Interstate liquor scare hits Vermont revenue drop
Brattleboro's firesale liquor losses top 240000 dollars since June as a spy scare from Massachusetts and Connecticut prompts price hikes. Vermont officials defend the move while critics warn prices chase away out of state customers and hurt local businesses along Marlboro Road.
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Brattleboro
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Vermont
Esposito
Bennington
Pownal
Tyler
Marlboro Road
Country Kitchen
Jolly Butcher
West
Canal Street
Hinsdale
N.H
Diamond
Bennington County delegation re elects Gardner chair
At a Wednesday meeting Rep. Jane Gardner was re elected chairman and Rep. David Shaffe elected secretary treasurer of the Bennington County legislative delegation. They touted top priority for action on The Pownal situation regarding Green Mountain Park racing and sought county representation on the Racing Commission.
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Arlington
Bennington County
Jane Gardner
Benn
David Shaffe
Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Racing Commission
M. Robert Blanchard
Burlington
Two Car Collision Blocks River Street Bridge
Hoosick Falls police report a two car collision on the River Street bridge yesterday afternoon. Albert Grenier of Hoosick Falls sustained extensive damage to his car, while David R. Delarey of 99 High St. was turning onto the bridge from River Road. Neither driver was injured or charged with traffic violations.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
River Street
Albert Grenier
Grenier
David R. Delarey
99 High St
River Road
Religious Education and Youth Fellowship Schedule
Our Lady of Lourdes Church instructs children from first through sixth grade at Pownal Elementary Saturday 10 to 11 30 a.m. The Pownal United Methodist Church youth group meets Sunday 5 to 7 p.m. at the church. The sermon at 10 15 remains to be announced.
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Pownal
Our Lady of Lourdes
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
Pownal United Methodist Church
North Adams Rink Schedule Jan 16 22
North Adams Massachusetts skating rink announces weeklong public session hours with special events list for each day. Includes Tomcats hockey Dalton Community Recreation Association and NASC Winter Study among others. weekly Sunday worship and church meetings noted.
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North Adams
Mass
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
South Church Street
Tomcats
Dalton Community Recreation Association
North Berkshire
NASC
Buxton
Arlington boy invited to Carter inauguration in Washington
Adam Tschorn an 11 year old Fisher Elementary fifth grader in Arlington received an invitation to Jimmy Carter's inauguration. He helped with a mock election and wrote Carter's campaign literature. He may not attend due to family finances but hopes to report on Carter's promises in four years.
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Adam Tschorn
Jimmy Carter
Sandgate
Fisher Elementary School
Arlington
United States
Adam
Banner
Carter
Gerald Ford
Organization For
New York Times
Washington
Ford
Vermont PSB nuclear expert critiques state coordination
Vermont Public Service Board specialist Phillip Paull says state agencies including Health, AG, Environmental Conservation, and the PSB fail to share information effectively about the Vermont Yankee plant. He condemns the Nuclear Advisory Committee as unprofessional and a 'spinning its wheels' discussion group with politically motivated members.
Robber pushes woman in store robbery at Hanley’s Store
Hazel Hanley, co owner of Hanley’s Store on Main Street, was hospitalized after a robber possibly armed with a handgun entered about 8 p m Wednesday night demanded money and pushed her down cellar stairs. The thief fled with about 60 to 100 dollars.
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Waterbury
UPI
Hazel Hanley
Hanley
Main Street
Governor hints ending women status commission in Vermont
Gov Richard Snelling may disband the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women as Vermont plans to open state government jobs to women under an affirmative action program. Executive assistant John Gray said the commission could be replaced, with care to keep both organizations from duplicating efforts.
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M. Jerome Diamond
Richard Finn
Diamond
New Hampshire
Vermont
Sex discrimination charge filed against Vermont nursing home
The Equal Opportunity Commission filed a federal sex discrimination suit in U.S. District Court charging New England Management Corp. refused to hire men at the St. Johnsbury Convalescent Center. The action, based in Burlington, alleges illegal employment practices since 1965 under the Civil Rights Act.
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Burlington
UPI
Federal Equal Opportunity Commission
Vermont
U.S
New England Management Corp
St. Johnsbury
Rensselaer Family Court seeks second judge to ease load
Judge Allen Dixon, presiding over New Yorks Rensselaer County Family Court, asks the state legislature to appoint a second judge to share a workload that included 9 281 cases and 500 reviews in 1975. The court handles juvenile criminal cases divorces non support paternity intrafamily crimes.
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Troy
Rensselaer County Family Court
Family Court
Allen Dixon
Third Judicial Department
Court orders payment to teacher in handicap discrimination suit
In Albany Supreme Court a jury ordered United Cerebral Palsy Association to pay Marjorie A. Beinkafner of Delmar $8,000 after it refused to hire her upon learning of past seizures. Beinkafner had sued over a one month old contract for teaching home economics to handicapped children, arguing discrimination based on disability. May 20.
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Albany
Supreme Court
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Marjorie A. Beinkafner
Delmar
Miss Beinkafner
CP Association
Miss Beinhamer
Association For the Handicapped
Prison camp inmate pleads innocent in Vermont car theft attempt
In North Adams a 33 year old Monroe Prison Camp inmate, Richard A. Gourde of Holyoke, pleaded innocent in District Court to charges from an alleged knife point car theft attempt on a Stamford Vermont woman. The crime failed when the car stalled and the key broke. Gourde, serving for breaking and entering, was remanded to Berkshire County Jail in lieu of $5,000 until another hearing in February.
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Monroe
Stamford, Vt
Richard A. Gourde
Holyoke
North Adams State College
Charlotte Degan
Stamford
Gourde
Berkshire County
Pittsfield
Berkshire
Gary Blake
Dawn Smith
Ada Lerch
Albany
N.Y
Max
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