Williams provost to spend year as Botswana advisor
Williams College Provost Steve Lewis will serve as Economic Consultant to Botswana’s Ministry of Finance for a year and a half, starting January, moving with his wife Gayle and three children to Gaborone. Lewis brings development economics expertise from Kenya and Pakistan and aims to translate mineral wealth into broad social benefits.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Steve Lewis
Botswana
Lewis
Ministry of Finance
France
South Africa
Rhodesia
South West Africa
Bechananaland
Herbert H. Lehman
Williams
Center For Development Economics
Kenya
Pakistan
Finance Ministry
Gaborone
Gayle
Deborah
Karachi
Lions Club Meet Dinner Tonight in Pownal
The Pownal Lions Club will meet at 6 30 tonight at the Mt Anthony Country Club for dinner and a meeting The Pownal Senior Citizens will hold their weekly luncheon Wednesday at noon at their center in Pownal Center Reservations for the meal must be made at least one week in advance by calling Rose Mattison at 823-7282 The North Pownal Congregational Church recently presented their Sunday school Christmas program at the church
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Pownal
Pownal Center
Rose Mattison
North Pownal
Botswana
Lewis
Africa
Rhodesia
South Africa
Steve Lewis
Woodstock Ski for Light Cross Country Event for the Blind
Woodstock hosts Ski for Light from Jan 30 to Feb 6 at Woodstock Inn and golf course. One hundred blind skiers join 100 sighted instructors for a week of guided touring, a three mile track, and a final cross country race with awards.
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Woodstock
John Wiggin
Woodstock Inn
Woodstock Country Club
Frisco
Colo
Lakeville
Minn
Erling Stordahl
Norway
Stratton Winter Festival Set to Run January 21 to 30
Stratton hosts the second annual Winter Festival January 21 through 30 with major events including the World Professional Freestyle Competition on January 22-23 with a $130,000 purse and top freestyle contenders. ABC Wide World of Sports will film the event. Concerts feature Jack DeJohnette and the Pat Metheny Group among others, plus Village Fair Night, a Parachute Ski Race, cross country rallies, and Children’s Day activities. Reservations or information at 802-297-2200 or Stratton Mountain VT 05155.
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ABC Wide World of Sports
Colgate
Midas
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John Coltrane
Stan Getz
Miles Davis
Freddie Hubbard
John Abercrombie
Pat Metheny
Gary Burton
John Tropea
Record World Magazine
Brecker Brothers
Young Approach
Las Vegas
Chamber of Commerce
Travelers-Citizens
Stratton Mountain
Vermont high share of ineligible food stamp recipients
UPI reporting from Washington shows Agriculture Department data placing Vermont second nationally in the share of food stamp funds paid to ineligible recipients. The six month totals nationwide reached 215 million dollars for working-poor participants, with Vermont at 20.3 percent versus 18.3 percent in 1975, Massachusetts leading at 22.5 percent and Wyoming lowest at 1.5 percent.
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UPI
U.S. Agriculture Department
Vermont
Agriculture Department
Massachusetts
Wyoming
Marine Corps ordered to pay back pay to pregnant recruit
UPI reports Judge James Holden awarded Stephanie Crawford, an unmarried Essex Junction woman discharged in 1970 after revealing pregnancy, about 9500 in back pay. Crawford sued claiming constitutional violation. initial Marine Corps discharge was upheld, then overturned on appeal.
Snelling accused of ignoring Abenaki needs in Vermont
Abenaki Support Committee accuses Gov elect Richard Snelling of insensitivity to Abenaki Indians. The group says his critique of Gov Salmon’s Indian Affairs Commission overlooks the tribe’s history and asserts the Abenakis seek only the right to hunt and fish for survival, not special privileges.
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Burlington
UPI
Richard Snelling
Vermont
America
Former Gov Deane Davis Hospitalized For Cardiac Tests
Gov Deane Davis aged 76 was admitted to Medical Center Hospital in Burlington on Sunday for cardiac tests. He is listed stable and likely to be released later this week. Davis, a Republican, served as governor from 1969 to 1973 and previously faced a mild heart attack in September and chest pains in October.
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Burlington
UPI
Deane Davis
Medical Center Hospital
Davis
Richmond man dies from Shelburne crash head injuries
Loren Williams, 22, of Richmond died Monday night from severe head injuries after a two car crash in Shelburne last week. Shelburne police search for two witnesses whose cars were forced off U.S. 7 Thursday night just seconds before the fatal head-on crash involving Williams and William Bleau, 40, of Burlington.
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Burlington
UPI
Loren Williams
Richmond
Shelburne
U.S
Williams
William Bleau
Murder at Colonie Center: 24-year-old woman slain
Police in Colonie, New York seek a killer after the body of 24-year-old Joan E. Richburg was found in a parked car at Colonie Center on Christmas Eve. Her throat was slashed and investigators indicate a sexual assault. Authorities question witnesses who saw Richburg or suspicious persons at the mall last Thursday, the day she is believed murdered.
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Colonie
Joan E. Richburg
Ms. Richburg
Colonie Center
Watervliet Youths Charged in Extortion Case
Four Watervliet residents face extortion charges in city court tomorrow. A 19 year old from Cohoes paid 50 dollars after being approached with compromising photos taken in an apartment of 23 year old Michael Homsey. Police say 16 year olds were present when the money changed hands.
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Watervliet
Cohoes
Michael Homsey
Dowser Aids Berkshire Missing Teacher Search
Volunteers in North Adams focus on dowser Gordon Leversee who claims to locate people by energy. Leversee arrived from Cohoes, examined maps and a bloodstained sheet from Carol Ann Todd’s hotel room, and was guided by Eileen Gillooly through local sites as police consider his tips.
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Falmouth
Carol Ann Todd
Sheraton
North Adams Inn
Gordon Leversee
Cohoes
N.Y
Israel
Berkshire
Miss Todd
Eileen Gillooly
Pownal
GOP plans aggressive push to win independents in Stockbridge
Stockbridge Republican party enlists Nabih Najaime to woo independents with an education forum newsletters and an aggressive voter registration drive targeting 784 unaffiliated voters from the last election. He warns that rising independent support could harm the existing system.
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Stockbridge
GOP
Republican Party
Nabih Najaime
Nejaime
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