UVM President Aims to Halve Predicted $1 Million Deficit
University of Vermont President Edward C. Andrews told trustees he hopes to reduce a forecast $1 million deficit by $500,000 through last year’s budget savings and by accepting more transfer students midterm. The deficit stems from a 700-student drop and a $200 tuition hike to balance a $38.6 million budget amid state funding.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
Edward C. Andrews
Andrews
Vermont
Synod Bishops Move to Committee Talks on Priesthood
Vatican City sources say only 42 of 210 delegates have spoken as the International Synod prepares to end general sessions. Committees on language groups will tackle the priesthood including the issue of married priests, with debates possibly extending beyond initial two weeks. A Pakistani bishop hinted the discussion could last longer.
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UPI
Third International Synod of Bishops
Vatican
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
Maxim Hermaniuk
Winnipeg
Canada
Nixon Shock and China shift spark Japan concern
In Honolulu Japanese news leader Shintaro Fukushima warned Japan faces a Nixon Shock from the Peking visit and U.S. dollar policy. He tied China policy to Viet Nam and noted tensions over Japan’s role with the United States and China.
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Peking
United Press International Conference
Shintaro Fukushima
Kyodo News Service
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Pearl Harbor
Vietnam
United States
America
Sato
Shirley Chisholm Eyes Presidential Bid in 1972 Run
Shirley Chisholm a New York Democrat and black congresswoman declared she will consider running for president without endorsements. She urged black leaders to "get off my back" and promised a formal announcement on New Year’s Day and candidacy in four primaries.
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Chicago
UPI
Shirley Chisholm
United States
New York
Aiken reviews FHA funded Vermont water projects
Senator George D. Aiken reviews Farmers Home Administration financing for Vermont water and sewer projects. Since 1966 FHA totals exceed 1 billion dollars in loans and 70 million in supplementary grants for about 6,400 nationwide projects, with 20 Vermont projects completed including Addison County multi community system.
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Washington
UPI
Vermont
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Addison County
Permission Given to Move Stalled House in Sharon Mass
George Fosella has board approval to move his house blocking Ashcroft Road for over a week after a prior attempt halted by teen and adult protests. The plan involves necessary tree cutting and promises to minimize damage while possibly planting new trees for residents. Louise Bond, affected neighbor, lamented the loss of her maple but welcomed the house’s removal.
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Mass
UPI
George Fosella
Board of Selectmen
Ashcrot
Ashcroft Road
Louise Bond
Bank
Edmund I. Modiste
Modiste
North Adams
Northern Berkshire Family Ymca
Ymca Board of Directors
Brickyard Court
Vermont borrows largest outdoor funds ever announced
Vermont Secretary Robert B. Williams disclosed a FY 1972 Land and Water Conservation Fund grant of 2,208,300 dollars the largest national total to date. The program reimburses half the cost of land acquisition or development, requiring matching state and local funds, with past appropriations totaling 150,000 and 350,000 for state and local participation in 1971.
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Montpelier
Robert B. Williams
Vermont
Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund
Williams
Rutland Man Killed In SUV Crash Early Sunday
Castleton George E. Rogers 20 of Rutland died when a foreign car he drove left the road and rolled over several times. Two passengers James Davis 21 and Fred Crisco 22 of Rutland suffered minor injuries and were treated and released by Rutland Hospital.
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Hardwick
Steven P. Buttel
Marshfield
Rosemont
Hardwick Village
Buttel
Lawrence Hahn
Carol Ann McLellan
Montpelier
Susan E. Rock
Valerie E. Deforge
East Montpelier
Castleton
George E. Rogers
Rutland
James Davis
Fred Crisco
Rutland Hospital
Fire in Troy destroys three warehouses and office building
A $500,000 blaze in downtown Troy Saturday leveled three warehouses and an office. Firefighters from Troy and nearby mutual aid teams fought the flames with a general alarm, injuring five firefighters none seriously. Deputy Chief Phoenix says preliminary checks point to three boys as suspects. In a separate incident a Troy gas station attendant was robbed of $1,100 by a gunman who fled after forcing him into a bathroom.
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Troy
Mutual Aid
Phoenix
Michael Nimeh
Masked bandits rob Berkshire gas station
In Pittsfield a masked group held up a young service station employee at Gastown Station on East Street late Saturday night, forcing him inside while a rifle was aimed from a rear window. The stolen car, a 1963 station wagon, was later recovered. the amount taken was reported as 400 dollars. Dixon estimated five or six attackers, all masked. he quit work Sunday.
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Pittsfield
Burleigh Dixon
Gastown
East Street
Dixon
Pittsfield Man Dies After 1959 Murder Conviction Overturned
Joseph Dougherty, 33, of Pittsfield, died Saturday of a cerebral hemorrhage. He and a companion were convicted in the 1959 killing of an elderly Pittsfield man but were released this year after the state Supreme Court overturned their life terms. Berkshire Surgical Associates forms in Pittsfield as the first local surgeon group to incorporate, led by Clement C. Curd Gerald L. Haidak J. Ryder Neary and Robert J. Tracy.
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Pittsfield
UPI
Joseph Dougherty
State Supreme Court
Clement C. Curd
Gerald L. Haidak
J. Ryder Neary
Robert J. Tracy
Berkshire Surgical Associates, Inc
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