Peace Corps recruiter to visit Bennington Vermont
Peace Corps recruiter Robert Sullivan will visit the Bennington Free Library next Wednesday from noon to 8 p.m. to discuss overseas assignments and the Peace Corps experience in the Philippines. The event highlights vacancies in math science education health forestry and skilled trades with interest in VISTA postings and general volunteers.
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Vermont
Robert Sullivan
Bennington
Bennington Free Library
Philippines
Peace Corps
Sullivan
VISTA
Peaces
Paul McCaffrey
Niger
Tonga
Honduras
Para
McCaffrey
Ecuador
Governors appeal grain rate decision
New England governors pool 12500 from NERCOM funds to back an appeal in the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington over rail rates for feed grains. The action follows an ICC ruling last February against coalitions seeking lower rates, with NERCOM having covered 75000 of 210000 in ICC proceedings.
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New England Regional Commission
Nercom
ICC
New England
Dean Webster
Lawrence, Mass
Rates, Inc
The
New England Grain & Feed Council
Quarantined herds rise in New England
State Agriculture Department officials report dairy herd quarantines for possible brucellosis increased from five to 12 over three months. Dr Alfred Janowicz says the rise reflects intensified outbreak crackdowns, not rampant disease.
Murder suspect freed on bail in Vermont case
Gary Stevens of Irasburg, 23, freed on $50,000 bail after arraignment in Orleans County Superior Court on first degree murder charges. He pleads innocent to the beating death of Roger Carter, 23, of Newport, who died from head injuries after a nightspot incident. Carter had been hospitalized with a broken skull since Friday. Stevens was arrested after Carter’s death. Also noted is Corporal Joseph J. Bump’s promotion at Ft. Knox, Ky., his family life at the base.
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Newport
UPI
Gary Stevens
Irasburg
Orleans County
Stevens
Roger Carter
Carter
Burlington
Barton
Joseph J. Bump
James and
Mary Bump
Morgan Street
Ft. Knox
Cpl. Bump
Debbie Squires
Bobbi Lee Ann
Protest Over Electrocution of Stray Dogs in Springfield
Animal lovers criticize a western Massachusetts city for electrocuting unclaimed stray dogs under a federally funded program. Critics cite inhumane deaths and urge adoption or anesthetic euthanasia as alternatives.
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Springfield
Mass
UPI
Massachusetts
Alexander Evans
Rowley Memorial Hospital
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Evans
Rowley
SPCA
Hidden Hollow
Agawam
CETA trainees take lead as community garden coordinators
Bennington Opportunity Council names three women as site coordinators for the community gardens project. Stephan Tifft, Valerie Shotton, and Nancy Hagelberg will organize plots, seed distribution, and gardening support at Burgess Road Bennington College Pownal Manchester sites with BOC contact points.
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Bennington Opportunity Council
Community Gardens
CETA
Champlain Valley Work & Training Programs Inc
Stephan Tifft
Bennington
Burgess Road
Bennington College Gardens
BOC
Valerie Shotton
Pownal
Southern Vermont College
Morgan Street Gardens
Nancy Hagelberg
Arlington
Manchester
Art Institute
Pittsburg
Ethan Allen Community College
Manchester Community Garden
Cvw&tp
Morgan Street
Harlan Lewellyn
Arlington Community Garden
Lewellyn
Main St
Ex-Dartmouth dean to advise Southern Vermont College
Dr. Arthur Jensen, former Dartmouth dean, will advise Southern Vermont College during the 1977 78 academic year. He has been retained to help prepare an institutional self study for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The study leads to the April 1978 accreditation visit as the college seeks full accreditation from candidate status. Jensen is enthusiastic about the assignment, as stated by President Thomas A Gee.
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Arthur Jensen
Dartmouth
Southern Vermont College
Thomas A. Gee
Jensen
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Gee
New England Jobs Rise as Recovery Gains Momentum
New England's jobless rate fell in March and factory production rose, signaling a gradual regional economic recovery. Residential building contracts jumped 32 percent in February, 13 percent above a year earlier, per Federal Reserve Bank figures in New England Economic Indicators. Production at area factories surpassed March 1976 levels and was higher than February levels.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Federal Reserve Bank
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United States
Malaysia
Tunisia
Richard Snelling
Thomas H. Foster
Stanley Marshall
Vermont National Resources Council
Donald Moore
Shrewsbury
Foster
Sam Lloyd
Weston
Moore
Lloyd
David Stein
NERC
Webster
Dog Coalition
Friends of Animals
Joy Szarlan
Sundance
Bank Americard
Sherwin-Williams
Dean
SVC
N.E
Catamount National Bank
North Bennington
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
West Dover
FOC
Plymouth Volaré Premier
Cordoba
PRA
CIDAA
Chrysler
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Volare Wagon
America
Paulin’s Garage Inc
Shaftsbury, Vt
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