Kunstler to speak at RPI April 12 in Troy
William Kunstler will address the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Speaker's Forum in Room 308 Communications Center at 8 pm on Monday April 12. The public is invited free of charge. He has long defended civil rights and the rights of dissent in major cases across the South and with Civil Rights groups.
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Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
William Kunstler
Communications Center
American Civil Liberties Union
Jackson
Miss
Kunstler
Monroe
N.C
Pownal community meeting night schedules posted
Pownal residents are invited to multiple village events tonight including Roller Rally gathering at Pownal Baptist Church at 6 PM and a 7 PM Pownal Fire Protective Association meeting at the firehouse. Other meetings include the Bicentennial Committee at 7 30 PM town office and Lions Club dinner at Mt Anthony Country Club at 6 30 PM with social hour. Local youth groups meet so and so. The Solomon Wright Library hours and senior luncheon reservations are listed along with church activities and Easter plans.
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Pownal
Pownal Center
Women’s Fellowship
Roy Guilhamet
Cozy Meadows
Sanfri Kauppi
Kenneth Gile
Pownall
Charles Rounds
Mary Burton- Beinecke
Lawrence
Conrad Chaffee
Arlington Calendar Highlights Community Meetings and Events
Arlington alerts list a busy weekly schedule with rehearsals at Bailey Hall meetings at East Arlington firehouse Community House and high school events. notes include a December 7 1975 Air Force training for Airman Kathleen Leslie and church rummage sales Saturday.
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Kathleen E. Leslie
Robert F. Leslie
Arlington
U.S. Air Force Medical Services Field
Sheppard Afb
Tex
Lackland Afb
Air Force Mission Organization and Customs
Miss Leslie
Arlington Memorial High School
Regional plan meeting at Hoosick Falls Armory
The Town of Hoosick and Village of Hoosick Falls sponsor a public meeting at the Armory Building on Church Street Hoosick Falls on Wednesday March 24 at 730 pm. The session discusses the Preliminary Regional Development Plan by the Capital District Regional Planning Commission covering Albany Rensselaer Saratoga and Schenectady counties and itslocal impact. The public is invited to participate.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Armory Building
Church Street
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
CDRPC
Albany
Rensselaer, Saratoga
Schenectady
Fausett designs Ticonderoga plate for Bicentennial collection
Dorset artist Dean Fausett was commissioned to design the Ethan Allen Fort Ticonderoga plate for the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. The Franklin Mint will mint and distribute the 13 piece pewter collection internationally. Fausett researched at Ticonderoga archives and leads related bicentennial mural projects while serving as vice president of the National Society of Mural Painters. Methuen plans a March 25 bicentennial program featuring his Vermont scene God Shed His Grace on Thee with English guest Lord John Methuen attending.
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America
Franklin Mint
Dean Fausett
Dorset
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Fausett
Allen
Benedict Arnold
Warner
Green Mountain Boys
Bennington
Ticonderoga
Castleton
Dorset Valley
Cephas Kent
Kent
Lake Champlain
Crown Point
Seth Warner
Arnold
Continental Congress
New Hampshire
Revolutionary Army
Fortress of
National Society of Mural Painters
Egbert W.A. Jenkinson
First Congregational Church
Methuen
Mass
Vermont
America the Beautiful
England
Lord John Methuen
Ice tragedy: three children drown in Vermont incidents
State police recovered the body of nine year old Brian Larson of Shelburne after he fell through ice about 125 yards offshore on Lake Champlain. The events follow two earlier deaths as Frederick Mathieu, 4, of Westford and Gene Pelkey, 9, of Montpelier were reported through February, with their bodies not recovered.
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Winooski River
Montpelier
Vermont Governor's aides seek tax support with new estimates
Administration Secretary Robert Wilson said on Saturday the Salmon administration will present new revenue projections to the legislature on Tuesday. The estimates show a two year deficit of more than 13 million dollars, and Wilson expressed pessimism about securing approval for new taxes. He added the budget will likely be out of balance but the information will be offered anyway.
Vermont Senate Rules Committee Sets Ground Rules for Mayo Impeachment
The Vermont Senate Rules Committee met to set procedures for the impeachment trial of Washington County Sheriff Malcolm Mayo after the House adopted three articles. The Senate plans a May trial, aiming to use standard courtroom procedures as requested by Mayo’s lawyers, marking the first impeachment in modern Vermont history.
Vermont Budget Conferees Seek 1977 Spending Compromise
House and Senate conferees meet to resolve differences in the 1977 state budget. House leaders demand rescission of Senate added state aid to education funds while the Senate seeks reversal on human services spending. Two meetings last week produced little progress ahead of the legislature’s return Tuesday morning.
Burns predicts easy win in Vermont Democratic primary
Lt Gov Brian Burns says he will easily defeat State Treasurer Stella Hackel in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in September. A Vermont Press Bureau poll shows 55 lawmakers backing Burns to 10 for Hackel, though Hackel aides note other polls favor Hackel.
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Montpelier
UPI
Brian Burns
Stella Hackel
Burlington
Udall gains Liberal backing from New Democratic Coalition
In Albany Morris Udall earned about 70 percent of the coalition's delegates vote as the liberal wing united behind one candidate. The coalition previously backed Birch Bayh in December with 60 percent. In Troy City Manager Buckley faces possible suspension if he does not release confidential police records as ordered, with four council members pressing him to comply.
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Albany
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
New Democratic Coalition
Udall
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Troy
John P. Buckley
Buckley
Public Safety Committee
Internal Investigation Unit
Urban renewal chief faces likely dismissal as term ends
Troy reports that Francis E. Yankowski, executive director of the city urban renewal agency, has been warned by councilman John H. Clinton Jr. that his job may be in jeopardy this week when a Thursday vote to appoint a new director occurs. Yankowski's term has expired.
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Troy
Francis E. Yankowski
City Urban Renewal Agency
John H. Clinton Jr
Yankowski
Severe storms lash Berkshire and western Massachusetts
Severe weather swept Berkshire County and surrounding areas with heavy rain hail high winds and at least three small tornadoes. National Weather Service crews tracked a white tunnel type cloud from Southington to Great Barrington with ham radio weather reports confirming sightings. Western Massachusetts Electric Co. noted sporadic outages across Otis Pittsfield and Turner Falls as storms moved through the region.
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Great Barrington
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
National Weather Service
Bradley International Airport
Southington
Palmer
Flight Weather Service
Western Massachusetts Electric Co
Otis
Pittsfield
Turner Falls
Adams Goodwill managers face store closures and job cuts
Adams Goodwill store managers react to news their jobs will be terminated and outlets closed if finances do not improve. Helen Bergeron says customers rushed in for last minute purchases, while noting the Adams shop has drawn shoppers from Troy and Albany over 12 years but recently sales have fallen off.
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ADAMS
Goodwill
Helen Bergeron
Adams Goodwill
Albany
N.Y
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