West Arlington 4-H Club Hosts Christmas Sing and Meetings
West Arlington 4-H Club hosted the Community Christmas Sing on the green in Arlington with Santa gifts for children. Members invite project bring, and plan Jan 14 Grange Hall meeting at 7 pm. Beer raffle tickets sold to fund 4-H exchange trip to Iowa. Innkeepers Pat and Peter Houghton hosted two Mack Molding Company parties recently. The Houghtons just returned from a Caribbean vacation.
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Pat and
Peter Houghton
Mack Molding Company
Houghtons
Caribbean
West Arlington
Arlington
Santa
Lions Club
John Geer
Lyle Salter
Greg Cullinan
Nick Monte
Grange Hall
West Alington
Iowa
Arlington Calendar Highlights This Week
Arlington schools open Wednesday at 8:15 a.m. Battenhill Grange meets at 8 p.m. Thursday includes girls basketball at Ludlow and vestry meeting at St James Church. American Legion Post 69 meets at 8 p.m. Friday features boys basketball at Woodstock and Battnkill Grange social at the grange hall.
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Arlington
Hoosick Falls Grange program honors long time member
Joseph Holloway, advisor for the Walloomsac Yorker Club, presented slides on Hoosick Falls history during the Hoosick Grange meeting. The group named Ernest Haas, N. Clifford Cottrell and Ralph Philpott to draft resolutions for William Harrington’s death. The next meeting is Jan 9 and the 66th anniversary will be observed Jan 23 with charter members honored. Village clerk office moves from Church Street to 27 Main Street, with staff in the new HQ Friday.
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Joseph Holloway
Walloomsac Yorker Club
Hoosick Falls
Holloway
Yorker Club
Master Wesley Hall
Ernest Haas
N. Clifford Cottrell
Ralph Philpott
William Harrington
Harold Prebble
Church Street
Main Street
Home Savings Bank
Doris McGuire
Bernice Norton
Vermont Yankee plant could raise output to near full capacity
Gov. Thomas Salmon indicated he would not object if the AEC approves a near full output increase at the Vernon Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp plant along the Connecticut River. State officials discussed new fuel densification standards with AEC in Washington, with a data review from General Electric and Vermont Yankee expected within a week.
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UPI
Thomas Salmon
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vernon
Salmon
Washington
State
Connecticut
Kimberly Cheney
General Electric
Vermont Yankee
Cheney
Union reach at CVPS ends in tentative two year pact
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 300 and Central Vermont Public Service Corp. of Rutland report a late Friday tentative contract with ratification Sunday showing 185 of 275 members voting. The deal includes a 6 percent wage rise each year and a second year cost of living adjustment amid a narrow approval margin. Green Mountain Power workers threaten to strike if no agreement by New Year’s Day is reached.
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Rutland
UPI
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 300
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Craig Cota
Cota
Vermont
Green Mountain Power Co
Bellows Falls Steam Train Delights Vermont Crowds
More than 600 riders joined a two locomotive steam train for an 125 mile nostalgic trip through Vermont. Gov. Thomas P. Salmon led the eight hour round trip from Bellows Falls to Rutland. Thousands watched as traffic jams formed at crossings. Steamtown USA plans a similar March run from Albany to Scranton. One engine was Rutland Railroad Locomotive 642 from the defunct line.
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UPI
Vermont
Thomas P. Salmon
Rutland
Steamtown USA
Albany
N.Y
Scranton
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Albany CDTA Hikes Fares and Cuts Services
The Capital District Transportation Authority raised intra city bus fares to 40 cents from 25 cents and increased inter city prices. Some lesser used routes were eliminated or reduced in daily runs due to a financial crisis after Albany County Legislature failed to provide emergency funds.
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Albany
Capital District Transportation Authority
CDTA
Albany County
Levitt urges productivity measures and fiscal reforms in report
Albany State Comptroller Arthur Levitt calls for a system to measure productivity among state and municipal employees, control of rising state debt, a switch to accrual accounting, and a five year fiscal plan. He criticizes Rockefeller era practices and hopes Wilson's administration will be more conservative.
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Albany
Arthur Levitt
Levitt
Rockefeller
Wilson
Adams Paper Plant Reopening in Doubt Amid Shortages
Adams Paper Associates may scrap the former L L Brown Paper Co mill reopening due to pulp and fuel shortages. Francis Kilduff, a partner, says the timetable to produce photographic paper by spring is suspended and they are delaying operations while awaiting fuel oil to prevent freezing.
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L.L. Brown Paper Co
Francis Kilduff
Adams Paper Associates
Kilduff
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Montpelier
Commission On the Status of Women
Jeanne Squire
Berea
Ohio
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Marilyn Bixby
Vermont Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Elizabeth Candon
Trinity College
Sandgate
Kay Weeks
Helene Thompson
Edith Beaumont
Meeting of the Hoosick Grange
First Vermont Bank & Trust Co
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Vermont Steak House
Main St
Yankee
Shelburne
VPI
Robert Withey
Chittenden County
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CVPS
New York
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Great Barrington
Arthur D. Little Co
Berkshire Aviation Enterprises Inc
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