Bennington Program Faces Scrutiny At Mt Anthony Board
Program director Ralph Wright defended the Bennington Program for dropouts before the Mt Anthony Union High School Board, while three directors urged realism about costs and outcomes. Wright cited progress, costs, and staffing shifts, with expectations of continued funding and possible self sufficiency despite criticisms.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Ralph Wright
Wright
Col
Raymond C. Murray
Mt. Anthony Union School
Mt. Anthony
Woodford
James Shea
Pittsburgh
Scribner
Major quake rocks Southern California
A major earthquake struck Southern California injuring scores and killing at least three. The tremor, beginning at 6 a.m. near Newhall, caused widespread damage from San Fernando Valley to downtown Los Angeles, with aftershocks, power outages, shattered windows, and evacuations at the Occidental Center.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Charles Richter
Cal Tech Seismological Laboratory
Pasadena
Long Beach
Richter
Tehachapi Mountains
Caltech
van Norman
Maclay
San Fernando Valley
Maclay Dam
Newhall
Civic Center
Olive View Sanitarium
Hollywood
Temblor
Fresno
San Joaquin Valley
Mexico
Apollo 14 Nears Splashdown in South Pacific
Apollo 14 accelerated toward Earth on a precise entry path for a splashdown about 10 miles west of the international dateline. The crew Alan B. Shepard Stuart A. Roosa and Edgar D. Mitchell were to be picked up by the helicopter carrier New Orleans about 900 miles south of Samoa minutes after the 4:04 p.m. EST touchdown.
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Samoa
Alan B. Shepard
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Meir rejects Egyptian canal proposal in parliament
In a policy speech Prime Minister Golda Meir rejected Egyptian plans to reopen the Suez Canal in exchange for an Israeli troop withdrawal from the canal east bank. She offered talks on a separate reopening deal while accusing Sadat of seeking strategic advantage without peace guarantees.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Golda Meir
Suez Canal
East Bank
Meir
Sadat
Middle East
Davar
Israel
Acquisitive new owner sees a big future for Mt. Snow
Mark H. Fleischman, 31, president of Davos Inc., purchased Mount Snow Development Corp. He forecasts $75 million in sales next year. Fleischman, a Cornell Hotel Admin grad, previously waited tables in Ithaca and served as a Navy officer after graduation in 1961.
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West Dover
Mt. Snow
Mark H. Fleischman
Davos Inc
Mount Snow Development Corp
Fleischman
New York City
Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell University
Cornell
Navy
Silo Fire at Fairdale Farms Threatens Massive Hay Loss
Firefighters from Bennington Rural Fire Department and Bradford Hook and Ladder Company battled a stubborn silo blaze at Fairdale Farms. The 60 foot concrete silo containing tightly packed hay threatened 500 tons of haulage while a second silo remained at risk. Firefighters refilled water from nearby stations, contending access was limited by a hay chute. The cause remains unknown though spontaneous combustion is suspected in the haylage stored within.
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Bennington
Fairdale Farms
Bradford Hook & Ladder Company
Holden
Willow Road
Bill Potter
Page
Fairdale
Bradford Hook and Ladder
Jim Morrissey
Rockefeller opposes state aid for parochial tuition
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller declares he will not back any plan for the state to pay tuition for parochial school students. He adds support for repealing the Blaine amendment while noting the tuition proposal would provoke strong church state separation opposition and bishop concerns.
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Smith
Woodford
Lawrence EE. Harrington
Tam
Harrington
Bennington
David Jareckie
Rocky
Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Inside Vermont explains student aid program details
The article outlines how On the Inside Vermont’s student aid program provides financial help to college students. It notes eligibility, application steps, and deadlines, highlighting how aid supports continued education across the state.
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Vermont
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David Scribner
William F. D. Smith
Los Angeles Area
Occidental Center
Apollo 14
Mission Control
Shepard
Newsmen
Mrs. Meir
North Atlantic
By Joe Swayze
John C. Page
Robert T. Holden
John Cross
Swayze
Mankiewicz-Braden
U.S
Vietnam
Thieu
Winhall
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