Vermont Highway Council questions Rockingham Chester road project
The Regional Highway Council urged an inquiry into a 500000 dollar Rockingham Chester Road widening citing potential waste as the dam at Brockways Mills may require the road’s teardown within five years. Four firms share a 115000 dollar calcium chloride contract for 2136 tons flake and 725 tons pellet chloride to the Highway Department.
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Montpelier
Regional Highway Council
Vermont
Legislative Commission
Highway Department
Rockingham-Chester
Brockway
Williams River
Department of Administration
Vermont Officials Queried Over Road Project Access
Southern Vermont groups accuse Highway Department planning division of ignoring requests for details on a $900000 Route 30 project spanning Brattleboro to Stratton. Officials say six months without reply. inquiry by Sen. James Oakes to probe.
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Association
Oakes
Gov Keyser backs law against collusive bid practices
Gov Keyser favors a state law penalizing collusive bidding after reports of possible price fixing on highway salt and other commodities. The Attorney General will investigate identical bids and contracts divided among four firms, with testimony from a Burlington salt supplier and purchasing records showing multiple duplicate bids.
Center Street Parking Lot Nears Public Opening
The Berkshire town of North Adams says the Center Street Parking lot will likely open next week. Of 186 meters on the lot, 102 are ready for use according to the public works department.
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North Adams
Center Street
Public Works Department
Homer scholar Goodrick to lead Winslow Homer program
Williamstown event dispatches Goodrick to direct a Homer education program for educators at the Clark Institute. Invitations go to heads and faculties of 179 schools across five states within 70 miles. Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School Committee will not mediate the McCann Memorial school strike. Bernard Lenhoff cites a talk with federal mediator Thomas McNally, who notes a night meeting and possible settlement within seven weeks of the seven week strike.
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Williamstown
Lloyd Goodrick
Winslow Homer
Sterling and
Francine Clark Art Institute
North Adams
Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School Committee
McCann Memorial School
Bernard Lenhoff
Thomas McNally
McNally
Rockefeller says no special session on redistricting
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller declared at a news conference that calling a special legislative session on redistricting is absolutely final. He argued the current political climate and looming elections make an empirical approach unlikely and noted that he and all lawmakers face election.
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Rockefeller
Vermont Lions Plan Convention At West Dover
The Vermont Lions Club 7th state convention convenes May 25 to 27 at Mt Snow Vermont with Snow Mountain Inn as headquarters. Dr. William L. Tucker of Princeton New Jersey will speak at a banquet honoring International Counsellors and Past Presidents and conduct the Necrology Service.
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Vermont
Lions
Mt. Snow
Snow Mountain Inn
William L. Tucker
Princeton
N.J
Tucker
Princeton Theological Seminary
First Presbyterian Church
Newark
Second Presbyterian Church
Japan
Thailand
Kungsholm
Princeton Lions Clubs
Lions of New Jersey
Labor Mediation Board
E. H. Nickerson
Manchester
District 45
Charles John Stevenson
Chanticleer
WGY
Stevenson
Lions International
New York State
Charles Hawkins
Essex Jct
Bennington
Readsboro
Rowe
Mass
Harriman Dam
Glory Hole
Brigham Young Monument
Whitingham
Snow
Tris Coffin
Montreal
Canada
Coffin
Plain Folks Make Brattleboro a Music Center
Brattleboro Vermont becomes a spring festival hub as a homegrown choir draws 60 voices and top instrumentalists from major orchestras. The Moyse family led by Louis Blanche and Marcel foster free concerts, educational outreach, and a decade of community support inspiring students and adults alike.
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Brattleboro
Vermont
Deerfield
United States
New York Philharmonic
Boston Symphony
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
National Symphony
Washington
D.C
Hartford
New Orleans
Moyse
Louis
Blanche Honegger Moyse
Marlboro College
Blanche
Switzerland
Marcel Moyse
Paris Conservatory
Brattleboro Chorus
Brattleboro Music Cener
Moyses
The
Mouses
Lone Woman on New England College Tennis Team
Susan Fournier 20 of Merrimack College is the only female varsity letterwinner on a male team in New England and possibly the nation. She and her brother Dick, 18, form Merrimack’s No 2 doubles duo that had won nine straight matches before a defeat to Brandeis players Charley Teller and Jerry Hantman at Holy Cross.
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Andover
Mass
Susan Fournier
Merrimack College
New England
Susan
Merrimack
Charley Teller
Jerry Hantman
Brandeis
Lawrence
Holy Cross
Lincoln Proclamation Shrine Idea At Albany State Ed Building
A New York City architect Francis Keally was chosen by a state planning committee to design facilities for the original Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation valued at one million dollars. The document will be shown under the State Education Building dome on the second floor. Keally predicts the shrine will become a national landmark similar in importance to the Declaration of Independence.
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Albany
New York City
State Education
Francis Keally
Advertising Newsroom Notices Include Subscription Rates
The notice outlines newspaper advertising terms and home delivery details. It lists subscription prices by mail for Vermont, Rensselaer and Washington Counties in New York, plus Northwestern Massachusetts and servicemen rates.
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Newsroom
Bennianree
Iain Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Vermont
Rensselaer
Washington
N.Y
Massachusetts
Baptist Dedication Cavalcade to MarkAB Convention HQ
The American Baptist Convention national headquarters in Valley Forge Pa will be dedicated May 26 with a 20 mile Cavalcade of Freedom. One hundred cars and many chartered buses bearing banners for mission fields Baptist institutions and organizations will participate.
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Valley Forge
UPI
The
American Baptist Convention
GOP Sign Stolen From Denver State HQ Again
The sign above the Republican state headquarters at the Shirley-Savoy Hotel was stolen for the third time Tuesday night. After prior thefts a GOP official had added a sign stating that the act was childish vandalism and urged supporters to send three copies.
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Denver
Shirley-Savoy Hotel
GOP
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