Williams, Mystic launch joint American Maritime Studies program
Williams College and Mystic Seaport announce a new co operative undergraduate program in American Maritime Studies with Williams College accreditation. The Munson Institute will lead with Benjamin Labaree as head. students from a dozen eastern colleges may study maritime history ecology and oceanography at Mystic Seaport beginning September 1977.
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Frank C. Munson
Mystic Seaport
Benjamin W. Labaree
Ephraim Williams
Williams
Munson Institute
G.W. Blunt White
Amherst
Bates
Bowdoin
Colby College
Connecticut College
Hamilton
Middlebury
Mt. Holyoke
Smith
Trinity
Tufts
Union
Vassar
Wellesley
Wesleyan
Wheaton
Cora Mallory Munson
University of Connecticut
Eagles Club of Hoosick Falls Italian Buffet and Events
The Eagles Club of Hoosick Falls hosts an Italian style buffet with a complimentary glass of wine at 7 p.m. on August 14 followed by dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. An initiation occurs at 6 p.m. and new candidates should arrive by 5:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by the men's ritual team.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Eagles Club
Fox Hollow Festival Hosts Dr Marvel’s Pandemonium Act
Yesterday marked children’s day at the Fox Hollow Festival in Petersburg New York with entertainer a tightrope walker from Dr Marvel's Pandemonium Revue joining a troupe that sang played instruments clowning juggling and staged a slow motion fight. The festival continues through the weekend featuring traditional music dancing and crafts.
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Fox Hollow
Petersburg
N.Y
Tightrope Walker
Dr. Marvel
Marvel
Eagle Scout Duane Moll Honored At Hoosick Falls Court
Duane S Moll became the fifth Eagle Scout in recent years for Boy Scout Troop 63 Hoosick Falls on Aug 1. Scoutmaster Michael Stempek led the Eagle Court of Honor with speaker Robert Paul Mohican Council commissioner. Duane's Eagle project was a paperback library at Hoosick Falls Central School.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Duane S. Moll
Michael Stempek
Eagle Court of Honor
Robert Paul
Mohican Council
Gerald Ford
Neil Armstrong
Iroquois
Steve Heller
Ralph Moll Sr
Duane
Ned Pattison
Donald Bogardus
American Legion Rensselaer County
Arthur Turner
Department of New York
Donald Wittenberg
Hoosick Post No. 40
Howard Haynes
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Philmont
Odd Fellows Rebekahs Meet in Ludlow Field Day
Ludlow hosts the annual Field Day for Vermont and New Hampshire Odd Fellows and Rebekahs at Gill Odd Fellow Home on August 15. A Field Day Association meeting at 10 30 am precedes a noon picnic Mizpah Rebekah Lodge sandwiches and drinks. The afternoon features colors, Grafton Band music, Square Dance Team tapping, lodge contests, and prize certificates for registered participants. All roads lead to Ludlow.
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Arlington
Grange
Ruth Stearns
Bernal Road
Ruth
Berwal Road
Tom Hayes
Vermont State Grange
Barre
State Executive Committee
Center Committee
Grange Center
Shirley Matteson
Belle Decker
Austin Rumney
Mt. Equinox
Blanchard Stone
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
Molly
Maurice Matteson
Jake
Jennie Stewart
Pawlet
Virginia McKenna
Kennington
Battenhill Grange
John Williams
Ludlow
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Vermont
Gill Odd Fellow
New Hampshire
Field Day Association
Department Council
Grafton Band
Rebekah
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Unox Wastewater System Promises Cheaper Clean Water
Union Carbide promotes the Unox wastewater treatment system to handle rising city sewage. The method uses high purity oxygen in closed tanks to boost microbes and cut energy use, speed, and space versus prior designs. About one hundred cities trial or adopt the system as U.S. water needs grow. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F.
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Union Carbide
Loo
Village of North Bennington monthly trustees meeting set
The trustees of the Village of North Bennington will hold their regular monthly meeting on Monday August 9 at 6 p.m. at the Depot Offices.
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North Bennington
Vermont compulsion law called unenforceable by official
Lamaille County State's Attorney Theodore Barnett told a Johnson State College conference that Vermont's compulsory education law can be violated with impunity by parents who do not send their children to school. He linked his view to a state Supreme Court ruling in a three year dispute over a private religious school and urged legislation placing the burden of proving equivalency on parents.
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JW. Barnett
Lamoille County
Senate
State mulls Lake Champlain park site purchase
The Joint Fiscal Committee postponed a decision on buying 150 acres at Kingsland Bay in Ferrisburg for a new state park. The Forest and Parks Department proposed $800,000 with cost shared by state and federal governments. Action delayed. development could be five to seven years away.
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James Wilkinson
Lake Champlain
Petition Drive Opposes North Vermont Halfway House
In Lyndonville a petition drive with about 31 signatures protests Northeast Kingdom Mental Health Inc. plan to establish a mental health rehabilitation center at Dr. Ralph Jardine's home. Agency officials say the home would aid adults with stress anxiety or low mood and is not an institution.
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Lyndonville
UPI
Vermont
Northeast Kingdom Mental Health Inc
Ralph Jardine
George Coulper
Black man loses $3 million housing discrimination suit in Vermont
Charles Smith sued 10 defendants including the Vermont State Housing Authority and Vermont Legal Aid claiming race discrimination in a Newport apartment denial. A six member U S District Court jury found against him after a nine day trial.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Charles Smith
U.S. District Court
Smith
Vermont State Housing Authority
Vermont Legal Aid
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Attorney General’s Office
Orleans County Council of Social Agencies
Newport
Vermont reports surge in auto insurance non-renewal complaints
The Vermont Banking and Insurance Department says consumer complaints about non-renewed auto policies are over double what they were last year. In fiscal 1976 the department logged 63 complaints versus 28 previously. Consumers are urged to shop around as some firms adopt stricter policies after minor incidents.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Banking and Insurance Department
George Mitchell
Tragic VT death ruled traffic fatality of teen driver
James Collier, 17, of Shelburne, died when his pickup swerved off Vermont Route 116 to avoid a car, then collapsed after returning the truck to the roadway. Passengers initially saw no injuries. State police described it as a traffic fatality arising from the crash.
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Starksboro
UPI
James Collier
Shelburne
Collier
Troy-Sidney Johnson to Leave Troy Schools for Syracuse Post
Troy superintendent of schools Troy-Sidney L. Johnson will resign to become superintendent in Syracuse, citing conflicts with the local school board after earlier saying he planned to stay in Troy. Johnson’s departure follows a brief reversal of his stay decision. Also in Cohoes, the All-American City Bed Race for Aug 22 is canceled due to no signups despite Moose promotion.
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Troy
Sidney L. Johnson
Syracuse
Johnson
Cohoes
Order of the Moose
Remsen Street
Moose
ADAMS
Bascomb Lodge
Mt. Greylock
Commonwealth
Anthony McBride
McBride
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Mystic, Conn
Williams College
Eagles’ Buffet
P.R. Mallory
Eagles
Pownal
Pamela Blakeman
Alcoholics Anonymous
Pownal Recreational
North Pownal Congregational Church
Duane Moll
Eagle Scout
America
Harsour
Painter
Frigidaire
Home ‘Furniture CO
Main ST
Lake Park
Halfway House
New York
Down In
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Route 8
Cheshire
Peter Chase
Kitchen Brook
Chase
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