Hoosick Falls seeks HUD development grant input
Hoosick Falls to hold a 7 30 p m public hearing on a 1977 community development block grant application from HUD. Trustees propose five projects including water system upgrades fire truck purchase parking lot buy and beautification and a fire alarm system. Public input on these and other ideas is invited.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Main Street
Leiranen Hud
Clark Thorpe
Thorpe
Donald Bogardus
Halloween Peaceful Night in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls reported a quiet Halloween with three accidental broken windows as the sole damage. Police Chief William Chapones praised overall good behavior while noting two windows were hit by youths and a third by a now egg-tesser.
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Hoosick Falls
Chepones
Chapones
Balinski to speak on U.S. Apportionment at Williams
Michel Balinski will lecture on U.S. Congressional Apportionment as a case study in fair division at Williams College in Room 104 Bronfman Science Center on Friday November 5 at 4 p.m. The open to the public talk covers general mathematical aspects.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Michel L. Balinski
U.S
Bronfman Science Center
Dr. Balinski
Williams
International Institute For Applied Systems Analysis
Vienna
Balinski
H.P. Young
Young
Alabama
Congress
David Rosen
Swarthmore College
Final changes delay village town hall plans
Village trustee Francis Murphy said final changes are delaying the new municipal building plans for the village and Hoosick town as reviews continue. A Nov. 15 deadline looms for federal public works funds applications, with plans to be public soon.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Francis Murphy
Murphy’s
Epilepsy Month Declared By Vermont Group
Epilepsy Month is proclaimed as Vermont joins national observance. Epilepsy Association of Vermont president Juanita Cook cites history from Patsy Custis to stress public ignorance and urges coordinated action by federal and state bodies to improve conditions for people with epilepsy nationwide.
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Rutland
Patsy Custis
George Washington
Patsy
Juanita Cook
Epilepsy Association of
Vermont
National Commission For the Control of
Congress
Secretary of Human Services
Mrs. Cook
First Swine Flu Clinic Draws 324 At Shaftsbury School
In Shaftsbury the first swine flu clinic at the elementary school drew 324 people last week. A second clinic is set for 5 30 p.m. at the same school. The school nurse credits doctors nurses and volunteers for the successful turnout.
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Shaftsbury
Joan Altobell
Elizabeth Faris
Dorothy Hager
Arthur Faris
William Tiden
Alice Howe
Elizabeth Burke
Jean Mattison
Hazel
MacDonald
Frances
Barbara, Colvin
Hazel Fritz
Allyn Lindsey
Ida Snow
Frances Stacy
Julia Bow
Mary Ann Greene
Mary Gratz
Taconic Grange No 491 installs officers in Shaftsbury
The Taconic Grange No 491 meeting in Shaftsbury installed new officers led by Installing Master Hiel Reed. Frances Hunt became master. other officers named include Lillian Wood lecturer Theresa Wood and Elaine Decker as regalia bearer. An upcoming Nov meeting and a Halloween forecast wrap the item.
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Shaftsbury
Taconic Grange
Mae Reed
Belle Decker
Hiel Reed
Helen Cleveland
Warren Roberts
Elaine Decker
Jennie Stewart
Frances Hunt
Lillian Wood
Theresa Wood
Harold Cross
Elizabeth Cross
Viola Myers
Jesse Peters
Ceres
Mabel Mattison
Pomona
Lenora Longtin
Flora
Ella Aleksonis
Joan Wood
Julia Booth
Vermont Lung Association
Agency of Environmental
Arlington
Brother Reed
Grange
Shirley Mattison
Charlyn Harrington
Vermont State Grange
Farmer’s Market
Rutland teachers seek raise and mediator in contract row
In Rutland, School Board and Rutland Education Association aimed to resolve a contract dispute over higher base salaries and a federal mediator. A Wednesday march downtown by REA members was planned, with officials predicting high turnout. Essex educators reach two year contract ending a prolonged dispute with a first year base of 7850 and second year 8350, plus a firing order policy by Feb. 1 and seniority based staff reductions.
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Rutland
UPI
Rutland Education Association
Howard Shortsleeve Jr
REA
Essex Jct
Essex Teachers
Essex School Board
Essex Educators’ Association
Vermont
Dick Gregory Calls Vermont Students to Reform Education
Comedian and author Dick Gregory urged University of Vermont students to take control of higher education to ensure colleges educate rather than indoctrinate. He labeled America a white racist society but said change could come if youth vote and push reform. He stressed self-education as vital in democracy.
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Burlington
UPI
Dick Gregory
University of Vermont
Gregory
Guthrie Cancels First Show in 11 Years
Arlo Guthrie and the Shenandoah Band halted a Sunday concert after a promoter failed to deliver the remaining $4,000 of the agreed $5,000 fee and did not pay electricians and security. Fuller claimed partial payment and delays due to an underperforming crowd, saying the balance would come later. Guthrie then scheduled two free performances Monday after the dispute.
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Fuller
Guthrie
New England Superintendents elect Johnson president
Local School Supt. Charles Johnson was named president of the New England Association of School Superintendents. He aims to reorganize the group to boost national lobbying impact, noting the regional body includes about 750 superintendents across six states and could serve as a model for similar associations nationwide.
Strikes Hit New York Civil Service Union Ahead of Talks
In Albany 80 staff members of the Civil Service Employees Association began a strike and 80 more joined the picket line as contract talks with the state near. A CSEA spokesman said bargaining would continue with a majority of bargainers being union members. Mayor Erastus Corning announced plans to pursue federal public works funds to cover a roughly 20 percent raise for municipal workers, retroactive to November 1974, seeking 1.2 to 1.5 million dollars.
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Albany
Civil Service Employes Association
CSEA
Erastus Corning
Corning
Berkshire to Swear in Acting Mayor Next Monday
Pittsfield set to swear in City Council President Paul E Brindle III as acting mayor at 10 a.m. in City Council chambers with outgoing Mayor Evan S Dobelle present. A reception follows before Dobelle departs for Boston for a 4 p.m. swearing in as state commissioner of environmental management.
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Pittsfield
Paul E. Brindle III
Evan S. Dobelle
Dobelle
Boston
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