Burlington medical detectives work steadily to crack mystery
Vermont researchers and volunteers join federal officials to investigate Legionnaires disease in Burlington. The CDC team assists as patients with pneumonia or Legionnaires symptoms are traced, interviewed, and tested to map outbreaks and identify the bacterium’s triggers. The effort follows a Philadelphia outbreak that killed 29 and infected 189.
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Burlington
UPI
American Legion
Philadelphia
National Center For Disease Control
Red Sox
Sprawling
Medical Center
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Amnesty and Northern Ireland group
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 1977 Peace Prize to Amnesty International for its campaign against violence and torture worldwide and retroactively to Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement for their efforts to end sectarian violence.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
Nobel Committee
Amnesty International
Northern Ireland
Betty Williams
Mairead Corrigan
Belfast
United Nations
Alfred Nobel
Inside National and Local News Briefs Summary
Machinists strike at Lockheed aircraft plants and a postmaster warns of vandalism penalties. John Page named AVM representative. George Will critiques U S Taiwan policy. Russ Baker weighs business and pleasure. Shaker Village autumn plans. EPA orders North Bennington Water to notify of July water issue. Kansas City loses to the Yankees. Patriot-Proctor game preview. Bert Jones four TDs. Panthers top Greenwich.
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John Page
AVM
Russ Baker
Shaker Village
EPA
North Bennington Water Company
Kansas City
Yanks
Patriot-Proctor
Bert Jones
Panthers
Greenwich
Shaftsbury students to receive wide arts education this year
Shaftsbury Elementary will immerse all students in arts, from drawing and sculpture to filmmaking and dance, funded by a $14,000 Title IV federal grant to the Shaftsbury School District. Kathy Link leads as artist-coordinator, guiding projects across grade levels as Ed Bianci’s class makes quick turn films and kindergartners explore color basics.
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Tyler Resch
Shaftsbury
Kathy Link
Ed Bianci
Carey
Shaftsbury Arts Project
Congress
Ms. Link
Kathryn Gerlach
Old Mill
Eagle Square
University of Wisconsin
Lee Shaftsbury On
Sam Carrara
Norman Bloom
East Calais
Legionnaires disease confirmed in Bennington area
State health officials confirmed a Bennington elderly man diagnosed with Legionnaires disease, the first Vermont case outside Burlington where 12 people have died. Hospital officials noted the patient is “doing well.” Diagnosis requires weeks of lab work, with early treatment possible using erythromycin.
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Bennington
John Meehan
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Area
Meehan
Vermont
Burlington
Department
Republican governors meet in White Mountains to discuss 1978 race
Twelve Republican governors gather in Bretton Woods New Hampshire for a two day conference hosted by Gov. Meldrim Thomson. The group plans workshops on how to win gubernatorial elections and may draft a resolution on the Panama Canal treaties. Several attendees express reservations while a few voice strong support.
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Bretton Woods
N.H
UPI
White Mountains
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
Panama
Thomson
Republican National Committee
New Orleans
GOP
Congress
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
James Edwards
South Carolina
Mills Godwin
Virginia
Pierre DuPont
Delaware
Otis Bowen
Indiana
Jay Hammond
Alaska
William Milliken
Michigan
Richard Snelling
Vermont
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Larry Davis
Arlington
Webb
Rod Clarke
CDC
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Atlanta
Lake Champlain
Big City
Elizabeth Keough
Medical Center Hospital
Health Department
Ms. Keough
Legionnaires
National
Lockheed Aircraft
George Will
U.S
Taiwan
Shaftsbury School
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