Prospect program trains teachers in open learning concept
Prospect School in North Bennington runs a six week summer training project for 90 teachers and administrators and 70 children aged 5 to 13. The program, supported by Carnegie and Noyes foundations, promotes open learning a more individualized classroom approach under Prospect leaders Lou and Pat Carini Joan Blake and Marian Taylor.
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Prospect
Tyler Resch
Prospect School
North Bennington
Bennington
Wilmington
Halifax
Lou
Pat Carini
Joan Blake
Marian Taylor
Taylor
Vermont Board of Education
Vermont Design For Education
Harvey
B. Scribner
New York City
Carnegie Foundation
Noyes Foundation
Noyes
Vermont
Windham Southwest
Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union
Anelle Tumminello
Bennington College
Apollo 15 astronauts photograph lunar eclipse on homeward flight
Apollo 15 crew David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden photographed a lunar eclipse during their 12 day mission as they sped toward a splashdown 316 miles north of Oahu Hawaii. They packed away rocks and experiments ahead of reentry and beamed color TV pictures of the eclipse from Endeavour. Worden called the mission a tame simulation for its smooth progress.
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Oahu
Hawaii
Scott, Irwin
Endeavour
Alfred M. Worden
Earth
Karl Heinze
Apollo
Teachers propose two plans to end impasse in Mt Anthony district
Mt Anthony Union School District teachers refuse two year contract for 1971 72 and present two counter plans. Agreement A would limit provisions through 1972 with negotiations for 1972 73 to begin by Nov 1 1972. Agreement B seeks earlier negotiations to start Sept 7 1971 for a Feb 1 1972 start and longer term, with current year terms in effect until then.
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John H. Williams II
Mt. Anthony Union
Southwest Vermont Education Association
Mt. Anthony
State budget plan for 1973 calls for belt tightening
Department heads examined Gov. Deane Davis's proposed general funds of 129.5 million for fiscal 1973. Most expect belt tightening as social welfare and overtime costs may consume the 3.2 million increase from 1972. Education demands a 40 percent funding level and earmarking 1 million more, with Education totaling 35.5 million, about 7.5 million above this year.
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Human Services
William Cowles Jr
Ky weighs appeal after ballot ban in Vietnam race
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky may appeal a court ruling that barred him from the Oct 3 presidential ballot. A Ky spokesman said no decision yet, but sources say he wants every legal option. The ruling cited Ky lacking 100 validated signatures as required to qualify.
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Supreme Court
Nixon tours New Hampshire nursing homes on China trip
President Nixon called his New Hampshire swing non political as he visited Manchester and Nashua then Bangor for a weekend on Minot Island. He announced a 3 million program to tighten elderly care standards, praised nursing homes overall, and urged better conditions nationwide while deflecting questions about 1972 politics.
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Bangor
Maine
UPI
Nixon
New Hampshire
Penobscot Bay
Bangor International
Peking
China
William Loeb
Manchester
N.H
Loeb
Nashua
United States
Minot Island
New York
Jack Dreyfus Jr
Islesboro
Edmund S. Muskie
Greenbrier
America
Grenier Air Force Base
Pat
Nixons
David
Julie Eisenhower
Weekend Weather Outlook with Sunny Skies
Pleasant weekend expected with sunny skies and highs in the 80s. Northwesterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Clear tonight with lows around the 50s. Sunday looks similar with another high in the 80s. Chance of rain is near zero throughout the period.
Bennington Tissue Mill, Local 668 ink three year pact
An agreement reached Friday provides an extra 40 cents per hour over three years, ending a strike by 13 Papermill Village plant workers. The contract adds wage increases on Aug 1 1971, Jan 1 1972, Aug 1 1972, Jan 1 1973, and Aug 1 1973, with no new fringe benefits.
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Bennington Tissue Mill
United Papermakers and Paperworkers
John Zlock
Ray LaPlante
Papermill Village
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Washington County
Kimberly Cheney
Fish and Game Department
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Red
Stark Street Playground
Kristan Towslee
Stephen McJarrett
Robert Roy
Danielle Loomis
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