Bennington College Charts Admissions Trend Against National Tide
Bennington College sustains a large, selective student body amid nationwide enrollment pressures. High tuition and upper-class draw shape a 9 to 1 student faculty ratio, with emphasis on liberal arts, music, and arts. Admissions focus on spark and potential to move in new directions, while careerism appears less influential.
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Bennington College
North
Bennington
Alex Brown
Alex
Brown
Cne Nissen
New York City
Nissen
Gail Thain Parker
Joseph S. Murphy
Lee Bennington
Inside National Highlights and Local Bits
A nun is expelled from Rhodesia while Carter urges gas price controls. Local features cover seasonal foods and fairs, Wadsworth reminders from the Rec Center, and other community notes.
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Rhodesia
Carter
Wadsworths
Rec Center
Pete Horton
Newsweek
Robert D. Stout
Putnam’s Hospital
North Village
EDA
BCRC
Kite
John James
Alex Webster
Vermont poised to gain PASNY power to avoid rate rise
PASNY contract to supply Vermont with 50 megawatts of Niagara hydro power from 1960 to 1985 faces public hearing and approval by New York Governor. Without it Vermont would face about 50 million dollars in purchased power costs and a 16 percent rate increase.
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Snelling
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Ohio
PASNY
Carter allows Concorde SST landings at US airports
President Carter to keep Concorde landing rights with a balance plan. 16 planes in operation or under construction exempt from noise standards if noise does not rise above current levels and supersonic over US airspace is avoided. New second generation jets must meet subsonic noise standards. Local airports may accept or reject SST landings without discrimination. Public commentary invited, final decision next year.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
U.S
Transportation
Brock Adams
Adams
United States
Dulles International Airport
New York
Kennedy Airport
Dulles
White House
Gromyko Arrives to Start New SALT Talks in U S
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko arrives in the United States to begin negotiations on a new six year SALT agreement. President Carter urges personal talks with Leonid Brezhnev while Brzezinski outlines an 11 day tour through South America Africa Asia and Europe. Senate committee plans Thursday hearing on the informal extension of the 1972 pact.
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Gromyko
U.S
Washington
UPI
Carter
Andrei Gromyko
Leonid Brezhnev
Zbigniew Brzezinski
South America
Africa
Asia
Europe
Brzezinski
Moscow
United States
State Department
Soviet Union
Capitol Hill
Sen
Henry Jackson
Arlington EPA orders new sewer planning with piggyback EIS
Arlington officials were told by regional EPA staff that the town must restart sewer facilities planning and pair it with a piggyback environmental impact statement. The decision follows citizen protests and concerns about the Battenkill River, with mixed reactions from local officials and engineers.
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Arlington
Environmental Protection Agency
Ralph Caruso
Caruso
EPA
Boston
Vermont
William H. Baumann Jr
DuBois and King
Baumann
Gerald Potamis
Boston Epa Municipal Facilities Branch
Battenkill River
Arlington’s long fight for centralized sewage facility
Arlington town officials have pursued a centralized sewage disposal plan for over a decade driven by EPA mandates and aging private septic systems. Early site proposals near Route 7 and the Battenkill River were rejected, with current planning incorporating EPA guidelines, a 208 study, and river-ecology tests despite local anger at the agency’s reversal.
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Arlington
Vermont Water Resources Department
Manchester
N.H
Alonzo B. Reed
Battenkill River
Arlington Park and Recreation Area
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John H. Nissen
Eliza Slocum
New England
Bennington Museum
Arlington Told
Anne Webb
Congress
Bennington County
Arthur O’dea
O’dea
Henry Breunich
Breunich
See
Wend
Alan Mattison
Arlington Sewer Commission
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