State finds no direct link between lead in water and blood
Health officials report no direct correlation between high blood lead in Bennington children and elevated tapwater lead. Only 9 of 196 children tested in May had mildly elevated blood counts, from homes with varying water lead levels. Further analysis planned while corrosion control proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Woolmington
Bennington
State Health Department
William Watson
Williams
Bennington Selectmen
All water now a U.S. responsibility
A new era begins as the EPA assumes federal supervision of drinking water for 240,000 systems under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. States retain primary oversight while federal standards, regular analysis, and compliance are enforced, signaling a shift after repeated disease outbreaks and contamination findings. See DRINKING WATER on back page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Public Health Service
Environmental Protection Agency
House bars aid to 3 nations in foreign aid bill
The House approved a 6.7 billion dollar foreign aid bill but barred direct or indirect aid to Cuba Angola and Mozambique. President Carter and State Department officials warned the amendments could politicize international lending bodies and hurt U S interests. The measure passed 208 to 174 after a narrow vote and an unexpected 5 percent cut amendment.
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Washington
House
Cuba
Angola
Mozambique
Carter
Jody Powell
State Department
Hodding Carter 3d
International Monetary Institutions
Senate
Clarence E. Miller
Ohio
Miller
Chile
Agency For International Development
World Bank
United Nations Development Fund
African Development Bank
Powell
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Uganda
School board bids for Shaftsbury windfall funds
The North Bennington School Board joins Shaftsbury’s $886,000 EDA windfall race by authorizing Supt. George A. Sleeman to send a letter listing school construction priorities to the Economic Development Administration by Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Federal Economic Development Administration
Supt
George A. Sleeman
EDA
Thur
Zoning change eyed to aid McDonald’s Manchester
North Bennington School District money dispute looms as the board keeps EDA funds under review. The panel votes to retain attorney John Williams to determine Shaftsbury claiming rights to Shaftsbury funds and potential use for North Bennington Elementary School renovations. Proposed priorities include gym repairs, lighting upgrades, acoustical ceilings, windows, heating, and paving.
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John Williams
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Edwin A. Colvin
EDA Postpones Bennington County Funding Awaiting Study
An agreement in Burlington delays any EDA disbursement in Bennington County until at least the second week of July. The EDA will complete a revised study by July 1, after which towns may file a complaint within five days. Local officials call the move fair and necessary to explain fund denial.
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Federal Economic Development Administration
Bennington County
USS. District Court
Burlington
Bennington
Manchester
Dorset
Arlington School
EDA
Arthur J. O’dea
George A. Sleeman
Sleeman
Robert T. Stafford
Washington
Vic Maerki
Sen. Stafford
Court widens aid to church linked schools
The Supreme Court ruled a state may fund church related schools for textbooks and health services, but not for instructional aids or food trips. Justice Blackmun led a majority sustaining secular aims while allowing diagnostic and remedial programs. appeals continue in Ohio.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Ohio
Harry Blackmun
Columbus
American Civil Liberties Union
High Court
Blackmun
Vandalized Gardens Reported in Bennington Area
Bennington police report two consecutive nights of garden vandalism. Six or seven gardens along the Gage Street Extension Woodward Drive area were targeted. In a separate incident three gardens on Putnam Street Jefferson Ave were damaged, with two flower beds and a vegetable patch trampled.
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Bennington
Gage Street
Woodward Drive
Putnam Street
Jefferson Ave
Bennington BSD to vote June 28 on budget and board seats
Bennington School District residents will vote June 28 on a 2.9 million budget and multiple school board seats. Interviews with candidates for director are featured, detailing views on education quality, budget restraint, and parental involvement.
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Bennington
Catamount
Banner
Lee Harrison
BSD
Collins
Jacobs
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Silk Road
William H. Morse Construction Company, Inc
Walloomsac
Louis C. Sarelas
U.S
Gladwin Hill
N.Y
By Adam Clymer
Times News Service
N. Bennington
By Lee Harrison
McDonald’s
Mayor’s Barber Shop
Hoosick Falls
Pownal
Post 13
Brattleboro
Bennington Recreation Center
Western Open
Young Lions
Court
Joanne C. Collins
Sacred Heart School
William “Bill” Congdon
William
Bill’’ Congdon
Star Electric Company
Mt. Anthony
MAU
Congdon
Thomas H. Jacobs
Union St
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