Vermont lawmakers consider teachers choice on union membership
The Vermont legislature may decide if teachers can choose to join or not join teachers' associations for collective bargaining with school boards. The Vermont State School Directors Association will proposed a minor amendment to a bill setting bargaining procedures. The Vermont Education Association also backs bargaining rights. Mrs Paul Hunt said the executive committee wants the option for teachers to decide whether to join.
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Vermont State School Directors Association
Vermont Education Association
Paul Hunt
Morgan
Davis Eyes Break in Bryant strike within a week
Gov. Davis indicates a possible settlement of the Bryant Grinder Co. strike in Springfield within a week after talks between management and Local 218 of the United Electrical Workers Union narrowed to specific issues. Albert Cree, Rutland, advised progress and a last resort for a fact finding panel remains possible. 35 union members quit November 4 after months of talks. Davis also plans to relocate the Vermont Farm Family Program to the University of Vermont Extension Service pending federal funds, potentially $175,000 for year one.
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Cree
City Manager Goes Neutral on Troy Building Action
Albany reports City Manager Adrian Gonyea adopts a neutral stance amid negotiations to acquire the Cartwright Sales and Service building at 342 5th Avenue for a Lansingburgh fire station. The move follows protests over Assemblyman Neil W. Kelleher’s interest in the property and counters Troy’s offer via Attorney Harry Lee. The same day also covers Taylor Committee reforms on penalties for public employee unions and a change on the State Board of Regents, with Harold E. Newcomb expected to be elected to the vacant seat.
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Troy
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Hickey Ford
Neil W. Kelleher
Troy Atty
Harry Lee
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Taylor
Rockefeller
International Business Machines
Oswego
Harold E. Newcomb
State Board of Regents
Newcomb
Edgar W. Couper
Binghamton
Couper
Regents
Joseph W. McGovern
Bronx
81-Year-Old VISTA Volunteer From Berkshire
In Pittsfield 81-year-old Amanda E. Martin has been accepted for the Volunteers in Service to America program and plans to work in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. Training starts in February and approval is anticipated within a week.
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Amanda E. Martin
America
VISTA
Virgin Islands
St. Croix
Puerto Rico
Silva O. Conte
United States
North Adams Appoints June Lepage Moses to Tree Commission
Mayor James F. Cleary names June Lepage Moses, a former Bennington resident, to the Tree Commission serving until January 1, 1972. Also reappoints Chairman Thomas G. Conant and member James A. Hardman Jr. Pittsfield suit seeks 6.15 for washing machine damage after a city water main break.
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James F. Cleary
June Lepage Moses
Bennington
Tree Commission
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Pittsfield
C. L. Smith
Abrams Vermont Unit Leads Key Vietnam Role
In Saigon Gen. Clayton Abrams says the 131st Engineer Co of the Vermont National Guard, 184 men, has a vital first priority project. The unit operates a rock quarry and maintains a 19 mile road section from Ban Me Thout toward the South Vietnam coast, addressing morale and work concerns after arriving last September.
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Abrams
Highway 21
Ban Me Thout
Stafford
House Armed Services Committee
South Vietnam
Mainten
131St
Reginald Cram
Vermont
Cram
Washington
Defense Department
Ft. Belvoir
Investigators Probe Cause Of Climbers Fatal Fall
Yale climbers Robert Ellenberg Scot Stevens and Charles Yoder died after a 1200 foot fall in Huntington Ravine in New Hampshire. A Forest Service team found no clues to exact location or cause. The bodies remained tied by rope. investigators doubt they will determine what happened.
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U.S. Forest Service
White Mountain National Forest
Noel Sheldon
Allen Dulles Dies at 75 Ex CIA Chief Passes After Flu Pneumonia
Allen W. Dulles 75 former CIA director died late Wednesday night from complications of influenza and pneumonia at Georgetown University Hospital. He led the agency 1953 to 1961 under Eisenhower, helped shape Cold War policy, served on the Warren Commission, and later worked on civil rights investigations in Mississippi. He was brother to John Foster Dulles and linked to Johnson assignments, with a career spanning pivotal U.S. foreign actions.
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UPI
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
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CIA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Georgetown University Hospital
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Warren Commission
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Lee Harvey Oswald
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mississippi
Gov Davis Denies Collusion With GOP Leader on Tax Plan
Gov Deane C. Davis denied a report of alleged collusion with House Majority Leader Peter Giuliani of Montpelier. He also said there was no split between him and the Republican leader, addressing press questions Wednesday.
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GOP
Montpelier
UPI
Deane C. Davis
House
Peter Giuliani
Irasburg Incident Casts Light On Open Case Status
Gov. Deane C. Davis said the nighttime shotgun attack on the Negro minister David Johnson’s Irasburg home remains open while his family has relocated. The governor also planned action after reviewing testimony on the matter and discussed tax plans including a broad sales tax with a food exemption proposal.
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Public Safety
Erwin Alexander
Alexander
Francis Peisch
Burlington
House
Ways and Means
Peisch
Arthur Gibb
Weybridge
Giuliani
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