Vermont Lunch Program Hobbled by Local Board Inaction
Vermont education official says local school boards failing to take charge of school lunch programs blocks free meals for needy children. Only about 500000 free meals served last year amid 5.5 million lunches statewide. three fourths of boards blamed. A hunger committee in Washington criticized programs. Meanwhile in Hinesburg voters rejected a 3 million Champlain Valley Union School District bond for expansion to exceed 1600 capacity after two failed efforts.
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Hinesburg
UPI
Charlotte
Williston
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Eight junkyard permits granted by Highway Board
The Highway Board granted eight more junkyard permits on Tuesday and filed a complaint in Bennington Chancery Court to compel compliance with the new junkyard law against Robert Connors of Dorset. New permit recipients include Don G. Bell Loren Bertrand Roger Many Ernest Giroux Donald Hutchins Amos Roleau W. Morrison and Kenneth Thompson, totaling 28 permits to date.
Windsor man Oakes defense motions target murder verdict
Maurice Oakes, 41, of Windsor faces two defense motions in Windsor County Court today. Superior Judge Rudolph J. Daley will hear attorney John Parker seek a verdict change and a reduced sentence after Oakes was convicted of the May 26, 1967 shooting death of his 32-year-old wife at their home.
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Maurice Oakes
Windsor
Rudolph J. Daley
John Parker
Springfield
Parker
Oakes
Vermont senior wins Sullivan Memorial Scholarship
University of Vermont senior Sharon M. Bister has been awarded the Mary B Sullivan Memorial Scholarship from the State Education Department. Education Commissioner Harvey B. Scribner announced the $200 annual award to a student who plans to teach in Vermont, identifying Sharon Bister as the recipient and Jericho, Vermont, as her family background.
Vermont reports third rabies case of year confirmed
The Vermont Health Department laboratories confirmed a rabies case in a bat found on the Williston property of Dr. R J McKay Jr after a fluorescent antibody test. Earlier this year the department confirmed rabid cow and rabid fox cases in Addison County, and last year six bat cases were reported in the state.
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Vermont Health Department
R. J. McKay Jr
Williston
Addison County
New York Mugwump Named Schenectady City Manager
Schenectady hires John L. Scott as city manager to start in July. A Princeton graduate and Greenwich Conn. administrator, Scott calls himself a mugwump and says he will stay out of partisan politics. He follows a 5-2 Republican council majority that began Jan 1 and will receive $21,420, the same pay as the former manager.
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Schenectady
John L. Scott
Greenwich, Conn
Malcom E. Ellis
Scott
Princeton University
Ellis
Bible-carrying youth to surrender over draft charges
Steven Trimm a 19 year old from Chatham said he would turn himself in to U S marshals in Albany this morning. He cited harassment toward his parents Wayne and Mrs Trimm and confirmed threats and whispering campaigns as reasons related to his refusal to comply with Local Draft Board 23 Hudson. Trimm was indicted May 21 by a federal grand jury for failing to follow orders and a bench warrant was issued by U S Judge James T Foley.
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U.S
Albany
Steven Trimm
Wayne Trimm
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Hudson
James T. Foley
Submarine Scorpion Missing in Atlantic With Saville Aboard
Fort Edward reports Hospital Corpsman Lynn T. Saville 30 son of Mr and Mrs Louis H Saville aboard the atomic powered submarine Scorpion missing in the Atlantic. His wife Lois Mae Saville of Norfolk Va says a letter dated over two weeks ago was all she heard and she awaits news with his parents. The sub overdue since Monday.
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Lynn T. Saville
Louis H. Saville
Atlantic
Lois Mae Saville
Berkshire School Plan Moves Forward With 2.7 Million Build
Williamstown officials approve a 2.7 million plan for a new elementary complex at Church Street including classrooms, auditorium, gym, pool, and materials center after a three hour session with Architect Berton Phinney. North Adams breaks ground on a McCann School addition financed by a 750000 bond backed by seven districts. In Benson Vermont, Mr and Mrs Kuhrt Wieneke buy the 134 year old First Baptist Church to convert into a residence.
