Manchester selects funds for West Branch Footpath project
Manchester selectmen voted to appropriate up to 2500 as seed money for the West Branch Footpath, with conditions that no payout occur before next year and that private subscriptions plus federal and state bicentennial grants may cover costs. The plan ties to the town bicentennial project along the West Branch and required property line checks for easements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
West Branch
Battenhill
John West
Ferdinand Bongartz
County Bicentennial Committee
Arthur O’dea
Sear
Ches
West
Bongartz
Selectmen
Car Battery Theft Report In Hoosick Falls Village
Hoosick Falls Village police continue investigation into a car battery stolen from Edith Gigel’s vehicle parked overnight at 1 High Street. The battery disappeared around 7:45 a.m. last Wednesday after the car’s driveway parking at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Also notes include Boy Scout Troop 64 Parents Night at Church of the Immaculate Conception parish hall at 7:30 p.m. with Court of Honor, and plans for North American Traditional Old Time Fiddlers Association meeting in Barre October 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village
Edith Gigel
1 High Street
Boy Scout Troop
Church of the Immaculate Conception
North America
Robert Sica
Pine Hill Road
RD No. 2
Barre
Vermont Officials Seek Milk Price Hike Support in D.C.
Vermont Agriculture Commissioner Leo O'Brien travels to Washington with New England officials to press for higher milk prices. He will meet Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz, who has resisted previous Vermont pleas, while Gov. Salmon seeks presidential aid for dairy farmers facing rising costs and potential emergency hearings. Also: Salmon appoints 23 to Health Planning Advisory Council and Kenney pledges tough crime stance if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
UPI
House
Walter L. Kennedy
Kennedy
Vermont
Burlington Teachers Approve 10 Percent Immediate Raise
Burlington teachers voted 187 to 0 to adopt a two year contract with an immediate 10 percent salary increase. The pact sets a second year raise of five to nine percent tied to inflation and guarantees new teachers a minimum salary from 7400 to 13738 dollars this year, higher than last year's minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Democratic governors candidates race to finish in New York Seat primary
In Albany and Buffalo the two Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls push toward the June primary predicting large victories. Rep Hugh Carey tours the Capital District with Albany political figures while Samuels debates on television from Buffalo aided by party leaders. Samuels criticizes the Wilson administration over day care funding and benefits. Castletown enrollment at BOCES centers in Rensselaer and Columbia counties rises 14 percent with 495 students statewide across five centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Hugh Carey
Brooklyn
Capital
Erastus Corning
Albany County
Democratic
Samuel S. Stratton
Samuels
Buffalo
Carey
Shirley Chisolm
Albert Blumenthal
Gov
Wilson
New York State
Castleton
BOCES
Rensselaer
Columbia
Ross B. Phelps
Phelps
Troy
Brunswick
Rotary pledge boosts Berkshire Camp Onota funding drive
In Pittsfield the city Rotary Club added 2 844 to the Camp Onota public park fund bringing totals to about 47 000 toward a 115 000 city share. The Miller family added 25 000 in memory of Donald B. Miller. Berkshire Natural Resources Council and Berkshire Hills Conference support the purchase. A barber shop on River Street in North Adams was damaged when a stolen car rammed the building around 10 pm, causing about 300 in car damage and hitting two parked cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Rotary Club
Camp Onota
Dobelle
Rotary
Miller
Donald B
North Adams
River Street
Sesins
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Manchester Selectmen
Oakley K. Porter
Porter
Janice Cameroon
Roy Dupree
Patricia Dupree
Riker Insurance and Real Estate
Dupree
Grand Union
Nagor
Florida
Minute Maid
Arkin Matra
Viva Towels
Peg
U.S. NO. 1
N.Y
Bartlett Pears
Starkist Tuna
Jar
Ann Dale Goodie
del Monte
del Monte Tomato
Keebler
Carnation
Mae 1
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Richard A. Severson
Pownal
Pamela Blakeman
Pownal Center
PTG
Betty Crocker
Justice of the Peace
Leonard Duval Sr
Arthur George
Loraine Strohmaier
Marjorie Hurley
Norman Strobridge
Henry Brown
Harold Campbell
Harold Marshall
Carmalena Roy
David Adler
Charles Mason
Harold Hicks
Ellen Lillie
A. Coleman Mason
Marcel Langlois
Caroline Peckham
William Lounsbury
Bruce Burrington
Charles Palmer
Joel Burrington
Second Congregational Church
Bennington
Banner
East Pownal
Classic St
Rte. 22
Underwood
O’brien
Washington
Salmon Names Health Panel
Thomas Dowd
Newport
Patricia Mullen
Hyde Park
Linda McCarney
Northfield
Ann Waller
Rutland
Lydia Patcliff
Chester
Charles Haas
Bradford
Tom Wylie
Fritz Weigand
Springfield
Kitty Haas
William Lovett
Joyce Fellows
Morrisville
Satibik
New York
Down In
Berkshire
Onota Fund
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