Vermont offers 1-week Green Mountain Conservation Camps
Vermonters aged 12 to 15 may apply for the 1971 Green Mountain Conservation Camps. Sessions run June 20 to August 21 with separate girls’ sessions July 11 to 31. Priority to first-timers. Programs cover wildlife, forestry, water conservation, hunter safety, canoeing, swimming safety, first aid, woodsmanship and supervised recreation. Board and instruction paid by Fish & Game. A $5 sponsor jacket fee is requested. Applications to CAMP Fish & Game Department State Office Building Montpelier VT 05602. Do not send money with the application. Print return address clearly.
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Montpelier
Fish & Game Department
State
Legislator seeks to kill Vermont Legal Aid funding
Rep James Fitzgerald D St Albans urged the House Appropriations Committee to strike the $37 000 Vermont Legal Aid appropriation from the 1972 budget, citing allegations the agency solicited lawsuits An VA sub committee will review claims involving the director’s wife and a staff attorney in Georgia as the omnibus appropriations bill debates next Tuesday
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VLA
Richard Blum
James Flett
St. Albans
Georgia
Fitzgerald
Hospitals say budget cuts will raise rates in Vermont
Vermont hospitals warn that cutting general assistance payments for the poor will push up patient costs. Gov. Davis trimmed welfare payments for hospital aid from the 1972 budget, citing no federal match. Medical Center Hospital Burlington Central Vermont Hospital Berlin and Rutland Hospital expect daily rate hikes of 4 to 6 dollars, with Burlington room cost reaching 71 dollars. Association head Richard Young called the cuts arbitrary and said hospitals do not use aid as debt write off.
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Burlington
Richard Young
Association
Post Office Awards For Ray And DiGangi
Charles W. Ray and Joseph C. DiGangi, Bennington Post Office employees, received cash awards under the department's suggestions and awards programs. Ray proposed a scale in the outgoing parcel post area to handle large shipments during peak periods, reducing congestion at the stamp and parcel post window. DiGangi suggested a mobile cash drawer for the relief clerk to speed service at the window. Ray earns his fifth award. DiGangi his second. Awards presented by Postmaster Stanley J. Pekalski on March 3.
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Charles W. Ray
Joseph C. DiGangi
Bennington
Ray
DiGangi
Stanley J. Pekalski
Vermont House eyes repeal of blue laws in referendum
Rep Maurice W Stack of Bellows Falls sponsors a bill to put a 1972 vote on repealing Vermont sabbath restrictions to permit sale of non essential items. If approved, the ban would end April 1 1972 and follows a 1969 defeat.
Woodford goodies earn school funds
Woodford Elementary School’s parent teacher group raised 80.20 dollars from a post Town Meeting buffet supper. About 100 residents contributed dishes led by Julius Rosenwald. Proceeds will be discussed at the next PTO meeting. Felix Castellano baked the rum cake with “Woodford Our Town” on top.
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Woodford
Julius Rosenwald
Rosenwald
Felix Castellano
New York City
Our Town
Northeast hit by late winter storm with widespread outages
A 200-foot freighter struck a Newport bridge tower as 27 inches of snow paralyzed western New York. Rochester banned traffic for hours while 300,000 residents faced cordons. In Webster Xerox workers stranded. at Albany Fort Plain High School sheltered victims of car pileups. Winds up to 84 mph battered Maine and Massachusetts coastlines as frost warnings spread south.
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United Press International
Newport
R.I
Albany
N.Y
Rochester
Fort Plain High School
Salvation Army
Louis Lapi
Sherman
Nixon
Stephen May
Xerox Corp
Webster
Newport Bridge
Navy
Coast Guard
Casco Bay
Maine
Gloucester
Mass
Trudeau Weds Margaret Sinclair in Vancouver Private Ceremony
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau married 22-year-old Margaret Sinclair in a quiet ceremony at St. Stephen's Anglican Church North Vancouver. Only family attended. Sinclair is daughter of former fisheries minister James Sinclair. Trudeau, known for high‑profile social life, has led Canada since 1968.
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Vancouver
UPI
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Margaret Sinclair
Trudeau
Miss Sinclair
St. Steven’s Anglican Church
North Vancouver
James Sinclair
Louis St. Laurent
Ambulance EMT Training Begins at Putnam Memorial Hospital
Vermont Health Department sponsors a 21 session EMT training held on Tuesday nights at 7 30 in the Putnam Memorial Hospital conference room. 39 students from Manchester Arlington Pownal Whitingham Hoosick Falls and Hoosac School enrolled with courses taught by local hospital staff. Exams will award certificates. Burlington led state rollout with Bennington second.
