Polls Favor Board Appointed Education Chief in Vermont
A town meetings poll in Vermont shows 452 favor appointing the education commissioner by the state Board of Education, 156 favor governor appointment, and 275 prefer direct election. The results shape debate around Commissioner Harvey Scribner as Buckley pushes governor control while O'Brien warns against politicizing the department.
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Montpelier
State Board of Education
William T. Doyle
Washington County
Board of Education
Doyle
Harvey B. Scribner
State Board
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Senate
House
Buckley
Leo O’brien
D-Chittenden-Grand Isle
O’brien
Department of Education
Safe Streets Workshops Planned in Vermont
The Vermont League of Cities and Towns will hold five local law enforcement workshops the week of March 30 to counter misinformation about funds under the federal Safe Streets Act. The league says the workshops will explain eligibility, eligible actions, and obtainable resources to local governmental agencies.
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Burlington
Vermont
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
League
Governor’s Commission On Crime Control
Education Department Appoints 2 New Aides
The Vermont Education Department fills two posts. Edward L. Ryan of Plainfield becomes chief of education field services with duties in school construction, district reorganization, feeding programs, and transportation, while H Donn McCafferty of Waterbury Center is named humanities programs coordinator overseeing interdisciplinary humanities projects, workshops, and statewide conferences.
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McCafferty
Ryan
Vermont
Harvard
Mass
Suffield
University of Connecticut At
New York City
Lincoln Center For
Vermont Council of Teachers of English
Vermont Modern Foreign Language Teachers
Vermont Council For the Social Studies
Northeastern State Citizenship Committee
Vermont Youth Citizenship Conference
State Department of Education
New Jersey
New Jersey Council For Social Studies
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Thailand
Japan
U.S. Air Force
Pentagon
Butler
Allegheny College
Meadville
George Washington University
Temple University
Eastern Baptist College
Philadelphia
Tufts University
Medford
State Departments of Education
National Council For the Social Studies
New England
Media and Method Magazine
New York Times
Green Up Day Proclaimed In Vermont
Gov. Davis proclaims April 18 as Green Up Day urging Vermonters to clear highways and byways of trash in a statewide, one day cleanup. He notes coordinated efforts by state civil and local agencies and a volunteer army in every town, with county chairmen reporting progress in Montpelier on March 11.
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Montpelier
Davis
Vermont
State Department
Keep America Beautiful Inc
Pussy Cat Club Plans Green Up Day Campaign
Mrs Marylou Cowham of South England announces the Pussy Cat Club has enrolled 20 housewives to pamper husbands. A steering committee of state department heads promotes 200000 Green Up Day buttons and posters to encourage participation as helicopters are reserved for governor and newsmen to inspect cleanup.
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South, England
UPI
Marylou Cowham
Pussy Cat Club
State Department
Big week at the shop spring fashions parade
This week the shop shifts to spring with an Easter parade of hats handbags shoes coats dresses and suits. Spring fever fills the Town Building basement on South Street near the armory parking lot with hours Thursday 2 to 5 Friday 2 to 8 Saturday 10 to 2. Men’s work shoes yarn and old white painter shirts abound along with a fine stock of tuxedos.
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South Street
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Education Department
Little Girls & Boys
Little Moppets
Roberts
Berkshire
Dacron
Men’s Department
Loafer
TOGAS
Sabre Shop
Clark
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams, Mass
Super Market
Main St
Manchester Center
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