Mount Anthony board chair blocks McConkey nonrenewal move
The Mount Anthony Union High School English teacher David McConkey appears secure despite efforts by director Lawrence Harrington to terminate him. The 1971-72 contract sets January 15 as the last day to notify teachers with two or more years’ service of nonrenewal, and allows dismissal for just cause with a six-member board vote and standard grievance rights. A secret session discussion by Harrington lacked support and was ruled out of order. no termination notice has been received, and no special meeting has been announced.
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David McConkey
Mount Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony School
Lawrence E
Moe”’ Harrington
Mount Anthony
Harrington
McConkey
David Adler
Labor Party
Sen
Wheeldon
Democratic Laborites
England
Wheeldons
U.S
BBC
CBC
Canada
Australia
ABC
Equinox House Negotiations Clouded by Disputes with Developer
Equinox House, a General Tire Co subsidiary, has grown increasingly uneasy in talks with a Philadelphia developer over months. McCloskey, linked to several Philadelphia building projects, has sparked legal controversy reports. RKO President John Poor and negotiator Howard Carter were unreachable for comment in New York on Friday. With all other phases of the
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General Tire Co
Philadelphia
McCloskey
RKO
John Poor
Howard Carter
New York
Farley
Manchesterites
Equinox Company
Orvis
Manchester Village
Sydney Meachem
Daley Hinted as Successor to Holden on Vermont Supreme Court
A Vermont Superior Court judge, likely Chief Superior Judge Rudolph Daley, emerges as the probable replacement for Chief Justice James S. Holden on the Vermont Supreme Court. John Dinse of Burlington says the selection committee sent its decision by mail to Lt. Gov. Burgess and Speaker Kennedy. Holden left the high court to join the U.S. District Court, prompting the vacancy and possible elevation of the chief Superior Court judge. The committee will not act until vacancies are confirmed, with one or two seats potentially open.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Rudolph Daley
Vermont Supreme Court
John Dinse
Vermont Selection Committee
John Burgess
House
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
James S. Holden
Bennington
U.S. District Court
Dinse
Harold Sylvester
Knitting and Crocheting Class Sponsored by BROC
Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council hosts a free knitting and crocheting class every Monday from 7 to 9 pm at the BROC office 310 West Main Street. Open to any interested person.
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Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council
BROC
West Main St
Beartown logger injured in overturned log skidder
Beartown logger Warren Bandell a 48 year old Shushan New York native suffered multiple fractures when a log skidder overturned Friday morning in Beartown about six miles north of Sandgate. He was carried two miles to a vehicle then to Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge for treatment including a broken thigh and possible pelvic crack. Rescue workers faced deep snow and steep terrain to reach him. His son, also a logger for Kenneth Wilcox of Arlington, reported the accident from Sandgate.
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Arlington
Beartown
Sandgate
Warren Bandell
Shushan
N.Y
Arlington Rscue
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Brooks
Bandell
Kenneth Wilcox
Bennington Rotary hears BROC poverty fight plan
Robert L. Green Jr. outlines Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council work and growth. He cites 14 local sites, 50 staff, 300 volunteers, and 3,000 businessmen backing programs in education, tutoring, housing, and youth activities aimed at reducing poverty. He notes about $80,000 raised locally and calls BROC a model of private public partnership.
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Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council
B-Roc
Bennington
Robert L. Green Jr
BROC
Bennington Rotary Club
Four Squires
Main Street
Green
Rutland
State Department of Education
Mt. Anthony Union
Vista worker may start suit on dismissal
A Vista supervisor David Sharp says he was fired for union organizing at Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity in New England. He cites an agreement with Champlain Valley superiors and plans to decide on pursuing legal action after a Jan. 22 Vermont Vista meeting.
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Winooski
UPI
Vista
New England
David Sharp
Champlain Valley
Economic Opportunity
Boston Vista
Sharp
Vermont
Montpelier
Kelly Hardwood Buys Swezey's Lumber Mill
Manchester New Hampshire. Christopher Swezey president of Swezey Lumber Co announces sale of his firm's sawmill on Route 1130 to Kelly Hardwood Co of Pittsfield Massachusetts. Mill will operate under White River Valley Hardwood Co Inc with same staff. Sale excludes 5,000 acres of timberland in Manchester Dorset and Winhall. Closing expected Friday. Swezey remains active in civic affairs and is Manchester fire chief with no immediate plans.
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Manchester
Christopher Swezey
Swezey Lumber Co
Kelly Hardwood Co
Pittsfield
Mass
White River Valley Hardwood Co. Inc
Swezey
Swezey Co
Dorset
Winhall
Manchester Depot
Collins urges Vermont tour for southern region lawmakers
Rep Kenalene Collins of Readsboro blasted northern colleagues for lacking awareness of southern Vermont. She filed a resolution urging at least two House committee members and 10 executive branch members to take a state paid tour of Wilmington Dover area at a cost of 313 dollars. The measure was sent to Government Operations for study. Meanwhile the House advanced three minor measures and bills licensing auctioneers and teacher retirement board trustees statute revisions. The Senate passed one measure and moved two others.
