Students search past in Mt Anthony Union class
Peter Sausville a Mt Anthony Union High School student models a 19th century top hat at Park McCullough House North Bennington while Tim Davis observes. The class visited the Big House to hunt artifacts of life a century ago and excavated cellar holes at a former village site in Woodford now overgrown. Page 11.
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Peter Sausville
Mt. Anthony Union’ High School
Park McCullough
North Bennington
Tim Davis
Woodford
Budget panel head asks for doubled jobs plan
Budget Committee Chairman Robert Giaimo called for doubling the first year direct job spend in Carter’s economic package. He urged $3.5 billion in job programs, focusing on youth minorities state locals and construction, to push unemployment toward 6 percent by year end. He stressed broad House support and said the extra funds would not alter the tax cut and rebate elements.
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Washington
UPI
House Budget Committee
Robert Giaimo
Dconn
Carter
Giaimo
House
Senate
Hubert Humphrey
Dmim
Charles Schultze
Congress
House Committee
Senate Public Works
Pete Flaherty
Pittsburgh
Flaherty
New Orleans
Moon Landrieu
Minnesota
Donald Riegle Jr
Michigan
Lead exposure linked to children of Globe Union workers
A Vermont Health Department report found that children of Globe Union battery plant workers in Bennington have elevated blood lead levels. The study, using a control group, showed average child levels of 31.8 micrograms per 100 ml versus 21.4 in non-exposed families, with 56 percent above 30 micrograms. Recommendations include mandatory showers and changing clothes at work to avoid bringing lead dust home.
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John Leaning
State Health Department
Bennington
Banner
Wall Street Journal
Vermont Health Department
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Vermont
Globe Union Inc
Memphis
Tenn
Edward L. Baker
Atlanta Center
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
U.S
Globe Union
Linden Witherell
Witherell
William Watson
Bennington College adds new special projects post
Inside Local reports a new special projects position at Bennington College amid discussion of campus initiatives. Also notes a protest plan by low income council over Snelling welfare cuts and mentions municipal composting and a college choice debate, with broader local context.
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Bennington College
Snelling
Kit Foster
Sorensen
Long Trail School
Carter to submit reorganization bid
President Carter plans to ask Congress for authority to reorganize the federal bureaucracy over four years after his fireside chat. He outlined zero based budgeting sunset laws and staff reductions while urging the White House to lead in streamlining operations.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
White House
Kentucky
Julian Carroll
Jody Powell
Franklin Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Office of Management and Budget
Murder suspect freed yet held in jail in bartender slaying
Richard Minckler, 25, of Rutland, one of two men charged with murdering a Manchester bartender on Oct 5, was ordered released on 50000 bail by Superior Court Judge Thomas L. Hayes. Though technically freed, Minckler remains at the St. Albans House of Corrections as officials review grounds to keep him.
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Richard Minckler
Rutland
Manchester
Superior Court
Thomas L. Hayes
Minckler
St. Albans House of
Rouse’s Point
N.Y
Michael J. Martin
North Clarendon
Harry Cifelli
Cifelli
Palace
David G. Reid
Gary Pray
Hayes
Martin
Kreps Defends Carter Jobs Plan in Congress
Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps urged Congress that public works can ease high unemployment and supported the administration’s plan for 4 billion in federal job funds over two years. Mayors and senators urged doubling the first year to 4 billion, with Carter proposing 2 billion per year for 1977 and 1978.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Congress
Carter
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Mt. Anthony
MAU
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Ida Louise Lickerby
Bolton
New York
Reid
Kreps
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