Bennington School Board Sees Resignation For Teaching Post
John P. Riddle resigned from the Bennington School District board to pursue a 6th grade teaching job at Bennington Elementary. The move raises timing questions for a special district meeting to elect a new director and prompts debate over granting credit for related experience on salary scales. Louis J. Perrotta criticized granting such experience when setting a new teacher’s rung.
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Department of Social Studies
North Adams State College
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YMCA
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Bennington- Rutland
Enrollment Up More Than Expected At Bennington District
Preliminary figures show Bennington public schools with 3 299 students this year, up from 2 792 last year. Mt Anthony high school opened with 1 843 students, 73 more than August estimate, while elementary totals reach 1 176 excluding kindergarten, which may exceed last year's 280. The boardtabled a decision on a special meeting and discussed salary disputes involving Riddle in the Step 5 ladder.
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Stewart Allen
Howard F. Kelley
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Beech Street
Hicks
Molly Stark
St. Peter’s
Second Congregational Church
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Roy
Kelley
De Gaulle seeks Red aid to end Vietnam war
French President Charles de Gaulle met Polish leaders in Warsaw for two hours and 10 minutes to discuss Vietnam and possible cooperation with a Communist nation to end the war. He suggested France and Poland could harmonize efforts for peace, while UN ties and West German border issues loomed.
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Maurice Couve de Murville
Georges Pompidou
Middle East
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
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West Germany
Oder-Neisse
Oder- Neisse
Ford strike halts nationwide auto plant operations
The United Auto Workers pulled a countrywide strike against Ford Motor Co delaying three school bus deliveries in Bennington as 160,000 workers in 25 states walked off. Pickets formed at gates nationwide after a 12:01 a.m. deadline with Ford promising to resume talks next week.
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Governor Calls State Sales Tax Regressive
Governor Hoff opposed a sales tax to cut property taxes calling it regressive. A Bennington group Vermonters for Education Sales Tax urged endorsement to fund education and ease local taxes. Hoff said state aid from 1967 would shrink local property taxes and criticized misused funds.
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Medallion Honors Rudolf Serkin At Vermont Dinner
Rudolf Serkin received the second Vermont Council on the Arts medal for excellence in the arts at a Marlboro dinner honoring his career. About 130 attendees heard anecdotal remarks from Henry I. Persons and others, praising Serkin's impact in Marlboro and southern Vermont and noting his founding of the Marlboro Music Festival. Mrs. Philip H. Hoff presented the medallion, designed by Barbara Park Bausch, as the governor’s award was given.
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Vermont Council On the Arts
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Vermont
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Marlboro Music School
Philip H. Hoff
Shelburne
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Henry I, Persons
Brattleboro
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Marlboro
Serkins
Rudolf Serkin
Adolf Busch
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Alan Carter
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Mr. Serkin
Pablo Casals
N Y Con Con Bans Dual Role For Supervisors
Albany N Y An article approved by the State Constitutional Convention prohibits town supervisors from serving on county legislative boards and bans any local official from holding elective office in another government unit. The measure targets dual roles, with Democrats calling it a conflict of interest and Republicans arguing compatibility. It would also affect local reapportionment by limiting to single member or multi member districts and forbidding weighted representation.
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Albany
N.Y
Hoff Accuses Romney of McCarthy Tactics
Vermont Gov Philip Hoff denounces George Romney as using McCarthy tactics over Vietnam claims brainwashing. Hoff, on a 1965 Vietnam tour with Romney, demands Romney set the record straight after questioning his consistency and honesty amid Romney’s shifts on the war. Hoff says Romney’s innuendo attacks unjustly target Lodge and Westmoreland.
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UPI
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George W. Romney
Vietnam
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Michigan
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Westmoreland
Inside National VFW Auxiliary leader to visit Bennington County
The Inside National VFW Auxiliary leader plans a visit to Bennington County, meeting with local members and outlining upcoming programs and priorities. The visit aims to boost participation and community service efforts, highlighting veterans support initiatives.
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VFW
Bennington County
Romney accuses Johnson on brainwashing Vietnam policy
Governor George Romney charges the Johnson administration has brainwashed Americans on Vietnam. White House quickly rejects the claim as a credibility issue. Defense figures show 1966 draft calls were 314,980, 136,480 fewer than the first ten months of 1967.
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Johnson
Vietnam
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
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