Vermont Education Policy Panel Proposes State University Plan
Vermont policy leader Harold Raynolds proposed a state policy making board to govern pre K through graduate education and endorsed a state university concept. UVM president Lyman Rowell supported a four college plus UVM structure with branch campuses and an advisory planning council to coordinate development. He urged coordination of mutual problems and de-emphasized merger.
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UVM
State University
Rowell
Raynolds
Vermont
Republicans to Honor Past Leaders at Burlington Dinner
Vermont Republicans plan a fund raising dinner Saturday at UVM Patrick Gym Burlington to welcome new State Committee Chairman Elbert G. Moulton and to seat all living former Republican governors and gubernatorial candidates. Invitations go to Snelling Foote Keyser Johnson Emerson Arthur Gibson Proc tor and attendees include U.S. Senators Aiken Prouty Flanders and Rep. Stafford. Guest speaker will be Michigan Governor George W. Romney.
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Montpelier
Vermont
UVM Patrick Gymnasium
Burlington
James Jeffords
Rutland
State Committee
Elbert G. Moulton
GOP
Richard A. Snelling
Ralph A. Foote
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Joseph B. Johnson
Lee Emerson
Harold Arthur
Ernest W. Gibson II
Mortimer Proctor
U.S
George D. Aiken
Winston Prouty
Robert T. Stafford
Ralph Flanders
Michigan
George W. Romney
AEC approves Vernon Vermont Yankee cooling towers
The AEC advisory commission on reactor safeguards approves cooling towers for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp plant in Vernon Vermont. It reaffirms that the reactor can be built and operated with reasonable assurance of public health and safety without undue risk. Senator George Aiken notes completion of regulatory submissions to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Sen
George V. Aiken
R-Vt
Truck driver killed in Vermont route 14 crash
Harold E. Pouliot a 28 year old resident of Underhill was killed when his trailer truck jackknifed on a curve on Vermont 14 and struck an embankment Wednesday night.
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East Randolph
UPI
Harold E. Pouliot
Underhill
Vt. 14
Troy Fire Chief Faults RPI Evacuation Policy at West Hall
Deputy Fire Chief William E. Phoenix Jr. criticized Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute officials for not evacuating West Hall on the campus after a fire yesterday afternoon. The former Catholic Central High School on Eighth Street was cited as a danger point, while Fire Prevention Month prompts Capt. Louis L. Asner to urge school evacuations.
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Troy
William E. Phoenix Jr
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
West Hall
Catholic Central High School
Eighth Street
Louis L. Asner
Mechanicville to Inspect Historic Canal Lock for Preservation
Hudson River Valley Commission officials will inspect the Old Champlain Canal lock two miles south of Mechanicville next week. A staff historian will also review other local historic sites at the request of the Mechanicville Historical Society. In Niskayuna, residents push for leash law as four women urge controls on free roaming dogs amid dog ordinance complaints. supervisor hints at possible leash legislation if interest grows.
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Mechanicville
Hudson River Valley Commission
Champlain Canal
Mechanicville Historical Society
Commission
Niskayuna
Richard C. Fritz
Williams College Professor Honored by World Affairs Institute
Berkshire notes Professor Frederick L. Schuman of Williams College has been named a fellow of the Institute on World Affairs at San Diego State College. The Woodrow Wilson professor of government spoke in a San Diego summer lecture series later published as Democracy on Trial focusing on Vietnam. He recently declined Williams Convocation attendance where Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson was honored due to his antiwar stance.
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Williamstown
Frederick L. Schuman
Woodrow Wilson
Williams College
Institute On World Affairs
San Diego State College
Calif
Schuman
San Diego
Vietnam
Williams
Lyndon B. Johnson
Berkshire County Natural Resources Council Formed
A privately financed group in Pittsfield promotes public use of Berkshire County natural resources. The Berkshire County Natural Resources Council is led by Donald B. Miller, publisher of The Berkshire Eagle, with a first-year budget of $30,000 and George S. Wislocki of Barry town, New York named executive director. Wislocki recently finished a two-year post as executive director of the Mid Hudson Catskills Museum at New Paltz, New York.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Berkshire County Natural Resources Council
Donald B. Miller
Berkshire Eagle
George S. Wislocki
Barrytown
N.Y
Wislocki
Mid- Hudson-Catskills
New Paltz
Cleary Upsets Florini In North Adams Preliminary
James F. Cleary defeated Mayor Francis C. Florini by 423 votes in a Tuesday preliminary election. William L. Bolt trailed the incumbent by 786 votes. Florini, in office since 1961, will meet Cleary again on November 7 to decide the city’s next two year chief executive.
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North Adams
James F. Cleary
Francis C. Florini
William L. Bolt
Florini
Berkshire teachers association dodges strike stance
At the Pittsfield Berkshire County Teachers Association annual convention the group tabled a resolution on strikes from its executive committee. Instead it adopted a resolution urging news media to stop referring to the association and its affiliates as unions.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County Teachers Association
Fourth Rejection of Union School Poses Major Problems
MONTPELIER UPS reports the fourth rejection of a proposed union school district creates major issues for Mount Holly Wallingford and Ludlow boards. Harry Noyes state Education Department coordinator says residents and officials must study the situation and align programs with new mandatory minimum standards. Ludlow voters rejected the proposal 391 276 while Mount Holly and Wallingford approved.
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Union
Tion
Noyes
Ludlow
Mount Holly
Wallingford
State Education Board
Harold Raynolds
Springfield
Wallingford School
James Cassel
Clarendon
Proctor
Rutland
Cassel
Education Department
Aiken Seeks Dairy Import Quotas Amid Shortage Fears
UPI report quotes Sen. George D. Aiken of Vermont saying only strict dairy import quotas can protect farmers. He cites a July proclamation cutting butterfat-sugar imports and notes inventories could cover northeast needs for months. He forecasts no spring boost in cream sales and recalls government stockpiling actions.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R- Vt
Aiken
United States
U.S
Area Young Musicians Compete in Third Artist Contest
North Adams Massachusetts WMNB-FM sponsors the third annual Young Artist Contest drawing 31 entrants from Berkshire County and southern Vermont. Preliminary rounds run Sunday at Pittsfield Community Music School and Oct. 29 at Mt Greylock Region High School, with 12 finalists chosen for Nov. 12 finals. Judges include Jay Rosenfeld George Finckel and Robert Barrows. Public attendance and a live WMNB-FM broadcast from Mt Greylock are planned.
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North Adams
Mass
Berkshire County
Vermont
Wmnb-Fm
Bennington
Berkshire Courty
Stockbridge
Williamstown
Pittsfield
Wendell Avenue
Jan Stocklinsky
William Gaver
Mt. Greylock Regional
Andre Speyer
WMNB
Mt. Greylock
Jay Rosenfeld
Berkshire Eagle
George Finckel
Bennington College
Bennington String Quartet
Robert Barrows
Williams College
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
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