Model Congress Opens at Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt Anthony Union High School hosts the annual Model Congress in Bennington with the Contemporary American Issues class sponsoring. Controversial topics include statehood for foreign countries, ending aerial wolf hunting in Alaska, abolishing the vice presidency, and returning the Panama Canal to Panama.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Panama Canal
Panama
Bennington Lions Club
Bennington Free
Leahy Opposes Federal Pay Raises but Backs Disclosure
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont rejects 1977 pay hikes for federal judges cabinet members and top officials while supporting parts of a report to President Ford on public financial disclosure. He will vote against Senate House pay raises in 1977 though he cosponsored 94th Congress legislation denying congressional raises.
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Washington
UPI
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Congress
Leahy
Ford
Commission On Executive
United States Senate
House of Representatives
State offers swine flu shots to all Vermont first graders
The Vermont State Health Department announced that all first grade children will be offered immunization against swine influenza. With vaccine limited to about 7,500 doses, no additional supply is expected. Two injections will be given in schools with Public Health Nursing Division cooperation after parental permission.
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Burlington
Vermont
Vermont State Health Department
Public Health Nursing Division
Store oil in New England, Durkin says
Sen John Durkin of New Hampshire urged storing part of the proposed 500 million barrel emergency oil reserve in New England. He noted residents suffered most during the Arab oil embargo and warned of further curtailment. A report to Congress will decide if reserves should be held in New England along with Texas or Louisiana.
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Washington
UPI
New England
John Durkin
D.H
Durking
Frank Zarb
Congress
Texas
Louisiana
Kehoe Named Youth Delegate for UCP Conference
William Kehoe of Bennington is named one of two Vermont delegates to the National Youth Leadership Conference in Orlando Florida from December 27 to 31. A Mt. Anthony Union High School graduate and former Vermont Achievement Center student, he will join peers from UCP affiliates nationwide for four days of workshops and planning sessions on disability awareness and removing architectural barriers. Kehoe also belongs to Squeaking Wheels, a Vermont youth group. The other Vermont delegate is Steven Hancock of Charlotte.
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William Kehoe
Bennington
United Cerebral Palsy
Vermont
Orlando
Fla
Vermont Achievement Center
Mt. Anthony Union High School
UCP
U.S
Kehoe
Squeaking Wheels
Steven Hancock
Charlotte
Fires Doused on Grassy Fields Near Landfill Memorial Highway
Rural Fire Department responded to two late season blazes in grassy fields along Landfill Memorial Highway on Tuesday and Monday. A firefighter lamented the lack of snow as a cause. Separately, William Millard of 106 Lincoln St. left for Navy A school in Meridian Miss after two weeks home leave. He will be stationed in Hawaii after training, with boot camp in Orlando.
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Landfill Memorial Highway
William Millard
William
Virginia Millard
Lincoln St
Meridian
Miss
Navy Accounting School
Hawaii
Donald S. Roach
North Street
Robert Farnum
Rollin Street
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Orlando
Fla
Bank Employees Donate to Bennington Food Shelf Drive
Christmas charity flows from First Vermont Bank & Trust Co to the Bennington Opportunity Council. Staff offered ongoing cash and canned goods to stock the emergency food shelf, with a voucher system aiding needy families and a call for more local store participation.
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Bennington County
First Vermont Bank & Trust Co
Main St
Bennington
Bert Lane
BOC
First Vermont
Bob Gratton
Emergency Food Shelf
Cheryl Briggs
Gratton
Ms. Briggs
P&c
Grattan
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Rea
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Monument Plaza
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