Woman Veterinarian Castrates Draft Horses on Farm Visit
Dr Patricia O Mara a West Mountain Animal Hospital vet in Shaftsbury travels to a Stratton Access Road farm to castrate two draft horses for farmer George Jenks Jr She discusses challenges faced by women in veterinary work the importance of sterile field care and the positive outcome when a skeptical farmer accepts her skills The piece portrays her daily routine farm calls and office hours noting her work with horses goats sheep and pigs while highlighting social barriers she faces.
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Bondville
Stratton
Patricia O’mara
West Mountain Animal Hospital
Shaftsbury
George Jenks Jr
Jenks
Dr. O'Mara
Wind
O’mara
Penn State
Pownal
The
Ternoon
George Sr
Tailgate
King
Duke
Patricia O'Mara
West Mountain
Boston Marchers Seek End to Desegregation Violence
Thirty thousand demonstrators, blacks and whites, marched from Boston Common to City Hall to denounce violence tied to school desegregation and busing. Gov. Dukakis and Mayor White led the crowd while some antibusing lawmakers boycotted. The rally followed a week of racially charged clashes and a courthouse bombing that injured 22.
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Boston
UPI
Patricia Overka
Boston Common
City Hall Plaza
Michael S. Dukakis
Kevin H. White
Mary Reilly
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Louise Day Hicks
Theodore C. Landsmark
Suffolk County
America
Carter Campaign Struggles In Vermont Caucuses
UPI report on Vermont caucuses shows Carter facing a likely large uncommitted delegate count at the May state convention after the nonbinding primary. Udall and Brown vie for momentum as Carter aides blame the process for ignoring primary wishes.
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Georgia
Morris Udall
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Carter
Jeff Taylor
Kernstock
Humphrey
Thomas Mattia
Mattia
Udall
Brown
Taylor
Mt Anthony board to discuss drug problem at meeting
Bennington and Mt Anthony administrators push for a clear district policy on drugs and alcohol to curb use in schools. The board will listen and decide action as community awareness grows after a high school girl’s death linked to alcohol.
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Mt. Anthony
Union High School
David Schroeder
Youth Information Center
Bennington
Jonathan Durand
Vermont
William Bryan
Durand
Pownal
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Weekend Across Nation
Washington UPI reports the annual clocks forward change occurs at 2 am Sunday local time, shortening this weekend by one hour but giving an extra hour of daylight each evening through late October. Clocks should be advanced one hour at bedtime Saturday night.
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Washington
UPI
Businessmen warned on prohibiting bias in hiring
Margaret Murray, employment coordinator for the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, told Bennington businessmen that a new state law could trigger tough enforcement of federal and Vermont anti sex discrimination laws in hiring. She cited the Equal Pay Act and Civil Rights acts, noting prosecutions may rise, but urged smooth resolutions to discrimination problems before the law intervenes.
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Bennington
Margaret Murray
Governor’s Commission On the Status of Women
Vermont
Weekend Forecast With Sunshine Then Clouds
Today shows mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 40s to 50s. Increasing cloudiness arrives Saturday night with lows in the 30s and a Sunday rain chance, highs in the 50s.
Complex Yankee legal case eyed across New England
Vermont Public Service Board scrutiny centers on who pays the roughly 4 million dollar replacement-power costs from the Vermont Yankee shutdown. The case involves CVPS seeking to pass through charges to 94,000 customers, GMPC facing a separate LIAC suit in Chittenden County, and questions over who bears replacement costs among ratepayers, utilities, and GE. NEPEX's involvement ties in most New England utilities. The dispute raises long-range implications for rate design, manufacturer liability, and who ultimately pays for outages.
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William Poole Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Public Service Board
New England
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
General Electric Co
Vermont Attorney General’s Office
Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council
LIAC
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
New England Power Exchange
NEPEX
Central
Vermont
PSB
Green Mountain Power Corp
Green Mountain
Chittenden County
Public Service Board
CVPS
Yankee
See Yankee
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Ford
GOP
Walter Kennedy
California
Jerry Brown
Humphrey’ Committee
Wynn Kernstock
MAU
Murray
Montpelier
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