Vermont Arts Council Newsletter Highlights Leadership Changes
The Vermont Council on the Arts released its second newsletter. Former VCA director Arthur Williams outlines his leave of absence to chair the State Board of Historic Sites and discusses the council's evolving role as a state arts agency. He notes federal matching grants expanded opportunities for audiences but questions Vermont's demand for art and urges focus on building an audience.
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Waters and People of the Northeast Kingdom event in St Johnsbury
The Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences and Fairbanks Museum host their third annual meeting in St Johnsbury on Saturday. The program covers local water history and the Sleepers River Valley water resources project with tours of the Fairbanks Morse plant, plus a dinner and board election. Speakers include Kitchel Hendrick Sargeant Siber Singer Hucksoll Ryan Hinman Hunn Johnson Thieme and Hanks.
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Hiram Hunn
Martin Johnson
Sleepers River Valley
Reinhold W. Thieme
Vermont Department of Water Resources
Lucien Hanks
Academy
Development Commissioner to address VECA meeting in Stowe
Stowe Vermont Development Commissioner Elbert G. Moulton will speak at the Vermont Electrical Contractors Association September session at the Town and Country Motel. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. precedes the talk and a brief business meeting will decide fall electrical course priorities for contractors both members and nonmembers, with wives welcome.
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Johnson
Vermonters to Hear ACS General Assembly Meeting
The Vermont Division of the American Cancer Society holds its twentieth annual General Assembly at the Tavern Motor Inn in Montpelier starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday. Volunteers will receive awards for service and leadership in cancer control. Dr. Helene Wallace Toolan will be guest speaker. All state volunteers are invited.
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Waterbury Bat Proves Rabid. No Bite Reported
The sixth bat this summer to test positive for rabies was found on the front lawn of the William Robie home on Main Street in Waterbury Washington County by two children. No one was bitten. The state health laboratory confirmed the rabies diagnosis.
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Warren Calls world rule by law greatest challenge
New York address by Chief Justice Earl Warren at the Straus Center dedication frames a global legal order as the era’s top test. The ceremony marks the Rensselaerville Institute on Man and Science launching a new division.
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Earl Warren
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New lift makes Brodie Mountain biggest ski area in state
NEW ASHFORD The resort adds a 2500 ft T bar raising vertical drop to over 1200 feet, tying it for the largest in the state. The line from the 4000 ft double chair to the summit expands Brodie Mountain’s facilities and appeal. PITTSFIELD Building Inspector grants permit for a new high school off Valentine Road with a project cost of 6.5 million dollars and construction cost of 5.38 million.
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Lenox 1966 Town Report Wins MA Contest In Bicentennial Year
Lenox town 1966 annual report named winner of the Massachusetts contest for towns with 2500 to 4999 population. Prizes to be awarded at the 39th annual State Selectmen's Association meeting on October 6 in West Harwich. Issued during Lenox bicentennial year.
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Peace Candidate Sought by New Hampshire Group
Hanover based scholars lead a Vermont New Hampshire driven effort forming American Voters Betrayed by Johnson to field a 1968 peace candidate. They name Kennedy Reagan Percy Hatfield Lindsay Romney as potential choices and call for de escalation in Vietnam. They publish Betrayal and aim to aid antiwar campaigns across parties.
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Ousted Concord Mayor Plans U.S. Supreme Court Fight
Former Concord mayor J Herbert Quinn says he will seek reinstatement via a rehearing in the New Hampshire Supreme Court before appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court if denied. The dispute centers on his plan to regain the mayoral post after a board removal for misconduct and a prior court reversal.
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New Attendance Record Set By Eastern States Exposition
Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts, announced a new all time attendance record for its 46th edition. A final day turnout of 66,305 pushed total attendance to 625,617, surpassing the prior mark of 563,053 set in 1966. Exposition officials praised the strong public response and the efforts of volunteers and staff led by general manager G W Wynne. The weekend included Air Force day, Stake Night of the Horse Show, and performances by the Eighth Air Force Band, a color guard, and the U S Air Force Drill Team, with participation from the Blue Belles Bag Pipe Band.
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Saugus
Smoke-In at Boston Common Draws Thousands
About 3000 people gathered on Boston Common for the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Legislation staged as a public education protest against marijuana laws. Participants passed around what they claimed was marijuana while police reported no arrests. The event occurred near Suffolk Superior Courthouse, where a pre trial review questioned the constitutionality of anti marijuana statutes as two Philadelphia men face possession charges.
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