Vista attorney aids seniors with J Hasen services
John Hasen a VISTA attorney serves seniors 60 plus in Bennington and Rutland counties offering advice and representation. He works with Vermont Legal Aid and Area Agencies on Aging to provide access and oversight. People may book appointments via Bennington Senior Center 442-3543 or Vermont Legal Aid Rutland 775-0021.
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John Hasen
VISTA
Volunteers In Service To America
Bennington
Rutland
Federal Administration On Aging and
Action
Vermont
Vermont Legal Aid
Bennington County
Department of the
United Counseling Service
Manchester
Eagles’ Hall
John
Camp Wapanacki
Hardwick
Amherst College
Phi Beta Kappa
New York University Law School
New York University Review of Law and
Social Change
Bennington Senior Center
Vermont Legal Aid Office
Filmmaker of Warsaw siege seeks rightful credit
Jerzy Gabryelski, who captured scenes of the 1939 German invasion, the Warsaw ghetto revolt, and the uprising, seeks legal acknowledgment of his authorship and royalties. He endured Gestapo torture and NKVD interrogation after smuggling his film to a New York foundation and later saw it used in a Cronkite-narrated 1960s documentary.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Gestapo
Poland
Jerzy Gabryelski
NKVD
Gabryelski
Walter Cronkite
Warsaw
Gabrielski
New York City
Maryland
Foundation
United States
New York
Cronkite
Army of Warsaw
Pownal Church Announces Sunday Sermons and Events
At North Pownal Congregational Church the sermon titled Well Tried from First Kings will be preached. A junior sermon The Little Match Girl will be presented. Sunday school starts at 9 am. The Methodist Youth Fellowship meets Sunday 5 to 7 pm at Pownal United Methodist Church. Fire Department officers election Monday 7 pm at the firehouse.
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North Pownal Congregational Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pownal United Methodist Church
North Pownal
Earth slows slightly. atomic clocks gain a leap second
The National Bureau of Standards reports the earth slows enough to require an extra leap second on New Year’s Eve to keep atomic clocks synchronized with the planet’s rotation within one second. A bureau spokesman notes the adjustment maintains clock accuracy.
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Boulder
Colo
UPI
National Bureau of Standards
Vermont City Council to dismantle Urban Renewal Commission
WINOOSKI The City Council voted 3 to 2 to proceed with dismantling the Urban Renewal Commission despite City Attorney Gadue stating two members might have conflicts of interest. He found no misconduct by Felix Bissonette or Florence Thabault who voted to terminate the commission. MONTPELIER The 1977 Legislature will consider a plan to raise employer taxes to fund the state Unemployment Compensation Fund after the Employment Security Board approved the emergency tax proposal amid a depleted fund and federal penalties.
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Winooski
UPI
Michael Gadue
Urban Renewal Commission
Gadue
Felix Bissonette
Florence Thabault
Associated Industries of
Vermont
Organized Labor
Vermont Wins 130000 Grant To Enforce 55 MPH Limit
Vermont receives a 130000 federal grant from the U S Transportation Department to bolster 55 mph speed limit enforcement and hire more state troopers. Senator Thomas Crowley says more federal funds may follow to cover 25 troopers and 12 cruisers, and he will sponsor a law to commit to the limit. Supporters hail fuel savings and fewer highway deaths.
Vermont Donor: Vermont Nuclear Waste Repository Doubt voiced
Vermont Nuclear Power Corp officials say Vermont unlikely as a permanent storage site for atomic wastes. Energy Research and Development Administration surveys 37 states for spent fuel storage. Vermont Yankee spokesman Lawrence Keyes says experts doubt Vermont’s geology can safely house radioactive wastes.
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Rutland
UPI
Vermont Nuclear Power Corp
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
Vermont
Vermont Yankee
Lawrence Keyes
Keyes
Paul Fenton dies after stair fall at home
New Haven state police report Paul Fenton aged 66 died from a broken neck after falling backward on stairs at his residence while walking up. He had been in poor health prior to the incident.
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New Haven
UPI
Paul Fenton
Fenton
Write-in votes noted for Linda Lovelace and others in New York
New York residents cast write-in presidential votes on November 2 including Linda Lovelace Daffy Duck Paul Newman Assemblyman Fred Isabella Alexi Kosygin Harry S Truman Shirley Temple Black Bella Abzug Woody Allen Hua Kuo Feng and Andy Capp. In Troy New York the Democratic minority proposed in 1977 a plan to create two superagencies one for human resources coordinating youth manpower and drug programs and another to consolidate Urban Renewal City Planning Housing Parking and Industrial Development Agencies for federal and state community development funds.
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Albany
Linda Lovelace
Daffy Duck
Paul Newman
New York State
Fred Isabella
Alexi Kosygin
Harry S. Truman
Shirley Temple Black
Bella Abzug
Woody Allen
Hua Kuo-Feng
Andy Capp
Troy
Urban Renewal Agency
City Planning Department
Troy Housing Authority
Parking Authority
Industrial Development Agency
Missing Falmouth teacher Carol Todd Found Victim Alarmed Search
Volunteers found bags of clothing on a dirt road in Williamstown amid the search for missing Falmouth schoolteacher Carol Ann Todd who disappeared December 12 from the Sheraton North Adams Inn. Blood evidence and personal belongings have been reported, while blood tests await results. Investigators pursue multiple leads across Mohawk Trail and Mausert's Pond with dogs and a dowser yielding no trace. In North Adams, an anonymous threat from 8 years ago appears fulfilled as the Ciaburris' home is damaged again at 55 Beacon St, with the couple fearing the suspect known as The Cat may strike again.
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Williamstown
Falmouth
Carol Ann Todd
North Hoosac Road
Miss Todd
Sheraton North Adams Inn
Cohoes
N.Y
Gordon Leversee
Mausert’s Pond
Clarksburg State Forest
Hoosac Tunnel
North Adams
Beacon St
Angelina
Michael Ciaburri
Ciaburris
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Bowman Hall
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Vatican Radio
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Route 67
North Hoosick
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Hartford
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New England Telephone
Urban Commission
Down In
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