Barre Defends Acts At Pollution Hearing
Barre City Manager Thomas Duff testified at a Water Resources Board hearing about 2 million gallons daily of raw sewage entering state waters while Barre repaired a primary treatment plant. Duff and plant chief Robert Searles cited severe weather and repair delays. the board will decide on a pollution-farming order and whether Barre was remiss in seeking help.
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Montpelier
API
Thomas Duff
Barre
Duff
Water Resources Board
Water Resources Department
Stevens Branch
Robert Searles
Denning Miller
Stowe
John Hansen
Miller
Hansen
St Albans Schools Face Another Financial Crisis
ST ALBANS Mayor Larry Larrow warns that a failed school tax vote next month could trigger state takeover of the school system. A March 17 special election seeks to raise the tax to 4.75 to finish the academic year. authorities note $175000 in principal and interest funds for a new elementary school run out April 1. He cites a two year lag in state aid and calls for an emergency fund while blaming the fiscal strain on the closure of two parochial schools last year increasing public enrollment.
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ST. Albans
Larry L. Larrow
Larrow
St. al
Burlington Airport Assured New Equipment
UPI reports in Ilford England that a housewife, Eileen Oakes, saw a man in a clothes dryer at a local laundromat and police removed Paul King, 25, stating he climbed in to warm up. The Burlington Vermont airport is slated for new radar and distance measuring gear this summer after a $1,085,000 appropriation. Senator George D. Aiken says funds should be released by spring, with Walter Mazan overseeing procurement.
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Ilford
England
UPI
Eileen Oakes
Paul King
Washington
Burlington, Vt
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
VermonT NAACP moves to block Kake Walk revival
The Vermont NAACP chapter plans legal action to stop reviving the Kake Walk at the University of Vermont. President William Meyer warns a civil disturbance could follow if the ceremony returns. An improvised parody of the old slaves’ dance drew student objections and the Student Association previously banned the event as racist.
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Burlington
UPI
NAACP
University of Vermont
William Meyer
Vermont Attorney General warns of environmental crisis
Vermont Attorney General James Jeffords warned at Montpelier that without enacted environmental control laws this year the state will face a crisis. He urged swift passage and warned bills could stall in partisan battles, saying the current legislature will be known for either saving or killing Vermont.
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Vermont
Jeffords
Vermont firm sued over truth in lending by magazine seller
Vermont Legal Aids Inc. filed a class action in U S District Court against Family Publications Services Inc alleging failure to disclose full purchase price and finance charges on magazine subscriptions sold to two women from Barre and Rutland. The case hinges on federal truth in lending violations.
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Burlington
VPI
Vermont Legal Aids Inc
VLA
U.S
Family Publications Services Inc
Barre
Rutland
Windham College to Build Dormitories in Vermont
HUD approves a $625,000 loan for Windham College in Putney to construct two dormitories housing 96 men. Senator George D. Aiken, R Vermont, announced the Tuesday approval.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Windham College
Putney
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Albany Scientist Found Radioactive Contamination
A Health Department scientist in Albany suspended operations after interior radioactivity exposure at his home at 14 Upton Road. His 10-year-old son and the father show measurable radioactivity but pose no apparent danger to others. Americium 241 from New Jersey in 1965 caused the contamination, detected during a lab check at 55 Colvin Ave.
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Albany
State Health Department
Harris Levine
Upton Road
Health Department
Colvin Ave
Levine
New Jersey
Welfare rights march locks Albany Capitol steps
Placard carrying members of welfare rights groups jammed the Capitol demanding a guaranteed adequate income for all New Yorkers, Medicaid restoration, and an end to housing discrimination. Police and investigators swarmed as several thousand arrived by bus, filling the governor's second floor hallway while the governor was away in New York City.
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Albany
Capitol
New York City
Joseph Killgallen
Troy Council OKs condemnation of Congress Third site
At a special meeting Troy City Council voted four to three to begin condemnation proceedings on properties at the corner of Congress and Third streets. Councilman Edward J. Connally condemned the Jumping Jack Drive-in site, urging preservation of the esthetic center near the public library Russell Sage College and the Rensselaer County Historical Society.
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Troy
Congress
Third Streets
Edward J. Connally
Connally
Troy Public Library
Russell Sage College
Rensselaer County Historical Society
Berkshire shopping center land deal eyed near Merrill Road
Lanning Associates of Grand Rapids acted for developers on the potential acquisition of about 11 acres at Coltsville intersection east of Merrill Road. Land and buildings purchase may total nearly $500,000 as Kay-Mart Corp tied to Kresge Co. weighs site viability for a 60,000 square foot store and supermarket amid state intersection changes. Also: Pittsfield bus terminal closes after 20 years. Greyhound plans new South Church Street facility by April. In North Adams, Sprague Electric rejects fact finding with IBEW Local 200. AFTE Local 101 threatens strike if offers fail by March 1 contract expiry.
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Pittsfield
Coltsville
Merrill Road
Lanning Associates
Grand Rapids
Mich
Donald O. Ruffer
Kay-Mart Corp
Kresge Co
Center Street
Greyhound
West Housatonic Street
Ronald Trabulsi
Vermont Transit
Resort Bus Lines
Interstate and
Arrow Lines
South Church Street
North Adams — Sprague Electric Co
International Union of Electrical Workers
IVE
American Federation of Technical Engineers
AFTE
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Radely Metzger
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Jean-Louis Ilintiquent
Omer Es
Williamstown
Kake
Castleton
Windham
New York
Down In
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Sprague
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