Gardner and Miller policy clash fuels Arlington race
Arlington voters learned of the Miller school aid formula as Mrs. Gardner outlined perceived inequities. She cited South Burlington receiving 327 per pupil versus Arlington's under 200, and vowed to push reform if elected. Democratic HQ opened on Main Street with weekly weekday hours and weekend access. A Saturday food sale at the Arlington Community House was planned for 9:30 a.m.
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Arlington
Lonergan and Thomas
Main St
Larry Molloy
Jane Gardner
Sandgate
Sunderland
Gardner
Arlington Community House
Lovejoy acquitted over Montague Plains tower verdict
A Franklin County Court directed verdict of innocent absolved Samuel Lovejoy, 27, of Montague, who toppled a $45,000 testing tower on February 22 to protest Northeast Utilities plans for two Montague Plains nuclear plants. The case hinged on whether the tower was personal or real property. testimony showed land and tower were assessed as real property. The plants, slated at 1150 megawatts and $1.52 billion, would outsize Vermont Yankee. Northeast Utilities postponed construction for a year for financial reasons.
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Greenfield
Montague Plains
Lovejoy
Northeast Utilities
Franklin County
Kent Smith
Samuel Lovejoy
Montague
Smith
Robert Sylva
Robert Avery
Board of Assessors
Magicians in Vermont organize multiple Society chapters
Vermont magicians form chapters of the Society of American Magicians and Rings of the International Brotherhood of Magicians across northern central and southern regions to improve skills and stage illusions for local events. Public interest rises with Broadway hit The Magic Show and July convention in Boston drawing 1200 magicians. contact Patrick J. Sullivan for meeting details.
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Burlington
Vermont
Society of American Magicians
Rings
International Brotherhood of Magicians
Time
Newsweek
Boston
Patrick J. Sullivan
Catherine St
Rutland man escapes from community correctional center
Police search for 22 year old Hugh Colomb who fled Rutland Community Correctional Center around 10 p.m. Wednesday with possible outside help. An official calls Colomb dangerous. A broken basement grate lock suggests use of a pipe or crowbar. Also at large are Woodstock escapee Thomas Farmer. Michael Brown was recaptured in Windsor.
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Rutland
UPI
Rutland Community Correctional Center
Hugh Colomb
Colomb
Woodstock
Windsor
Michael Brown
Thomas Farmer
Cleveland survives recount to win renomination in Vermont district
In a three town district recount, Rep. Richard Cleveland, R Northfield, gains a 78 vote margin after a 21 vote deficit. John Mahoney of Berlin falls to 189 votes in Northfield, while overall totals place Glendon King at 523, Cleveland 477, and Mahoney 399 in the two seat district.
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Montpelier
UPI
Richard Cleveland
Northfield
Lazarus
Cleveland
John Mahoney
Berlin
Glendon King
Mahoney
King
Vermont official to resign for Midwestern program post
William Butynski director of Vermont's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division will resign Oct. 11 to head a 10 state program based in Chicago. He will run a training and education effort funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism after five years with the Vermont agency. Dr Edward McAllister former Lakeside Center head in Burlington also left the state Human Services Agency to work in New York state.
Mallary urges dairy talks with Ford
Rep. Richard Mallary and other House members press President Ford to meet on dairy industry troubles. He cites farmers feeling officials ignore them as imports fill future needs and notes Vermont dairy costs rose 15 percent last year due to price cost squeeze.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Mallary
R-Vt
House
Ford
Mallary
House Agriculture Subcommittee
River Street warehouses placed on historic register
New York officials added several River Street warehouses to the National Register of Historic Places, complicating a planned 4.5 million Rensselaer County office building. County Executive Murphy criticized the move, noting demolition would forfeit federal funds and that alternatives like a new site or building around the warehouses are under consideration.
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Troy
River Street
State Historic Preservation Committee
Rensselaer County
William J. Murphy
Murphy
Stanton Brewery
Fifth Avenue
Rail bond endorsed for Capital District preservation plan
Albany officials reported the Capital District Transportation Committee endorsed a $250 million rail preservation bond on the November ballot. CDTC Chairman Raymond T. Schuler said the bond would preserve 1,875 miles of freight rail lines nationwide, including 66 miles in the Capital District.
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Albany
Capital District Transportation Committee
CDTC
Raymond T. Schuler
Capital District
Berkshire City Council Nears Camp Onota Purchase
Pittsfield leaders debate buying Camp Onota as a municipal park amid a clash between Mayor Evan S. Dobelle and Councilman Peter J. Arles over governance details. Council President Philip J. Tully Jr. urges postponement to keep the measure alive, while Arles signals he will vote no and calls for clear answers. In Dalton, vandalism at the Main Street Cemetery causes 15,000 to 20,000 dollars in damage with at least 70 stones toppled or broken, many sandstone markers deemed irreplaceable.
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Pittsfield
Camp Onota
Evan S. Dobelle
Peter J. Arles
Arles
Philip J. Tully Jr
Dobell
Tully
Arlos
Dobelle
Dalton
Dalton Main Street
George White
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Democratic HQ
Tower
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
BCRC
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Bennington County Regional Commission
State Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Vermont Dental Care Program, Inc
Manchester
Manchester Square Dance Club
Jim Townsend
Magicians Society
Field Club
Groves
Dorset
Unione
Swift's
Shank
Gunsberg
BOT
Florida
Grand Union
N.Y. State
Birdseye International Vegetables
Boy-Ar-Dee
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
Pillsbury Onion &Garlic
MRS. Butterworths Syrup
Nabisco
Penn Dutch Noodles
Rce
MT New CL
Ais
E.T. Williams
Benn
Bennington, VT
North St
Adad
New York
Down In
Berkshire
Onota
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