Durand named to Jr. High post
Mt. Anthony Junior High School appoints Jonathan B. Durand 26 as assistant principal to work with Principal Richard Worden. Durand, a four year science teacher and University of Vermont graduate, will teach three science classes and help develop the 1972-73 schedule while taking on administrative duties.
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Mt. Anthony
George A. Sleeman
Jonathan B. Durand
Richard Worden
Durand
University of Vermont
Worden
Mt. Anthony Union School
Tiatrict
McGovern and Shriver Launch United Campaign Drive
George McGovern and Sargent Shriver campaigned together for the first time as McGovern seeks party unity. They met with mayors, senators, governors, and women’s groups to push revenue sharing and unity, while facing mixed reactions from party members and a poll showing Nixon ahead.
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Washington
UPT
George
McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Democratic National Committee
Shriver
South Dakota
Mettovern
Sheraton Park Hotel
Women's Caucus
National Committee
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Mayors’ Group
Louis Barris
Nixon
Thomas F. Eagleton
Harris
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Colorado
Labor Council
Afl-Io
Peace Corps
Progress in attempt to end British dockers' strike
Longshoremen clash with police outside Scunthorpe port as authorities seize weapons and 12 dockers are arrested. Union leaders report progress after nine hours of talks and vow to meet again, while government appeals for workers to avert hunger and farm losses amid the 13th day of nationwide walkout by 42,000 longshoremen.
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London
UPT
Scunthorpe
England
Tongsharemen
Britain
Jack Jones
Transport and General Workers Union
Lord Aldington
Port of London Authority
Channel
James Prior
Transport and General Workers' Union
TGWU
Shetland Islands
Scotland
Labor costs fall as productivity surges in 1966 second quarter
The Labor Department reports unit labor costs dropped 0.4 percent annually in Q2 due to 8 percent productivity growth outpacing a 5.8 percent rise in compensation per hour. This is the first annual decline since Q3 1965, signaling easing inflationary pressure as output per hour rose sharply in April to June.
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Washington
UIL
Labor Department
Bureau of Labortatiaties
BLS
Inside Senate Hurles No Faint Insurance Plan
Rooney. Core Cheney profile highlights a prominent Ver monter well known in Bennington. A reporter examines Highway Department route 7 plans or nonplans for Pownal. Russell Baker on the Democratic veep search. John Page on rainy summers and next winter steak prices. Sunderland School Board settles the argument with a failing contractor but with no price disclosed. Banner reviewers on Odela at Williamstown and Pinter at Marlboro. Lawyers accuse the Justice Department of discrimination. Yankee ramages roll over Lolichard the Tigers.
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Senate
Core Cheney
Bennington
Highway Department
Pownal
Russell Baker
John Page
Sunderland
Odela
Williamstown
Pinter
Marlbaco
Justice Deparment
Kennedy sues to overturn Nixon pocket veto on medical education bill
UPI reports Senator Minard M. Kennedy accuses President Nixon of an unconstitutional pocket veto of a 1970 bill to fund education for family doctors. He seeks a court declaration invalidating the veto and demands the measure become law.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
Minard M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Nixon
Kennedy
U.S. District Court
Arthur F. Sampson
General Services Administration
Thomas M. Jones
White House
Congress
Packel
Senate
Tai Nixon
House
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Kennerly
United States
Bennington Board pushes plan for property reappraisal
Bennington Selectmen pressed a contentious plan to reappraise $0,000 in town property with a public push five weeks from Primacy Day. Selectman Virginia N. Perrotta shifted from opposing local appraisals to backing the move, while other officials outlined public meetings and input from Montpelier and the State Tax Department.
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Awhote
Bennington Selectmen
Virginia N
Max" Perrotta
Perrotta
Bennington
Perratta
Falew
Water extension okayed by Bennington Selectmen
Bennington Selectmen approved a $10,000 Chapel Road water extension under a town charter change allowing assessments by front footage without taxpayer votes. Dale Nickerson led petitions. one large area landowner, an out of state resident, will be assessed. Payments span up to five years at 6 percent interest, with the town covering portions not benefiting direct stretches. Completion target is October if a quick agreement is drawn.
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Chapel Road
Bennington
Dale Nickerson
Watter
North Branch Street
Edward R. Lamb
Golf gear theft at Ekwanok Country Club in Manchester
Manchester police investigate a pro shop burglary at Ekwanok Country Club estimating about $10,000 in golf clubs sports clothing and related equipment stolen. Police could not provide details as a formal report had not yet been filed and investigators were on site.
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Manchester
Ekwanok
Deadly mission over Bennington County brush control spray
A lone helicopter carrying herbicide tanks flew over Bennington County as part of a CVPS brush-control program along power lines from Bennington to Harriman Reservoir. The spray used Ame hem's 171 DP, approved by the state Agriculture Department, and was to cease if wind speeds rose. Residents along Woodford Road reported smelling the chemical drift.
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Bennington County
Mlier
Burgess Field
Benoington
North Bennington
Bennington
Harriman Reservoir
Central Vermont Public Service
CVPS
Ame Hem
State Department of Agriculture
Woodford Road
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Dr. Anthony Union School Board
Southwest Verfont Supervisory Union
Jonathan EB. Durand
Eagleton
Fagleton
Missouri
Len Wayne Morse
Oregon
Guam
Committee
McGovern and Shriver
Ser McCovern
Yankee
Lolichard
Tigers
Ted
J. Duncan Campbell
Montpelier & Member
State Tax Department
Seleetmand
Duncan Campbell
Campbell
Selectmen
Walter Schwartz
National Oceanic and Atmapheric Association
Boulder
Colo
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