Marlboro College Hosts Energy Symposium On Alternatives
A Marlboro College symposium on wind and wood energy will be held Monday Oct 21 at 7 30 p m in the dining hall open to the public free of charge Speakers include William Heronemus a wind energy expert from the University of Massachusetts Dr William Beardsley of Green Mountain Power Corp and Professor William Doyle of Johnson State College The event aims to maximize citizen participation and kicks off a five part series on environmental issues in New England
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National Science Foundation
New Fingland
William Beardsley
Green Mountain Power Corporation
Beardsley
University of Vermont
College of Agriculture
Deane C. Davis
Thomas Salmon
Wiliam Doyle
Johnson State College
Doyle
Washington County
Vermont
New England
Vermont Council
Sludge suit settlement praised for Lake Champlain gains
Vermont Natural Resources Council endorses a settlement with International Paper Company ending the sludge pollution suit. The deal includes over 2 million dollars for water pollution equipment and strict phosphorus limits, plus New York funding for a 4 million dollar treatment plant in Ticonderoga and a half million contributed by IP for ongoing lake improvements.
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Montpelier
Vermont Natural Resources Council
International Paper Company
Vermont
James Jeffords
Kimberly Cheney
Jonathan Brownell
New York
Lake Champlain
International
Paper Company
Ticonderoga
Brownell
New York State
Canada
Woman and two girls missing on Mt Tecumseh hike
Waterville Valley New Hampshire police say a woman and two girls from Winchester Massachusetts are missing after becoming separated from a hiking group on Mt Tecumseh 4000 feet high. State police coordinated search by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department amid overnight rain and fog on the wooded mountain.
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Waterville Valley
N.H
UPI
Mt. Tecumseh
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Winchester
Mass
Burglaries and local incidents reported in Manchester area
Manchester village reports a burglary on Route 7 where an antique Tiffany lamp valued about 1000 dollars was stolen after thieves forced a window to gain entry while Florence B Taylor slept. Police say the theft occurred Friday night and the case remains under investigation. Local crash at the town dump entrance on Dufresne Pond Road caused minor damage to two vehicles with no injuries. New York report links black cats to Halloween traditions in medieval France and Britain as Druids worshipped Samhain. Kathy Weston of Massena NY named reading coordinator for Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union funded by Title I. Park McCullough Big House hosts Villager’s Homemaker Extension Group meeting October 16.
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Manchester
George Hoag
Florence B. Taylor
Hoag
Norman G. Cook
Debra G. Ellis
Dufresne Pond Road
Cook
Miss Ellis
Kathy Weston
Massena
N.Y
Bennington- Rutland Supervisory Union
Miss Weston
St. Lawrence University
Syracuse University
Weston
BRSA
Manchester Center
Arlington Woman Charged After Crash At Busy Intersection
Mrs Dorothy S Bernhardy 44 of Arlington faces a negligent operation charge after a collision with a pickup driven by James R McCooey 65 of Manchester at Warm Brook Road and East Arlington Road. Bernhardy was treated for slight injuries at Putnam Memorial Hospital and released. McCooey was not injured. Both vehicles sustained considerable damage. Arlington Con stable Charles H Farrell reports.
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Dorothy S. Bernhardy
Warm Brook Road
East Arlington Road
James R. McCooey
Manchester
Charles H. Farrell
Bernhardy
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Arlington Rescue
McCooey
Farrell
Vermont labor endorsement splits major candidates
In Montpelier UPI reports Vermont congressional hopefuls reacted to the Vermont Labor Council endorsement of Democrat Francis Cain. Cain calls it a turning point while James M. Jeffords deems it a hollow victory and warns Cain must win over working men and women on November 5 as labor typically backs Democrats but this year faced heavy-handed tactics.
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Cain
Burlington
James M. Jeffords
Vermont
First drug lab conviction in Vermont shocks officials
Orleans man Vernon Ruby, 23, convicted by a Vermont District Court jury of manufacturing methamphetamine in what authorities call the state’s first known meth lab. Sentencing delayed for a pre-sentence report as 10 days were given to file motions.
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UPI
Orleans
Vermont
Vernon Ruby
Jon Howard
Lewis E. Springer Jr
Ruby
Fire guts St Norbert's Church in Hardwick blast
A fire tore through St Norbert's Roman Catholic Church in Hardwick early today, believed to have started in the basement. Firefighters from four area departments battled the blaze for four hours before it was brought under control.
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Hardwick
UPI
St. Norbert’s
Vermont ACLU seeks access to juvenile reform school records
The Vermont chapter of the ACLU and psychologist David Egner urge protecting documents he gathered at Weeks School for juveniles. Since leaving in 1973 he has fought to destroy or remove materials, while the school has impounded them. The ACLU says confidential info should stay private from the State Corrections Department to shield students.
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ACLU
Egner
State Corrections Department
Case accuses Krupsak of absenteeism in 1974 Senate session
Ralph G. Case, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in New York, charged that Mary Ann Krupsak had a horrendous record of absenteeism in the 1974 Senate. He noted she missed 550 of 2,003 votes for a 27.5 percent rate during that session. Caso attended a fund-raiser at Mario's Restaurant with local politicians. A separate item from Troy reports a county budget proposal to raise wages for county employees, tied to productivity, was rejected by the Civil Service Employees Association.
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Ralph G. Case
Mary Ann Krupsak
Senate
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Caso
Thomas Cholakis
North Greenbush
Greenbush
William J. Murphy
Civil Service Employes Association
Cholakis
Murphy
Gallup says Ford approval falls sharply in Berkshire crowd
Pittsfield report tracks a 21 point drop in Ford's poll rating from 71 to 50 percent in late September among 1527 voters. Gallup notes that a president's popularity rarely falls so quickly and warns Ford is already in trouble with voters.
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Pittsfield
George Gallup
Gerald R. Ford
Gallup
Ford
Pittsfield Youth Sentenced for Cab Theft
Edwin W. Kingston, 21, was sentenced to 11 months in the county House of Correction after pleading guilty to larceny from a person for taking $10 from Pittsfield cab driver John W. Ballardini on a Tuesday night. Kingston was charged originally with armed robbery, but the count was reduced. Judge Frank W. Cimini presided in Pittsfield District Court. Ballardini reported being threatened with a gun as the fare was paid.
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Pittsfield
Edwin W. Kingston
County House of Correction
Kingston
Frank W. Cimini
John W. Ballardini
Ballardini
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