Places and Spaces for Kids at Williamstown Museum
Williamstown Children's Museum hosts December weekend workshops with Places and Spaces for Kids Part 2 detailing an aerial map project using craft materials.Events run 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Little Red Schoolhouse Route 7 South Williamstown plus later sessions 1-4 p.m. at the museum with related crafts, performances, and age 0-5 programs.
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Williamstown
Mass
Little Red
South Williamstown
Hanna
HFCS District faces fiscal crisis warned by Leonard in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School District superintendent Philip Leonard warned at a Tuesday night meeting that state aid changes and the true value of property threaten district finances. He explained equalization rates, assessed values, and how shifts in wealth per pupil could cut aid. he cited rising true value from 33 to 50 million dollars and predicted substantial per-pupil aid declines for 1976 77. He distributed a 9 page explainer and urged residents to prepare for May and June budget decisions.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Philip Leonard
Hoosick Falls Central
Leonard
HFCS
Hoosick
Petersburg
Grafton
Pittstown
White Creek
Albany
Former Democratic chairman cleared in Bailey case
Connecticut gaming commission cleared John M. Bailey of accepting 250000 from jai alai promoter David Friend. It revoked Bridgeport jai alai arena gambling permit and said Bailey never received the funds. Friend faces perjury and larceny charges. prosecutors pursue warrants if he does not surrender.
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Jai Alai
Hartford, Conn
UPI
Connecticut’s Gaming Commission
John M. Bailey
National Democratic Party
David Friend
Bailey
Bridgeport
Fronton
Louis I. Gladstone
Ella T
Grasso
Barbara
Commission On Special Revenue
U.S
Florida
Connecticut
Friend
Hollywood, Fla
Teamsters Union Main Pension Fund
Joseph Gormley
New York City
The
Gaming Commission
Rooney
Pittsburgh
Steelers
Connecticut Sport Enterprises
Murray Chotiner
Nixon
National Party
Kennedy
Johnson
Hartford
Teamsters Union
Vermont lawmakers push limited school prayer bill
In Montpelier two lawmakers Royall Cutts and Alexander Keefe filed a bill to allow limited school prayers and the pledge of allegiance with voluntary participation. The measure cites a Pilgrim fathers prayer reference and contrasts with a 1960s Supreme Court ruling on public school prayer.
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Cutts
Keefe
Health planning agency extension eyed in Troy county budget
In Troy, legislators plan to extend the county health planning agency for one year despite being cut from the 1976 budget by County Executive William J. Murphy who says federal reforms will render the agency redundant. A compromise spending cap of 30 thousand dollars is under study as the measure moves toward a Tuesday vote. In the same city, Frank J. Piscatella fights a water meter rate hike, rallying support to block the second reading of the proposal amid earlier opposition.
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Troy — Rensselaer
William J. Murphy
Murphy
Health Planning Agency
Troy
Frank J. Piscatella
Piscatella
Berkshire Gun Law Referendum Sees Massive Signature Submission
Pittsfield and Berkshire County records show People vs. Handguns submitted over 90 000 signatures to back a 1976 massachusetts gun control referendum though only 6 000 were needed for ballot placement. Legislature must act by next May with a path to a second petition if rejected. Also in Pittsfield thieves breached a farm supply store wall stealing 3500 dollars in chain saws and cash, marking a second burglary since opening.
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Pittsfield
Massachusett
Berkshire County
Jerome Chamblin
Central Tractor Co
North Street
A&p
McCulloch
Booth drunk when killed in Clarksburg case
A medical examiner report shows Clarksburg native Frank D. Booth was highly intoxicated with a blood alcohol of .28 percent when he was shot by Florida state trooper Robert Rennie who mistook him for a stolen vehicle. Rennie has been relieved pending today’s inquest into the killing.
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Clarksburg
Florida
Frank D. Booth
North Adams
Robert Rennie
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Rennie
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Arlington Garden Club
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Arlington Snowmobile Club
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