Petersburg eyes public works bill to fix sewer system
Petersburg, N Y seeks funds from a recent massive public works program to repair its long antiquated water system. County planning director John Johnson said a town plan, with county help, could obtain money. Engineer Hughes Gemmill has begun surveys to determine needed improvements.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Congress
Gerald Ford
Rensselaer County
John Johnson
New Public Works Program
Hughes Gemmill
County Planning Department
Gemmill
Books and water funds share town agenda
The town board discusses a far ranging list of books, authors, and biographies while also considering federal funding for a new water system. A $3.95 billion public works bill aims to create 300,000 jobs with $700 million for water pollution abatement and Peters burg may qualify. An engineer’s study will take several weeks and the county offers free consulting services for system repairs and federal money access.
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Shirley & Yer
Snyder
Peterburg
Johnson
Gemmill
Arlington Area Calendar Highlights Weekly Events
Arlington community events list a busy week with Farm Museum hours open to the public daily, Junior soccer matchups, and numerous meetings. Highlights include Interstate League games, Garden Club, Bicentennial planning, and Legion Auxiliary gatherings across Arlington and Manchester locales, plus bingo and auctions.
Pownal Community Notes And Weekend Sports Schedule
The Pownal Fire Protective Association meets at 7 tonight at the firehouse. In Pownal Little Baseball League the week features Yankees vs Astros Monday Expos vs Red Sox Tuesday Astros vs Mets Wednesday Red Sox vs Yankees Thursday Mets vs Expos Friday. Preschool play groups run Tuesday Thursday for 4 to 7 year olds and Wednesday Friday for 8 to 12 year olds 9 to 11 30 a m at the Pownal Recreational Community Center. The North Pownal Congregational Church has dedicated a The Last Supper painting gifted by Mrs Irene Marshall painted by William O Dell and moved by Marion Burdick now in the Sunday school room. A Pownal School Board meeting is at 5 today to review summer outside work.
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Pownal
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Astros
Expos
Red Sox
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North Pownal
Irene Marshall
William O’dell
Marion Burdick
Pownal School
Lawmaker pushes targeted pay hikes for state workers
Vermont House Ways and Means Chair Peter Giuliani says 1977 budget should provide sufficient funds to meet partially met pay hike requests for state employees. He criticizes across the board raises and favors selective increases. supports collective involvement but opposes a general strike. Also noted are plans for a Johnson State College forum featuring Margaret Mead Aug 18 and other speakers on children’s rights funded by the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues.
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Giuliani
Leahy Proposes Tax Break to Cut Gas Guzzlers
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont introduces legislation to allow tax deductions for depreciation credits and investment deductions only for fuel efficient vehicles. He says the plan would save about 80 million gallons of gasoline annually and raise roughly 138 million dollars in tax revenue, with about half of 500 000 gas guzzlers expected to switch to economical cars if enacted.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Leahy
First Stafford Welch Senate Debate Set for Rutland
UPI reports details for the first of two planned Republican Senate debates between incumbent Robert Stafford and challenger John Welch. The Aug. 21 event at Rutland High School will be moderated by Mendow attorney Theodore Corsones. Audience questions will be accepted. A second debate date has not been announced.
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Rutland
UPI
U.S. Senate
Robert Stafford
John Welch
Rutland High School
Mendow
Theodore Corsones
Stafford-Welch
Voters approve school tax despite charter limit in St Albans
In St. Albans voters approved a school tax rate of 37 cents above the city charter limit after reversing two earlier rejections. The 471 to 330 vote Tuesday drew a light turnout in a city with over 5,000 eligible voters.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Tax vote Pending to Save Lansingburgh Sports Program
Voters in Lansingburgh Brunswick and Schaghticoke face a Tuesday ballot to decide a tax levy for an interscholastic sports program amid an austerity district budget that excludes sports, library books and student supplies. A petition with 1900 signatures advocates a 37200 funding boost. In Salem a legal dispute over burial rights pits a dying woman against the town board and an undertaker over a 19th century cemetery.
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Lansingburgh
Brunswick
Schaghticoke
Salem
Shushan
Edward Murphy
Binninger
Berkshire Boy Burned by 14 000 Volt Wire Suit Filed
Edward J. Puskey files a civil suit for his son Edward Jr claiming the Western Massachusetts Electric Co. failed to post adequate warning signs after the 14 000 volt contact at Brattlebrook Park on October 5 1973 left the boy with severe burns and a 40 foot fall. Damages sought total 550 000 plus medical costs. A prior suit for 1 million was filed by another father over a wire sagging from a broken insulator. County crops show mixed rainfall with Berkshire County reporting sufficient rain for crops and Hampshire County crops affected by lack of rain. June rainfall in Berkshire was 0.25 inches below normal and July has 1.25 inches so far versus a 4.89 inch monthly average.
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Pittsfield
Western Massachusetts Electric Co
Edward J. Puskey
Edward Jr
Brattlebrook Park
Hampshire County
Berkshire County
Ronald Thompson
U.S. Department of Agriculture Extension Service
Berkshire
George J. Bulgarelli
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