Pownal Community Events Tonight and Saturday Auctions
The Pownals The Rap Group gathers at the Pownal Recreational Community Center from 7 to 9 tonight. The Board of Selectmen will meet Thursday at 5 p.m. at the town office. The Pownal Lions Club auction at the North Pownal firehouse yielded about $1200 in profit. The Pownal Center Community Church continues its May 10 rummage sale this Saturday May 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the town hall. Donations can be brought to the town hall Friday May 30 from 6 p.m. on.
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Pownal
Board of Selectmen
Pownal Center
Town Hall
Earl Cross
Peter Cross
Cross
Earl
Altobell
Cole Hall
Mt. Anthony
Mary Moriarity
Barth VanderEls
Brent Peacock
Shaftsbury
Joseph Crossman
Dennis McArthy
Bronwin Sherwin
Jeans and Jodhpurs
East Barnard
UPI
Brian Burns
State Environmental Board
District Commissions
Burns
New Jersey Supreme Court
Industrial tour of Schenectady GE complex and ALCO
The Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway sponsors a Saturday tour of the GE complex and the American Locomotive Works in Schenectady on May 31 starting at 1 p.m. The bus departs from Troy at 12 15 p.m. Reservations call 518-274-5267. Donations are 2.50 for adults and 1.50 for students under 16. A Schenectady industrial history outline at the Historical Society precedes the tour.
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Troy
Hudson-Mohawk
American Locomotive Works
Schenectady
Chapel and Cultural Center
Burdett Avenue
Shaftsbury selectmen weigh road work and nuisances
Shaftsbury officials heard from Chet Denio about Hidden Valley Road scarifying and dust issues, with road gravel depth concerns and a fall timing proposal. Neighbors Ralph Nesbitt and wife complained of seven barking dogs, urging petition action and possible public nuisance grounds. Cemetery matters, elections filings, and 4 H club activities plus a June 2 school district meeting were announced.
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Sheilah Miller
Shaftsbury
Anthony Altobell
Sanford Buxbaum
Alvan Lawrence
Ralph Nesbitt
Peter and Earl Cross
Chet Denio
Denio
Kenny Harrington
Hidden Valley Road
Route 7
Harrington
Nesbitt
Altobell
Nesbitts
Audrey Jones
Kenyons
Raymond Bolton
Fire Threat Near Searsburg Timber Fire Suppresses Two Acres Lost
A forest fire near Billings Pond on Route 9 in Searsburg threatened CV power lines carrying 72,000 volts. Fire crews from Wilmington and Bennington Rural fought the blaze, limiting damage to about two acres of timber. Authorities investigated origin. traffic directed by troopers and deputies.
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Searsburg
National Forest
Billings Pond
Central Vermont Power Company
Charles Dearcopp
Wilmington
John Willard Jr
Bennington
Beech Street
Edward Haddad
Sheriff's Department
Dick Zembiec
U.S. Forest Service
Manchester
Junior Harwood
State Forest Resource Protection Office
Vermont governor eases stance on crime grant plan
Governor Salmon appears to back off his earlier opposition to a 242000 federal grant aimed at creating a state crime strike force. The Emergency Board had been set to vote on Diamond's proposal, with most observers predicting a veto. Salmon pulled the item from the agenda before a Soviet tour, saying new crime data warrant study before a decision.
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Emergency Board
State Department
Soviet Union
Salmon
Robert Wilson
Diamond
Vermont Hikes Mortgage Rate Ceiling to Nine Percent
Banking and Insurance Commissioner James Guest announced a 9 percent maximum on home mortgage interest, effective next month, after a federal index rise. He praised some banks maintaining 8 percent and urged others to lend near that level to aid the housing market.
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Guest
Yankee strike talks resume at Vermont Yankee plant
Negotiations in the two week long strike at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp proceed with 54 IBEW members walking off. The plant runs with non union supervision and union officials say they are hopeful but not optimistic for a settlement. If no deal is reached, picketing will resume at Central Vermont Public Service Corp offices.
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Central Vermont Public Service Corp
City Board Fires 44 First Year Teachers in Schenectady
Schenectady New York city school board cut 44 probationary teachers after a meeting with a large faculty delegation. Attorney says 30 days notice required. vacancies may be filled from fired teachers. Board approved the cuts unanimously with one abstention and one absence.
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Schenectady
Arthur Allen
Teacher’s Federation
Simeo Gallo
Charles Abba
Daltons Memorial Day service stirs protest remark on refugees
About 1000 people in Berkshire hear Rev George B Higgins of Dalton Congregational Church urged welcoming Vietnam refugees or risk blowing up the Statue of Liberty The sermon harshly critiques U S Vietnam policy and calls for learning from history Pittsfield to gain 1364791 in federal revenue sharing next year a 30 percent jump while Boston gains 50000 and Springfield loses 200000
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Dalton
George B. Higgins
Dalton Congregational Church
Mr. Higgins
Southeast Asia
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Boston
Springfield
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Zoning Board of Adjustment
Ted Hoyt
Planning Commission
Richard Keough
Fire Company
The
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Harry
Griffin Electric Co., Inc
Main Street
Shaftsbury Selectmen
Ishmael Waite
Waites Cem
East Road
Whitney
Guy Mattison
Waite
Mattison
Vermont
FDIC
Main St
Ag Mt
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
South Street
Alan H. Page
Bennington, Vermont
Salmon Wavers
New York
Edward J. Connally
John J. Sweeney Jr
Lansingburgh
Public Safety
George W. O’connor
Sweeney
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