BSD Endorses Sleeman For Vermont School Chief
Bennington School Board voted unanimously to endorse Assistant Superintendent George Sleeman as superintendent of the Vermont South-West Supervisory Union when the post becomes vacant in June 1972. The board instructed delegates to SVSU to reject other applications for the $21,000 job, making Sleeman the leading candidate. A meeting of the SVSU is set for next Tuesday to decide whether to offer Sleeman the job or seek other applications, with ratification possible by March 15, 1972.
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Bennington
George Sleeman
Vermont South-West Supervisory Union
SWSU
SVSU
Catherine Corcoran
Bernard G Winslow
Joanne Dunham
Mt. Anthony Union High School
George
Sleeman
Dunham
Citizens Challenge School Aid for Catholic School
Two residents challenged the legality and propriety of using public funds to aid Sacred Heart Parochial School with $30,000 for three lay teachers and supplies. They pressed for full public discussion of both sides, while supporters cited need and a stopgap measure to preserve enrollment. The issue, tied to state law and church state separation, was left to readers as See CITIZENS Page 16, Col. 2.
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Bennington
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Arnold Blackstone
Lucia Howard
Sacred Heart
Bernard Winslow
Mrs. Howard
Brookside School
Phosphates are in again reverse on detergents
Federal officials reversed prior policy and urged housewives to return to phosphate detergents, saying phosphates are a lesser evil than caustic soda or NTA. They warned about ecological damage yet noted possible long term health and environmental effects, with bills and bans already under consideration nationwide.
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Richard D. Lyons
N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
Congress
Department of the Interior
President’s Council On Environmental Quality
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Trade Commission
William D. Ruckelshaus
Jesse L. Steinfeld
Public Health Service
Russell E. Train
Charles C. Edwards
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Steinfeld
NTA
Edith Storm Pounds Louisiana Coast With Destruction
Edith, a hurricane forming after a Caribbean voyage, lashed Louisiana with 100 mph winds, floods, and tornadoes. Thousands evacuated coastal towns. hospitals and schools were abandoned. a tornado hit Vermilion Parish. fishing boats disabled near Cameron. Coast Guard struggled to assist. At least dozens killed, with grim comparisons to past storms.
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Cameron
UPI
Edith
Louisiana
Broussard
Youngsville
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Vermilion Parish
Forked Island
Caribbean
Honduras
Yucatan Peninsula
Nicaragua
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Ray Valdetero
Lake Charles
Cameron Courthouse
Gulf Coast
Audrey
National Weather Service
Lousiana
Fern
Sabine Pass
Port Arthur
Allies warn of possible trade war over Nixon surcharge
Britain France and West Germany urged the United States to drop the 10 percent import surcharge and join them in currency revaluation. At a Group of Ten finance ministers meeting they warned continued protectionism could trigger widespread trade barriers. The dollar slid in Tokyo while Europe saw a modest recovery as U.S. officials said the surcharge would stay to steady payments balance, with deficits projected at 9 to 12 billion dollars this year.
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London
UPI
Britain
France
West Germany
United States
Nixon
Europe
Group of Ten
Belgium
Canada
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Sweden
Switzerland
Tokyo
Anthony Barber
Karl Schiller
U.S
Residency key to student voting in Vermont, official says
Secretary of State Richard Thomas seeks AG opinion on whether out-of-state college students in Vermont can register to vote here. Residency intent appears central. mere as a student not enough to bar registration. Officials do not expect large numbers of out-of-state registrations. lawmakers note 26,000 Vermont youths gain rights under the new law.
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Vermont
Parker
Thomas
Inside Sailor Hill? Ma Bell via Hole in Curtain
Inside the paper notes a playful line about finding a hole in a bamboo curtain and predicting Ma Bell will insert a telephone through it. Page 2 items mention interior secretary Hickel comments about Nixon firing and more.
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Ma Bell
Hickel
Nixon
Bennington
McCullough Park Foundation
Richard Sleeman
Sleeman
Dorset
Manchester
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Spinelli Field
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Harvard Medical School
Angelina Watkins
Anna Tavares
Municipal Wharf
Providence
R.I
Frederick Parker
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