New Englanders foresee chaotic 200th birthday fete
Yankee magazine surveys 15 prominent New Englanders from six states about America’s 200th anniversary in 1978. They warn of crowding, commercialization, and a Disneyland on Lexington Green style spectacle. They urge thoughtful planning to avoid excess and preserve meaning.
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Hancock
N.H
Natron
Yankee Magazine
New
Lexington Green
America
Lexington
Concord
Yankee, Inc
Mublin
Sherman Adams
Lincoln
NHS
New Hampshire
Louis Marton
History Dept
Dartmouth College
Gail Thain Parker
Bonnington College
Wves Orton
Vermont
Weston
Rockingham
John Cole
The
Maine Times
Eric Sloane
Cornwall Bridge
Conn
Claiborne Pell
U.S
Rhode Island
Tall Gak
Everett G. Weeden, Jr
Charlestown
Federation of Eastern Indians League
Bradford
Swan
Providence Journal
Archibald MacLeish
Conway
Mass
Allan F. Kenney
Board of Selectmen
Don Guy
AP. L
Vincent Vappi
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Humberto Cardinal Madeiros
Boston
Arlington DCC visits and local planning debates spark concerns
The Arlington DCC conducted two field trips to the Animal Shelter in Shaftsbury and Wilcox Dairy in Manchester. A Rutland hearing is planned for a Manchester land-use firm seeking to subdivide land from Danby to Danby Four Corners, with details from the Agency of Environmental Conservation. The piece weighs concerns over tourism, infrastructure, and Day Care funding, while noting Yankee magazine’s New England profiles.
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DCC
Shaftsbury
Rutland
Manchester
Danby
Danby Four Corners
Up the Creek Inc
Box 478
Merchants Row
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
Scout camps launch biggest Vermont season ever
Green Mountain Council Boy Scouts of America opened Camp Plymouth Camp Sunrise and Mt Norris Scout Reservation for what officials called the largest Vermont camping season. Over 2,000 Scouts and leaders attend with camps offering aquatic programs rifle archery camping and merit badge work across July and August.
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Rutland
Camp Plymouth
Camp Sunrise
Mt. Norris
Green Mountain Council
Boy Scouts of America
Vermont
Benson
Seouts
Vincent Dunn
Brandon
Plymouth
Tyson
Webelos
Frank Pescatello
Brattleboro
Eden
Michael Shanahan
Montpelier
Howard Rosen
Council
Sunderland-VISTA Architect John Roth Aids Tioga-Nicetown
John Roth, 22, Sunderland, is a VISTA volunteer architect with COT-N in Philadelphia. He and other VISTA volunteers provide free architectural and planning services to poor inner city residents, focusing on housing and park development. Roth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Roth of Sunderland Hill Ra and recently earned a BA in architecture from VPI.
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Sunderland
John Roth
VISTA
Philadelphia
Cot-N
Citizens of Tioga-Nicetown
Roth
RFD No. 2
Sunderland Hill
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
VPI
Blue Cross in New Hampshire and Vermont Faces July Billing Change
A UPI report says NH and VT Blue Cross bills for July must be paid at June rates after the COSDEN denied a 9 percent rate hike. Vermont and NH officials had allowed a 4.7 percent increase over six months. Blue Cross reported July bills already issued and cited a $20,000 deficit reserve blamed on inadequate rates. Durkin’s and Lemke’s increases were half the requested amount. Barry accused Durkin of fueling Blue Cross financial strain through political manipulation. Gov. Thomson replaced Durkin with Frank Whaland after Durkin’s term ended July 9.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Vermont
Blue Cross
Medical Insurance Company
Cost of Living Council
Eugene Jemke
John A. Durkin
John Barry Jr
Burlington Board to appeal ruling over apartment complex
The Burlington Board of Aldermen vowed to appeal to the state Supreme Court a Chittenden County Judge ruling granting a building permit to developer Paul Preseault. The board argued the retaining wall tied to the project was not part of it, and the state Environmental Board will also decide on the development.
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Burlington
UPI
State Supreme Court
Chittenden
Stephen Martin
Paul Preseault
Martin
Preseault
State Environmental Board
Troy Council Sets Fact-Finding Panel On Water Meters
A New York Troy city council Monday appointed a special fact-finding committee to probe water meter disputes. The panel will include both supporters and opponents and follow City Counsel Jubie’s ruling that petitions for a referendum are illegal. The issue sparked broad anger as meters replaced flat-rate estimates. Fireworks seizures near Fourth of July warn of misdemeanor penalties under Lt. Matthew Fontaine.
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Troy
William R. Jubie
Matthew [aFontaine
New York State
Berkshire Radio to Offer Free Campaign Time on WGRG
Pittsfield station WGRG will refuse paid political ads and give bona fide candidates free time to speak and answer questions. President Jerry Graham said money should not decide elections and all local state and national candidates are eligible for air time to let voters learn their positions.
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Pittsfield
UPI
WGRG
Jerry Graham
Graham
Bridge swept away ends Hancock wetlands case
Residents call the Kinderhook Creek bridge loss an act of God as the Hancock Conservation Commission argues the New England Realty bridge violated Inland Wetlands protections by lacking a required notice of intent. In Pittsfield a bank robbery at Union Federal Savings and Loan netted about 7800 with a gun threat. getaway car found on Kirchner Road in Dalton and a suspect believed to have changed clothes en route back to Pittsfield.
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Hancock
Hancock Conservation Commission
New England Realty Company
Kinderhook Creek
Berkshire Probate Court
New England Realty
Pittsfield
Tne
Union Federal Savings and Loan Association
Kirchner Road
Dalton
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Water Meter Committee
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