Flexibility Is Keynote Of Union High School Plans
Union district board member John Williams II outlines a proposed square two story high school with a third subfloor east, 100000 square feet, brick veneer, and central library study area. The plan centers on flexible classrooms, acoustical dividers, and a 125 seat lecture hall to support a 700 student initial enrollment rising to 900, with capacity for 1200 in core facilities.
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Union High School
John H. Williams II
Union District Board
Mussic
Williams
Union High School Bond Proposal For 1.65 Million Dollars
Union High School District voters will decide on a 1.65 million dollar bond to fund a new high school. With about 619000 dollars in state aid, the total project costs around 2.3 million dollars for a 20 year bond at about 3 percent interest, capped at 4 percent by the ballot. Annual debt service is estimated near 130000 dollars, with possible reduced interest in early years as construction proceeds.
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Union High School
Merritt Hewitt Jr
Union
Hewitt
Virginia
J. Earl Smith
St. Louis
Public Health Service
Washington
Trustees Approve Ballot Item for Water Expansion
Bennington Village trustees reluctantly place a $20,000 appropriation on the March 19 ballot to fund long range water supply expansion. Water Board Chairman Alfred Ellett urged federal aid under the Agricultural Conservation Act as George Allard cited potential 50 to 100 percent government support and a dam and reservoir project near the Bickford Hollow.
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Bennington
Gibney
Water Board
Alfred W. Ellett
Cmsr
George Allard
Ellett
Bickford Hollow
Allard
Vermont House approves Urban Renewal Bill changes
The Vermont House passed a final Urban Renewal Bill by a wide margin enabling renewal projects with a simple voter majority, easing bonding rules and not counting renewal debt toward town limits. The Senate previously approved with four amendments, including jury trials in land damage cases.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Senate
Social Welfare Committee
House
Job retraining program expands to Pittsburgh area
Inside report notes a retraining effort similar to the Bennington plan is underway in Pittsburgh. The item references workers’ reactions and invites readers to pages 3 and 5 for details on the program and the union school bond issue vote scheduled for next month. Pierre Salinger is reported ill with a serious cold.
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Bennington
Pittsburgh
Pierre Salinger
Drysdale Named Head of Vermont Development Board
Gov. Hoff appointed Democrat Alexander B. R. Drysdale of Bennington to chair the Vermont Development Board, the governor’s first major appointment. Drysdale, 58, is a four term Vermont House veteran and former Education Board member who represented Bennington in 1949 1951 1959 and 1961. He succeeds Roland Q. Seward of East Wallingford in the post.
Violence Escalates in Kapuskasing Lumber Strike Killing Three
In Kapuskasing Ontario a four week logging strike turned deadly as gunfire killed three strikers and wounded nine. The Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union led demands for a 40 hour week and better pay with independent settlers blamed as scab labor amid mounting tension.
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Ont
Ontario
Spruce Falls Power and Paper Co
Kimberly-Clark Pulp and Paper Co
Spruce Falls Co
Kimberly-Clark
Long Lac
Here
Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union
Spruce Falls
Asian Flu Sweeps East Centering in the Carolinas
The Asian flu or similar strain is sweeping the eastern United States with widespread absenteeism in schools and rising deaths. North Carolina has declared an epidemic with outbreaks in about 20 counties and multiple deaths. South Carolina reports rising flu problems and hospital strain in Columbia and Walterboro.
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Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Columbia
Walterboro
Trigg County
Hopkinsville
Louisville
Kentucky
Russell Teague
Illness spreads as Asian flu fears reach Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls area health officials warn of possible Asian flu spread. Rensselaer County Health Department urges immunizations as school absenteeism rises. Principal James A Beaverson reports 243 pupils absent Monday and 234 Tuesday across elementary and high school levels.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Rensselaer County Health Department
James A. Beaverson
Hoosick Falls Central School
Beaverson
H. Jackson Davis
County Health Dept
Jet crash in Everglades: Northwest Orient plane lost contact
A Northwest Orient Boeing 720B with 43 aboard crashed in the Everglades shortly after departing Miami at 1 35 pm amid a rain squall. Investigators and military teams comb the swamp while coast guard crews report a fireball and wreckage scattered with passengers and crew believed dead.
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Miami
Fla
South Florida
Everglades
Northwest Orient Airlines
Miami International
Coast
Arms Talks Focus Sought On Test Ban
At the Geneva disarmament conference Kennedy adviser William Foster met with Abdel Fattah Hassan of the United Arab Republic and planned talks with Swedish Nigerian and British Italian Canadian delegations. Vasily Kuznetsov proposed a treaty banning foreign deployment of nuclear systems, a move Western powers saw as stalling and a bid to shift focus from the test ban. The next session is set for Thursday.
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Geneva
Kennedy
U.S
William C. Foster
Abdel Fattah Hassan
United Arab Republic
Britain
Italy
Canada
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Buckley Named for Vermont Liquor Board Post
Garry Buckley of Bennington, a founder of the Vermont Independent Party, is expected to be recommended for appointment to the Vermont Liquor Control Board. Gov Hoff plans to send Buckley’s name to the Senate, following a straw poll on the nomination. Buckley, a former state senator and real estate dealer, has pushed liberalizing liquor laws, especially Sunday service in restaurants and tourist facilities.
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S. Garry Buckley
Bennington
Vermont Independent Party
Vermont Liquor Control Board
Philip J. Hoff
Buckley
Senate
Bennington County
Vermont
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