. The UPI report notes the drowning occurred in a swollen brook, with rescue crews locating the boy's body nearby.
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Hardweek
UPI
Ramby Ainsworth
Hardwick
Cooper Brook
Rockefeller presses to lower voting age to 18 in New York
Governor Rockefeller urges a constitutional amendment to drop the voting age from 21 to 18, arguing 900000 young New Yorkers would gain enfranchisement while Republicans resist and push the measure to committee. In Albany, Civil Service workers would get a $4900 minimum in 53 counties and a $600 raise under a new state contract, plus a 25 year half-pay retirement plan at 55.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Capitol District
Civil Service Employer Association
CSEA
Troy Board of Education member resigns over politics
Fred Grimm 52, a Troy Board of Education member and former president, quit Monday night in protest of what he called sickening politics. He said his liberal policy efforts were thwarted by most members and accused the board of being controlled by the president and allies who favor the status quo.
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Troy
Fred Grimm
Troy Board of Education
Grimm
Daniel Farano
Martin Stack
Rensselaer County
Pittsfield library bond referendum planned by taxpayers group
Pittsfield Taxpayers Association moves to push a library bond vote next November if the City Council approves Mayor Butler's 1.5 million bond. President Leon Phelps cites the board's decision, while Peter G. Arles opposes. Councilman John H. Rice notes optimism following Richard W. Pauls' upset win signals city support for a library.
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Pittsfield
Richard W. Paul
Arles
Police raid nets three on narcotics charges at Reed Street
Pittsfield police raided the 46 Reed St apartment of Bruce Carr, 23, charging him with possession of marijuana and detaining him in $1,000 bail. Two juvenile girls were arrested for being present where narcotics are kept, released to parents, and scheduled for a juvenile court session.
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Pittsfield
Reed St
Bruce Carr
Carr
Fire destroys old coal warehouse near Noel Field
Several hundred spectators watched as an old coal elevator and the Berkshire Coal and Grain Co warehouse burned to the ground near Noel Field in North Adams. The structure contained little besides coal and was slated for razing next year with only partial insurance coverage.
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North Adams
Drury - Lee
Berkshire Coal & Grain Co
Noel Field
City Council panel backs animal keeping in residential zones
A special North Adams committee will urge tonight that horses and other animals be allowed in residential zones with Zoning Board of Appeals approval. It recommends striking the current two acre minimum for livestock from the law after study.
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North Adams
Zoning Board of Appeals
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