Directors Question BSWSU Merger Proposal
Shaftsbury Vermont directors from Arlington North Bennington Pownal Shaftsbury and Woodford met with Dr Rupert Spencer to discuss abolishing the Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union and reallocating schools to adjoining districts. They showed clear unease over the potential change as retirement plans for long time superintendent Leon Wagner loom. The state education board directed Spencer to gauge reaction to the possible dissolution.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union
Rupert Spencer
Vermont Education Department
Arlington
North Bennington
Pownal
Woodford
Leon E. Wagner
Bennington Southwest Union
State Board of Education
Spencer
Mt. Anthony
Wagner
Kelley
Walter Corey
Arlington School Board
Southwest Supervisory Union
Bennington
Northern Union
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Cross
Lionel Nowak
Vermont Education Department Holds Copy of Controversial Report
The Vermont Department of Education possesses a report on a comparative curriculum study of Bennington County Schools that has not been approved or released by the Area 30 study committee. Dr. Rupert Spencer attended a Shaftsbury meeting with a copy of the report produced by a sub-committee of the Area 30 panel under the Temporary Advisory Commission on School Redistricting. Joseph Crossman of the Shaftsbury School Board also spoke at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Department of Education
Bennington County
Area 30
Rupert Spencer
Vermont Education Department
Shaftsbury
Joseph Crossman
Spencer
Bennington
North Bennington
Pownal
Woodford
Crossman
Lawrence F. Powers
Crosseman
Powers
John P. Riddle
Riddle
Arthur Faris
Jane McCullough
Marian Cumemings
Ronald Knapp
Robert McWaters
Martha Rudd
Norman Lariviere
Listers Ready Reply To BTPA Charges
The Bennington Board of Listers will issue a statement after a meeting this week regarding charges from the Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association. Francis J. Hogan, chairman, is on a jury in Brattleboro and will be out of town during the day. The board welcomes any state investigation into alleged unfair listing practices and awaits Carmody’s office findings. The BTPA plans to forward its report to the state attorney general after meeting with Carmody, who will study it and refer it to James L. Oakes.
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Bennington Board of Listers
Bennington Taxpayers’ Protective Association
Francis J. Hogan
Listers
U.S. District Court
Brattleboro
John T. Carmody
BTPA
Carmody
Vermont Atty
James L. Oakes
Taxpayers
Bunker says morale in Vietnam "has never been better"
Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker told NBC Today and in Washington that American troops in Vietnam are at their highest morale yet, while antiwar protests at home disturb South Vietnamese leaders. He warned against long bombing pauses, noted progress in military and pacification efforts, and downplayed white House changes as coincidental amid a grim national mood on Johnson's war policy.
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Washington
UPH
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Johnson
Bunker
Hanoi
United States
William C. Westmoreland
Robert W. Komer
White House
Westmoreland
Louis Harris
Gallup
Washington Post
Glassboro
Witherspoon criticizes Farm Bureau tax plan in Vermont
MONTPELIER UPD Gerald S. Witherspoon state tax commissioner says any legislation to provide a real property tax break for Vermont farmers faces strong odds against passage next year. He notes concerns about the measure and its implications for farm funding and state revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witherspoon
Farm Bureau
Fire Destroys Rensselaer School in Three-Alarm Blaze
A three alarm fire destroyed the 71 year old School 2 in Rensselaer late Monday night leaving 383 pupils without classrooms. The blaze sent flames high into the sky and three firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation at Albany Medical Center. The building also housed the city library in the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
N.Y
Albany Medical Center
Racing Canceled At Greenmountain Park For Trio of Days
Authorities at Greenmountain Park canceled Thoroughbred racing today and for two more days due to an unsafe track surface after a sudden cold snap and snow. If weather allows, racing resumes Friday with the final 1967 program set for Saturday at 2 p.m. Officials cited rider safety amid rutted frozen surface. first such cancellation in five years.
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Pownal
Greenmountain Park
Marine General Hochmuth Killed In Helicopter Explosion
UPI reports Maj. Gen. Bruno A Hochmuth commander of 3rd Marine Division was killed when his helicopter exploded and plunged 1500 feet into a flooded rice paddy near Hue. Five others died including crew and interpreter. Comrades cited no evident Viet Cong fire.
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DA Nang
UPI
Bruno A. ‘Bah’? Hochmuth
Vietnam
Hochmuth
3Rd Marine Division
Hue
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Air Force
William J. Crumm
Guam
Saigon
John A. Chancey
Newville
Ala
Chancey
Rocky Darge
Sioux Falls
S.D
Finest Ever Offered McCullough Coin Collection Auction
New York reports Stack's to auction the late Hall Park McCullough of North Bennington collection of United States and Roman coins. The sale includes US issues, Colonial money, Roman gold coins, bronzes and silver Denarii valued conservatively at 200000 to 250000 dollars. The catalog lauds McCullough as a cultured numismatist who saved relics of American history and antiquity, leaving an impressive personal monument though the collection will be dispersed.
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New York
United States
Hall Park McCullough
North Bennington
Stack’s
West 57Th St
Stack
McCullough
The
United
States
Rome
America
Americans
Hall Park
College Library
City Museum
Bennington
Vermont
Richard C. Barret
Barret
Board to Consider Closing Several Vermont High Schools
Acting Education Commissioner Daniel G. O Connor plans to recommend closing several Vermont secondary schools still on one year waivers after a two week review of 18 waived schools. Manchester and Arlington high schools are among those on waivers though closings unlikely due to recent compliance efforts.
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Montpelier
UPD
Daniel G. O’connor
Vermont
O’connor
State Board of Education
Manchester
Arlington
Inside Editorial On Tax Payers Report And Letters
An Inside editorial critiques a tax payers report while a Pepsi generation letter writer responds to columnist Gerald Raftery. Separate notes mention Manchester school's transfer to a church classroom and Wilmingtonians planning a patriotic revue across pages 4, 4, 6, and 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepsi Generation
Gerald Raftery
Manchester
Church
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Alden
Pete) Horton
Theodore Riehle
Old Ark Lodge
Wilmington
Charles Johnson
West Dover
Paul Domingue
Rensselaer School
Keith Wallace
Waterbury
Emory Hebard
R-Glover
Power
Ful
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hebard
Education Board
Wilmingtonians
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