BFRC reasserts role as advocate for community special education
The Bennington Friends of Retarded Children BFRC pledged renewed advocacy for Vermont special education at their annual dinner and meeting. They backed protesting cuts to a proposed 500k plus budget for special education and urged action by the House Appropriations Committee. The group discussed establishing a sheltered workshop, a possible foster home, and stronger parental involvement while highlighting federal grants and vocational education requirements. New BFRC directors were elected and officers reaffirmed.
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Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
BFRC
Thomas P. Salmon
House Appropriations Committee
Arlington
Marjorie Doyle
Vermont
Ben Mont Avenue
Appropriations Committee
Bennington
Brandon Training School
Brandon
United Counseling Service
Social Welfare Department
Sid Davis
Louis Axt
Supervisory Union
Harold Shepard
Marion Riemann
Davis
WAC
Waterbury State Hospital
Brattleboro
Axt
Doyle
Rutland
China on the verge of population mark
London UPI reports Dr. Norman Myers says China will pass 1 billion people this century and likely hold population growth to about 1 percent annually. He contrasts China with India and notes possible demographic breakthroughs, plus implications for Third World nations and birth control efforts.
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London
UPI
China
Norman Myers
Myers
New Scientist
India
Dreyfus film stirs memories of guilt and censorship
Paris audiences see lAffaire Dreyfus a documentary tracing the 1894 arrest and trial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus. The film, aided by archival clips, notes Zola and the worldwide split over the affair while reflecting on enduring antisemitism and memory through family recollections in Paris and Texas A&M background.
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Paris
UPI
Alfred Dreyfus
Dreyfus
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Jean Chevasse
London
Georges Melies
Giscard
Chevasse
Israel
Capt. Dreyfus
Germany
Devil's Island
France
Emile Zola
J’accuse
Theodore Herzl
Avenue Wagram
Zola
Pierre Paul-Levy
Madeleine
Auschwitz
Paul Levy
Prison psychologist fired for Leary tape case upheld
Sacramento California upi The state Personnel Board affirmed the firing of Edward Hiler 52 a prison psychologist who recorded conversations with Timothy Leary without permission and gave them to a magazine writer He also warned Learys wife Joanna he would file unfavourable parole reports to delay parole if she protested the tapes The board upheld the dismissal Wednesday
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Timothy Leary
State Personnel Board
Edward Hiler
Leary
Joanna
Hiler
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