Route 7 improvements loom for Troy to Bennington
New York State has begun pre survey and soil testing for Route 7 upgrades between Troy and the Vermont border at Bennington. About 40 engineers work on surveying, designs, and an environmental impact statement as planners outline widening to 12 foot lanes with 10 foot shoulders, straightening curves, and added passing lanes to cut run off the road accidents. The project timeline remains uncertain with estimates ranging years and no firm construction date.
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State of
New York
N.Y
Vermont
Tri-Cities
Bennington
Troy
Albany
Schenectady
Carlson
N.Y. 7
Vermont Highway Department
Local Shower Outlook With Mild Temperatures
The forecast calls for showers today and tonight with clouds persisting into Wednesday. Daytime highs will be in the 60s and overnight lows in the 40s and 50s. Rain overnight totaled .65 inch with yesterday’s high at 76 and low 49. Sunset at 7:45 and sunrise at 5:56.
Bennington panel endorses reapportionment plan to create Pownal seat
The Bennington Board of Civil Authority backed a reapportionment plan Monday that gives Pownal its own representative while preserving most Subdistrict 31 and 33 boundaries. The plan moves Rep. Thomas Haley Jr. to Subdistrict 3-3 and shifts candidate Craig Sweet from 3-2 to 33. It will go to a joint committee Thursday before state approval and introduces a county based district labeling system.
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Bennington
Craig Sweet
Manchester
Dorset
Landgrove
Peru
Winhall
Arlington - Sandgate - Sunderland
Shaftsbury
Glastonbury
Woodford
Pownal
Bennington County
Stamford
Readsboro
Searsburg
Windham County
Whitingham
Wilmington
Marlboro
Lake Shaftsbury to become Vermont state park this summer
Lake Shaftsbury area will be operated as a Vermont state park with a formal closing set for Thursday in attorney Robert E. Cummings Jr. office. A May 4 ceremony with Gov. Salmon will mark the purchase of about 100 acres for roughly $300,000 funded by state recreation funds.
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Shaftsbury
Lake Shaftsbury
Vermont
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Thomas P. Salmon
John James
Madeleine E. James
Peleg Matteson
Merritt Hewitt
State Environmental Conservation Department
Hewitt
Montpelier
Bennington County
Thomas E. Haley Sr
Forests & Parks Board
Haley
PanAm jet crashes on Bali with 107 aboard
Pan American World Airways jetliner crashed into jungle mountainside on Bali island with 107 people aboard. By nightfall rescue teams reported no survivors within reach, after 15 hours of difficult terrain search. Among the dead were 26 Americans including Hilton Hotel executive Maurice Reymond of New York City.
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Denpasar
Bali
UPI
Pan American World Airways
Hilton Hotel
Maurice Reymond
New York City
New York
Hong Kong
Los Angeles
Mt. Mesehe
Mt. Tingatinga
Sydney
Fiji
Honolulu
Field
Washington
U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
Edward Slattery
Panam
India
Taiwan
Indonesia
Philippines
South Seas
Papeete
Tahiti
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Logan Airport
Boston
Supreme Court dodges racial quota issue in high court ruling
The Supreme Court split five to four sidestepping the racial quota matter in the DeFunis case. A white law student claimed the University of Washington discriminated against him with minority admissions. The decision sent the dispute back to Washington State Supreme Court noting the student would finish his studies regardless of the court’s merits. Justice Brennan and three other dissenters warned the issue would return to federal courts.
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Marco DeFunis
Washington State Supreme Court
DeFunis
William J. Brennan
Brennan
William C. Douglas
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Inside SLA retaliation and library week notes
Special events for National Library Week are listed across pages 2 and 3. A letter complains about the water situation at Old Bennington fire site. Gerald Raftery, librarian, shares views on censorship. A potential strike at Mack Molding Co. is mentioned. Page 10 covers Vermont fishing and angling as hard work with input from John Randolph.
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SLA
National Library Week
Old Bennington
Gerald Raftery
Mack Molding Co
Vermont
John Randolph
MAU board moves to shape fair books policy
Mt Anthony Union High School board met to craft a controversial policy on the right to read and parental screening of books. The April 8 incident when a parent confiscated and threatened to burn Go Ask Alice prompted focus on guidelines. The curriculum committee will draft proposals using state education department samples and librarian associations.
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John Leaning
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Nichelle Woodward
Alice
Lawrence Harrington
Harrington
Tomrrow
Patricia Harman
State Education Department
Barth Vander Els
Joseph
Jonathan Durand
Robert Sugarman
Shaftsbury
MT. Anthony Board
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New York State
By John Leaning
Edith Beaumont
Charles Carlson
State Department of Transportation
the Banner
New District Lines
By Jan Slusmon
Dover
Somerset
BCA
Lake Shaftsbury Park
Elizabeth Dwyer
Joseph Caracciola
Thomas E. Foster
Main Street
North Street
Thomas H. Foster
David Shaffe
Bennington Village
High Court
Canada
Ottawa
United States
Post Office
Eric Taylor
Toronto
Joe Davidson
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
East 45Th
Second Avenue
MAU
Fair Books Policy
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