Letters to the Editor praise and protests on civic matters
A Bennington letter lauds the Red Brick School program and Rev. Forman, amid praise from Miss Corcoran, Mr. Sleeman, and Sen. Prouty, noting a federal grant and potential renewal. Other letters urge census reform, oppose Bryant-ExCell O management tactics, and discuss union rights, with signatories from Castleton State College and area institutions. reader John J. Hicks comments on taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Hager
Walter Miller
Forman
Red Brick School
Catherine Corcoran
George Sleeman
Earle Forman
Editorial on Mineral King conservation stance by USDA Forest Service
George S. James regional forester argues Mineral King should be preserved with primitive and wilderness areas, highlighting 21 primitive zones in California and high federal land ownership. He defends 20 years of planning with Sierra Club and local groups and emphasizes serving local populations while protecting resources.
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Banner
Rutland
Green Mountain National Forest
Forest Service
USDA
Milwaukee
Sierra Club
Walt Disney Productions
Mineral King
Sequoia National Forest
California
Sierra Nevada
San Joaquin Valley
Tulare County
State of California
National Forest
George S. James
Usda - Forest Service
Wisconsin Ave
Wis
Baby Seals Skinned Alive Protest Letter Spreads outrage
A Bradford correspondent condemns the Gulf of St Lawrence seal slaughter where baby seals are clubbed and skinned. She urges protests to Canadian officials and support for Friends of Animals, naming A Edgar Ritchie and Vermont sales tax opposition by Rep Thomas Salton.
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Canada
Dick Cavett
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf
Thomas P. Salmon
D-131
Rockingham
House
Vermont
Vermont Governor postpones bond report briefing in Montpelier
Gov. Deane C. Davis delayed the bond indebtedness report release to allow Dr. Raymond Saulnier of Columbia University to schedule a special news conference with State House reporters. Saulnier, head of a Davis panel, plans to brief reporters in Montpelier later this week or next.
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Eisenhower
Davis
Moulton
Saulnier
Montpelier
Margaret Whittlesey
Burlington
Council On Aging
University of Vermont
George W. Welch III
Montpelier vote set on leaving Union 32 School District
Montpelier residents will vote on leaving the Union 32 School District after real estate agent Charles Fernandez filed petitions with 293 signatures. The special election will be held on a Tuesday at least three weeks away, with notable signers including Rep. Lawrence Gauthier and former Alderman Joseph Abair.
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Montpelier
UPI
Union
Charles Fernandez
Robert Jeffrey
Lawrence Gauthier
R-Montpelier
Joseph Abair
Fernandez
Berlin
Worcester
Middlesex
Calais
East Montpelier
Drowning of Mt. Vernon Woman Ruled Accidental
The July 1967 drowning of Mrs. Marion Federico 20 of Mt. Vernon New York in Mallets Bay near Burlington was ruled accidental by Chittenden County State's Attorney Patrick Leahy. Investigations found no facts refuting state police and U S Coast Guard reports. She fell overboard from a cabin cruiser she and her husband Joseph 31 were returning from Expo 67 in Montreal.
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Burlington
UPI
Marion Federico
Mt. Vernon
N.Y
Mallets Bay
Chittenden County
Atty
Patrick Leahy
U.S. Coast Guard
Federico
Joseph
Montreal
Albany Abortion Bills Face Senate Stand Against Reform
Senate Majority Leader Earl W. Brydges voiced continued opposition to liberalizing New York abortion laws and will vote against the proposed bills. The GOP study committee backed liberalization as the Assembly prepares to consider substitutes for Blumenthal Dominick and Rockefeller measures. The moves would widen legal abortion grounds beyond the current single circumstance. LOUDONVILLE Ham radio operators search Bolivia missing Rotary Exchange student Joan Parker 17 from Westmere after she failed to return to Cochabamba from Rio de Janeiro. Albany organizers led by Dave Marks mobilize to locate her, with last confirmed info placing her in Rio de Janeiro a week ago. Troy Beginning April 1 all prospective drivers must complete a three hour pre licensing class. Certificates required before road tests. Applies to new drivers and anyone with expired, revoked, or suspended licenses.
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Albany
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Study Committee
Gov
Rockefeller
Loudonville
South America
Westmere
Bolivia
Joan Parker
William Parker
Norman Avenue
Rotary Exchange
Dave Marks
Rio de Janiero
Cochabamba
Troy
Joseph W. Riegert
Rensselaer County Motor Vehicles Bureau
State Motor Vehicles
Vincent L. Tofany
County Motor Vehicles Bureau
Riegert
Berkshire parishes form St Joseph regional high school
In Berkshire, St Joseph High School will become a regional school on July 1 serving 11 parishes in North Adams Adams Williams town and Cheshire. Bishop Weldon approved the plan. operating costs will be shared among parishes based on parishioner counts and debts. Tuition remains to be set, likely above $100 per student.
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North Adams
St. Joseph High School
William H. Smith
St. Francis
Smith
Adams
Williamstown
Cheshire
Christopher J. Weldon
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the Banner
Federal Board For the Education of
Winston Prouty
Melvin R. McGaughey
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Bennington
House of Representatives
H.R. 20
C.C. Moseley
P.O
Glendale, Calif
Bryant
Bryant-ExCell O Corporation
Springfield
Local 218
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
New Hampshire
Connecticut Valley
Herbert Gebelen
Castleton State College
Elizabeth Blum
John A. Myers
Thom Bass
Harry L. Friedman
Gerry C. Lucia
University of Massachusetts
John V. Craven
Middlebury College
Miles D. Wolpin
Jeremy Smith
Lawrence Yurdin
Marlboro College
Andrew Leddy
David Kubrin
Dana Strauss
Peter Slater
James R. Geiser
Michael Herschensohn
Dartmouth College
John J. Hicks
Denman
Elmhurst, N.Y
Disney Development
Main St
Ironstone
Queen's
Hort
Woosag
Main Street
Mass
Skinner
Washington, D.C
A. Edgar Ritchie
Friends of Animals
Wall St
New York City
Carol Longtin
Bradford Street
Spencer A, Haynes
Lamb Road
North Bennington
United Church of Christ
Episcopal
Church of God
Science and Religion
Bennington Religious Education Foundation
Haynes
Kane Inc
Dial
Free
New York
Brydges
Down In
Berkshire
Pittsfield
John A. Stow
James G. Stow
Martin Dobelle
Cox Drugs Inc
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