Abolished Vermont Jobs At Central Vermont Railway
The Central Vermont Railway will eliminate 35 freight yard and car shop jobs starting next July 1. The main car shop will close and 70 old wooden freight cars will be scrapped annually while new cars replace them. The 40 of 75 freight yard workers will be retained, and a land sale for redevelopment is planned.
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Hutchinson
Federal aid passed to acquire Adams John Dewey home in Vermont
Congress approved a bill to provide 50 percent federal funds for the acquisition of the Adm. John Dewey birthplace in Montpelier Vermont. The Vermont Historical Society said a required state survey and priority list must be completed before funds are granted, with completion projected in about a year.
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John Dewey
Congress
Johnson
Charles Morrissey
Vermont Historical Society
Dewey Home Inc
Morrisey
Nuclear plant planned for Washington County area
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp confirms plans for a 100 million atomic power plant, its second nuclear facility, to be built on 800 plus acres along the Hudson east of Easton in Washington County. The project is hailed as a major economic boon for the region by Albany county supervisors and about 100 civic leaders. In Cambridge, Mrs. William Aveson presents a 10,000 dollar check to Gardner Cullinan for Mary McClellan Hospital building fund, the first payment toward 25,000 dollars pledged.
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Albany
Washington County
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
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Easton
Cambridge
William Aveson
West Hoosick
Mary McClellan Hospital
Gardner B. Cullinan
Buckley elected president of Washington County Women’s Club
Mrs Theodore T Buckley was chosen president of the Washington County Republican Women s Club at its annual luncheon in Glens Falls attended by more than 200 members.
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Cambridge
Theodore T. Buckley
Washington County Republican Women’s Club
Glens Falls
Educators approve hiring code for Vermont schools
Vermont educators from VSSDA VSA and VEA jointly approve a Code of Employment and Dismissal Practices after two years of work. The code sets reasons for dismissal requires explanations and hearings to protect teachers and delineates contract timing to reduce last minute vacancies. It creates a statewide open period Feb 15 to Mar 1 for issuing signed contracts with a 30 day consideration window for teachers.
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Vermont
Fellows Gear Shaper Denies Union Claims
Springfield report says Fellows Gear Shaper Co vice president John Barbier told workers the United Steel Workers Union statements are false. He labeled three union claims untrue and defended company actions as within NLRB rulings. Union seeks representation election while both sides await NLRB decisions on mailing lists and election timing.
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Springfield
Fellows Gear Shaper Co
United Steel Workers Union
John Barbier
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Barbier
Fellows
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