Tenerife crash cost and causes discussed by officials
Analysis estimates potential damage settlements up to 425 million for deaths and injuries with insurance covering 63 million for losses on two planes. KLM and Pan Am officials cite unclear permission and miscommunication as possible factors amid fog and taxiway congestion at Tenerife. Authorities note both jets were cleared to taxi to takeoff positions as they approached the runway.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
KLM
Sergio Orlandini
Z.A. Veldhuisen
Orlandini
Pan Am
Tenerife
Mt Anthony to Hire Special Reading Teacher Next Year
Mt Anthony Union School board unanimously agreed to hire a full time reading specialist for next year to address a wide deficit in reading skills among students. The addition will reduce one English staff position by attrition with no net cost increase, as coordinators and principals backed the plan.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Jonathan B. Durand
Alan Morrison
Mt. Anthony
Manfred W. Ehrich Jr
David Fredrickson
Kenneth Gile
Robert J. Dimke
Bennington
Dimke
Spanish hospital balks at freeing sierra air crash patients
Spanish general hospital authorities resist releasing patients as their condition is assessed. A doctor cites no reason to move the patients including one in critical condition. At Los Rodeos airport, 575 died and 68 injured in history’s worst air disaster. Pan American and U.S. officials fault Spanish announcements absolving officials of blame as the air ministry notes control tower communications may not be at fault. investigation begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Hospital
Los Rodeos
U.S
Star
Air Ministry
Sarelas clash with Bennington town workers over meeting
Town employees refuse to attend a special meeting called by Town Manager Louis C Sarelas after union president George Rogers says the session should occur on town time. Sarelas counters it was a nonofficial gathering about equipment and would dock Rogers' pay if the letter was delivered during town hours.
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Bennington
Louis C. Sarelas
George Rogers
Employes’ Union
Savelas
Rogers
State Route 7 plan draws questions from Vermonters for a Safe and Sound Seven
Vermont Agency of Transportation replies through Bennington lawmakers to critics of the Route 7 relocation. It says funds exist for improvements along old Route 7 and for the Shaftsbury to Manchester new road. Response notes upgrading old Route 7 lacks a prior estimate due to traffic needs for four lanes and warns of extensive right of way, displacing dwellings and sites.
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Montpelier
Vermont Agency of Transportation Today
State Highway Agency
Bennington-area
Lawrence F. Powers
North Bennington
E. Theodore Boulter
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Manchester
Vermonters
Kathy DeSilvey
Wallingford
Boulter
Demonstrators Arrested at Vermont Governor's Office
In Montpelier demonstrators from the Morning Star Educational Society were arrested after a peaceful sit in for money and food for their Essex Junction group home. One arrest for possession of a regulated drug and others for disorderly conduct followed a Monday visit to Governor Snelling's office.
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Snelling
Charles Butler
Butler
UAW Critiques Globe Union in Bennington Feature
In Solidarity magazine UAW denounces Globe Union Corp as slow to address lead exposure. Walter Wade of Shaftsbury Hollow recalls four months home in 1975 with lead symptoms. article cites unions pressuring for policy changes on blood lead testing and worker safety amid calls for uniforms showers and separate locker rooms.
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Globe Union Corp
Bennington
Solidarity
United Auto Workers
UAW
Globe Union
Walter A. Wade
Shaftsbury Hollow
Jeff Stansbury
James S. Shea
Globe
Shea
James Williams
Vermont
Darlene
Jim Walker
Sister Catherine Cecelia dies at 56 years in New York
Sister Catherine Cecelia a long time member of the Sisters of St. Joseph and former St. Mary's instructor died Monday in Latham New York. Funeral Mass will be held 4 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady Queen of Virgins Chapel. She taught at several St. Mary schools and served Catholic Central High School Troy and the College of St. Rose Albany. Burial will be in Our Lady Queen of Virgins Cemetery Latham. She leaves a sister Mrs Francis Harrington Hudson.
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Catherine Cecelia
Sisters of St. Joseph's Order
St. Mary's Academy
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
St. Joseph's
Latham
Our Lady Queen of Virgins
Hudson
Ann Catherine Harrington
St. Mary's
Amsterdam
St. Mary’s
Little Falls
St. Peter's
Rome
St. Patrick's
Syracuse
Catholic Central High School
Troy
College of St. Rose
Albany
Indow
Francis Harrington
Our Lady Queen of Virgins Cemetery
Grace M. Diehm
Ella Winter
Cherry Plain
Hall & Higgins
Stephentown
Robert Lowenthal
Brooklyn
Joseph and
Julia
Doris Rose
Hazel Newman
Commack
Long Island
Muriel Danahy
West Sand Lake
Elizabeth Maurer
Greenlawn
Margaret Hoffman
Arlington
Mass
Stephentown Baptist Cemetery
New Bennington Chamber chief calls town a rising civic force
David Newell executive director of the Bennington Chamber of Commerce told the Rotary Club that Bennington is emerging as a new town after divisive times. He praised local volunteer energy, cited growth in membership, and joked about a hair growth contest as part of a humorous closing remark.
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David Newell
Bennington
Harrisburg
Hy Savage
Newell
BSD to Hold Three Meetings This Week
Tonight at 7 the public relations committee meets at Catamount Learning Center. On Wednesday at 4 p.m. a finance committee session is set for 604 Main St. At 5 p.m. the board will meet at 604 Main St. to discuss negotiations in executive session.
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Catamount Learning Center
Main St
Bennington Receives New Recreation Commission Chairman
Thomas Cook was elected chairman of the Bennington Recreation Commission replacing David Maroney at Monday night’s meeting. The panel remains with one vacancy and recently added two new members by selectmen. A measles immunization clinic will be held Thursday at Mt. Anthony Union High School with parental permission required. For details call MAUHS and ask for Laural Turner R.N.
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Santarcangelo
Racing Commission
Montpelier
Pownal
Pownal Town Hall
Lewis
Liaison Committee
Governor, Racing Commission
Green Moon
Cleveland Dodge
Selectmen
Green Mountain
James Winchesta
Bennington
Bennington Religious Education Foundation
Paul Snow
Andy and
Bob
Gibney
Catamount
Snow
Ralph G. Wright
Eugene P. Smith
Durand
Morrison
Margaret Howes
MAU
Center
Supt. Sieeman
Mauhs Roars
STAF
Smith
State Department of Health
Barth Vander Els
BSD
Mt. Anthony
Lawrence H. Harrington
Harrington
Thomas Cook
Bennington Recreation Commission
David Maroney
Commission
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mauhs
Laural Turner R.N
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Winchester
Rooney
Giuliani
Leslie Bagley
Sarelas
Brattleboro
Henry Bridge
Silk Rd
Henry
Silk Road
U.S. Soil and Conservation Department
Walloomsac
Chamber of Commerce
Littleton
N.H
Ronald Crisman
Agency of Transportation
Arthur Hull
Bennington Briefs
Cora B. Whitney School
VFW
Margaret Knights
Benmont Avenue
Southern Vermont College
Uaw Tale
G-U
Karen Loos
Edith LeMay
Charles Kokoras
North Pownal
Ruth VanDerKar
Marlene Banks
Evelyn Gifford
Petersburg
Amos Jones
Berlin
Richard Bentley
Cambridge
Margaret Craven
Arlene Rodd
Linda Marsha
North Ben
Elizabeth Beauregard
Readsboro
Ted Holden
Sowly
Chambers of Commerce
Jim Ross
Ross
Dudgeon
Cook
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