Vermont Ed Board to decide on Barnet McIndoes Academy fate
The Vermont Education Board will next month determine if Barnet has met five conditions to reopen McIndoes Academy this September. Education Commissioner Harvey Scribner noted no signs of progress beyond Barnet following a recommendation to take public control, with letters from Barnet school officials citing progress in hiring certified teachers and efforts to form a union district with nearby towns. Weeks Junior High in Vergennes won unanimous board approval for its academic program serving about 100 students, with the board directing Scribner to send a letter praising the school and its superintendent for high standards.
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Peacham
Danville
Monroe
New Hampshire
Barnet
Colchester Approves $275000 School Bond Issue
Colchester voters approve a $275000 bond for expanding the town's union primary school after a second vote due to a wording error. The tally was 148 yes to 19 no, with total project cost estimated at $389,500 and $114,500 in state aid. Only about 200 of 2000 eligible voters cast ballots.
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Colchester
UPI
Union
March
Russell Smith
More Bogus Bills Found in Winooski Area
Winooski Police Chief Donald Savard reports two counterfeit Canadian ten dollar notes found Thursday. One passed at a pharmacy and another at a Forest Hills outlet. bank checks confirmed they were fake but convincing reproductions with different serial numbers. The total counterfeit receipts in the area rises to eleven in recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winooski
UPI
Donald Savard
Forest Hills
Savard
Rumor of John Wayne Visit Sparks Troy Inn Rumors
Innkeeper Clark Murphy of the Troy Holiday Inn denied any stay by John Wayne though rumors spread that the actor and his son visited the area. Reports said Wayne used the name Hamlin and talked with locals while Murphy noted the notice board line would welcome him if he ever came.
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Troy
Clark Murphy
Troy Holiday Inn
John Wayne
Holiday Inn
Murphy
Wayne
Hamlin
RPI
Youth Drowns at Poestenkill Falls in Brunswick
A 16 year old Lansingburgh youth Mitchel W. Warner drowned at Buttermilk Falls Poestenkill Brunswick while swimming with companions. He disappeared after entering water from a natural chute around 6 p.m. his body recovered about 6:55 p.m. by Trooper Milne. Rensselaer County Coroner Styles ruled accidental drowning.
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Brunswick
Lansingburgh
Buttermilk Falls
Poestenkill
Mitchel W. Warner
Warner
Mark Bailey
Bailey
Red Cross
G. K. Milne
Brunswick State
Rensselaer County
Thomas F. Styles
New U.S. 7 Route Mapped Across Massachusetts Vermont
Massachusetts and Vermont officials reportedly agreed July 11 to relocate U.S. 7 crossing the state line west of the Hoosac River. The Vermont segment would lie west of the river near Pownal, pass behind the Green Mountain race track, cross at Weyers Bridge farm, then join the Massachusetts road. Construction would begin in Massachusetts if routes pass a public hearing.
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Williamstown
Massachusetts
Vermont
Hoosac River
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
Pownal
Green Mountain
Weyers Bridge Farm
New Rifle Range Rules Enforced in North Adams
North Adams enacts new regulations for the Pattison Road rifle range. Starting August 5 police will verify that all shooters hold permits issued by the mayor. Prohibitions include Sunday shooting glass targets and under 18 use. Hours run 9 a.m. to dusk.
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North Adams
Pattison Road
James F. Cleary
Daniels Road area deemed satisfactory for new high school
NORTH ADAMS Superintendent Wilfred M. Gallagher says the Daniels Road area is highly satisfactory for a new high school site, offering the city’s largest single land tract. Educational Planning Committee members will inspect the land before the August 19 meeting. PITTSFIELD First District U.S. Rep. Silvio O Conte announces candidacy for a sixth two year term in Congress.
