Vermont Legislator Proposes Board Shakeup Over Education Standards
Rep John Hancock with 67 sponsors plans two resolutions in the Vermont legislature to allow removing four Education Board members and to back new Education Commissioner Harvey Scribners. The measures urge resignations of members not recognizing legislative wishes and authorize gubernatorial replacement. Hancock cites the board's alleged disregard of public wishes after Hardwick High School was slated for unapproval next July for not meeting state standards.
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Vergennes Church leaves Vermont Council of Churches
The Vergennes Congregational Church voted to sever ties with the Vermont Council of Churches, the fourth church to withdraw over Vietnam War stands and objectors counseling. It urged withholding funds until the council abstains from political activity not directly tied to religion. other local churches already pulled support.
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Sister of Earl Miner to testify in Windsor murder trial
Marie Johnson, sister of Earl Miner of Springfield, scheduled to testify in Windsor County Court as his first degree murder trial for the shooting death of his wife Bonnie continues. Anthony Johnson testified Miner phoned the FBI after the shooting and he and his wife saw Bonnie’s body on the floor.
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Earl Miner
Springfield
Windsor
Marie Johnson
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Connecticut publisher helps St. Michael's College with $50,000
Vincent C. Ross of Greenwich donated stock valued at 50,000 to St. Michael's College for general purposes. Ross, a lay member of the board of trustees named in 1966, received an honorary LLD in 1960 and is a retired Prentice-Hall vice chairman.
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UPI
St. Michael’s College
Connecticut
Vincent C. Ross
Greenwich
Schools Board of Trustees
Ross
Prentice-Hall Publishing Co
Ecumenical worship service at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
A Sunday 8 p.m. ecumenical service at Albany's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception will feature sermon by Rev. Robert C. Lamar with Msgr. John L. Jones and several pastors from Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal and Lutheran churches. An ecumenical choir will perform and a social hour will follow. Then budget notes cite Hudson Valley College funding, Grafton Lake Park, Capital District Parks, and a Saratoga golf course. Assemblyman Kelleher opposes Rockefeller liquor tax hike to prevent border hopping to Vermont.
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
John L. Jones
Robert C. Lamar
First Presbyterian Church
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Louis E. Brewer
Union Missionary Baptist Church
W. Bernard Grossman
Trinity Methodist Church
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Hudson Valley Community College
Grafton Lake
New Capital District
Saratoga Springs State Park
Troy
Neil W. Kelleher
Nelson Rockefeller
Kelleher
Rensselaer County
Vermont
Berkshire warnings urge permits for magazine solicitors
Berkshire communities report residents should require a solicitor permit before buying items such as magazines. Police should be notified if a solicitor fails to show a permit, following a complaint from a resident who did not receive magazine subscriptions.
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Great Barrington
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