A New Ball Game Ahead for Area Teachers Chief Interview
Tom Gallagher, 31, head of the Southwestern Vermont Education Association, discusses a reform charged year ahead at Mt. Anthony High and Bennington area schools. He weighs new principal Donald Banchik, contract status in Shaftsbury and Pownal, and the coordinator system.
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MAU
Area Teachers Association
Tom Gallagher
Southwestern Vermont Education Association
Bennington
New York
Gallagher
Long Island
N.Y
Mt. Anthony High School
New York University
State University of New York At
Oswego
The
Banner
Mt. Anthony
Banchik
Weather Outlook With Showers and Cooling Front
Clearing showers today give way to steady clearing tonight as a cool front passes. Highs in the 70s, then breezy and cooler with lows near 50. Tuesday brings variable clouds, a breezy cool day, and highs mid 60s to around 70.
Carter defends welfare plan amid black criticism
President Carter faced charges of breaking campaign promises to blacks as he touted a welfare program with one million new jobs. He told the Urban League he aims for work for all able to work, with 10 percent of public works contracts reserved for minorities and job growth targets through next year.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Urban League Today
League
Vernon Jordan
Jordan
White House
Congress
Trotters Return to Manchester Fairgrounds
The first annual trots weekend drew about 2,500 spectators at Manchester Fairgrounds. Knights of Columbus and North Country Trotting and Pacing Club organized the two day event with races featuring young and experienced trotters amid sunny, warm weather.
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Manchester Fairgrounds
Knights of Columbus and
North Country
Shaftsbury grant denial shows timing clash in EDA letter
A Shaftsbury letter to Rep. Colvin confirms July 12 EDA grant request for 750000 to expand Shaftsbury Elementary School and reveals a July 18 denial of funds. An EDA official cited a crossed time clock as the reason, underscoring bureaucratic delays in federal aid programs.
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Edwin A. Colvin
Shaftsbury
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Colvin
Washington
Catastrophe feared from fossil fuel driven climate change
A National Research Council report warns that continued use of fossil fuels, especially coal, could raise atmospheric carbon dioxide levels four to eightfold by 2100, triggering dramatic climate shifts. It cites potential 11 to 16 degree Fahrenheit warming, rising seas, altered growing seasons, and possible catastrophic impacts unless alternatives and international cooperation lessen emissions.
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Washington
UPI
National Research Council
Roger Revelle
Revelle
Harvard University
University of California At San Diego
Council
National Academy of Sciences
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Canada
Post 13 Beats Brattleboro for Legion Southern Lead
In a decisive American Legion southern division clash Post 13 defeated Brattleboro to seize first place. The win highlights strong team play and the squad's evolving offense as season momentum builds.
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Condon
North Bennington
Landgrove
Peru
Weston
Londonderry
Brattleboro
American Legion
Henkel
SVAC
Moliere
Firefighters near Katahdin encircle 5000 acres in Baxter blaze
In Millinocket Maine firefighters report 95 percent control of a stubborn eight day fire within a 5000 to 6000 acre arc in Baxter State Park risking up to 5267 foot Mount Katahdin. Rain forecast offers little certainty as gusty southwest winds threaten flare ups. a water drop plane crashed but caused no injuries.
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Millinocket
Maine
UPI
Baxter State Park
National Weather Service
State Forest Service
Marshall Wiebe
Baxter
Wiebe
Weather Service
The
Great Northern
Mount Katahdin
West Branch
Penobscot River
Abel Bridge
Danny Peletier
Hampden
Associated Press
Jerry Harkovey
Portland
Forest Service
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Pownal
Donald Banchik
Sadat
United Press International
Anwar Sadat
Libya
Arab Revolution
Jaghboub
Cairo
Houari Boumedienne
Alexandria
Boumedienne
Egypt
Tripoli
Col
Muammar Khadafy
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Cairo Radio
Khadafy
Trotters
Manchester
Buchelt
Pat O’dea
Earthquakes
Lancers
Arlington
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