Lake George post office wins first prize in ship-to-helicopter event
Lake George NY post office earns top prize in Eastern Region for a July 1 1971 ship to chopper Pony Express stunt. Postmaster James T Duffy used land sea air theme with a helicopter delivering mail from the Mohican on Lake George to Ghost Town post office Rio de Janeiro. Police raid Mangueira Hill in Rio arrested 200 and seized 20 kilos of marijuana.
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Lake George
N.Y
District of Columbia
James T. Duffy
Mohican
Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Mangueira Hill
Mangueira
Storytown
USA
Pony Express
Fort William Henry
Duffy
Nixon
Vt Community Colleges name new official
Robert E. Morrison was named Assistant Planning and Development Coordinator for Contracts and Grants of the Vermont Regional Community College Commission Inc. He was born in Newton Massachusetts and studied at Harvard and the Episcopal Theological School. He has served in multiple church roles and education commissions in Michigan and Texas.
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Michigan Council of Churches
Detroit Area
Vietnam
Youth Fellowship Beginnings at Pownal United Methodist Church
Sunday marks the start of youth fellowship for church members ages 10 and up, meeting Sundays from 5 to 7 pm led by Rev. David Hubbard with Mrs. Jean Quinn as assistant for five weeks. Church school resumes Sunday at 10 after the 9 am service at Pownal Center Community Church with teachers listed. The Pownal Center fire auxiliary meets Monday at 7:30 pm at the firehouse, refreshments by Mrs. Grace Gagnon and Mrs. Caroline Graham.
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Pownal
Pownal Center
Kenneth Gile
Pamela Hill
C.W. Rounds
Douglas Weiss
Grace Gagnon
Caroline Graham
Bennington County agency says HUD funding delay misrepresented
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission head calls a Rutland Herald report misleading as HUD funds for sewage projects may not be cut. He says Bennington is not under pressure, applications sit in Manchester New Hampshire awaiting action due to workload and changes in requirements.
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Arlington
Bennington County
Vermont
BCRPC
Franklin
Rutland
Ottaquechee
Windham
Two Rivers
North East
Lamoille
Mad River
Simson
Bennington
Manchester
HUD
N.H
Envionmental Conservation
Robert Williams
Williams
Protection Agency
Montpelier Hosts Vermont Craft Festival Amid Foliage Season
Montpelier prepares for the first annual Festival of Crafts October 8 and 9 on Vermont College campus. Artisans from across Vermont display silver smithing, weaving, embroidery, woodwork and more while a window display contest and local events draw visitors. Mayor Willard Strong calls it a boost to the economy as regional fiddlers perform and local tours attract tourists. Vermont College president Dr. William Irvine supports the event with Alumni Hall use and potential future expansion.
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Vermont College
Montpelier
Vermont
Chamber of Commerce
Willard Strong
Area Chamber of Commerce
William Irvine
Duvalier opponent to lecture Monday at Williams College
Rene Belance, Haiti born poet and former Williams French teacher now Brown University faculty, will lecture in French on L Afrique vue par Pierre Loti at Williams College Weston Language Center Monday at 8 p.m. Belance fled Duvalier regime in 1959, studied and taught at universities in Puerto Rico and California, joined Williams in 1968, moved to Brown in 1970, and recently spoke at a Vermont conference on black African literature with M Senghor.
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Williamstown
Mass
Rene Belance
Williams
Brown University
Pierre Loti
Willaams College
Weston
Haiti
Belance
University of Puerto Rico
University of California At Berkeley
Whitman College
Walla Walla
Wash
Brown
University of Vermont
M. Senghor
Ghana
Realtors Seminar at Equinox House Manchester VT
The Vermont Real Estate Commission sponsors its ninth annual real estate educational seminar October 12 and 13 at the Equinox House in Manchester. The event aims to upgrade licensee standards and update on state and federal laws enacted in 1971 with Assistant Secretary Charles E. Wiley moderating. Dozens of speakers including John W. Lis and Howard R. Goldberg will cover topics and two films on land use and planning. Registration runs 9 to 9:30 a.m. each day with no charge. the public is invited.
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Manchester
Vermont Real Estate Commission
Equinox House
Agency of Development and Community Affairs
Charles E. Wiley
John W. Lis
Real Estate Commission
Edward H. Bartlett
Howard R. Goldberg
Consumer Protection Bureau
Schuyler Jackson
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Leighton Q. J. Klevana
Frank H. Davis
H. Warren Scribner
Donald W. Webster
Division
Environmental Protection
Robert Y. Justis Jr
Pierre E. J. Donnet
State
Vermont
Red Brick School hosts Head Start day care in Bennington
In Shaftsbury a Red Brick School building now houses Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council Head Start and day care programs run by Dave Rupert. The facility, used since July for day care and September for Head Start, replaces rooms once used in a church.
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Sheilah Miller
Shaftsbury
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council
Dave Rupert
Baptist Church
Main Street
Rupert
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Windsor County
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Bernard McDonald
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Wurzburg
Germany
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N.J
Fort Leonard Wood
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Texas
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University of North Carolina
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Sunset Publications
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IH. Greenberg
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