Portfolios of fear stain Boston school quality report
A 900 page study prepared for Boston School Superintendent Marion J. Fahey concludes that the quality of education in Boston public schools has fallen for both white and black students since court ordered desegregation. The report, awaiting submission to federal officials, argues for an $8.4 million Emergency School Aid Act grant to support desegregation and reform efforts.
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Boston
UPI
Marion J. Fahey
Pleasant Valley Sanctuary elects new advisers and holds ski event
In Lenox Massachusetts the Pleasant Valley Sanctuary elected new advisers Mrs S H Begley and George Ripley Stockbridge and Mark C Miller Pittsfield. Incumbents re elected include Chairman Mrs Franklin K Paddock George Carey Charles Kiewig and Mrs Fred Crane Jr. Mulhall announced a cross country ski jamboree on Feb 26 in cooperation with the Lenox Chamber of Commerce and new entrance fees of 50 cents apply to non members. A by law now allows one person to serve on both sanctuary boards Morgan Bulkeley fills that capacity. A March 11 joint meeting at the Berkshire Museum will hear Charles Roth on education classes for desegregation era schools. The board notes discipline problems rose under Garrity orders and black ninth graders lag in reading and math compared to white peers.
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Lenox
Mass
Pleasant Valley Sanctuary Board of Advisers
S. H. Begley
George Ripley
Stockbridge
Mark C. Miller
Pittsfield
Franklin K. Paddock
George Carey
Charles Kiewig
New Lebanon Center
Fred Crane Jr
Dalton
Mulhall
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Washington Mountain Reservoir
Canoe Meadows
Pleasant Valley Board
Morgan Bulkeley
Holmes Road
Berkshire Museum
Charles Roth
Society
Audubon
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
The People astronomy program extended at Williams College
The People, a 7:30 p.m. astronomy program about American Indian sky concepts, will run at Milham Planetarium through April 1, 1977. The free show, created by Hansen Planetarium of Salt Lake City with a bicentennial grant, features myths from 16 nations. Reservations advised. daytime school programs also extended. Call 597-2188.
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Williamstown
Mass
Milham Planetarium
Old Hopkins Observatory
Williams College
Hansen Planetarium
Salt Lake City
National Endowment For the Humanities
New Books at McCullough Library North Bennington
New acquisitions at McCullough Library include diverse titles such as The Time of the Dragon Eden, Small Is Beautiful Schumacher, The Godsend Taylor, The House Is Dark James, Vital Signs Bernard, A Fine Romance Seton, Working Mothers Curtis, Those Amazing Ringlings Their Circus Plowden, The Kissinger Noodles Westward Mr Ho Wilk, A Stranger Came Ashore Hunter, Great True Spy Stories Dulles, The Crime of the Century Higdon, Breast Cancer Kushner, and related works across biography fiction and social issues.
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Whip — Caitlin
Eden
Schumacher
Taylor
Tumbleweed — VandeWetering
James
Vital Signs
Bernard
Castle Barebane
Aiken
Lopate
Romance — Seton
Curtis
Needleplay Wilson
Bleech
Spring
Madonna Red — Carroll
Ringlings
Plowden
Kissinger Noodles
Ho — Wilk
Hunter
Barons Harris
Dulles
Supreme Court
Tully
Higdon
Fire — Sherman
Kushner
Ordeal the Gordons
Arlington Calendar Highlights And Local Honors
Arlington calendar lists multiple events including junior high and boys basketball games against Green Mountain Mill River and Otter Valley plus Girl Scout meetings and club gatherings at Community House Grange Hall and Eagle Rooms. Local union leader Lawrence Ott of Sunderland retires after 25 years as Local 164 president with recognition at Hale Co. Larrys Barber Shop to close briefly January 18 to 21.