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North Adams
Wilfred M. Gallagher
Daniels Road
Pittsfield
U.S
Silvio O. Conte
Congress
Middlebury College program helps New Haven youngsters
Twenty youths from New Haven aged 12, arriving for a month long program at Middlebury College, aim to boost reading writing and speaking through field trips films and experiments. The privately sponsored YOU program led by Eugene Johnson will provide intense individual attention with 16 staff for 20 students.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College
Hill
New Haven
Martin Luther King
George Keiser
Princeton
N.J
Johnson
Fred Brown
Hamden
New Haven Health Center
Venture program links Business and Arts in Vermont
Vermont Council on the Arts launches Venture to display painting and photography by prominent Vermont artists at six exhibitions. The Fleming Museum hosts the collection now as corporations are charged a participation fee to fund a permanent touring collection for Vermont schools. The project, supported by many contributors, assigns Middlebury and New Haven participants to engage youths with arts education and related activities through the fall and winter.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Council On the Arts
Fleming Museum
Burlington
Paul Aschenback
Pat Adams
Ann Babcock
Diane Bates
Jay Connaway
Thomas Cooney
Robert Cronin
Lucien Day
Hanlyn Davies
William Davison
Churchill Ettinger
Fernando Gerassi
Charles Ginnever
Robert Hagerman
William Harris
Arthur Healy
Sophie Healy
Laurence Hyman
Henry Jensen
Peter Miller
Edwin Owre
Andrew Potok
Verner Reed
Robert Reiff
David Rohn
John Smith
Frank Stout
Lewis Teague
Byron Thomas
Winn Tuttle
Londa Weigman
Union School District Dissolved by State Board
The State Education Board dissolved Union School District 25 serving Alburg Grand Isle Isle La Motte North Hero and South Hero, with each town to settle its share of $13,500 for planning costs and two bank notes $2,700 due from Grand Isle. The board blamed apathy for tax money losses but plans to study a new model.
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Union School District
Montpelier
UPS
State Education Board
David E. Fisk
Alburg
North
Hero
Grand Isle
Isle la Motte
Fisk
Jonathan Brownell
Eday
Hoff's Daughter marches with antiwar demonstrators in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Gov Philip Hoff attended a National Governors Conference ball while his daughter Dagny aged 16 joined antiwar demonstrators outside. Hoff said he walked out of the Cincinnati Convention Exposition Center and later discussed the event with his family in the hotel. A separate item notes a Nebraska radio scene where coyotes howl at a movie company recording The Star Spangled Banner for sound effects.
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Cincinnati
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Cincinnati Convention Exposition Center
Dagny
Ogallala, Neb
UPI
McCarthy Delivers Large Boston Rally Speech at Fenway Park
Senator Eugene McCarthy drew over 36,000 fans at Fenway Park in Boston for the largest rally of his campaign, pledging victory in Chicago and November while urging a new open America and a reconciliation across ages races and classes. He rejected a vice presidential plan if not nominated. Police and Secret Service guarded the event as 10,000 watched on TV.
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Boston
UPI
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Leonard Bernstein
Fenway Park
McCarthy
Chicago
Secret Service
America
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Massachusetts
New England
St Albans to get 30 percent state aid for new elementary school
Montpelier reports the Vermont Education Board approved 30 percent state aid for a $3.3 million K-8 elementary school in St. Albans City to educate about 1,000 students, with 75 percent aid for special education spaces. The project combines five existing schools, with playgrounds in nearby St. Albans Town, amid some board objections over size and environment.
Aiken Moves to Block Port Henry Pollution
Sen George D Aiken R Vt has asked the Water Pollution Control Administration to prevent air and water pollution from a new International Paper Co mill at Port Henry N Y The Port Henry plant will replace the older Ticonderoga mill which is already causing pollution on both New York and Vermont sides of the Lake Champlain waterway Aiken warned that without strict controls the tri town Vermont water supply could be contaminated.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Port Henry
Aiken
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
New International Paper Co
Lake Champlain
Ticonderoga
New York
Vermont
Tri-Town
Addison County
Bridport
Shoreham
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Down In
Berkshire
Conte
Ity
Mental Health Center
Community Progress, Inc
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
Middelbury
YOU
Francois Berauld
Hoff’s
Education Department
Carl Porter Shirley
St. Albans
Bennington, YT
Port Henry N.Y
Ticonderoga, N.Y
Mayflower
Grove Street
Adams, Mass
Atkins
Jewelers
Main ST
Bennington
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Bennington, VT
Cameras — Records
Fauven
Lauder
Joderham & Worts
Detroit, Mich
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