Muskie to Speak at Williams during Give a Damn Weekend
Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine will deliver the opening address for Williams College Give a Damn weekend on Friday April 25 at 2 p.m. He is noted for urban affairs work and sponsored the 1967 Model Cities Bill, later signed into law, supporting rehabilitation of blighted urban areas.
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Williamstown
Mass
Edmund S. Muskie
Williams College
Muskie
Maine
House of Representatives
Augusta
Senate
New Hampshire
Senator Muskie
Congress
Johnson
Sunderland School Association Meeting Urges Urban Regeneration
The Sunderland School Association will hold its monthly meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in Town House School to discuss urban regeneration. Over 140 areas have applied for funds and 10 districts have started projects. The housing bill aims for local autonomy in planning. Senator Muskie, key housing bill sponsor since 1959, chairs the inter governmental affairs subcommittee and advocates conservation and regional economic aims.
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Banking and Currency
Muskie
America
Machiasport
New England
State Says Center Hill Zecher We've Had the Bug Pulled Out
Manchester town meeting attendees hear Highway Dept and Commissioner Gray preview plans for new US7 routing through Manchester Center. Center Hill to be rebuilt after discarding the costly Barnumville gulf route. I Stanford Zecher Jr vents frustration over 222 hearing split while others debate traffic plans. Also reports motor vehicle crash transfers, birth of first child to Bennington residents, and a teen combo providing party entertainment.
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Manchester
State Highway Dept
John T. Gray
U.S.7
Manchester Center
Center Hill
I. Stanford Zecher Jr
Highwaymen
Zecher
Gray
Highway Dept
Pop’s Corner
Arthur Goss
Barnumville Gulf
Goss
Clyde H. Bryant Jr
Ralph F. Fleming Jr
Planning Commission
I.N. Bartlett
Atty
James B. Campbell
Fleming
Bryant
Ralph
Barnumville Road
Gulf
Threeman Board
The
Reginald Arnold
Community notices and highway hearing updates in Hoosick Falls and Manchester
Local items honor a 17th birthday in Cambridge as Starr Cole and Brenda Gates attend a Band event while residents recall former Hoosick Falls leader. Other notes cover summer travel, alumni basketball plans, and area families visiting relatives. In Manchester officials discuss Center Hill versus Barnumville Gulf road routes, with hearings set for April 30 and map displays planned at Pop's Corner for public questions.
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Cambridge
Brenda Gates
Samuel E. Shaw
River Street
Miss Shaw
Starr Cole
Bradford Cole
Hoosick Falls High School
Starr
Karen
Pottsdam
William Halstead
van Surdam
Fred Quackenbush
Hoosick Falls Central School
Raymond Meaney
Wilder Avenue
William G. Cornelius
Riverdale
New Jersey
Kenneth Smith
Newington
Joseph Barber
High Street
James F.smith
Bovie Hill Road
Potter Made First Selectman
WOODFORD Wednesday selectmen met at the town hall Earl Potter was made chairman and Eileen O Neil town clerk was appointed clerk for the selectmen The town fathers Earl Potter Murray Cutler and William Laizon voted that each selectman act as road commissioner A meeting of all town officers was set for 7 30 p m March 12 at the town hall All officers urged to attend A zoning committee meeting should be held as soon as possible Educational Conferences sponsored by the University of Vermont are free to officers Anyone wishing to attend contact the town clerk s office A Bennington County meeting will be March 20 in Manchester The board then set regular Monday 7 30 p m town hall meetings open to the public
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Woodford
Earl Potter
Eileen O'Neil
Murray Cutler
William Lauzon
University of Vermont
Bennington County
Manchester
Manchester Vermont Highway Plans Stir Debate at Meeting
Shaftsbury 4-H club parents join residents as officials discuss a Center Hill road grade of 8 percent versus a Barnumville Gulf route with possible dead ends. The plan includes a new U.S. 7 bypass timeline, right of way first contracts in 1973, and an expected 1975 road opening, with officials signaling no unanimous endorsement yet.
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Center Hill
Barnumville Gulf
Merritt Pitcher Awarded Westinghouse Order of Merit
Albert Merritt Pitcher Jr. of Westinghouse in Pittsburgh received the Westinghouse Order of Merit for pioneering legal practices in new areas of law and innovative contract procedures, especially in atomic energy law. The honor included a commemorative watch as President George Wilcox praised his distinguished service.
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Pittsburgh
Albert Merritt Pitcher Jr
Westinghouse Corporation
Westinghouse
George Wilcox
Pitcher
A.M. Pitcher
Landgrove
Albert Merritt Pitcher
Amherst College
Columbia Law School
Vermont
Atty. James Campbell
Manchester
Authors’ League
Battenkill Grange votes to buy fire extinguisher for squad
At the regular meeting on Wednesday evening Battenkill Grange approved purchasing a fire extinguisher for the Arlington Rescue Squad. Speaker Clarence Decker Sr. noted the squad organized August 9, 1968 with 11 members and has answered 30 calls, mostly traffic accidents. Funds came from private donations, Hale Co, and Mack Molding, totaling $425 for the new rescuer unit. a modern stretcher was also bought. The group discussed Town Meeting items and announced social committees and upcoming events including a Youth Night and a Dairy Princess contest.
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Battenkill Grange
Arlington
Clarence Decker Sr
Roy Crofut
The
Grange
Citizens
Hale Co
Mack Molding
Crofut
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