Jeffords Presses Education Dept on Vermont Marijuana Problem
Vermont State Sen. James M. Jeffords challenged the Education Department to take stronger action against marijuana use, calling marijuana Vermont’s biggest illegal drug problem. He urged a full time education coordinator, cooperation with the University of Vermont Drug Study, and joint efforts with law enforcement and mental health to curb the spread of drugs through education and enforcement.
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St, Johnsbury
James M. Jeffords
Vermont Education Department
North Congregational Church
Jeffords
Rutland County
Vermont
Education Department
Bethel
University of Vermont
Department of Mental Health
Bennington Teachers Salaries and Loads Compared
New England study reports for 1967-68 show Bennington teachers average class sizes near statewide norms but prepare fewer assignments. Elementary pay averages 6729 dollars and secondary 6629, with state averages 6333 and 6837. NE states offer about 600 to 1000 more for teachers moving to other New England jobs.
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Bennington
Vermont
New England
Mt. Anthony Union
Howard E. Kelley
NEEAP
Ethics and Business talk at Bennington Unitarian Fellowship
Alfred Torrisi vice president of Tansitor Electronics will discuss fairness honesty compassion and cooperation versus business needs in a Sunday 10 30 a m talk at the Bennington Free Library The public is invited Torrisi a chemist founded Tansitor in 1955 and built it into a thriving enterprise He grew up in Mount Vernon NY studied at Fordham and Duke and has lived in Bennington since starting Tansitor
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Alfred Torrisi
Tansitor Electronics
Bennington Unitarian Fellowship
Bennington Free Library
Torrisi
Tansitor
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Fordham University
Duke University
General Electric
Bennington
Japan warns Soviets after bomber overflight in Kyushu
Kaneshichi Masuda, head of Japan's defense agency, urged warning to the Soviet Union after two TU92 bombers flew over Kyushu on July 22 and Sept 17. He called the flights actions a friendly country should not take. A budget of $1,885,115 is noted.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Defense Agency
Soviet Union
Kaneshichi Masuda
Kyushu
Water Board Unable To Meet Nursing Home Water Needs
The Bennington Village Water Board says it cannot solve water supply issues for a proposed 120 bed nursing home on Jefferson Heights. They note the existing pipeline cannot meet demand and funds to connect to a main on South Street are unavailable, estimating a new line would cost about 35 250 with builders paying all expenses.
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Bennington Village
Jefferson Heights
South
Burton L. Winslow
Weeks
Frank L. Hoffman
Winslow
Jef
Pleads Guilty At Special Arraignment
A Dorset man Horace A Crandall 23 pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge in Manchester on Oct 7 Judge Morrissey fined 25 dollars and costs or one day in jail for each dollar sentence suspended placed on probation and ordered to pay 10 dollars weekly beginning Oct 18 In a bail hearing Marcus A Morales 34 was released on his own recognizance after bail set at 500 dollars He had pleaded not guilty to breach of the peace in a special court session Monday afternoon.
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Bennington
Horace A. Crandall
Manchester
John P. Morrissey
Marcus A. Morales
Division St
George M. Fienberg
Morrissey
State workers to be rated for merit pay in January
In Montpelier, state supervisory personnel will mark score cards on performance in preparation for merit pay raises next January. Personnel Director Lesley Bell said training sessions for rating state workers are complete under the 1967 legislation. Evaluations determine raises by work level with ratings of outstanding or fully satisfactory earning increases, while adequate marginal and unsatisfactory do not.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Soviets
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Ferson Heights
Jefferson Avenue
Observatory Street
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Alfred W. Ellett
Merson-Bryant
Hoffman
Ellett
Water Department
By Gardner
Gardner
DuPont
Orion
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