Vermont Education Department Reorganization Proposed
Education Commissioner Harvey Scribner outlines a plan to reorganize the Vermont Department of Education at a Sept. 24 special board meeting. He seeks a generalized department focused on trends and needs, dropping a pilot project to prototype the nation. Also Gov Hoff announces a two week Mount Mansfield camping program for 24 urban youths funded by Youth Project of Vermont and staffed by University of Vermont students.
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Montpelier
UPD
Harvey B. Scribner
Special Education Board
Vermont Education
Acation
Scribner
U.S
Vermont
Green Mountain Club
Chittenden-Jamoille
Brownsville
Stowe
Hayes urges equal education for Vermont handicapped children
Middlebury attorney Thomas L. Hayes, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, calls for equal educational opportunity. He notes 1968 legislation for learning disabilities funding helps only a few of about 5,000 handicapped students and advocates regional diagnostic teams to identify handicaps early and preserve learning potential.
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Middlebury
UPD
Thomas L. Hayes
Vermont
Hayes
Montpelier derailment prompts track repair rush
Railroad crews expected to finish today replacing nearly 400 feet of track damaged in a Wednesday derailment at Montpelier Junction. Central Vermont supervisor Samuel Izzo said the mainline and side track were ruined when two cars of a 41-car freight bound for St. Albans jumped the rail after a switch near the station, causing the locomotive and nine cars to separate from the train.
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Montpelier
UPD
Montpelier Junction
Central Vermont
Samuel Izzo
St. Albans
Niagara Mohawk Eyes Delays That Could Halt Easton Plant
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp faces regulatory delays that could cancel its Easton on the Hudson nuclear plant. Vice president Harry Slater warns prolonged approvals may force alternative power plans, risking many local jobs. GE has built plant components in Schenectady while the health department drafts strict water temperature rules affecting marine life.
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Easton
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Hudson River
Harry Slater
Niagara Mohawk
General Electric
Schenectady
State Health Dept
Health Dept
Ukrainian Catholic leader visits Watervliet church
Archbishop Joseph Slipyj addressed Ukrainian Catholics in the Troy area at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church Watervliet urging preservation of language customs and heritage. A Moleben Service followed a Fourth Avenue parade with parish representation from Broadalbia Amsterdam Troy Watervliet Cohoes Pittsfield Hudson Little Falls and St Johnsonville. Brunswick counts 10 323 residents per federal census of April 25 with 5 169 women and 5 154 men, making it the county s most populous township and nearly as large as the City of Rensselaer.
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Watervliet
Troy
St. Nicholas
Joseph Cardinal Slipyj
Fourth Avenue
Broadalbia
Amsterdam
Cohoes
Pittsfield
Mass
Hudson
Little Falls
St. Johnsonville
Brunswick
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer
Fire tears through Wahconah Street multiunit home
A two and a half story six apartment building at Wahconah Street in Pittsfield was gutted leaving nine homeless. Seven firefighters and one other person were injured as heavy smoke and flames forced evacuations. Cause suspected as careless smoking. Pittsfield tax rate set at 48.50 per 1000. up from last year, with an average home tax rise of about 44 dollars.
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Pittsfield
Wahconah
Christine Slonski
Red Tape Delays Mercy Flight to Biafra
Boston UPI report cites Philip Whitten of the Committee for Nigerian Biafran Relief as UN politics hinder mercy airlifts to Nigeria. He notes UNICEF endorsement and UN delays, while Abba Schwartz calls for UN General Assembly action. The group seeks UN sponsorship and aid under international aegis as Daniel Sheehan leads a proposed mission with volunteers and planes offered by a Midwest manufacturer.
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Philip Whitten
Committee
Nigeria
United Nations
Secretariat
Whitten
Harvard
Unicef
Henry Labouisse
Geneva
International Red Cross
Mittee
Daniel Sheehan
Lake George
N.Y
Biafra
Sheehan
Asst
Abba P. Schwartz
Washington
Harvard Graduate Student Association
UN General Assembly
U.S
Rockefeller Ends Presidential Dreams After Third Run
Nelson Rockefeller concluded his third bid for the Republican nomination with a conceded loss but called the effort worthwhile. He estimated spending 5 to 10 million dollars, praised Nixon's triumph, and said the campaign helped raise vital issues while noting the party had gained new awareness of world affairs. He is 60, serving as New York governor, with two years left in his term.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Ronald) Reagan
Dick Nixon
GOP
New York
Nelson
Happy
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