Williams College trims energy costs with do it yourself measures
Williams College physical plant director Pete Welanetz says there is no magic answer to the energy problem yet he managed to cut the school oil and electricity bills by more than 200000 this year. He warns the biggest obstacle is preventing apathy as the program continues.
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Williamstown
Mass
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Williams College Physical Plant
Pete
Welanetz
Reed Zars
Zars
Williams
Dutch Mountain ski area readies 31st season with new co owners
Dutch Mountain in Readsboro Heartwellville prepares for its 31st season after a substantial snowfall. A new cross country center is added with six miles of maintained trails. Rudy Vazzano joins owners Gus Kronberg and Felix Calari, expanding plans for year round programs. The resort lies ten miles north of North Adams Massachusetts and features a T bar J bar and rope tow serving nine trails with two base lodges.
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Readsboro
Dutch Mountain
Heartwellville
Dutch Hill
Dutch Treat
Dutch Meadows
John Hitchcock
Rudy Vazzano
Trumbull
North Adams
Williamstown
Massachusetts
Hot Meals Menu For Arlington Next Week
Arlington notices detail next weeks Hot Meals menu with Monday meatloaf and cheese sauce, potatoes, vegetables, bread and purple plum. Wednesday features roast turkey with dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, hot rolls, cranberry sauce and fruit jello. No meals Friday. Attendees for Monday and Wednesday should reserve in advance.
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Arlington
Moynihan Finishes Harvard Paper Grading Before Senate Move
Senator-elect Daniel Patrick Moynihan wraps up his Harvard teaching duties and will relocate to Washington on January 1 to become New York's junior U.S. senator. He has only papers to grade left, with his resignation effective at term end. A Harvard spokeswoman noted his last lecture drew applause as Moynihan prepares for public office.
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New York
UPI
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Harvard University
U.S
N H man indicted for killings in Massachusetts case
A Middlesex County grand jury indicted Robert S. Wilson, 27, of Keene New Hampshire on three counts of first degree murder and multiple armed assault charges over the New Year’s Eve triple slayings of Dr. Hugh Mahoney his wife Ruth and son John in their Tewksbury home. Wilson is held without bail as another suspect, Terrance Milan, awaits extradition. a third man, Robert E. Smith, is in custody in New Hampshire. The panel may hear more indictments as the investigation continues into year end.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
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Tewksbury
Middlesex County
Robert S. Wilson
Keene
N.H
Hugh Mahoney
Ruth
John
Wilson
Essex County
Mahoney
John J. Droney
Droney
Middlesex Superior Court
Joseph Ford
Terrance Milan
Michigan
Mahoneys
Whipple Road
Robert E. Smith
New Hamphire
Massachusetts
Ford
Grand Jury
Vermont Adults Basic Education push seeks more funds
A Montpelier news conference announced by the Citizens Committee for Adult Basic Education calls for increased support from the 1977 legislature and local districts. They seek about 250000 dollars for fiscal 1978 as one in four Vermonters lack a high school education and district costs rise. Two more items note Gov Salmon appointee panel critics.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Citizens’ Committee For Adult Basic Education
D-Norwich
Hugo Meyer
Woodbury
Gregory Belcher
Calais
Sprague Electric Becomes 93% owned by General Cable
Barre plant Sprague Electric Co. becomes 93 percent owned subsidiary of General Cable Corp. of Connecticut. Cable Corp. vice president Dennis Little confirmed the change on Wednesday and said Sprague’s board will be replaced by General Cable directors within a month. Sprague operates 19 plants nationwide and the Barre facility employs about 385 people.
No CETA money for unions in Vermont review
Vermont Manpower Services Office reviews federally funded programs to ensure CETA funds do not support labor unions or workers rights projects. Federal officials direct that money go to public service projects rather than special interest organizations. Green Mountain Power sells 8 million in stocks and bonds to repay short term bank loans.
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Burlington
UPI
Green Mountain Power Corp
Green Mountain
Peter McTague
Partial plan eyed to revitalize downtown Troy
Republican city lawmakers released a partial plan for a pedestrian oriented shopping area in downtown Troy with free off street parking proposed in the Fulton and Grand streets area and use of Carl Grimm's two story Broadway and Third Street plan while restricting street parking in select zones. City officials acknowledge 1969 urban renewal efforts failed and seek ideas from developers. Adirondack Steel Casting Co in Colonie resumed operations after a carbon monoxide incident that hospitalized 22 workers, with safety devices to be installed on air compressors. A minor sewer line leak at Winthrop Labs in Rensselaer caused five workers to be treated for sulfur dioxide exposure with no serious injuries.
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Troy
Fulton
Grand Streets
Carl Grimm
Broadway
Third Street
Colonie
Adirondack Steel Casting Co
Winthrop Labs
Rensselaer
Ice jam damper decision shields Wahconah fields
Berkshire officials rule out dynamite to break an Housatonic ice jam near Wahconah Regional High School. Superintendent Denis J. Duquette warns water risk to the soccer field and building. authorities opt for watchful waiting with possible bulldozer use if the jam persists. A week of local debate over the city's Christmas tree ends with a 15-foot balsam fir in Park Square donated by James Saunders of Sheffield, replacing a controversial plastic tree.
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Housatonic
Wahconah
Denis J. Duquette
Duquette
Dalton Selectmen
Pittsfield
Park Square
James Saunders
Sheffield
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