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Arlington
Green Mountain
Mill River
Arlington- Sunderland Service Unit
Girl Scouts
Community House
Arlington Fish and Game Club
St. Margaret Mary Hall
Bailey Hall
Arlington Chorale
Music Box
Battenhill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
FOE
Eagle Rooms
Manchester
Arlington Rescue Squad
Arlington Fire Co
Otter Valley
Londonderry
Lawrence Ott
South Road
Sunderland
Boston
United Furniture Workers of America
Hale Co
Ott
Community Meetings and Library Hours in Pownal and Bennington
North Pownal Volunteer Fire Department meets tonight at 7 at the firehouse. Pownal Fire Protective Association also meets at 7 at their firehouse. Solomon Wright Library opens Monday through Friday 1 to 5 pm and 9 to noon Tuesdays. Pownal Boy Scouts meet 7 to 8 30 tonight with Bennington Troop at First Baptist Church Bennington. East Pownal Volunteer hosts 7 30 tonight. Women’s Fellowship of North Pownal Congregational Church meets 3 pm Tuesday at Frankie Wilcox’s home 227 Bradford Street Bennington. Pownal Parent Teacher Group meets 7 30 pm Tuesday at Pownal Elementary School. Pownal Brownie troops meet 6 30 to 7 30 tonight at Pownal Elementary School.
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North Pownal
Pownal
Solomon Wright
Bennington
First Baptist Church
East Pownal
Pownal Elementary
Vermont humanities grant funds public issues program
The Vermont Council on the Humanities in Public Issues received a 464000 federal grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities via Sen. Robert Stafford. The funds aim to broaden public access to humanities and back Vermont projects on Freedom and Unity Individual Rights and Collective Needs. One project will explore Vermont’s Third Century focusing on education economic development and environmental quality.
Misunderstanding over Vermont women’s commission status
Gubernatorial aide John Gray says the Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women will not be disbanded. He said comments about the commission were misunderstood and that the governor’s affirmative action program to hire more women will not replace the commission. Gray notes Snelling plans to fund the commission staff with money from the affirmative action program as federal job training funds expire.
Trial suit over seven mortgage defaults by Barnett and Foster-Taber
Hyde Park UPI Chittenden Trust Co sues former Lamoille County State's Attorney Theodore Barnett and Foster-Taber Corp of Stowe in Lamoille Superior Court alleging breach or default on seven mortgages totaling about 271000 for parcels of land. Barnett resigned last year after eight years as prosecutor to pursue the state Senate nomination.
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Hyde Park
UPI
Chittenden Trust Co
Lamoille County
Theodore Barnett
Barnett
Foster-Taber Corp
Stowe
Senate
Rutland Mayor Hesitates Over Third Term Bid
Rutland mayor Gilbert Godnick, age 50, will decide after a Tuesday doctor visit whether to seek a third term. A news conference is set to announce his plans. Two candidates have already announced for the $12,900 yearly post: Aldermen Terrence Barrett and William Chapleau, with Chapleau having run twice before.
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Rutland
UPI
Gilbert Godnick
Terrence Barrett
William Chapleau
Chapleau
Snowmobile death near Collins Mill Road in Newport
Dana Lyon, 17, of Newport was killed Saturday when his snowmobile left Collins Mill Road and crashed into trees. He was alone on the vehicle and pronounced dead on arrival at North Country Hospital. In Jeffersonville, Novat Ferland, 67, of Waterville, was struck from behind by a truck along Route 109 and died of head injuries while being taken to the hospital.
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Newport
UPI
Dana Lyon
Collins Mill Road
Lyon
North Country Hospital
Jeffersonville
Novat
Ferland
Waterville
Roy Woodward
Laser training cannons tested by New York National Guard in Albany
In Albany this weekend guardsmen fired laser powered cannon simulations at a wall target inside the state armory to cut costs while maintaining city training. Meanwhile the Albany Association for Retarded Children closed doors with under 24 hours notice after funds ran short, serving 103 clients mostly adults.
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Albany
New York State National Guard
State
Albany Association For
Susan Lord
Residents move to halt Monroe inmates work releases
In Berkshire North Adams residents gathered at the American Legion to push an immediate stop to Monroe State Prison Camp work release programs, aiming to shut the facility. The push follows two incidents where inmates allegedly threatened women, including a driver to Troy and a Stamford, Vermont woman, plus a missing teacher linked case. County officials consider a temporary injunction to halt further releases. In Hancock, police stopped 900 cars at Jiminy Peak ski area to curb ski thefts, arresting two New York juvenile suspects.
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North Adams
Berkshire
American Legion Post
Monroe State
Monroe
Troy
N.Y
Stamford
North Adams State College
Hancock
Jiminy Peak
New York State
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