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Vermont Health Department
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Arlington
Pownal
Whitingham
Hoosick Falls
Hoosac School
Burlington
American College of Surgeons
Funeral Rites for World War II Veteran Joseph LaCroix
Funerals were held for Joseph LaCroix, WWII Army veteran of 329 Safford St., at Sacred Heart Church with the Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial. Bearers were LaCroix nephews. veterans and parish groups attended, with services at Mahar & Son Funeral Home and prayers led by Rev. Henry Bourgeois. Relatives came from Hoosick Falls and neighboring communities.
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Safford St
Sacred Heart Church
Charles Wallen
C.S.C
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Lester Davis
James LaCroix
William Pellerin
Clarence LaBrie
Norbert Marcoux
Robert Corriveau
Mr. LaCroix
Henry Bourgeois
Holy Name Society
Park Lawn
Francis Patten
Andrew Russell
LaCroix
Hoosick Falls
Armagh
Canada
North Adams
Mass
Rose
Morrissey ) Fitzgerald
Daniel J. Fitzgerald
West Main St
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Flanagan
John Hamilton
John Dermody
Howard Fitzgerald
John P. Griffin Jr
Charles E. Dewey
Charles E. Dewey III
Philip Dewey
Bennington Police report two minor wrecks with no injuries
Two minor auto collisions were reported Wednesday in Bennington with no injuries. At 9:30 a.m. at Spring and Maple, Alvin Kennedy and Anthony Pello were involved in light to moderate damage in a Ford van and a Chevrolet car. At 6:30 p.m. on North Street Flora Mason collided with Francis Gunther, resulting in light damage to both the Oldsmobile and the Dodge.
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Bennington
Spring and
Maple Streets
Alvin J. Kennedy
Spring St
Anthony Pello
North Street
Flora Mason
BenMont Ave
Francis Gunther
New Hampshire
Betit trims merit raise for insubordinate worker in Vermont
In Montpelier Social Welfare Commissioner Joseph Betit confirmed a district action cutting a proposed 6 percent merit pay raise for Allen Hood to 4 percent citing Hood’s public attacks on department rules and alleged disloyalty. Hood appealed to Personnel Director John Simonds who began review. In Burlington International Paper asks courts to allow a class action over lake pollution with $40 million in claims. In Lunenburg Civil Defense moves pumps and pipe to address a 90-family water shortage, tying up firefighting equipment and drawing on aid from Rep. Amos Colby.
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John Simonds
Burlington
UPI
International Paper Co
Vermont
IPC
U.S. District Court
Orwell
Addison County
Ticonderoga
N.Y
Lunenburg
Civil Defense
Richard Holmes
Amos Colby
Rlunenburg
Rutland mayor race to be recounted Monday
William Chapleau former policeman who lost the Rutland mayoral race by 62 votes has asked for a recount citing possible irregularities. The recount will consider more than 6,000 ballots after Foley’s lead emerged from counting sick and absentee ballots.
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Rutland
UPI
William Chapleau
Chapleau
William Foley
Vermont Emergency Board OKs four new maintenance posts
The Vermont Emergency Board approved on Thursday the creation of four maintenance positions in the Office Buildings Division for the Pavilion Office Building. The move aims to strengthen upkeep and operations at state facilities.
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Montpelier
UPI
State
Pavilion
Vermont Emergency Board
New York considers undergrounding local service lines
The Public Service Commission proposes rules to require electric and telephone companies to move overhead local lines underground. Each year 2 percent of gross revenues would be earmarked for conversions, totaling about 80 million dollars annually statewide. Mercury in air deemed not a health hazard after preliminary studies.
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Albany
State Public Service Commission
State Environmental Conservation Department
Rensselaer
Niagara Falls
Pittsfield plans $30 million Berkshire shopping complex
Pittsfield New York developer George Nutman outlined a $30 million downtown Pittsfield project to the Pittsfield Housing Authority. The plan covers 515,000 square feet of retail space with two new department stores and a 600,000 square foot parking garage under an 11 acre urban renewal area. Nutman would build the $8 to $10 million garage portion himself, citing city underwriting limits, and seeks tax concessions to make the project feasible.
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Pittsfield
New York
George Nutman
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