Donnelly leads pilot aging project training plan
Donald H. Donnelly, head of a pilot project for the aging, met with representatives of the Free Public Library Service to discuss a training program. Leslie Smith will coordinate a Jan 3 6 session at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum for 12 months. Twelve area libraries applied for part time aides in this model program across St. Johnsbury Hardwick Canaan Troy Derby Gilman Barnet Barton Danville Albany Island Pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Donald H. Donnelly
Orleans County Council of Social Agencies
Newport
Free Public Library Service
Leslie Smith
St. Johnsbury
Vermont Education Dept details $40.5 million for school construction
The Vermont Department of Education reports since 1953 state aid funded 40.5 million dollars for district construction. Twenty three high schools and eighty eight elementary schools have been completed. The Burlington Senior High School project received 3.8 million dollars and the Bennington elementary project cost 631 thousand. High school cost per square foot rose to 20.75 dollars, while elementary classroom costs ranged from about 14 thousand to 51 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPS
Vermont Department of Education
Burlington
Bennington
Jeffords to resign law firm and set up private office
State Senator elect James Jeffords announced he will resign from Bishop Crowley and Jeffords in Rutland to open a private office in Rutland. He cited a possible conflict of interest between his Senate seat and attorney Earl Bishop's lobbying for Vermont electrical contractors. Jeffords plans to move his family from Shrewsbury to Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
UPI
James Jeffords
Rutland County
Bishop, Crowley
Rabid Fox Found In Westford As 1966 Rabies Cases Grow
A fox killed by a dog in Westford's Lawrence Caron yard tested rabid at the state health department. It marks the 26th animal rabies case of 1966. The dog was vaccinated and no human bites occurred. County totals show Orleans four, Lamoille eight, Chittenden five, Franklin five, Caledonia two, and Windsor and Grand Isle one each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Lawrence Caron
Westford
State Health Department
Orleans County
Lamoille
Chittenden
Franklin
Caledonia
Windsor
Grand Isle
Button tours Watervliet Arsenal amid weapons production sights
Congressman elect Daniel E. Button visited Watervliet Arsenal in the 29th District to inspect operations on the 175mm self-propelled gun and other howitzers. Col. Fred Kornet led a two hour tour as production orders tied to Southeast Asia boosted the arsenal, adding workers to 3601. RPI campaign reaches $17.7 million of a $79 million goal for its 150th anniversary development plan. Erik Jonsson and Harold Strang announced donors contributing $10.1 million from private sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
Daniel E. Button
Button
Watervliet Arsenal
Fred Kornet
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Troy — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Erik Jonsson
Harold E. Strang
Vast Rosendale vault to be top security storage site
The Ulster County village of Rosendale will host a vast ultra modern vault deep in caves. National Storage Co. Inc. president Larry Yont of Boyers Pennsylvania announced the facility will be the largest in the northeast and among the world’s biggest storage vaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Ulster County
Rosendale
Larry Yont
National Storage Co. Inc
Boyers
Resignations at Simon's Rock Cite Lack of Academic Freedom
In Berkshire at Simon's Rock School on Alford Road Gary Richardson a former mathematics and community affairs instructor and Carl Beier a former arts center director and drama poetry instructor resigned from the faculty. Officials say resignations have been accepted. Both cited lack of academic freedom as a cause of departure. In Mount Washington unknown thieves stole 900 feet of telephone line along Copake Road triggering a total outage for the hamlet until service was restored by NE Tel and Tel Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Gary Richardson
Southern Berkshire Community Action Inc
Carl Beier
Simon’s Rock School
Alford Road
Elizabeth Blodgett Hall
Richardson
Beier
Mount Washington
Copake Road
N.e.tel. & Tel. Co
Expert on Ski Injuries Lectures at Mayo Clinic
Dr. Arthur E. Ellison of Williamstown a renowned ski injury authority lectured at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota this week. An orthopedic surgeon he previously served as national medical advisor to the National Ski Patrol System and remains a special consultant to the Surgeon General and a member of the Advisory Committee on Accident Prevention.
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Williamstown
Arthur E. Ellison
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
National Ski Patrol System
Ellison
Surgeon General of the
United States
Surgeon General
Windham College Receives Federal Grant for Materials
Windham College was awarded a federal grant of 9 968 dollars under Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for educational materials including a record collection and a monkey's skull. The Vermont Commission on Higher Education Facilities issued the grant, part of a 44 368 dollar allotment to Vermont colleges.
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Putney
Windham College
Windham
Vermont Commission On Higher Education
Vermont Colleges
Deutsche Gramophone Company
George Soules
Windham Music Department
Vermont readies UCC implementation Jan. 3
Secretary of State Harry Cooley says Vermont will implement the Uniform Commercial Code on January 3 making it the 47th state to adopt the measure. He has trained clerks statewide and issued a booklet on bulk transfers and secured transactions under the code.
State Building Authority Elects New President
Donald G. Martin of Montpelier was elected chairman of the Vermont Industrial Building Authority at its annual meeting to replace William M. Lockwood of Burlington who step down after five years in the role. Martin, president of Webster- Martin, Inc., has prior service with the Vermont Department of Highways and was a U S Air Force officer. He also serves as president of Martin Allard, Inc., and as a director of Vermont Railways, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Donald G. Martin
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
William M. Lockwood
Burlington
Martin
Webster- Martin, Inc
Consulting Engineers
Lockwood
University of Massachusetts
State of Vermont Department of Highways
Department
U.S. Air Force
Vermont Society of Engineers
Highway Transportation Congress
National Highways Users Conference, Inc
Vermont Gas Systems, Inc
Martin Allard, Inc
Vermont Railways, Inc
N H Official Denies Vermont Deer Charges
New Hampshire Fish and Game Commissioner James M Ballou denied claims of illegal possession of a deer in Vermont. A warrant charged him with unlawfully taking a wild deer in a closed season near Granville on November 11, with Vermont's deer season opening the next day and night hunting banned. Ballou said he was at a Granville hunting lodge when the deer was shot by a companion, and a Vermont warden found Ballou and two others with the dead animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
UPD
New Hampshire
Fish and Game
James M. Ballou
Vermont
Addison County
Ezra S. Dike
Ballou
Granville
Dike
Board Chairman To Be Replaced
Holger C. Petersen of Burlington may not be reappointed as chair of the State Institutions Board when his term ends Feb 28. A Gov Hoff confidant confirms Petersen is not being considered for reappointment amid his push to locate a $1.2 million medium security facility in Pittsford despite local opposition. The board, created by the 1966 legislature, seeks a site for first offenders aged 16 to 26, after clashes with Addison zoning officials. The Vermont Sanatorium in Pittsford, slated to phase out next spring, is a potential purchase site. A Pittsford delegation met Hoff outlining alternate plans for the sanatorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Zoning Board of Adjustment
Vermont Sanatorium
Pittsford
Petersen
Hoff
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