Williams College historian could win another Pulitzer
Williams College historian James MacGregor Burns, author of Roosevelt The Soldier of Freedom, has drawn praise from scholars that his current work may merit a Pulitzer Prize. The piece notes Burns's career at Williams since 1941, prior Pulitzer-winning Williams presidents, and his leadership-focused scholarship along with family collaborations and political activity.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
James MacGregor Burns
Woodrow Wilson
Williams
Roosevelt
Pulitzer
Tyler Dennett
John Haye
James P. Baxter III
Dennett
Richard A. Newhall
Brown
Jim
Burns
France
Russell H. Bastert
Stanfield
Robert C. L. Scott
J. Leland Miller
Kurt P. Tauber
Germany
Stew
Sally Barons
Sally
Institute For Study of Nonviolence
California
Williams Record
Sketch
The
New Republic
Pownal Selectmen Elect New Chairman At Meeting
POWNAL selectmen elected Henry W. Bassen as chairman during their post Town Meeting organizational session. Last year’s chairman A. Coleman Mason was named secretary, with Charles B. Palmer as clerk. Mason’s term was the only one open to election this year. further appointments are expected tomorrow at the first regular session after Town Meeting.
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Pownal
Henry W. Bassen
A. Coleman Mason
Charles B. Palmer
Mason
Williams Theatre Plans 17th Season Amid Fund Strains
Williamstown Theatre Foundation moves forward with its 17th consecutive season as other theatres cut back. Nikos Psacharopoulos thanks nearby supporters for covering a 1970 loss about 1 percent of the 120000 budget. Apprenticeship workshop begins June 13 rehearsals start June 17 with a July 1 opening. Six plays plus one musical planned. committees to court sponsors and opening-night attendees.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williamstown Theatre Foundation, Inc
Nikos Psacharopoulos
Psacharopoulos
Emergency points out need for radio system
SHAFTSBURY town officials discuss funding a two way radio system for town trucks after Road Commissioner Leo Harrington recounted aiding a stranded motorist during a storm. He noted trucks could be dispatched more efficiently in emergencies, and selectmen said they would research makes, models, and prices for the proposed system.
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Shaftsbury
Selectmen
Town Road
Leo Harrington
Harrington
West Mountain Road
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Arlington Cubs Brave Storm for Blue and Gold Banquet
Arlington Cub Scouts met for the Blue and Gold Banquet at Fisher School despite a stormy night. About 150 scouts and families attended with Rev. John Geer giving the blessing and James Putnam introducing guests.
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Brave Storm
Arlington
Fisher School
John Geer
James Putnam
Geer
Walter Crawford
Joseph Walsh
Explorer
George Walsh
Harry Pickering Sr
Roland Cormier
Scout Committee
Mike Shannahan
Ethan Allen Council
Francis Fischer
Den 7
George Hess
David Blackburger
Scientist to Lecture on Intercellular Communication
W R Lowenstein professor of physiology Columbia University will lecture on Intercellular Communication Friday at 3 p.m. in the Bronfman Auditorium Williams College. The open public lecture discusses cancer link to intercellular communication failures and is funded by the IBM Lecture Fund with the biology department.
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Williamstown
Mass
W.R. Lowenstein
Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons
Bronfman
Williams College
Germany
Chile
Prof
Lowenstein
University of Chile
Johns Hopkins University
UCLA
Columbia
Scientific American
IBM
Biology Department
North Bennington District Votes on Phase III Wiring Plan
Voters in the North Bennington Graded School District meet tonight at 7 30 in the school gym to act on Phase III of the renovation project covering electrical wiring. Approval by voters will secure state building aid of 30 percent of the 17000 dollar wiring cost.
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North Bennington Graded School District
Dorset Budget Meeting Sets Focus on Surplus
Dorset officials will balance the 1971 budget by cutting expenses and pursuing a year end surplus. Delinquent taxes increased a 1970 deficit by 2000 dollars as the town readies a legal action list for delinquent accounts. A special March 22 meeting will review policing, following the failed 10000 dollar appropriation.
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Dorset
Board of Selectmen
Vernon Squiers
Selectmen
Shaftsbury 4-H Club Christmas Projects Highlight Manchester Event
Shaftsbury West Shaftsbury Wonders 4-H Club showcased Christmas projects at Manchester Grange Hall last Saturday. The girls prepared clothing demonstrations for display in April while others exhibited egg carton trees and gilded milkweed pods. The town zoning board meets tonight to review Keen and Keen applications for a redwood fence and a metal storage shed on Sycamore Lane and Holliday Drive properties.
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Manchester Grange Hall
Town Zoning Board of Adjustment
William and
Lois Keen
Sycamore Lane
Wallace and
Eleanor Jones
Holliday Drive
Heart Association volunteers at work in annual fund drive
Vermont Heart Association volunteers in Manchester and Arlington are soliciting funds for the annual appeal. Area chairman Albert J. Webb cites donations funding coronary care units statewide and urges families of heart attack victims to request a free patient identification card for rapid emergency care. Contacts for nonvisited households are Albert Webb in Manchester and David Jannicky in Arlington.
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Vermont Heart Association
Arlington
Albert J. Webb
Heart
Albert Webb
David Jannicky
Walter Hayes
Joseph Huse
Mary Rupprecht
Harold Waters
Harold Wisell
Norman Roberts
Sandra Frost
Frederic
Pownal Lenten Devotions at Our Lady of Lourdes
Tonight at 7 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in North Pownal Lenten devotions will be held. Mrs. Marcel A Langlais remains a patient at North Adams Regional Hospital since Dec 22 for treatment. The 1971 Easter Seal drive in Pownall is underway with Mrs Charles W Rounds as chair. Seals and a letter from Easter Seal child Kathy have been mailed to residents and envelopes enclosed for contributions. The drive is annual by the state Association for the Crippled, affiliated with the national Easter Seal Society.
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Joan Meyer
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Kennedy
Joan
George O. Whitaker
Prof. Burns
Berkshire County
Ivory Tower
Silvio 0. Conte
Williamstown
West Arlington Methodist Church
Charles Lindsey
Lawrie Hess
Our Lady of Lourdes
North Pownal
Marcel A. Langlais
North Adams Regional Hospital
Pownall
Charles W. Rounds
Kathy
Vermont
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