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Montpelier
UPI
Kenalene Collins
Readsboro
Vermont
Collins
House Committee
Wilmington-Dover
Government Operations Committee
House
Board of Trustees of the
County nurses meet Monday in Williamstown
The Bennington County Registered Nurses Association will hold a dinner meeting at the Williams Inn in Williamstown Massachusetts on Monday January 17. Social hour at 6 followed by dinner at 7 with Arnold Bartini English professor at North Adams State College as guest speaker presenting Robert Frost poetry with nature slides and musical background. A short business meeting follows and members are reminded dues are due. Those who sold notepaper boxes should bring money to treasurer and return unsold boxes.
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Bennington County Registered Nurses Association
Williams Inn
Williamstown
Mass
Arnold Bartini
North Dams State College
Bartini
North Adams State
Boston College
Robert Frost
Slippery Roads Spark Bennington Fender-Benders
A cold snap Friday led to a string of minor accidents across the county. Bennington police logged five fender-benders including a 1946 Willys Jeep driven by Dennis Burgess, 20, of Burgess Road, that hit a 1965 International pickup at Washington Avenue and West Main Street. no injuries reported. A Manchester milk truck collided with a car near the Southern Vermont Art Center, both left sides damaged, no injuries. West Arlington saw a one-car crash on Route 7 as a 1970 Plymouth Fury driven by Carl H. Kuhl, 38, of Leona New Jersey, swerved and overturned. Kuhl escaped injury.
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Bennington
Willys
Dennis Burgess
Burgess Road
Washington Avenue
West Main St
Burgess
Manchester
Francis J. Gleason
Pawlet
William H. Bell
West Road
Southern Vermont Art Center
Paul Kipp
West Arlington
Carl H. Kuhl
Leona
N.J
Kyhl
Funeral for James E Harrington at Hanson-Walbridge
The funeral of James E Harrington of 119 McKinley Street was held Thursday morning at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home. The Rev Thomas D Steffen pastor of the Second Congregational Church officiated at the heavily attended service. Bearers included Bruce Fuller Fred Rieben U S Forestry Arlington Garry Towne a University of Vermont student Bennington Stan Kimball Bennington Patrick OBrien Vergennes and Eugene Westcott fraternity brothers.
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James E. Harrington
McKinley St
Hanson-Walbridge
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Bruce Fuller
Fred Rieben
U.S. Forestry
Arlington
Garry Towne
University of Vermont
Bennington
Stan Kimball
Patrick O’brien
Vergennes
Eugene Westcott
Obituary for Wesley N Weeden of Hoosick Falls N Y
Wesley N Weeden 30 of 2 Quarry St Hoosick Falls N Y employed at Bennington Tissue Co in North Bennington died Friday at Medical Center Hospital Albany N Y He was born in Grafton educated in Petersburg He is survived by his wife Anne Myers a son Wayne and three daughters Kathy Florence and Sandra all of Hoosick Falls his father Wesley Weeden of Petersburg and five brothers Melvin Petersburg Earl Grafton Victor and Arthur Berlin Leon Hoosick Falls Friends may call Mahar Funeral Home Hoosick Falls tonight 7 9 and Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 with service at 1 30 in funeral home and 2 at First Baptist Church officiated by Rev John Y Elliott Entombment Maple Grove Cemetery Hoosick Falls Burial in spring in White Chapel Cemetery The youth died in a swimming accident Sunday in Fort Lauderdale Florida.
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Wesley N. Weeden
Quarry St
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bennington Tissue Co
North Bennington
Medical Center Hospital
Albany
Grafton
Petersburg
Anne Myers
Wayne
Kathy
Florence
Sandra
Wesley Weeden
Melvin
Earl
Victor
Arthur
Berlin
Leon
Mahar
First Baptist Church
John Y. Elliott
Maple Grove
Gold Star
Bennington
Vermont
Mt. Anthony Chapter 1
Order Eastern Star
Mt. Anthony Lodge F&am
Second Congregational Church
Union Carbide
Garrison Corp
College of Agriculture
University of Vermont
Fraternity Brothers of
Alpha-Tau Omega
Alumni
Fraternity Brothers
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Senior Citizens Club
Steffen
White Chapel
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Australian senator Wheeldon on politics and policy
The Labor senator Wheeldon outlines Australia’s political system and public services. He discusses state control of utilities and education, party loyalty, taxation perceptions, immigration trends, and his stance against the Vietnam War while noting unemployment at 1.8 percent and a cautious outlook for visitors and new residents.
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Wheeldon
U.S
Senate
Australia
Vietnam
Vermont
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