Stratton Ski School trains nation’s top skiers at Stratton
Stratton Mountain Ski School, a private state approved academy near Stratton Mountain access road, trains elite alpine skiers. Headmaster Donald Burke leads 50 full time students with 21 winter staff, focusing on year round discipline and a 1 to 3 4 teacher student ratio. Heidi Preuss Abby Fisher are on the National Olympic A team. five others on the Olympic development squad. Tuition is 5300 dollars plus room and board, with additional costs for lift passes and a fall training camp in Austria. The program blends academics into five week modules and emphasizes self motivation and decisive thinking in a pressure cooker environment.
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James Earl Ray Escapes Brushy Mountain Prison
James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., escaped Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee Friday night. Six prisoners fled about 8 p.m. EDT. one captured, five at large including Ray. Other escapees and details of the manhunt were reported by Gov. Ray Blanton's press secretary.
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Shelby County
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Douglas Shelton
King
Lorraine
Memphis
Missouri State Prison
London
Heathrow
Raoul
Bennington Boy’s Operation Featured on 60 Minutes Show
A documentary titled The Brain will air on CBS 60 Minutes at 7 p.m. Sunday. It covers Paul Schena, 16, of Bennington, who last year at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, New Hampshire, underwent a rare brain surgery. A team of 12 surgeons separated the brain lobes and he fully recovered.
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Amin frets Britons as Ugandan crackdown widens
Idi Amin ordered all Britons in Uganda jailed if found traveling or meeting in groups larger than three and threatened to execute a British spy within days. The move followed a ban on Britons leaving the country and comes amid heightened tensions after Uganda barred Britain from a Commonwealth conference. Diplomatic sources see it as retaliation.
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Windfalls for Sunderland and Shaftsbury in Vermont EDA funds
Sunderland and Shaftsbury reap windfalls as Vermont reels under EDA formula. Sunderland eyes 950000 in federal public works funds, 800000 more than requested, amid state-wide funding confusion and computer errors. Officials contend Vermont will receive its full 30 million while critics warn of formula flaws and uneven distribution.
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EDA
Clyde Dunlap
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Robert Stafford
Patrick Leahy
Washington
Bennington
Manchester
Arlington
John Simpson
Bennington County Regional Commission
State Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Richard Snelling
Bennington County
Simpson
Banner
Maerki
Sen. Stafford
U.S
Dorset
East Dorset
Statistics on abuse among Vermont women
Vermont Governor's Commission on the Status of Women released February survey results from the Vermont Women's Town Meeting. Among 283 respondents, 10 percent said they had been raped, 17 percent had abortions, and 10 percent reported spousal beating. Nearly 1,000 women attended the meeting.
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UPI
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Vermont
White House denies Carter favors Bl
Two congressional opponents of the BI bomber say Carter will approve production, but the White House says they misread his remarks. Reps Drinan and Dellums spoke after a 30 minute session claiming Carter cited secret CIA information and that Defense Secretary Harold Brown favored B1 production. White House says Brown has made no recommendation and Carter has not decided.
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UPI
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Rainy Weekend Outlook with Weekend Highs in 60s
Weather brief notes rain likely Saturday with highs in the 60s and Saturday night lows in the 50s. Chance of showers continues overnight into Sunday. High temperatures forecast for the period remain in the 60s.
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