Red white and blue tassels for graduation caps in bicentennial year
Hoosick Falls Central School Board approved red, white and blue bicentennial tassels for June graduation and a diploma insignia marked 1776 1976. Superintendent Leonard outlined equalization rate pamphlet plans, potential rural funding impacts, and a public hearing for taxpayers.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Board of Education
Hoosick Falls Central School
William C. Waterhouse
Philip Leonard
Leonard
Scott Hicks
TARP
Alcoholism Center
Rensselaer County
Barbara DeLuca
Patricia Frank
North Hoosick
Foreign students seek host families at North Adams State College
North Adams State College announces openings for host families to sponsor foreign students this year. No financial commitment required, only regular contact to help students understand American life. Contact the Foreign Student Affairs Office at 413 664 4511 ext 315. A rummage sale by St John the Baptist Church Ladies Sodality in North Bennington will run Friday 1 to 4 p.m. in the parish hall on Houghton Street.
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North Adams
Mass
Office of Foreign Students Affairs
North Adams State College
Abdul Q.J. Shaikh
Department of Economics
Dr. Shaikh
Shaikh
Foreign Student Affairs Office
North Bennington
Ladies Sodality of
St. John the Baptist
Red Cross reduces donor waiting in Arlington event
The Arlington Red Cross Bloodmobile visits St. Margaret Mary's Church on Route 7, October 29 from 1 to 6 pm, with a six week donor waiting period after operations or birth now shortened from six months. The drive, chaired by Mrs. Claire O’Neil, expands eligibility to donors over 65 with physician approval and 17-year-olds, aided by staff including Dr. Carrigan, J P O’Neil, Christine Bacon, Betty Tynan, Jane Rice, and registrars such as Ingrid Hirsch and Jean Kendall.
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Arlington
The
Red Cross
Claire O’neil
Red Cross Bloodmobile
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
F.P. Carrigan
J.P. O’neil
Christine Bacon
Helen Wood
Betty Tynan
Jane Rice
Marge Brush
Dorothy Coleman
Ingrid Hirsch
Jean Ken
Berlant says his candidacy legal under federal grant
Hoosick Falls N Y Democratic candidate for town supervisor Joseph T Berlant denies ineligibility due to his director role at the Troy Jewish Community Center funded by a federal grant. He says the Civil Service Commission found no prohibition and notes the grant goes to the employing agency, not him, allowing flexible hours for town work.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Joseph T. Berlant
Troy
Berlant
United States Civil Service Commission
Vermont case weighs sterilization of 16 year old girl
In Rutland Vermont Superior Court Judge John Morrissey considers lifting a restraining order on sterilizing a Brandon Training School resident. The girl's parents seek to proceed to sterilization for protection against alleged severe retardation, after an ACLU aided restraining order last spring. The matter hinges on constitutional rights and guardianship.
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Rutland
VPS
Brandon
Vermont
John Morrissey
American Civil Liberties Union
Council stalls park firehouse project in New York
Troy city council failed to pass three speeding proposals for the Beman Park firehouse, delaying construction amid emotional debate. Nearly 100 residents attended as a police captain, whose home burned two years ago, wept while recounting his son would have been saved if the station had stood. The issue returns on November 6 with lawsuits from nearby property owners still blocking work.
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Troy
Beman Park
RPI President to Leave for Ohio Firm Post
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Richard J. Grosh was named CEO of Banco Inc. in Columbus Ohio and will exit the school early next year. A search committee had been formed two weeks earlier. an acting president would be named if a successor is not chosen by his departure.
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Troy — Rensselaer
Williamstown Finance Committee votes to appeal chlorination order
Berkshire town acts to challenge a state ordered chlorination on the Hoosic Water Supply as Stetson Road sewer work stalls. Council for the state, William R. Pope, expresses surprise at the unanimous move aiming to seek litigation over the chlorination mandate.
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Williamstown
State Department of Public Health
Pope
Twenty-One Berkshire Residents Naturalized at Court
Twenty-one Berkshire County residents became U S citizens in naturalization ceremonies at Berkshire Superior Court. The largest group, six Britons, were naturalized by Thomas Haney of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Others hailed from Germany and Italy, Canada, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, India, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire
Berkshire Superior Court
Thomas Haney
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Germany
Italy
Canada
Ireland
Poland
Portugal
India
Thailand
Philippines
Vietnam
U.S
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Donald Sutton
Rensselaer County School Board Association
Hoosie Valley Central School
Schaghticoke
HFCS
St. Mary’s Academy
Hoosac School
Albany
State Department
Top of
Pownal
Home Furniture CO
Frigidaire
Main ST
Frigidaire. Home Environment Division
General Motors
Dall
Denise Monte
Paula Smith
Dorothy Squires
Marian Squires
Marion Bedell
Abby Carroll
Isabel Chambers
Nellie Hayden
Mary Henning
Kean Kendall
Mathilda Kenny
Janet Keough
Joan Manross
Ella Pike
Mary Pratt
Lydia Roth
Robert Melesky
Edward W
Ned) Pattison
Ray Albochez
Joan H. Rogers
John P. Gorman Sr
William A.R. Harkness
VFW Hall
Smith Street
Pete Roberto
Thomas J. Downey
Pamela Blakeman
Pownal United Methodist Church
Pownal Center
North Pownal
Bennington
Main St. Bennington
Montpelier
UPI
Norris Hoyt
Norwich
Joan Knight
Hoyt
Miss Knight
Highgate
Quebec
St. Johnsbury
Lamoille
Anthony Marshall
Sutton
Que
Cambridge Junction
American Federation of Teachers
U.S. District Court
Burlington
Thomas Salmon
Salmon
Russia
Mount Snow
Mark Fleischman
New York
RPI
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