Antique dealer recalls Vermont auctions start in youth
Lynn Huidekoper, an antique dealer at the Manchester Antique Show, recalls bidding 80 cents for a Staffordshire soap dish as a child. She now runs a shop in Dedham, Massachusetts, highlighting English and American pieces, and values the joy of matching a beauty with a buyer.
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Lynn Huidekoper
Vermont
Frannie Pitcher
Center School
Hidekoper
Concorde to land in Conn in emergency
New Haven Connecticut officials consider emergency landings for the Concorde if New York JFK is unavailable. Transportation Commissioner James Shugrue notes a law banning Bradley International Airport would allow landings during emergencies such as bad weather in New York.
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Slain woman's husband reopens store in Greenfield
In Greenfield Massachusetts UPI reports David Blassberg the legally blind proprietor of the Trail Blazer snack bar reopened his shop nearly a month after his wife Nettie 60 was killed in a New York City bus hijacking. The couple had planned to return to work with Nettie guiding him and riding with him. Blassberg says he must adjust his hours and rely on local buses to fit the new routine and says he won’t work 12 hour days anymore continuing his late wife’s support system.
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Manchester selectmen meet tonight at town office
Manchester selectmen meet tonight at the Town Office Building. Bids for a motor grader will be opened. Town Manager Henry R. Lambert notes a minor change request from Equinox Plaza and a sign request by Herbert Trafford. The board will review the speed limit and parking ordinance.
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Welfare and Lottery Revenue Question in Connecticut
Hartford officials seek to measure how welfare funds may return to state coffers via legal gambling. The State Commission on Special Revenue has authorized a University of Connecticut socio economic impact study to be finished by year end. Louis Fiocchi notes uncertainty about how much, if any, is gambled away by the poor. He adds that gambling by rich or poor alike raises moral questions only if one side is seen as worse. Four of the ten busiest lottery outlets are in a Hartford slum.
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South Burlington votes to fund regional mall study
The South Burlington city council approved up to 5000 dollars as the city's share to finance a study by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission on the Pyramid Mall project. If rejected the city may act alone or with others. A motion to involve Winooski in environmental hearings failed for lack of a second.
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Water Wagon III Delivers Guard Aid to Franklin Farmers
National Guard units haul water from Lake Carmi to drought struck Franklin County farms. About a dozen guardsmen pump and truck water under state of emergency powers declared by Gov. Richard Snelling. The operation mirrors earlier drought relief efforts in Addison County and Franklin County.
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Vermont labor chief vows department reform to aid growth
Vermont Labor and Industry Commissioner Joel Cherington says his agency may be holding back economic development by delaying construction and raising costs. He has prepared a report for Gov. Snelling outlining changes to make the department more responsive to industry needs after four months in office.
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Former Vermont official reaches foreclosure agreement with bank
Theodore Barnett, former Lamoille County State's Attorney, resolves terms with Chittenden Trust Co on 200 acres and three mortgages totaling about 278000. He will pay 18000 on one tract, gains extension to November 1 to settle 200000 on 157 acres in Stowe and Morristown, and is to forfeit a 10 acre Morristown parcel worth about 26000. Four other foreclosure suits remain, and he faces accusations of land fraud by out of state investors.
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Troy mall project shifts building plans in New York
In Troy New York the steel ordered for a downtown mall changes from a single building to two connected structures along Broadway and Third Street. Carl G Grimm aims to enclose the pedestrian mall by winter and open by fall 1978 with no final tenant list or interior design yet.
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OTB profits bolster Troy and Rensselaer County budget
Rensselaer County leaders reported 64,848 in profits from Capital District Off-Track Betting operations, bringing year-to-date revenue to 142,166 across six parlors in Troy Rensselaer East Greenbush North Greenbush and Hoosick Falls. County Chairman Joseph G. Manupella said the results, though during the slow months feared to be five of the year, indicate the year could surpass budget projections.
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Lead-Paint Program Slowed by Funding Shortfalls
In Berkshire County the Childhood Lead-Paint Poisoning Prevention Program faces funding cuts and internal discord. Blood samples are being halted from some local labs while Boston lab staff have been reduced from five chemists to two. Backlogs grow as public health officials face pressure from landlords and realtors, and Pittsfield area children show high lead counts.
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Pittsfield
Thief Wheels Safe From Edgewood Motor Inn
Police investigate theft of a small safe from the Edgewood Motor Inn on Routes 7 and 20. No forced entry observed though doorway marks show the safe was wheeled to the parking lot. Police Chief Anthony W. Romeo suspects the thief had a key.
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