Vermont Bi County Development Council names new executive director
John Kenney 29 of Euclid Ohio chosen from final two candidates by unanimous vote to lead the Southwest Vermont Economic Development Council. He will be based between Manchester and Wallingford with office in Arlington temporarily and will hire a planner assistant and a secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Vermont
John Kenney
Euclid
Ohio
John Simson
Bennington Council Regional Commission
BCRC
Economic Development Council
Rutland
Bennington
Federal Economic Development Agency
Thomas Salmon
Kenney
Manchester
Wallingford
Simson
Arlington
Vermont wins safety grant for occupational program
Vermont has been awarded a 285,666 federal grant to fund its occupational safety and health program. U.S. Labor Department spokesmen said Vermont is among 24 states with programs that meet or exceed federal standards.
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Boston
Mass
UPI
Vermont
U.S. Labor Department
UNICEF Sale At Williamstown Post Office This Fall
UNICEF cards games and calendars go on sale at the Williamstown MA Post Office on Spring Street from November 18 to December 16. Weekday hours are 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon. Proceeds aid malnourished children abroad. Co chairs are Mrs William W Steel and Mrs J Thomas Wilson. Publicity by Mrs Samuel E Church with treasurer J Thomas Wilson. Sales table volunteers include a long list of local residents.
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Williamstown
Mass
Unicef
Spring Street
William W. Steel
J. Thomas Wilson
Samuel E. Church
Biological deer check stations set for Vermont opening weekend
Biological deer check stations will operate in eight Vermont towns on opening weekend November 13 and 14 from noon to 8 p.m. Hunters are urged to bring their buck for weighing aging and required reporting. Stations listed include Arlington Chem Clean Route 7 Hinesburg Mallo's Market Route 116 Montpelier and others with Vernon station open all weekends.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Fish & Game Department
Vernon’s
Arlington
Chem-Clean Mobil
Hinesburg
Mallo’s Market
Pierce’s Mobil
State Street
Morrisville
Sanel Auto Parts
Rutland
Harold’s Exxon
St. Johnsbury
Vernon
Mass
Williston
Walloomsac Ruth van der Kar in Putnam Hospital
Walloomsac Ruth van der Kar is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington with pneumonia. Bertha's Angles donated 200 surgical pads to the Hoosick Falls Health Center on November 4. Men joined women workers tying and preparing pads for delivery.
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Ruth van der Kar
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Bertha
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Leahy asks for emergency milk price floor hearing
Sen Patrick Leahy asks Secretary Knebel to hold a federal milk hearing to set a floor price for Class 1 milk in northeastern federal order markets for December through March 1977. He cites falling prices and recent storms like Hurricane Belle and Vermont harvest problems to justify action.
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Washington
UPI
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
U.S. Agriculture
John Knebel
Leahy
Vermont
Vermont chooses Brodeur as health policy council head
Acting Vermont Mental Health Commissioner Paul Brodeur will become executive director of the Vermont Health Policy Council, taking the post November 29. Governor Salmon approved the appointment. Miner noted the council’s 1976 origin to plan state health care and manage federal funds. Brodeur previously served as deputy commissioner and held senior posts at the Vermont state hospital in Waterbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Mental Health Department
Brodeur
Brandon Training School
Vermont Asbestos Group to Build Wallboard Plant in Morrisville
Vermont Asbestos Group will build a new wallboard plant in Morrisville, not Troy, with construction possibly starting early next year and operation by June. The 60‑employee plant will aid Lamoille County unemployment and produce wallboard for commercial and residential use. A separate Montpelier notice permits a parade and rally by Citizens Against Nuclear Power in front of Green Mountain Power Corp, with marshals and police ensuring access is not on private property.
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Morrisville
UPI
Vermont Asbestos Group
Troy
VAG
John Lupien
Lowds
Lamoille County
Montpelier
Citizens Against Nuclear Power
Green Mountain Power Corp
Green Mountain
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Kunin seeks third term as Democratic whip in Burlington
UPI reports Rep. Madeleine Kunin of Burlington announced on Wednesday her candidacy for re election as Democratic whip. She currently faces no opposition.
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Burlington
UPI
Madeleine Kunin
Rensselaer GOP delays leadership vote to January
In New York the Rensselaer County Republican Committee postponed selecting a new leader until January. State senator-elect Joseph Bruno plans to step down as Republican chairman, triggering a scramble between acting chair Dorothy Birkmayer Fonks and Troy Councilman Patrick M. Casales. Albany: SUNY to receive old Albany Post Office for State University Plaza with $2 million in renovations. The complex, including two adjacent buildings, will house administrative offices and employ 850 people.
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Troy
Rensselaer County Republican Committee
Joseph Bruno
Bruno
Senate
Dorothy Birkmayer Fonks
Patrick M. Casales
Albany
State University of New York (Suny
State University
Jacob Javits
University
Veterans Day ceremonies muted across western Massachusetts
In Berkshire and western Massachusetts weather kept ceremonies low key with brief parades in Pittsfield and the Tunnel City while North Adams saw small events. Attendance was light in Springfield and Chicopee observers matched in number, as officials consider Shadowbrook seminary in Stockbridge for a regional housing center for the elderly or handicapped, with interest described as heartening by housing authority chair John Rhind. Shadowbrook, built by the Society of Jesus at over 5 million dollars, closed years ago for lack of priest candidates and is on the market near 3.7 million dollars with 400 plus acres and extensive Stockbridge frontage.
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Pittsfield
North Adams
Massachusetts
Tunnel City
Paul E. Brindle III
VFW
Charles M. Howard
Springfield
Chicopee
Stockbridge
Berkshire
Shadowbrook Seminary
John H. Rhind
Stockbridge Housing Authority
Society of Jesus
Shadowbrook
Stockbridge Bowl
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Dove
Remington
Ammo
Duck
Wildcat
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Chambers of Commerce
P. B. Weatherbee
John G. Mersalis
John Schimmel
Irwin Shainman
William B. Gates Jr
Guilford L. Spencer
Louis DesCognets
Fred Greene
Robert Deuber
Niles Washburne
Arthur Deely
William Pierson
Francis Barker
David Peck
Joseph Kershaw
William Littlefield
Francis Dewey
Stephen Lewis
Oz Tower
Harold Butler
William Oliver
Richard Boisseau
Andrew Knowland
Alexander Campbell
Robert Waite
Carl Samuelson
Robert Goodell
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Mrs
James Pendergast
Hawaii
Charles Telford
Rock City Falls
Ralph Phillips
Mr. Telford
Kenneth Buck
David and
Jason
Schenectady
Charles Buck
Danny Drake
Germany
Charles Drake
William H. Coonradt
Gordon Hoag
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St. Henry’s
West Sand Lake
Kunin
New York
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