Welfare board to hear Bennington opposition
Opponents in Bennington pledge 2000 signatures to challenge Social Welfare Commissioner Betit over school clothing allowances. Rep Joseph Caracciola says petitions cite taxpayer concerns and urge reconsideration of Betit's denial of extra funds for 22 Springfield area and 14 Bennington area recipients.
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Vermont Social Welfare Board
Montpelier
Joseph Caracciola
Bennington
Joseph Betit
Betit
Springfield-area
Bennington-area
Caracciola
Davis Tripp
Pat Malin
Wallace urges Alabama parents to defy desegregation orders
Wallace used a Mobile rally to urge parents to exercise freedom of choice and keep pupils in public schools, while stressing peaceful action. The Mobile district begins a desegregation driven term with mass transfers, as Jackson, Mississippi also opens under court orders.
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United Press International
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Mobile
Wallace
Mississippi
Jackson
North Carolina
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Charlotte
Supreme Court
Airlines Hit With Pollution Suits At Logan Airport
Massachusetts Attorney General Robert H. Quinn filed lawsuits against 10 major airlines alleging air pollution at Logan International Airport and seeking immediate installation of antipollution devices on engines. Named airlines include Allegheny American Eastern Mohawk National Northeast Pan American TWA United and Air Canada.
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Boston
UPI
Robert H. Quinn
Logan International Airport
Joseph Ford
Allegheny
American Eastern
Mohawk
National
Northeast
Pan- American
TWA
United
Air Canada
Quinn
Massachusetts
Rural co op delegates to meet on rural electrification future
Delegates representing more than 2.1 million rural electric consumers from nine states will gather in Burlington September 9 to 11 for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association meeting. Eight states send 76 systems. topics include power supply, pollution, environmental issues, and rural development. Senator George D. Aiken will give the Thursday welcome. Friday features Rural Electrification Administrator David A. Hamill.
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Burlington
America
Delaware
Maine
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Virginia
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Ramada
David A. Hamil
Bob Hope Named Entertainer of the Year by AGVA
American Guild of Variety Artists picks Bob Hope as Entertainer of the Year in its first poll of 10 000 members. Other honorees include Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Flip Wilson, Carol Burnett, Blood Sweat and Tears, Melba Moore, the Flying Alexanders, Tanya the elephant, and Radio City Music Hall. Jimmy Durante receives a Golden Award for 50 years of entertaining the public.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Bob Hope
American Guild of Variety Artists
Tom Jones
Barbra Streisand
Flip Wilson
Carol Burnett
Blood Sweat and Tears
Melba Moore
The
Flying Alexanders
Tanya the Elephant
Radio City Music Hall
Jimmy Durante
AGVA
Danny Thomas
Unused welfare funds found in Vermont surplus
Vermont Finance Director Bruce Mosher confirms 1.45 million dollars in unused Welfare Department funds from last year. The surplus includes 490,000 in excess receipts and budgeted amounts for child welfare the needy aged and the mentally retarded amid debates over a 743,000 deficit projection for this year. Democratic candidate Leo O'Brien uncovered the carryover, as the Davis administration weighs options including across the board benefit cuts to balance the 1971 budget with rising caseload.
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Mosher
Davis
Ministers to Attend 54th UCC Convocation in Vermont
Clergymen of the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ gather in Stowe at the Mountaineer Motor Inn for the 54th annual convocation through Thursday. More than 100 ministers are expected. Dr. Dittes of Yale will speak on Dilemmas of Ministry and lead workshops on worship and church action.
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Burlington
Vermont
United Church of Christ
William Hollister
Christ Church Presbyterian
Alan Bond
Rochester Federated Church
Vermont Deaths Mark Labor Day Weekend Toll
Five Vermonters died during the Labor Day weekend including electrocution at a Florence substation and a tractor accident near Brattleboro. Other fatalities came from three single car crashes on Routes 125 142 and 114, raising the ar traffic death toll. Gerald Brown 16 of Danvers Mass died after contacting a high tension wire. Michael Tkaczyk 56 of Guilford died from a tractor rollover while dragging stone. Joseph Sullivan 22 of New Haven Alan Bundy 25 of Vernon and Stanley Cass 18 of East Haven died in crashes on routes 125 142 and 114 respectively.
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UPI
Vermont
Gerald C. Brown
Danvers
Mass
Vermont Marble Co
Brown
Rutland Hospital
Michael Tkaczyk
Guilford
Brattleboro
Tkaczyk
Joseph Sullivan
New Haven
Bridport
Alan Bundy
Vernon
Stanley Cass
East Haven
Newark
Vermont eyes action on Ticonderoga sludge case
Attorney General James Jeffords says New York intends to prosecute International Paper Co vigorously over sludge discharges at Ticonderoga affecting Lake George and Lake Champlain. Vermont will not alter its plans and continues a mid September deadline to require cooperation in a sludge removal test program. Secretary Hickel reports a record 1,483,200 dollar Land and Water Conservation Fund apportionment to Vermont for 1971 to expand parks and outdoor recreation facilities with matching grants.
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Montpelier
Secretary of the Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Vermont
Nixon
Vermont Governor Cuts Time at Rutland Fair
Governor Davis will spend only a few hours at the Rutland Fair, the third largest in New England, says campaign manager John Nichols. A grandstand show cancellation is not linked to past receptions at the event.
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Montpelier
UPI
Rutland
New England
Vermont
Davis
John Nichols
Nichols
Manands educators aboard hijacked Swissair jetliner
In New York, Victoria Cashman and Marilla Reynolds, teachers at Menands Village School, along with Charles Flint, another Menands teacher, were on the hijacked Swissair DC jetliner. The two women awaited evacuation from Amman, Jordan, while Flint remained aboard as the craft was diverted to a military airfield under guerrilla guns for a ransom deal. Cashman Jr. and James Cashman learned their mother was among 120 passengers released during the day, with Reynolds notified by the State Department. Flint’s status remained unclear. In Troy, Arthur W. Goldberg, Democratic Liberal governor candidate, plans to attend the dedication of the Troy Hills Housing Project and tour Albany’s multi million dollar complex before the Troy ceremony.
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Albany
Menands
Victoria Cashman
Marilla Reynolds
Charles Flint
Europe
Amman
Jordan
Flint
John Cashman Jr
James Cashman
Troy
Arthur W. Goldberg
Troy Hills
Sprague Electric cancels Quarter Century Club dinner
In Berkshire the Sprague Electric Co cancels the Quarter Century Club dinner and forthcoming sports awards dinners for next year. Watches pins and certificates will be announced soon for the canceled Quarter Century presentation.
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North Adams
Sprague Electric Co
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