American Values course offered at North Adams State College
An interdisciplinary course titled American Values The Ideal and The Real will be taught in the second semester at North Adams State College. Professors Gomez and Billings lead a team taught program using films, readings, and discussions to trace American values from colonial times to today.
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North Adams
Mass
North Adams State College
Gomez
Billings
Office of Continuing Education
Evening church meetings and town board session
The Pownal Baptist Church holds a weekly prayer meeting tonight at 6 30. The North Pownal Congregational Church conducts its annual meeting at 7 tonight at the church. The Board of Selectmen meets Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Town Office.
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Arlington School Board
AMHS
Pownal Baptist Church
North
Board of Selectmen
Kennedy pushes routes for tankers to curb spills
Senator Edward M. Kennedy introduced a bill requiring tankers to follow established sea lanes within 200 miles of U.S. shores and to meet construction standards such as double bottoms. The plan includes a traffic control system similar to airspace management, while officials debate unilateral action versus UN Law of the Sea routes. Environment and Congress officials weigh existing treaties and enforcement gaps as hearings proceed.
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Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
U.S
Massachusetts
Senate Commerce Committee
Kennedy
William T. Coleman Jr
United States
High Seas
Coleman
Senate
Coast Guard
Congress
Sen
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Magnuson
Tough inspections boost New Hampshire road safety
New Hampshire ranks among the nation's best for highway safety with low traffic fatalities per mile. State Motor Vehicles Director Frederick N. Clarke credits twice yearly safety inspections, checking items from rust to brakes, for the record. If a vehicle fails, repairs are required for a sticker and fines may follow.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Frederick N. Clarke
Clarke
Financial aid evening at Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester Vermont. David R. Martin Burr and Burton Seminary guidance director announces a financial aid evening for juniors and seniors and their parents. The program Thursday Jan 20 at 7 30 p m features VSAC representatives detailing grants scholarships and loans and other federal regional and local aid. Parents and students can ask questions about aid and eligibility for next year.
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Manchester
David R. Martin
Burr and Burton Seminary
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
VSAC
Vermont
Gasoline leak prompts downtown evacuation advisory
In Burlington, authorities probe the origin of a gasoline leak seeping from a manhole into underground lines on South Winooski Avenue. About two dozen people voluntarily left Bank and Main streets offices. no mandatory evacuation. Traffic paused for 90 minutes. Separately in Montpelier, Rep. James Jeffords criticizes James Schlesinger as Carter energy chief, urging focus on solar energy and concern over nuclear power.
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Burlington
VPI
South Winooski Avenue
Richard Trombley
Schlesinger
Jeffords
Carter Administration
Congress
Vermont Blue Laws face appeal after court ruling
BRATTLEBORO UP I reports Windham County State's Attorney John Rocray will appeal a Vermont District Court decision declaring the Blue Laws unconstitutional. The ruling, limited to a single Windham County case, prompts calls for a statewide Supreme Court interpretation to define the statutes wider.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Windham County
John Rocray
Vermont
George Ellison
Ellison
Londonderry
Supreme Court
Fire hits Philmont factory and offices in Monday blaze
Philip P. Finkle, former building inspector at $250 yearly pay, says he was fired last fall for refusing to issue a permit to the rubber factory in a wooden mill. The blaze leveled the new plant and several downtown buildings, seen as a boost to Philmont's economy. Albany officials warn Hudson River plants of possible kerosene contamination from a punctured barge bound for Texaco depot. Fluids were boomed. extent of downriver leakage unknown.
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Philmont
Philip P. Finkle
Albany
State Department of Health
Hudson River
Texaco
Berksh ire murder trial cites claimed admission by Blake
In Berkshire Pittsfield the murder trial of Earl Gary Blake resumed with prosecutors presenting what they say is Blake’s admission to killing his step sister Dawn on December 14, 1975. Det. Lt. Roy Sibley described a statement by Lisa that her brother Randy entered the home and Dawn died, prompting Blake to exclaim that if Dawn said he did it, he must have done it. Dawn’s mother testified she was intoxicated the night of December 14 and recalled striking Dawn, who returned home after a week away. She said she saw Gary strike Dawn with something once, and Dawn fell, then Mrs. Smith was taken to bed.
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Pittsfield
Earl Gary Blake
Dawn
Roy F. Sibley
Blake
Lisa
Randy
Gary
Sibley
Cleanup and Snow Deepens in Western Massachusetts
Western Massachusetts cleaned up after Monday’s storm as two Franklin County men died shoveling snow. Alexander J. Wesoloski, 64, of Greenfield and Harold E. Parsons, 78, of Northfield died of heart attacks during the debris removal.
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Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Franklin County
Commonwealth
Berkshires
Alexander J. Wesoloski
Greenfield
Harold FE. Parsons
Northfield
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Samuel Gomez
Clark Billings
Arlington
Helene Thompson
America
Ferdinand Bongartz
Selectman
Douglas Schner
Lois Mattison
Eugene Gaiotti
J. Bennett Beattie
Lister
L.J. Dulac
Trustee Public Funds
Homer B. Ellis Jr
Abraham Madkour
DDS
Gayle Gall
Francis Dupree
Thomas McGibney
Jean Bongartz
Enver Cook
Ruth Cook
Betty Kamber
William Downey
The
Pownals
Give Heart Fund
American Heart Association
American
Environmental Protection Agency
Russell Train
Ford Administration
Train
EPA
Michigan
Pattison
Washington, D.C
Edward W. Pattison
Democratic
West Sand Lake
N.Y
House
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee
New York City
Herman Badillo
Housing and Urban Affairs
Burr and Burton
Karl
Main St
Ludlow, VT
Famous Name Brands
Farah
Levi
Bennington
Main Street
Blue Law Ruling
Snowplowers
Morristown
Ethel Washer
South Burlington
Digital Equipment Corp
New York
Hudson
Down In
Berkshire
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