Scribner proposes radical school reforms for public education
Harvey Scribner outlines a plan from Make Your Schools Work advocating year round schooling, birth date grade starts, paying drop-outs to pursue education, parent teacher selection, peer teaching, senior tutors, and using vacant spaces for schools. It calls for external diplomas and community designed high schools while warning critics that ideas may be old or impractical.
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Harvey B. Scribner
New York City
University of Massachusetts
Scribner
Maine
Vermont
Leonard B. Stevens
Council For Basic Education
Vermont Watts case nears final phase in CETA hiring dispute
An eight month dispute over Peter Watts as Vermont Human Rights Director reached a possible final stage after an administrative law judge held a hearing. Wed discussions give both sides until Feb 6 to file briefs. If the Labor Department ruling favoring ineligibility stands, Vermont may owe back Watts salary.
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UPI
Peter Watts
Vermont
Watts
State Democratic Committee
Human Rights Commission
U.S. Labor Department
Burton Sternberg
Ronald Fox
Ceta Post
Fox
Margaret Lucenti
Francis McFaun
Family ski tour to aid VAC at Mountain Top
Donald Cochran announces the second annual VAC touring race at Mountain Top Ski Touring Center in Chittenden. The event on Saturday January 10 features family participation with classes by age and experience. Participants from Boston Pennsylvania New York and Connecticut expected. Proceeds from entry fees go to the Vermont Achievement Center as part of the Easter Seal Campaign.
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Donald Cochran
Mountain Top
Chittenden
Cochran
Boston
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
Vermont Achievement Center
Girl survivor turns nine as town raises eight thousand dollars
Beth Ann Cameron, age nine, received 8,083 dollars in birthday gifts pooled by residents after losing her parents and three sisters in a December highway crash near White River Junction. The total fund, plus 10,200 dollars already raised in seven states, was collected by 900 scouts and Jaycees. Beth Ann lives with her aunt and guardian Mrs. Massey in East Haven.
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West Haven
Bennington Briefs Fashion Show and Local Notices
A free fashion show for engaged women is set at the Iron Kettle Restaurant Shaftsbury Jan 14 at 7 30 pm hosted by Bennington area businesses Dolores Sperzel 447 7351 is the contact. Flea market Saturdays Sundays 10 am House of Oak Auction Hall North Bennington 802 442 6421 free admission.
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Bennington
Dolores Sperzel
House of Oak
North Bennington
Shires Reaches Salt Lake City in LDS Bicentennial
Mormon apostle Boyd K. Packer responsible for collecting Bicentennial historical material has received The Shires of Bennington from the Bennington Vermont congregation. The Shires and other items will be stored in permanent files at church headquarters in Salt Lake City. Packer received the copy from Francis Bahr, a Mormon missionary in Bennington.
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Utah
Boyd K. Packer
Bennington
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Packer
Francis Bahr
Funeral for Henry G Freely of Shaftsbury Held in Bennington
The funeral of Henry G. Freely who died Jan 1 at the VA Hospital White River Junction was held Jan 5 at St John the Baptist Church North Bennington. Rev Michael A Demasi officiated the Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial. Bearers were Green Mountain Council Boy Scouts Edwin Colvin Paul DeConnnck F Raymond Dewey A Franklin Wendy Joseph Curran Robert Fletcher. Military honors preceded entombment in Park Lawn Cemetery Bennington with a spring burial planned at Sandgate Cemetery.
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Shaftsbury
Veteran’s Administration
White River Junction
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North Bennington
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Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Bennington
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Faith School of Theology
Charleston
Maine
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Paul DeConnnck
F. Raymond Dewey
A. Franklin Wendy
Joseph Curran
Robert Fletcher
Green Mountain Council
Boy Scouts of America
Park Lawn
Sandgate Cemetery
Walker Jordan rites held at Old First Church Jan 3
The wedding of Cynthia Lee Jordan and Douglas Edward Walker occurred at Old First Church Bennington at 7 p.m. January 3 with Rev. Dr. Arvel M. Steece officiating. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jordan and Mrs. Edward Walker. Reception followed at Park-McCullough House North Bennington. The couple will honeymoon out West after graduation and plan to live in Rochester.
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Douglas Edward Walker
Old Bennington
Arvel M. Steece
William Jordan
East Road
Bennington
Edward Walker
Rochester
N.Y
Mr. Walker
Kim Weisbeit
Eastman School of Music
John Riddle
Christine Jordan
David Mancini
Paul Hamilton
Buffalo
David Jordan
Park-McCullough House
North Bennington
Welfare shift shows up in monthly stats
Washington UPI reports HEW sees a change in welfare statistics with a rise in welfare applications and a drop in unemployment pay after the Supreme Court ruling last June. The department expects continued movement toward welfare programs as the legal landscape shifts policy direction.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Health,Education and Welfare
U.S. Supreme Court
Puppy stolen at gunpoint in San Antonio
A man told police a thief punched him in the face and stole his 10 week old German Shepherd puppy Manuel Santa Cruz said he was training the puppy on a leash in front of his home when his 11 year old daughter Elizabeth watched. The assailant fled with the puppy after the attack in San Antonio Texas in a Tuesday night incident.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Manuel Santa Cruz
Elizabeth
Santa Cruz
Murderer marries in prison in Knox County jail
Convicted killer Charles Pearl wed his sweetheart in a private Knox County jail kitchen ceremony. Pearl, 32, received a 14 to 16 year term at Joliet prison after pleading guilty to the shooting death in a Galesburg saloon brawl. Pearl's attorney said the couple sought stability and faith in marriage amid rumors of divorce.
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Ill
UPI
Charles Pearl
Knox County
Pearl
Charlotte Adams
Marvin Gray
Joliet
Edward Morrow
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