Williams Lectures Cover Prisons Gulf and Russian Works
William Nagel, director of the Institute of Corrections, will discuss prison reform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Feb 25 in Fitch Prospect Lounge sponsored by Williams Action Coalition. Stephen R. Lewis Jr of Williams lectures on The Persian Gulf and politics economic issues at 7:30 p.m. Feb 24. Jane A Taubman of Amherst speaks on Women in Russian and Soviet Literature at 8 p.m. Feb 26 in Weston Language Center.
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New Jersey Correctional Institution
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Williams College
Political Economy
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Saudi Arabia
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Kuwait
Ford Foundation
Stanford
Center For Development Economics
Jane A. Taubman
Amherst College
Weston
Taubman
Radcliffe
Yale
Smith
Amherst
Williams gifts and local notices mix in regional update
Williams College receives a $100 000 gift from the Fred L Emerson Foundation to establish the Winthrop and Inn Root Scholarship Fund. A 30 day residency rule for village voters is noted with a March 18 election date and March 1 registration at 50 Church Street. Also: local events and hospital notice in Hoosick Falls.
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Hoosick Falls to host ERBCEPA meeting on river clean up
Hoosick Falls Central School hosts Hoosic River Basin Citizen's Environmental Protection Association open meeting on Tuesday March 4 at 7 30 p m. The group based in Williamstown Mass plans a major Hoosic River clean up next summer as part of the Bicentennial Horizons program involving seven towns. Members include Margaret Farrara LeStage and Robert McCarthy. slides will be shown and residents urged to participate.
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Robert McCarthy
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Vermont official seeks tighter control of general assistance
Vermont Social Welfare Commissioner Paul R. Philbrook urged the House Health and Welfare Committee for tighter limits on General Assistance. He proposed capping benefits for most single able bodied persons with no dependents to one week, warning the department could run a deficit without legislative changes.
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Vermont Health Board defers action on Yankee emissions rules
The Vermont Health Board postponed decisions on proposed regulations for radioactive emissions from the Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon and set a public hearing for April 3 in Brattleboro. The panel also postponed ruling on a Berlin sewer capacity dispute tied to a proposed shopping center, with a formal hearing to be scheduled.
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State Health Board
Vermont AG Calls Rehabilitation Programs a Big Con Job
Attorney General Diamond labeled Vermont correctional rehab programs a big con job and urged legislation to jail felons for a period. He told the House Institutions Committee that sentencing probation and parole are too lenient and that courts act as a revolving door. He argued inmates will try to shorten sentences by any means.
Inquest Planned Into Drug Trafficking in Morristown
Lamoille County State's Attorney Theodore Barnett will hold a secret inquest Friday into alleged widespread drug trafficking in Morristown. The move follows an area investigation into drug abuse, echoing a 1973 inquest after eight alleged dealers were arrested, some reportedly operating in schools.
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Lamoille County
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Barnett
Rensselaer Board to probe blocked promotion claim
The Rensselaer County Board of Health will study allegations that environmental health technician Bruce E. Baker was bypassed for a civil service promotion due to political pressure from County Executive William J. Murphy. Attorney Gerald Harley presented the charges at last night’s meeting.
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Hoosick Falls
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William J. Murphy
Harley
Baker
Murphy
Florsheim Plant in North Adams to Close April 1
The Florsheim Shoe Co. will shut its North Adams plant on April 1, eliminating about 200 jobs. Interco Inc. says the business and machinery will not be sold, hoping the suspension is temporary due to weak economic conditions. The move worsens unemployment in Northern Berkshire, as Arnold Print Works and Sprague Electric have already reduced staff.
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Florsheim Shoe Co
Interco Inc
Florsheim
Robert E. Wall
Berkshire
Arnold Print Works
Adams
Sprague Electric Co
Priestesses and married priests eyed by theologian
Sister Nancy Kehoe of Weston School of Theology told Williams College students that the Roman Catholic Church will ordain women as priests and allow priests of both sexes to marry. She cited economics as the key factor, noting a shortage of priests will drive changes in church ministry.
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Weston School of Theology
Williams College
Nancy Kehoe
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