Manchester Veterans Plan Memorial Day Observance
Manchester Memorial Day will be observed with two services and a parade led by Manchester Post 38 American Legion and Harned-Fowler Post 6471 VFW. A 6 p.m. ceremony at Delwood Cemetery features Prayers by Rev. Robert L. Clayton, an address by John West, music by the Manchester School Band, and Taps. The parade forms at Manchester at 7 p.m. and travels along School Street and Main Street to Factory Point Cemetery, with remarks by Francis Moriarity and Father Clayton.
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Manchester
Manchester Post 38
American Legion
Harned-Fowler Post
VFW
Delwood Cemetery
Robert L. Clayton
John West
Department of Vermont
William Krogulski
School Street
Bonnet Street
Main Street
Factory Point
Harold Benson
Legion
Father Clayton
Francis Moriarity
State Legion
Oakes Calls For Con Con Vote In Vermont Referendum
Former attorney general James Oakes urged a yes vote on June 3 for a constitutional convention in Vermont. He argued the current amendment process is cumbersome and empowers a small bloc of 11 senators to veto proposals, risking delays and continued 19th century governance. Vermont Colleges Provost Robert Babcock Sr. backed the convention, citing historical precedent from 1790 to justify referendums and the legality of a convention.
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Woodstock
UPI
James Oakes
Vermont
Oakes
League of Women Voters
Senate
Monters
Vermont State Colleges
Robert Babcock
Babcock
General Assembly
U.S
Vermont Craftsmen Inc Opens Season May 30
Vermont Craftsmen Inc opens its 1969 season on May 30 with exhibits from Vermont artisans. Nearly 150 exhibitors display hand-crafted articles in Weston beside the Wantastiquet River grist mill. Craft demonstrations run weekends summer starting July 4 with Ed Boggis and Windsor Prison crafts.
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Weston — Vermont Craftsmen Inc
Vermont
Vermont Guild of Oldtime Crafts & Industries
Wantastiquet
Ellen Foscue
Vermont Craftsmen Inc
Ed Boggis
Windsor
Vermont funding boost funds state planning systems
Vermont officials announced a 4948 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to support a statewide information system and a planning budgeting system. The total federal support for these proposed systems now stands at 175000. A Windsor fire destroyed a state prison storage garage after an ignition short sparked a blaze in a nearby vehicle. no injuries reported. In Burlington an anonymous donor gave 10000 last October and 5000 on Tuesday to plant new trees, with the donor’s identity kept private. Vermont’s unemployment rate fell to 2 percent with 2220 new claims last week, down 141 from the prior week, while Brattleboro and White River Junction saw increases.
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Windsor
UPD
Windsor State Prison
Robert Smith
Smith
Burlington
UPI
Francis Cain
Cain
Rutland
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury
Springfield
Brattleboro
White River Junction
NSF grants fund Vermont colleges equipment purchases
Senator Prouty announced that seven undergraduate instructional science grants totaling 35,800 dollars from the National Science Foundation will aid the University of Vermont and Windham College in Putney. Vermont gets 26,900 for physics chemistry and engineering gear, Windham 8,900 for earth and social sciences and physics, with a 50 percent match required.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Winston L. Prouty
Rvigg
National Science Foundation
University of Vermont and
Windham College
Putney
Prouty
Budget Split Marks Schenectady Board Vote Victory
Schenectady Board of Education approved its 1969 70 budget by six to one with Mario Pacelli again voting no. The 16 383 343 package includes a 300 across the board raise for teachers rejected by Antoinette Deabler president of the Schenectady Teachers Association as unacceptable.
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Schenectady
Board of Education
Mario Pacelli
Pacelli
Antoinette Deabler
Love seeks early sentence to finish Williams College case
John M. Love, 19, a former Williams College student, appeared in Berkshire Superior Court and asked to begin serving a three month sentence in Hampden County House of Correction so he could complete it. His request was granted after he pleaded guilty to possession and sale of marijuana at the college. Concurrent terms were delayed so he could finish school, which he did last week. Becket votes for 3.7 million kindergarten to 12 school district bond. North Adams mayor to seek 3500 dollars for feasibility study of Ashland Street site.
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Pittsfield
John M. Love
Williams College
Berkshire Superior Court
Hampden County House of Correction
Love
Willams College
Pittsfield youth gather in park for spring social event
The Pittsfield Afro-American Society will sponsor a spring gather-in on May 31 at Pitt Park to foster better relations between black and white youths in the Berkshire community through sportsmanship art and music, according to program chairman Dallas J. Powell.
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Pittsfield
Pitt Park
Berkshire
Dallas J. Powell
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