Maine district tests four day school week experiment
In Thorndike Maine about 1000 students in SAD 3 will switch to a four day school week from September. The plan runs Monday to Thursday with Friday set for in service training. The district cites budget cuts and a $100000 federal grant for teacher training as reasons for the change. Savings are projected but may require another vote on funding. Community skepticism centers on learning outcomes and a push for direct resident approval.
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State Board of Education
Albert Brewster
Don Clark
Monroe
Doria Strikes New England. Power Restored Across Regions
Power lines and tree limbs marked the Doria aftermath but New England cities quickly recovered. Utilities reported service returning to 8 95 percent in parts of Connecticut and scattered outages elsewhere while Massachusetts saw flooding and wind driven damage. A deadly drowning near Marblehead prompted Coast Guard searches as crews aided by community members.
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Power Company
Concord
N.H
Augusta
Maine
Connecticut Light and Power Co
New Haven
Dana Johnson
Saugus
Marblehead
Preston Beach
Coast Guard
Castle Rocks
Samuel Cushing
Franconia
WCME
Brunswick
WRDO
Oxford
Cumberland
York
Massachusetts
Framingham
Natick
Walpole
Canton
Lexington
Milton
Quincy
Weymouth
National Weather Service
Plane crashes in Danbury backyard sparking rescue by residents
Four Bedford Hills men aboard a single engine Piper Cherokee were saved by neighbors who sprayed the burning wreck with a garden hose after crash landing in a Mill Plain area backyard. Two of the injured were in critical condition at Danbury Hospital, with two others in satisfactory condition. Investigation by the FAA identified the pilot as Robert Michaelovich.
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Danbury, Conn
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Bedford Hills
N.Y
George Minotti
Robert Black
Danbury Hospital
Robert Michaelovich
John Sgrulletta
Danbury Airways Inc
Federal Aviation Administration
Michaelovich
Mill Plain
McIntyre warns Nixon action may raise New England fuel costs
Senator McIntyre charges new residual fuel oil limits imposed by the Nixon administration could lift heating and power costs in New England. He notes schools hospitals and public buildings rely on residual oil and warns higher rates could raise local taxes and electricity prices. He urges extended public discussion and hearings and favors loosening restrictions rather than tightening them.
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Rogers Morton
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Federal Register
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Oil Import Administration
European money eyed for New England investments
The First National Bank of Boston says some European corporations could be persuaded to invest in plants in New England. Such investments could reduce unemployment and boost worker productivity in the region.
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New England
Birth as a dangerous moment in life studied
A Harvard physician reports in JAMA that birth injuries cause brain damage and long term effects. He cites oxygen deprivation as a major factor and notes millions endure mild dysfunction affecting behavior, learning, and potential.
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Chicago
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Abraham Towin
Journal of the American Medical Association
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Towin
Three Vermonters die in weekend crashes state toll rises
Three young people died in separate Vermont weekend crashes while six others were hospitalized. Victims were Gary Putnam 19 of Saxtons River Robert Gillen 22 of St. Johnsbury and Thomas Ruhle 20 of Tenafly New Jersey. The toll brings year to date highway fatalities to 92.
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Saxtons River
Robert J. Gillen
St. Johnsbury
Thomas Ruhle
Tenafly
N.J
Putnam
Westminster
Rockingham Hospital
Bellows Falls
Walcott
Gillen
Michael E. Morris
White River Junction
Copley Hospital
Morrisville
Sandra Turcott
Ruhle
Brattleboro
Ronald Barrett
Turner’s Falls
Mass
Nancy Murphy
West Hartford
Conn
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
New Haven
Frederick Billings
Two Girls See Canoe Upturned in Brattleboro River
UPI reports authorities in Vermont and New Hampshire searched the Connecticut River near Brattleboro Sunday night after two girls reported seeing a canoe swamp with two people aboard. The search ended without trace. the occupants reportedly swam to safety and did not report the incident.
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut River
Vermont land-use tax criticized by outgoing tax chief
UPI reports Burlington panel comments by Lawrence Wright who leaves office soon to enter private practice. He argues preferential land-use taxation unfairly shifts tax burden and favors certain groups over others. Also in St Albans a City Council meeting will discuss the resignation of Sgt Arthur Brouillette who claimed police suffers from low pay long hours and inadequate gear. He was put on a one year leave instead of resigning.
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Burlington
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Vermont
Lawrence Wright
Wright
WCAX
ST. Albans
Arthur Brouillette
Brouillette
Robber Escapes With 300 After Motel Station Hold-Up
In Saratoga County a gunman fled Sunday night after robbing the Halfway House motel on Route 29 at gunpoint, taking $300 from proprietor Alton Cornell and escaping on foot. In Guilderland a naked man, William Legett, 29, was subdued by state troopers after a spree that included threats with a rifle, crashing a car into a house, and assaulting a gas station attendant. He was arraigned on reckless endangerment charges and remanded to Albany County Jail. police said LSD may have played a role.
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Saratoga
Malta
Grangerville
Alton Cornell
Guilderland
William Legett
Albany County
John J. Welsh
Legett
Berkshire County to get overnight mail service expanded
Washington announces a new system aimed at guaranteeing overnight delivery for nearly all local first class mail deposited by 5 p.m. The expanded service is expected to begin in Pittsfield around mid October, per the postmaster.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Springfield
Albany
Washington
Poisoned Cabbage Theft Alarm At Bernat Farm
Adams police report six heads of cabbage missing from the Bernat farm on East Road over the weekend. Mrs Mildred Bernat warns the produce sprayed with poison could cause illness if eaten, while Pittsfield notes General Electric ordnance systems wins a 46 million Navy contract for 54 five inch gun mounts, with GM Gene Peterson saying it will stabilize employment.
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ADAMS
Bernat
East Road
Mildred Bernat
Pittsfield
General Electric Co
Ordnance Systems
Navy
Gene R. Peterson
Five women report wallet theft at Pittsfield shop
Detectives say five Thursday night shoppers were robbed of a total 459 dollars. One wallet, containing 230 dollars, was taken from a shopping cart.
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Pittsfield
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