Violent storm sweeps through central states
A major storm with tornadoes and heavy rain swept the central U S causing injuries and damage from Arkansas to Kentucky. Tornadoes struck a Tell City trailer park injuring a mother and child. others damaged homes, a trailer, and a radio tower.
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Central States
United Press International
Arkansas
Tell City
Ind
Red Hill
Star City
Siloam Springs
Kentucky
Madisonville
Anna
Ill
Ohio River
Gulf Coast
Hopkinsville
Evansville
Memphis
Tenn
Vandalia
Mount Anthony MAUHS asks parents help on overcrowding
Mt Anthony Union High School Board seeks parental and community input to ease space constraints. A committee outlines current enrollment, notes relocatable classrooms, and weighs long term options including extended school year and new facilities.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
MAUHS
Mary Dailey
Col
Raymond Murray
Stephen G. Gilman
Robert McWaters
Park Street
Bendi
Main Street
Proposed bill would provide catastrophic illness insurance
Washington reports a Senate Finance Committee planned vote next week on a government plan to cover major medical costs for Americans under 65. The Nixon administration opposes it, suggesting it will likely not pass this year.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Cora B Whitney School PTA discusses Title I II and prayer policy
The Cora B Whitney School Parent Teacher Group met Tuesday led by President Maurice Rancourt to discuss Title I funding and fund raising. Principal Florence R Kinsley outlined Title I and Title II, noting the school’s library strength and last year’s woodworking program run by William Steel. Parents favored reinstating school prayer but supported a two minute period of silence as an acceptable substitute under current law. The meeting closed with a coffee hour.
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Cora B. Whitney
Maurice Rancourt
Florence R. Kinsley
Kinsley
William Steel
Vermont social workers mull bargaining unit within VSEA
A three hour closed door VSEA meeting led to a probe into relations between the state Social Welfare Department and its social workers. Dissidents demand a voice in policy and threaten an independent union if not allowed to organize within VSEA. Both sides call the meeting productive but seek broader representation.
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Harvey
Regents seek budget hike as Rockefeller talks stall
In Albany the state Board of Regents urged Gov. Rockefeller for a larger year ahead budget. Chancellor Joseph McGovern left confident a $325 million increase was unlikely amid a $2.7 billion proposed expenditure. At another Albany gathering, Capital Area Women activists urged men to concede to end gender discrimination. Elizabeth Berger and Gloria De Sole received pens and carnations after voicing the demand.
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Regents
Albany
State Board of Regents
Rockefeller
Joseph McGovern
Albany — Women's Liberation
Albany Rotary Club
Liberation Movement
Elizabeth Berger
Gloria de Sole
Capital Area
Otis wilderness estate sale blocks D N R purchase
Berkshire Otis property a 1700 acre wilderness estate was not bought by the state after news that Graham Hunter of Gainesville Florida sold the tract to a New York syndicate for 500000. Hunter gave a first refusal to the New York buyers. The site attracted with trails roads a pond and buildings usable for park purposes. Drug education program planned for Pittsfield junior high in February and high school by March. Sprague Electric Nashua operation parts moving to Texas with layoffs and ceramics department transfer to Wichita Falls Texas.
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Pittsfield
State Department of Natural Resources
Otis
Graham Hunter
Gainesville
Fla
New York
Hunter
John A. Kreiger
Junior League
Sprague
Texas
MKTH
ADAMS
Sprague Electric Co
Nashua
N.H
Wichita Falls
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