Small Vermont Schools Face Reduced Federal Aid
In Montpelier UPI reports Deputy Education Commissioner Max Barrows warns some small Vermont school districts may not receive expected federal funds due to a cap of 30 percent of a district’s budget under the federal education act. Commissioner Richard Gibboney adds that the penalty may reflect failure to reorganize.
Vermont urged to press Congress on two consumer bills
Mrs. Father Peterson, adviser on consumer affairs to President John son, asks Vermont residents to write their congressmen about the truth in lending and truth in packaging bills now in Congress. The measures would disclose true interest rates and loan costs and require clear net weight claims, banning deceptive terms like jumbo quart.
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Burlington
UPI
Father Peterson
Johnson
State plans expand Agriculture Department role in Vermont
Gov Philip H Hoff and Agriculture Commissioner Reed Rexford discuss enlarging the Agriculture Department with University of Vermont Extension Service leaders backing the move. A rural affairs division may be created to aid rural residents as Rexford contemplates spending most of his time on the new bureau. In Arlington, a Citizens Study Committee again weighs Fisher School expansion, delaying chairmanship and planning to invite Rupert J Spencer to explain federal and state aid and education standards for the proposal.
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Burlington
UPD
Philip H. Hoff
Reed Rexford
Agriculture Department
University of Vermont
Extension Service
Robert P. Davison
Rexford
Arlington
Citizens Study Committee
Fisher School
Vermont
Donald Keough
Rupert J. Spencer
Vermont Department of Education
Retired Officers to Meet at Norwich University
Green Mountain Chapter of the Retired Officers Association plans its seventh annual meeting at Norwich University in Norwich Northfield. Rear Admiral James T. Brewer of Piermont New Hampshire chapter president and Maj. Gen. W Preston Corder man will preside as the speaker at the closing dinner. Gen. Barksdale Hamlett will attend as guest of honor, while Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon is a charter member. The national group numbers over 66,000, with Green Mountain among the most active of 116 local clubs.
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Northfield
Green Mountain
Retired Officers Association
Norwich University
James T. Brewer
Piermont
N.H
W. Preston Corderman
Retired Officers Association of the
Norwich
National Association
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