Mt Anthony board outlines drastic budget contingency cuts
Mt Anthony Union School District warns voters Feb 24 that a defeated budget could trigger emergency staff and program cuts. Proposed steps include dismissing up to 25 teachers, eliminating music and art in grades seven and eight, cutting foreign language, and moving to a seven period day with limited electives. See MAU on back page.
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Mt. Anthony Union School District
Mt. Anthony
George A. Sleeman
Clarence Pelkie
Jonathan Durand
Durand
Pelkie
MAU
Mt Anthony school toughens theft policy after surge in stealing
Mt Anthony Union High School board unanimously approves a policy expelling students for the rest of the year if caught stealing school or others property. Principal Clarence Pelkie cites a tremendous increase in theft and frustration with police action while urging parental vigilance to curb departures of stolen items.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Clarence Pelkie
Pelkie
Bennington Selectmen Back Manager Candidate in Straw Vote
Bennington selectmen interviewed two Maine candidates for town manager after Harold Saunders quit. A straw vote among six members backed one candidate, but final decision unlikely before next week as resume items are checked. An ad hoc committee, chaired by George Sleeman, narrowed from over 100 applicants after extensive interviews.
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Bennington
Richard B. Leake III
Maine
Harold R. Saunders
Selectman
Gerald P. Morrissey
George A. Sleeman
Edward Holden
Fred Butler
Welch seeks Senate seat as Republican in Vermont
Vermont candidate John Welch announces GOP bid against Sen. Robert Stafford with conservative support from a nascent Vermont Conservative party. He criticizes overtaxing and overregulation, pledging to curb special interests and push for jobs, lower living costs, and workfare programs while restoring federal balance.
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Welch
Senate
Big Labor
Washington
Lee Welch
Ford enters Vermont primary with Carter Shriver in field
Vermont primary filings bring Gerald Ford into the race as Sen. Robert Gannett files his name for the preferential contest alongside Jimmy Carter Sargent Shriver and Ellen McCormick. Fred Harris also expected to join. Reagan sits out.
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Gerald Ford
Vermont
Robert Gannett
R-Windham
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Fom
Jimmy Carter
Sargent Shriver
Ellen McCormick
Ford
GOP
Ronald Reagan
Chip Carter
Georgia
Carter
George Wallace
Florida
Hubert Humphrey
Salmon asks feds to wait on Vernon Vernon Yankee decision
Vermont Governor Thomas Salmon urged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to delay a ruling on Vermont Yankee in Vernon so the state can conduct its own review. The plant has been shut since January 27 over potential safety system issues involving a torus compression chamber. The NRC warned a five inch movement would be unacceptable, while the state prepares expert analysis and a public hearing is set in Montpelier with officials and Vermont Yankee representatives invited.
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Salmon
General Electric Co
San Jose
Calif
California
Dale Bridenbaugh
Vermont Yankee
Federal Nuclear
Nuclear Advisory Committee
House
Government Operations Committee
Montpelier
New Hampshire motto on license plates struck down
A three judge federal panel ruled unconstitutional a state law requiring the Live Free or Die motto on license plates. George Maynard and his wife challenged the statute claiming it forced religious and philosophical endorsement. The court said masking the motto with tape was protected symbolic speech and not punishable.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Claremont
George Maynard
Maynard
Hugh Bownes
Edward Gignoux
Maine
Frank M. Coffin
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Boston
Maynards
Wright Visits Courthouse Amid Low Key Campaign
Margaret Wright, 53, a California black-community organizer, travels in an old Ford to Bennington County Courthouse with Detroit supporters aiding her People's party campaign. She criticizes the two party system and says she is the provisional presidential candidate as the party prepares its nationwide ticket.
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Hubert Humphrey
Carter
Humphrey
New York
Ford
Reagan
GOP
Walter Kennedy
Secretary of State
Vermont
Liberty Union
U.S. District
Burlington
People’s Party
Margaret Wright
California
Bennington County
Secret Service
Detroit
Los Angeles
Patty Hearst takes stand amid SLA life details
Inside nation report notes Patty Hearst testifies on life with the SLA and her experiences with George Wallace during a New England blitz. Local coverage includes LWV panel with legislators and heating method talks at the Big House.
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Patty Hearst
SLA
George Wallace
New England
LWV
Big House
Carlo Walter
Judson Brown
Shaftsbury Selectmen
SVSU
BBS
U.S
Finland
MAU Icemean
Hoosac
Patriots
Raiders
John Randolph
Falcons
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Shriver
Rod Clarke Montpelier
Topping Tavern
Shaftsbury
Glenn Hall
William Kelley
Feds
Vernon
Russ Garland
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