Problems of Adolescence course at Mountain Towns Center
The spring course Problems of Adolescence at the Mountain Towns Teacher Center starts April 4. Anne Watt says it helps those working with teens. two instructors, Dr. Fritz Redl and Michael Fernandes, lead eight sessions with some credit options via Keene, North Adams, Castleton, or UVM. Auditors welcome. special $30 price for area school board members.
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Wilmington
Mountain Towns
Anne Watt
Fritz Redl
Wayne State University
North Adams
Mass
North Adams State
Redd
USA
Wayne State
Pioneer House
Detroit
Brattleboro
Keene
Castleton
UVM
Shaftsbury library to seek new aide
The Mary Monroe Hawkins Library Association board met March 10 at Shaftsbury Elementary School learning center. They reported on the November Book Fair, discussed planning a future fair, and noted the new Vermont Firsts Collection distributed to state libraries. The group approved 20 upper grade Macmillan dictionaries for the learning center and talked about selecting a new library aide after losing Mrs. Manross.
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Shaftsbury
Mary Monroe Hawkins Library Association
Joan Manross
Morgan Horse
Boy Scouts
First Granite
Lake Champlain history book to be published by The Countryman Press
Ralph Natling Hill announces Lake Champlain a 320 page panoramic history with nearly 200 illustrations. The work, with a foreword by BH Muller III and photos by Clyde Smith and Stuart Perry, debuts April 1 at 14.95 in association with the Burlington Free Press.
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Lake Champlain
Ralph Natling Hill
Countryman Press
Taftsville
Burlington Free Press
Nicholas Muller III
Living and Learning Center
University of Vermont
Clyde BH. Smith
Stuart Perry
Linda Deane Paradee
Vermont Life
Canada
France
England
America
United States
Fill
Champlain Valley
Storm clobbers blood bank in Arlington drawing
Arlington storm disrupts the Blood Bank drawing with roads downed trees and power lines. Despite conditions 64 pints were collected and five donors hit new plateaus including Gilbert Wilcox tying Jimmy Carter at six gallons. Staff and Girl Scout helpers supported operations and canteen service despite closures and travel challenges.
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Arlington
Arlington Blood Bank
Arlington Memorial High School
Gilbert Wilcox
Jimmy Carter
Kreel
Mary Pratt
Christopher Langlois
Gleason Ayres
Pownal Youth Fellowship and Gymnastics Exhibition Scheduled
The Pownal Methodist Youth Fellowship meets Sunday 5 to 7 p.m. at Pownal United Methodist Church, while Pownal Elementary Gymnastics Club presents a 2 p.m. exhibition at the school. Shaftsbury students mailed 8 575 Campbell's Soup labels to the company and ordered two Panasonic cassette recorders and two books The Magnificent Continent and World Atlas, hoping to join next year if Campbell's approves.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pownal United Methodist Church
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Campbell's
Arlington Woman Leads Breath of Sprint Bike-A-Thon
Mrs Hemmelsbach of Arlington is named chairman for the annual Breath of Sprint Bike-A-Thon to fund research and care programs for children with lung diseases including cystic fibrosis. She and local volunteers will organize bike-a-thons in May to support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's work on diagnosis, treatment, and potential cures.
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Hemmelsbach
Arlington
Athens
Barre City Manager Hawthorne resigns after year in role
Barre City Manager Jay Hawthorne says he resigns for personal reasons effective June 30 and will return to his former job as chief assessor. He notes no disagreements with the Barre City Council prompted the step as the council begins search for a successor. The council had warned Hawthorne to screen public statements after claims he spoke on the poll tax before a Barre Alliance meeting.
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Hawthorne
Barre Alliance
Jeffords Pleased With House Vote Against Picketing Bill
Rep James Jeffords of Vermont says he is surprised and delighted by the House decision defeating the common situs picketing bill. The measure would have let striking workers picket an entire construction site via a single subcontractor. Leahy and Stafford doubt Senate revival chances.
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D-Vt
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Senate
Paine Named to Vermont Transportation Board Vacancy
Former Morristown Rep George Paine is named to fill an unexpired term on the Vermont Transportation Board by Gov. Richard Snelling. The 65 year old Republican replaces James Barngrove who became chairman after Robert Gensberg’s resignation. Paine served in the House 1969 1970 and is a retired businessman. Snelling also will reappoint Dr Stanley Burns of Burlington to the Health Policy Council.
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Montpelier
UPI
Morristown
George Paine
Vermont Transportation Board
Richard Snelling
James Barngrove
Barngrove
Robert Gensberg
Paine
Snelling
Stanley Burns
Burlington
State Health Policy Council
Hoffman Proposes Panel to Set Conduct Standards
Freshman Rep. John Hoffman of Waterbury proposes a House Senate study committee to draft standards of official conduct for lawmakers. He cites concerns about the legislature’s image and conflicts of interest. The resolution was sent to the House Government Operations Committee.
Unarmed thief snatches bag at Vermont campus
Burlington police report an unarmed man grabbed a money bag from Melanie Rolband 23 of Burlington as she delivered several hundred dollars to the University of Vermont administration building. He fled on foot across the campus green. Rolband was not injured.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
Melanie Rolband
New Hoosick Street Bridge Could Finish Early
New York State highway officials say the Hoosick Street Bridge could be completed by 1979, six months ahead of schedule, as traffic displaced by the Troy Green Island bridge collapse is redirected. A new Green Island Bridge would need about two years for environmental work plus design and construction, totaling five years.
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Troy
Green Island
Hoosick Street
Troy-Green Island
Hudson
Charles E. Carlson
Department of Transportation
Suspect acquitted of rape in DeMaria case
Ernest W. Rieck was found innocent of all charges except burglary by a 12 jurors panel after two days of deliberation. The court heard Mrs. Vivian J. DeMaria describe a masked attacker matching Rieck, whose prints were found at the apartment, but the jury concluded the evidence did not prove rape beyond reasonable doubt.
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Troy
Vivian J. DeMaria
Ernest W. Rieck
Berkshire school closings shrink Bartlett Plunkett list
Pittsfield School Committee votes to close Bartlett and Plunkett elementary schools in July reducing operating elementary schools from 16 to 14 next year. Estimated savings for one year amount to 188 800 and 944 000 over five years. In Stockbridge Housing Authority awards 1 368 000 contract to Emerson and Sons for a 53 unit elderly housing complex on Prospect Hill with construction starting soon and completion in about 15 months.
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Pittsfield
Bartlett
Plunkett
Ira J. Singer
Stockbridge
Housing Authority
Emerson & Sons Inc
Prospect Hill
Authority
John H. Rhind
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