When the World Was Young children's play for pollution relief
A musical tale based on an Indian legend will be staged on May 8 at 2 30 p m at Mt Anthony Union High School Bennington. The performance features 22 cast members with original music by Lizz Swados and is presented to benefit the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution. Suggested donations are 50 cents for children and 1 50 for adults at the door.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Maurice Breslow
Bennington College
Lizz Swados
Coyote
King of the Animals
Beaver
God of Light
New England Coalition On
Absentee Voting for MAUHS Annual Meeting Details
Absentee ballots are available for Mt. Anthony Union High School District voting on May 10. Applications may be made through MAUHS secretary Mrs. Lucy W. Johnson at the attorney Robert E. Cummings office or at her home, 914 Main St., from 7 to 9 p.m. Voters will cast ballots at designated polling places from 1 to 7 p.m. and floor articles voting at 8 p.m. in the MAUHS gym. A district voter checklist is posted, with separate checklists in Bennington, North Bennington, Pownal, Shaftsbury, and Woodford. Special absentee eligibility ends May 9 at 9 a.m. The ballot articles seek three MAUHS directors from Bennington, North Bennington, and Pownal. Ballots by district: Bennington Elementary, North Bennington McCullough Firehouse, Pownal Town Hall, Shaftsbury Cole Hall, Woodford Hollow School. Floor meeting items include reports, moderator, clerk, treasurer, auditors, officer compensation, and the budget. Other business covers independent audit by CPA up to $1000, paving of parking areas, driveways, new gym walkway, and a fire detection system for mobile classrooms up to $3000.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mauhs Board
Lucy W. Johnson
Robert E. Cummings
Main St
Mauhs
Bennington
North Bennington
Pownal
BSD
McCullough
Town Hall
Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Woodford
Woodford Hollow
Champlain Committee Rejects Six Of Nine Velco Plant Sites
The Lake Champlain Committee will publish a report evaluating nine proposed oil fired plant sites in the Champlain Valley. Velco will hold a May 6 hearing at Burlington Electric Light Department to discuss site selection and public input. Six sites are urged for elimination due to environmental constraints. three sites merit further study with geological surveys and impact assessments on cooling ponds and lake aesthetics.
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Shelburne
Lake Champlain
Champlain Valley
Velco
Burlington Electric Light Department
Lake
Champlain
Lake Champlain Committee
Brooksville
Burlington
Intervale
New Haven
Rock Landing
Ferrisburg
Rock River
Highgate
Franklin
West Cornwall
Vermont Dodge report shows housing dip as construction climbs
The March Dodge Report data from Vermont reveals non-residential building surged to 3.8 million, more than triple last year, while residential construction halved to 2.4 million. Non-building work slipped to 516 thousand. Overall, total construction rose 3 percent year over year.
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New York
Vermont
F.W. Dodge
McGraw- Hill Information Systems
Dodge
Vermont Natural Resources Council funds New England study
The Vermont Natural Resources Council announced a $15,000 grant to inventory Vermont natural areas. Project leader Mrs. Newton C. Garland said the effort, sponsored by the New England Natural Resources Center, aims to identify and evaluate significant areas at risk from over development. Dr. Hubert Vogelmann and Dr. Philip Wagner of the University of Vermont will advise, with an advisory committee to review findings before submission to regional and federal authorities. The grant is from the New England Regional Commission.
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Montpelier
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Newton C. Garland
Burlington
New England Natural Resources Center
Conservation Law Foundation
Garland
Hubert Vogelmann
Philip Wagner
University of Vermont
New England Regional Commission
Science teachers to meet at Ripton
The Vermont Science Teachers Association holds its spring meeting on Saturday May 22 at the Vermont Environmental Center in Ripton. Registration starts at 9 45 a m with a morning program led by Dr Andrew Nelson. Lunch is at noon followed by concurrent sessions at 1 and 2 led by Robert B Williams James M Mac Martin Richard A Valentinetti Donald Gregg Henry Wieland Jr and Bruce Hoyt. A VSTA business meeting is at 3 p m and the board meets briefly. Tickets cost 1 50 and advance contact is Sr Rita Hammond 100 Mansfield Avenue Burlington VT 05401 by May 10.
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Ripton
Vermont Science Teachers Association
Vermont Environmental Center
Andrew Nelson
Robert B. Williams
Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
James M. Mac Martin
Vermont Fish and Game Department
Richard A. Valentinetti
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Donald Gregg
University of Vermont
Henry Wieland Jr
Soap and Detergent Association
Bruce Hoyt
St. Johnsbury Academy
VSTA
Rita Hammond
Mansfield Avenue
Burlington
Plays midwife for sea turtle in South Beach
Lt. Henry Holman assisted a large sea turtle that came ashore to lay eggs in South Beach. He refused to chase it away, saying the turtle would return to sea on its own after laying hundreds of eggs. Holman caught eggs as they dropped, likening it to a birth of new life.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Henry Holman
Holman
South Beach
Mama
Wills scholarship award to be given by AAUW
Montpelier Vermont division of the American Association of University Women will award the Hazel Wills Memorial Scholarship at a May 8 luncheon during its annual meeting. The grant aids a Vermont public school teacher pursuing graduate study. The event features Miss Alice Beeman as principal speaker and Dr. John G. Kemeny as luncheon speaker.
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Montpelier
Hazel Wills
Vermont
American Association of University Women
Wills
William H. Wills
Bennington
AAUW
National Life Insurance
Alice Beeman
National Life Building
Bennett D. Bell
Rutland
Miss Beeman
Jeanette
France
Jeanne K. Hambright
U.S
Harvard
Hambright
Tufts University
Miller named clerk of Twentieth Century Fund board
Lawrence K. Miller editor of the Berkshire Eagle and co owner of the Torrington Register and the Bennington Banner was named clerk of the Twentieth Century Fund board at the New York City annual meeting. James H. Rowe Jr. was elected chairman and Erwin D. Canham vice chairman. Rowe succeeds Adolf A. Berle Jr. who died February 17 at 76. Canham has been editor of the Christian Science Monitor since 1964.
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Bennington Banner
Twentieth Century Fund
Research Foundation
New York City
James H. Rowe Jr
Washington
Erwin D. Canham
The
Christian Science Monitor
Rowe
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Mr. Berle
Canham
Church of Christ, Scientist
Oxford
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
Monitor
U.S
United Nations General Assembly
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Scranton Commission
Nixon
Miller
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Mass
UPI
London
New England Society of Newspaper Editors
Massachusetts Planning Board
Sterling and
Francine Clark Art Institute
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission
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Vergennes
West Salisbury
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N.E
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Dartmouth College
Robert Orange
Sudbury
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Canadian Federation of University Women
CFUW
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20Th Century Fund
Lawrence K. Miller
the Torrington Register
Kennington Banner Telephone
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United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Edward A. Filene
Rowe and Canham
Washington, D.C
Corcoran
St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
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Paul Watson
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