New MAUHS Board Threesome Sparks Debate at Meeting
Mt Anthony Union High School board three new members opposed to old policies voiced watchdog aims at July session. They challenged hiring practices, district spending and building conditions, targeting a husband wife teaching team and a broader staff-relations policy.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
William F.D. Smith
Shaftsbury
Col
Raymond C. Murray
Bennington
Lawrence E. Harrington
Woodford
Smith
Mary Lou Cross
Murray
Norman Stratton
Harrington
Franklin Frantz
MAUHS
Paul A. Fairfield
Charles W. Keir
Donald Rogers
Pownal
Robert J. McWaters
North Bennington
Johnsons
Vermont joins suit against auto makers for anti pollution devices
Attorney General James Jeffords announced Vermont and 14 other states will sue General Motors Ford Chrysler American Motors and the Automobile Manufacturers Association in the Supreme Court. The suit seeks a mandatory injunction forcing the firms to spend needed funds to develop and install anti pollution equipment on all new cars built after 1953. If the high court refuses, the action proceeds in lower courts, potentially taking three to six years.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jeffords
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Automobile Manufacturers Association
High Court
Washington
Illinois
Vermont
Burlington
Supreme Court
Shaftsbury Tax Up as Aid Dips and State Cuts
Shaftsbury selectmen set a new tax rate of 7.61 dollars per hundred, up 1.51 from last year. The school tax rises to 6.44, aided by board chair Joseph Crossman, due to a roughly 85,000 dollar drop in state aid. The town’s Grand List increased about 600,000 in value, while state aid fell from 131,000 to around 45,000, with adjustments tied to Miller formula compliance. Planning Board chair Edwin Colvin reports 542 dollars spent to date on unspecified town projects.
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Shaftsbury
Joseph Crossman
Crossman
Merton Snow
Roy Whitman
Anthony Altobell
Snow
New Town Planning Board
Edwin Colvin
Egypt Pressures Guerrillas as Cease-Fire Talks Strain
Egypt cracked down on militant Arab groups refusing to accept a temporary cease-fire amid Middle East peace efforts. Israeli air raids continued on Suez Canal positions for the 68th day. Israel denied Dayan threats to resign over the U S plan. Arab guerrilla stations blocked by Cairo include Al-Fatah's Voice of Assifa and PLO Voice of Palestine. The United States worries over guerrilla opposition, while Jordan faces Palestinian protests. Israel consents to the plan if no preconditions and both sides honor a standdown.
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Middle East
Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
Israeli Defense Ministry
Moshe Dayan
Israel
U.S. Mideast
al- Fatah
Voice of Assifa
Storm
Palestine Liberation Organization
Voice of Palestine
United States
Jordan
Amman
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Hussein
U.S
Syria
U.N. Security Council
Catholics To Disclose Finances In Vermont Diocese Report
Burlington diocese to release its first financial report issued by Bishop Robert Joyce in a Vermont Catholic Tribune supplement. The disclosure, requested by the Vermont Priests Senate, covers revenues and expenses but not assets or liabilities. Officials hope welfare program details will boost contributions to the bishop’s fund, which has topped $3 million in recent years.
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Burlington
UPI
Robert Joyce
Vermont Catholic Tribune
Vermont Priests Senate
Vermont Catholic Charities
State board hears BCIC appeal over Pownal mill conditions
Montpelier Vermont The state Environmental Board begins its first appeal under the 1970 Environmental Control Act concerning three of twenty conditions on a proposed BCIC paper mill in Pownal The plant would be built by BCIC and leased to Spruce Tissue Co of New York The dispute centers on No 2 fuel oil as an air safeguard Hoosac River water return Class B standards and transmission line rules Meyer former U S representative from Rupert testifies amid political overtones citing 26 years in Bennington County and founding the county soil and water conservation district in 1946
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BCIC
Spruce Tissue Co
New York
Vermont
Hoosic River
U.S
William H. Meyer
Rupert
State Board
Meyer
U.S. Senate
Bennington County
Soil and Water Conservation District
Cowles
O'Shea enters race for Vermont's lone House seat
Vermont publisher Bernard G. O'Shea, a former state senator and longtime Democratic candidate, announced his bid for Congress. He criticizes the Vietnam War, backs the McGovern Hatfield amendment, and urges an end to elitism to revive democracy. His announcement starts a two way Democratic primary with Dennis 27 of Burlington.
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Enosberg
Bernard G. O’shea
Vermont
U.S. House of Representatives
O’shea
Vermont Freeman
Franklin County
State Senate
U.S. Senate
Congress
America
Jefferson
Lincoln
Kennedy
King
McGovern Hatfield
U.S
William H. Meyer
Rupert
Goddard College
Massachusetts
Yale University
Dennis 27
Burlington
Sunderland School Mixup Delays Fall Opening
Sunderland district faces a late start as a prefabricated elementary school construction stalls. delays stem from misaligned foundation plans and a speed space production slowdown linked to a winter strike, with completion now likely around mid September and a final opening date to be confirmed.
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Sunderland
Cross
Julian Goodrich
Burlington
Speed Space
Hometown
Arnold Griffis
Arlington
Griffis
St Joseph College Seeks New President
St Joseph College in Old Bennington aims to appoint a layman as president. Sister Julia Marie, SSJ, will step down as chief executive while remaining treasurer and director of financial aid. A trustee committee led by Rev Msgr Francis Flanagan will seek a candidate by Sept 1, with the college now mix of lay and religious staff and authorized associate degrees in business administration and science.
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St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Julia Marie
SSJ
John Lonergan
Francis B. Flanagan
Nora
George van
Sisters of St. Joseph
State Department of Education
College Today
Inside: Wage laws fuel youth frustrations in hot summer
Column by John Chamberlain argues restrictive wage laws deepen youth frustrations during the hot summer. Also notes tax bills in Pownal, and Hoosick Falls pool tour for Waterford neighbors seeking to build one. Manchester man crowned Vermont golf champion.
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John Chamberlain
Hoosick Falls
Waterford
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