Vermont Educator Blames U S Schools For Minorities
Dr. Richard L Light a former U S Office of Education official and current St Michael s College director warns that schools fail to educate minority group children He cites misplacement in classes for the mentally retarded language barriers and poor teacher preparation calling for stronger national leadership to improve minority education.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Office of Education
the Nations
Richard L. Light
St. Michael’s College
Winooski
Light
National Council of Teachers
Southwest
Twin Girls Separated After Historic World Surgery
Twin sisters joined at the abdomen were separated in a groundbreaking operation at Massachusetts General Hospital. An eight man surgical team operated 10 12 hours Wednesday, successfully dividing fused livers and rearranging shared organs while the babies remained in excellent condition. The operation marks the 17th successful Siamese twin separation with both infants surviving, with follow up procedures planned to reconstruct internal organs and temporary abdominal walls. The twins, born at Hunt Memorial Hospital in Danvers, weighed 10 pounds 1 ounce combined, and were to move from recovery to the children’s section today.
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Boston
UPS
Massachusetts General Hospital
W. Hardy Hendren
Hendren
Hunt Memorial Hospital
Danvers
Mass
Massachusetts General
Danvers Hospital
ACLU Responds To Agnew Press Criticism
The American Civil Liberties Union denounces Vice President Spiro Agnew's attacks on the press as a deliberate assault on a basic American freedom. The open letter urges journalists to resist government pressure and defends wide access to information amid Nixon era Vietnam coverage.
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New York
API
American Civil Liberties Union
Spiro T. Agnew
ACLU
Friends of the First Amendment
Agnew
Holmes
Nixon
North Vietnamese Attacks Hit Beret Camps Near Cambodia
North Vietnamese forces renewed heavy shelling on Bu Prang and Duc Lap near the Cambodian border as the 31 day offensive continued. The bombardment left no U.S. fatalities but killed five Americans and at least 160 South Vietnamese. Viet Cong ambushed a column of South Vietnamese militiamen 72 miles southwest of Saigon killing 36 and wounding 12, while 73 civilians from a Viet Cong held village surrendered to U.S. troops 77 miles northwest of Saigon seeking asylum after fears from shelling. Cambodia protested U.S. air raids, claiming a border outpost was hit and 25 Cambodians were killed.
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Saigon
UPS
Green Beret
Bu Prang
U.S
Mekong
UPI
Nat Gibson
Duc Lap
Turkey heist ends with $300 after ham offer
Two gunmen burst into a small East Chicago grocery on Thanksgiving and demanded a turkey. Owner Mrs. Lillian Walt offered a canned ham instead, but the robbers fled with $300 after refusing the substitute.
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East Chicago
Ind
UPI
Davis Reviews Construction Bond Requests
Gov. Deane C. Davis reviews capital construction bond requests totaling 69.6 million for general fund projects. The University of Vermont seeks 15.6 million for new facilities and renovations, while Vermont State Colleges request 11 million for buildings and improvements. The Corrections Department requests 8 million plus for a new maximum security prison at Windsor and related centers, along with Weeks School renovations in Vergennes. The package exceeds the 1969 legislature authorization by 43 million.
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Corrections Department
Lawrence Bershad
Windsor
Burlington
Weeks
Vergennes
Apollo 12 crew greeted in Hawaii after sea voyage
Apollo 12 astronauts Conrad Gordon and Bean arrive at Pearl Harbor aboard USS Hornet after a 5000 mile Pacific journey. They enter quarantine in a trailer aboard the carrier and will fly to Houston for lunar receiving lab housing until December 10. Gov Burns and Adm McCain plan a brief port ceremony.
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UPI
Pearl Harbor
Charles
Pete’’ Conrad
Richard F. Gordon
Alan L. Bean
U.S
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Hawaii
John A. Burns
John S. McCain Jr
Pacific
Air Force
Houston
The
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Lunar
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U.S. Naval Academy
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Army
Philadelphia
Navy
Gordon
Conrad
Bean
Three Deaths Mar Vermonts Thanksgiving
Vermont s Thanksgiving marred by three deaths. A 20 month old boy, Michael Rene Poulin Jr., died after swallowing toothache medicine left on a table at home in Norton. Police reported his mother Rosie Poulin Jr. used the medicine on another child and failed to notice the toddler. A Hartford man Armand Gelinas, 25, died when his car left Interstate 91, up the embankment, and overturned in Springfield. Charles Weaver, 24, of Bristol died when his car went off Route 2A in Williston, struck a tree, near the Interstate 89 interchange.
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Norton
UPI
Vermont
Michael Rene Poulin
Rosario Poulin Jr
Newport
Hartford
Vermont Welfare Controversy Sparks Harassment Claims
Acting Vermont social welfare commissioner Paul Philbrook accuses the SEVCA and other welfare groups of trying to dismantle the state system with no constructive proposals. He cites demands for the resignation of Family Services Supervisor Grace Kearney and says he supports Kearney despite alleged discrimination claims.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Paul Philbrook
Southeastern Vermont
Community Action Committee
Philbrook
Action Committee
Grace Kearney
Kearney
Plane crash injures two Ohio residents near Westminster
Two Cleveland area residents, Clarence Turley age 22 and Sandra Hoffman age 19 from Fremont Ohio, were in fair condition at Rockingham Memorial Hospital after their 1947 Piper Aeronca clipped a tree wingtip during landing on a Westminster farm field used as a town airstrip. The plane tumbled into a private yard, with wing fragment draped on a clothesline as they traveled to visit friends.
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Bellows Falls
UPI
Ohio
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Clarence Turley
Sandra Hoffman
Fremont
Westminster
Random draft selection to determine Vermont inductees
Vermont will send 24 men in January as part of a national call for 12,500 inductees. Of the total, 10,000 enter the Army and 2,500 join the Marine Corps under the new random selection system. The January inductees mark the first use of the lottery method for calendar year 1970. Separately, three University of Vermont students were arraigned on drug charges after armed robbery arrests in Rutland. Gary Miller, Richard Miller and Ronald Stinson were held at Woodstock Correctional Center.
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Montpelier
William J. Burke
Vermont
Selective Service
Army
Marine Corps
Washington
Brattleboro
UPI
University of Vermont
Gary Miller
Richard
Burlington
Ronald Stinson
Rutland
Woodstock
Alice's Restaurant plans Berkshire restaurant conversion
Great Barrington firm Alice's Restaurant Inc seeks a zoning variance to convert the former Van Deusenville Episcopal Church into a chain restaurant with about $80,000 in renovations if approved. Mrs. Alice Brock leads the company, planning nationwide outlets. A committee of Adams residents formed to press for Mt Greylock memorial tower restoration, draft asks why $306,000 set aside six years ago was not used.
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Great Barrington
Alice’s Restaurant Inc
Zoning Board of Appeals
van Deusenville Episcopal Church
Alice’s
Alice Brock
Adams
Mt. Greylock Memorial
Department of Natural Resources
Pittsfield moves to end penny parking meters
The City Council unanimously approves an ordinance to eliminate the penny for coin parking, following the traffic commissioner's recommendation. Final approval expected next month. only nickels, dimes, and quarters will be accepted on city meters.
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Pittsfield
Lenhoff Nominated for Williamstown District Court
Gov. Francis W. Sargent nominates Atty. Bernard Lenhoff of North Adams as special judge of the Williamstown District Court. The appointment goes before the Governor's Council for confirmation next week. Lenhoff has practiced law since 1945 and is a former city solicitor.
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Williamstown
Francis W. Sargent
Atty
Bernard Lenhoff
North Adams
Lenhoff
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