MAU Budget Standoff Prompts Possible Staff Dismissals
MAU administrators warned staff cuts would follow a voter rejection of the proposed 3.5 million budget. At a meeting with Supt. Sleeman, principals Pelkie and Durand, finance chair Pelsue, and business manager Hayes, officials said staff reductions would be the main area to trim since personnel account for 54 percent of the budget.
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Mt. Anthony Union
George A. Sleeman
Clarence Pelkie
Jonathan Durand
Finance Committee
Ivor Pelsue
Robert Hayes
Supt. Sleeman
Pelkie
Durand
Court orders new trial for police chief
Vermont Supreme Court orders a new trial for former Brandon police chief Thomas Evans after finding prosecutors failed to provide a complete witness list before trial. Evans was convicted last year for striking a suspect during interrogation and was fired by Brandon selectmen. The ruling underscores a fair trial standard and potential retrial implications.
Guatemala Earthquake Death Toll Tops 1200
An earthquake in Guatemala City and surrounding areas leaves about 1,200 dead and 2,000 injured according to Red Cross officials. The quake destroyed adobe homes, damaged cathedrals, and caused fires as the capital faced mass casualties and hospitals overflowed. President Kjell Laugerud Garcia announced a state of public calamity and appealed for aid.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
UPI
Red Cross
Honduras
Salvador
Belize
Mexico
Jose Alvarado
Kjell Laugerud Garcia
Garcia
Warrant issued for Pownal food theft suspect
Police issue an arrest warrant for Stephen Carone of Pownal in connection with an early morning burglary at Four Squires Restaurant on Jan 27. The theft involved shrimp and steaks valued at more than $600. Carone left the state after the crime. authorities searched his trailer and a neighbor’s but found limited evidence.
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Bennington
Pownal
Stephen Carone
Royal Pine Villa
Four Squires
Carone
Bonnie Oaks
Oaks
David Mackie
New York Strip
South Street
Bennington Summers program fuels faculty storm at college
New trustee Joseph Iseman confronts a faculty revolt over Bennington Summers a six week performing arts program slated to start this summer Trustees pledged about 40 000 with potential grants while canceling could cost the college about 100 000 Faculty accuse designer Omar Lerman of drafting the plan without input and demand removal of Parker and Thain as tensions simmer after recent resignations and campus upheaval
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Geoffrey Chapman
Gail Thain
Thomas Parker
Bennington College
New York City
Joseph Iseman
Bennington Summers
Parkers
Futures Committee
Bennington
Iseman
Omar Lerman
New York
Lerman
Merrell Hambleton
Concorde lands approved with Carey veto risk in New York
United Press International reports that Transportation Secretary Coleman granted four SST flights daily to JFK and two to Dulles, despite New York Governor Carey potentially vetoing Kennedy landings. Coleman rejected environmental, noise, safety, and fuel concerns as barriers.
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United Press International
Washington
France
Great Britain
New York
William Coleman
Dulles
Kennedy Airport
Coleman
Hugh Carey
Kennedy
Carey
Britain
United States
Jfk
Congress
British Airways
Air France
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
America
Ford
Transportation
Herbert Harris
Virginia
Vermont probes Vernon nuclear shutdown experts convened
Gov Salmon forms panel of top state officials led by Public Service Board chair Martin Miller to study the Vermont Yankee plant shutdown at Vernon. Officials note no danger to the public but seek原因s for the halt after a GE study flagged a potential overheating risk.
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Martin Miller
Anthony Robbins
Environmental Conservation
Martin Johnson
Occupational Safety and Health
John Fraines
Health Department
David Scott
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
General Electric Co
San Jose
Calif
California
Dale Bridenbaugh
Salmon Administration
Bridenbaugh
Inside On the world and local political notes
A roundup mentions children hostage in Africa and GOP nominee forecasts with Rockefeller and Goldwater. Vermont delegation votes noted, Bennington selectman candidacy discussed. Editorials and letters cover MAU budget, nuclear power future, and state employee issues. Also reported: Gov. Thomson stance and regional education and tax enforcement efforts.
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Rockefeller
Goldwater
Ford
GOP
Vermont
Gerald P. Morrissey
Bennington
MAU
Ma Bell
The Business Of Death Four Transplant Ethics And Practice
Transplanting living organs from the recently dead raises deep moral and legal questions. Vermont operates eye and kidney transplants at Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington with enucleation timing and eye-bank transfer logistics outlined. The procedure centers on organ acceptance, preservation, and timely procurement including corneas, kidneys, and hearts, under predeath arrangements and medical supervision.
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John Leaning
Vermont
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Mary Fletcher
Henry P. Albarelli
Albarelli
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Atti
Market Street
San Francisco
U.S
Dick Gregory
Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Luis Miranda
N.Y. Landings
Salmon
Lawrence Keyes
Thomson
New Hampshire
Manchester
Arlington
New England Eye Bank
Boston
Eye Bank
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