Education Dept Orders McIndoes Academy Closed
The state Education Board ordered McIndoes Academy in Barnet closed at the end of the school year after local pleas failed to secure action on interstate union district plans. The academy will be phased out by June with a one year waiver of standards, as officials cite lack of congressional action.
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Saratoga
Bradley A
Saratoga Springs
Board of Education
Gary M. Loewenberg
Saratoga High School
Bishop
Bernard Friedson
Friedson
Trade Zone Dispute Between Agnew and Maine Governor
Vice President Spiro Agnew and Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis clash over the delay in approving a foreign trade zone for Maine. Curtis accuses the Nixon administration and Agnew of oil company influence as Machiasport eyes a $130 million refinery and Portland seeks a primary zone. Curtis cites Sinclair Oil as opposing the project and questions political interference in the decision.
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UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Curtis
Nixon
Agnew
Machiasport
Portland
New England
Spencer Schadler
Sinclair Oil Co
Manchester
N.H
Sinclair
House Public Works Committee
New England Regional Commission
Vermont Governor Davis favors signing sales tax measure
Governor Deane C. Davis said he would sign the sales tax measure this week without ceremony and plans no veto of the just-ended Vermont Legislature. He voiced disappointment that land taxation by use failed, expects the 1970 session to address it, and noted plans for state government reorganization based on an executive study starting soon.
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Executive Department
Vermont Education Board Adopts Controversial Issues Policy
The Vermont State Education Board approved guidelines for local schools to handle controversial topics fairly. A mediation option is available if a dispute endangers education, with Superintendent referral to the board. Chair Marian Taylor said youth want a voice and informed discussion may ease unrest.
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Taylor
Burgess names seven to Vermont Legislative Council
In Montpelier Speaker John Burgess named seven of 14 council members including Reps James Shea and Brian Burns. Republicans Giuliani Gould Davis and Howlett also selected joining Burgess. Lt Gov Thomas Hayes named seven Senate members, and both leaders sit on the council.
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Montpelier
UPI
John Burgess
Legislative Council
James Shea
Winooski
Brian Burns
Burlington
House
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
Peter Giuliani
Benjamin Gould
Vergennes
Lee Davis
Springfield
Carey Howlett
Bridport
Burgess
Thomas Hayes
Senate
Hayes
New York Assembly Bets On Quarter Horse Racing Bill
Albany action clears a 79 to 64 vote approving a bill to legalize quarter horse racing across five parimutuel tracks. The measure allows Yonkers and Roosevelt owners to keep half of future tax revenues above 74.9 million for winterizing tracks and creates a three member racing commission to oversee the sport.
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Albany
New York
Greene County
Clarence D. Lane
Yonkers and
Roosevelt
Williamstown Bypass Opposition Grows at Town Meeting
Williamstown selectmen push united front against state plan to route a bypass through town center. They back the western Route 7 option to avoid Field Park rotary near Williams College. Tonight a Williamstown Taxpayers Association meeting will address the issue amid regular traffic jams during events and racetrack crowds. In Dalton, two North Street families evacuated as the Housatonic River rose, with floodwater reaching rear porches and cellars. In Pittsfield, a Penn Central hearing on discontinuing two passenger trains between Albany and Boston is set by the Interstate Commerce Commission for May 22 in Pittsfield and dates in Boston Springfield and Albany.
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Williamstown
United Front
State Department of Public Works
Dalton
North Street
Housatonic
Penn Central
Pittsfield
Penn Central Railroad
Albany
N.Y
Boston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Springfield
Pittsfield Council Approves Brattlebrook Farm Park Purchase
The Pittsfield City Council voted after debate to appropriate 147000 dollars to acquire the 148 acre Brattlebrook Farm for park and recreation use.
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Pittsfield
Brattlebrook Farm
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