Jetport Threatens Everglades Conservation Fight Near Miami
Conservationists warn the 39 square mile jetport north of Everglades National Park could pollute water and air and disrupt wildlife in a fragile swamp system supplying 38 percent of the park’s water. Port Authority disputes claims, while U S officials and Leopold commission study potential impacts.
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Homestead
Fla
Florida
Miami
Everglades National Park
Seaboard
Glades
Great Cypress Swamp
Dade County
Port Authority
Alan C. Stewart
South
Stewart
Department of Transportation
Washington
John A. Volpe
Department of Trans
William Barschdorf Named To Post With Pittsfield GE
William L. Barschdorf of Dalton named to a new employee communication specialist role in General Electric Pittsfield plant, responsible for communication programs for all employee groups. He is a Bennington native who previously worked at The Bennington Banner and The Springfield Union.
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General Electric
Pittsfield
Barschdorf
Dalton
Mass
Bennington High School
Vermont College
Bennington Banner
Springfield Union
North Adams
Northampton
Union
Bennington
Geralyn Gros
Fred
William
Nancy
Julie
Wilford II, Pratt
Bank Street
Clark’s Woods
Frank Marino
John Street
Real Estate Industry Split Over Subsidized Home Loans
Washington real estate leaders clash over raising the $17 500 ceiling for government subsidized mortgage interest to aid poor families. MBA and CHD favor higher limits. Realtors urge strict limits to keep subsidies affordable. Senate debate targets about 25 000 in high cost areas with HUD backing.
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Washington
UPI
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
MBA
Council of Housing Producers
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Realtors
Senate
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Len Worth Crow Jr
Miami
Philip N. Brownstein
Federal
Council of Housing Products
Brownstein
Congress
Don E. Dickson
Realtors’ Washington Committee
Government
National Mortgage Association
GNMA
White House
Woodward Kingman
Autographs Fetch Vast Sums At Parke-Bernet Auction
Parke-Bernet Galleries hosted a sale of historic autographs and letters fetching high prices. Wernher von Braun's notes commanded 50 dollars, while Thackeray memorabilia reached 7000 dollars and Keats manuscripts 2900 dollars. A cache of presidential letters, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Caruso items also sold, with varied prices including 50 dollars for individual letters.
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New York Times News Service
New York
Werneher von Braunworth
Parke- Bernet
Mary A. Benjamin
Walter R. Benjamin
William Makepeace
Thackeray
Hopstick
John Keats
Brother George
Manchester Transfers and Local Office Changes Reported
Manchester town records list transfers by Warren Chace to Elinor Hyers on Johnnycake Street and Valley Homes Inc to Howard Dufresne Inc on Ways Lane. Rachael Limeric moves to Merit Corporation of Vermont, Mount View Terrace. Henry van Loon family to Gordon Barnes on VT 30. Neil Cross to Joseph Perreault on Richville Road. Shoemaker from Norton Street to Asgrow Mandeville Co. will modernize office processes. T. T. Toole named successor to Lyman White as president at Dow Chemical related posting. White turns 64 next March, with duties split between Cambridge and Sacene main office in Orange Ontario.
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Warren Chace
Elinor Hyers
Johnnycake Street
Valley Homes Inc
Howard Dufresne Inc
Ways Lane
Rachael Limeric
Merit Corporation of Vermont
Mount View Terrace
Henry van Loon
Gordon Barnes
Neil Cross
Joseph Perreault
Richville Road
Shoemaker
Norton Street
Bennington
Asgrow Mandeville Co
Ben Mont
Algrow Mandeville
T. T. Toole
Dow Chemical Co
Lyman White
White
Fairfield
Conn
Cambridge
Sacene
Orange
Onn
Coolidge Book Wins Graphic Arts Prize
Vermont Historical Society report says Your Son, Calvin Coolidge, 243 pages, selected as one of the 50 best books of 1968 69 by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The book collects 146 letters from Calvin Coolidge to his father, edited by Edward Connery Lathem, with introduction by John Coolidge. It will tour major U.S. cities and European venues via exhibitions. printed by Stinehour Press. Copies priced 8.95 available from the Vermont Historical Society in Montpelier.
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Montpelier
Calvin Coolidge
Vermont Historical Society
American Institute of Graphic Arts
The
Institute
New York
U.S. Information Agency
John Coolidge
Plymouth
Edward Connery Lathem
Dartmouth College
Coolidge
Black River Academy
Ludlow
St. Johnsbury
Amherst College
Northampton
Boston
Massachusetts
Washington
Stinehour Press
Lunenburg
State Maple Council reviews plans for promotional film
Vermont's quarterly Maple Industry Council discussed a 14 minute promotional film to showcase maple production as a lifestyle in a unified Vermont. The outline, containing a poetic approach, was approved pending further input from Campbell Films Inc. director James Hormell and the movie committee.
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Vermont
Frank Rees
Burlington
James Marvin
Eben Brown
Royalton
Richard Bottamini
Montpelier
Everett Willard
Donald Lyons
H. Donn McCafferty
Food and Drug Administration
Extension Service
University of Vermont
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association
Wilson Clark
Wells
VMSMA
Windsor
Orange Counties
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Jetport
Everglades
By Homer Bigart
Department of Interior
Luna Leopold
United States
Geological Survey
Leopold Group
Volpe
Walter J. Hickel
William Barschdorf
William L. Barschdorf
Louis
Jules Jactt
St. Louis Zoo
Jewish Hospital
Central
Public Service
Main St. Bennington
Gerald E. Morrisey, Inc
Beech St
Bennington, Vt
Shea Agency
the Shea Agency Inc
Arthur Roberts Joseph Shea
Main ST
George Washington
Wernher von Braun
Chester A. Arthur
152D
Mohawk
James D. Buchanan
Grover Cleveland
Ulysses S. Grant
U.S
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig von Beethoven
Johannes Brahms
Caruso
San Francisco
Tru
Manchester
Clara May Hemenway
Asgrow Seed Firm
Graphic Arts Prize
Momromerv Ward
MON. Plaza
Adams
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Bennington Rotary Club
John B. Rothrock
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Rotary
Willow Park
Vermont Interagency Committee
State Maple Council
New England
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
Ontario
Quebec
Clark
Rutland County
Richard Adams
Cuttingsville
Sap
National
Maple Syrup Council
Burton
Ohio
Council
Robert Coombs
Association
Coombs
Jacksonville
Wickes
North St
Artery Arcade
John M. Moore
Hodgson
Arlington
Peron
Johnson Oil CO
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