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Berton Phinney
North Adams
McCann
Kuhrt Wieneke
Benson
First Baptist Church
Gubernatorial Candidates Plan Three-Way Debate
In Montpelier, Republican James L. Oakes and Deane C. Davis and Democrat Lt. Gov. John J. Daley will debate education policy at Montpelier High School on June 6. Each will present their schooling philosophies followed by Q and A, with a panel examining financing, districting, negotiations, state aid, and standards alongside Vermont education leaders.
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James L. Oakes
Deane C. Davis
John J. Daley
Education Department
Gasoline Pricing Investigated in Vermont
Vermont attorney general confirms an inquiry into gasoline pricing and promotional games. Assistant AG Richard Blum will review price uniformity across stations and promotional tactics used to attract customers. Representative John Alden plans legislation to ban promotional gas games.
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John Alden
Woodstock
Vermont Guardsmen to Share $373,265 Payroll at Camp Drum
Vermont National Guardsmen who trained at Camp Drum New York for two weeks will share a $373,265 payroll. The 2,300 Vermonters are part of the 15,000 member 50th Armored Division headquartered in New Jersey. Vermont units are paid by check after returning home, while others are paid in cash near departure.
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Camp Drum
N.Y
UPD
Vermont National
Congress To Investigate Central Vermont Community Action Council
The Montpelier based Central Vermont Community Action Council faces congressional scrutiny next month as one of 53 agencies investigated for compliance with new provisions. Director James Corologos says Congress seeks proof the council follows federal directives increasing local control over war on poverty programs under the Green Amendment. The agency has state and Barre city approval and covers antipoverty efforts in Washington Lamoille Orange and parts of Windsor counties.
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UPI
James Corologos
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Vermont
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Orange
Windsor County
Interim Plan Approved For Pittsfield Mass Schools
Pittsfield Massachusetts School Committee votes 4 to 3 to adopt an interim organizational plan adding seven new positions, creating a five member cabinet and raising budget by more than 70 thousand dollars annually. The plan drops the assistant superintendent for secondary education and adds three new assistant superintendents.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Tile drainage system offers long term benefits for farms
A Vermont soil conservation piece explains how underground tile drainage improves fields in Pownal by lowering the water table and boosting root growth, outlining costs, depth, and construction steps. It notes initial expense but lasting yields, and advises careful site survey, ditch shaping, back filling, and protective features like rodent guards and head walls.
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Peckham and
Foster
Pownal
Tom
Vermont Grants Fund War on Poverty Programs
Washington reports two Office of Economic Opportunity grants totaling over $220,000 for southern Vermont poverty efforts. A $177,000 Rutland-Bennington Opportunity Council grant covers two counties for a year with $154,000 new federal funds and $23,000 recaptured money for administration. A $43,600 grant funds a Brattleboro Follow Through program through Windham Southeastern Supervisory Union to support elementary education for Head Start participants.
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API
Office of Economic Opportunity
Vermont
Rutland - Bennington Opportunity Council
Brattleboro Area
Windham Southeastern Supervisory Union
HUD grants Rutland $115000 for water lines upgrade
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a $115 500 grant in Washington to Rutland to extend and reinforce existing water transmission lines to meet fire protection needs.
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Rutland
UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington
Montpelier joins Vermont Housing Authority program
Montpelier becomes the second Vermont community to approve participation in the Vermont Housing Authority. The City Council voted 4 to 1 for a federal rent subsidy program for seniors, with Alderman Charles Nichols voting no. Bennington earlier joined, following the 1968 legislature’s creation of the Authority which operates under a 1937 housing law to provide supplemental rent funds to low income families or seniors.
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UPH
Vermont
Vermont Housing Authority
Charles Nichols
Bennington
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