Lincoln's great grandson accepts honorary chairmanship
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, great grandson of President Lincoln, has accepted the honorary chairmanship of Friends of Hildene, a Manchester nonprofit negotiating to purchase the Hildene estate. FOH president Robert Schmid said Beckwith sent a letter from Washington, D.C. agreeing to the invitation.
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Lincoln
Manchester
Robert Todd Lincoln
Beckwith
Abraham Lincoln
Friends of Hildene
Robert Schmid
Schmid
Washington, D.C
The
Friends of Hildene Inc
FOH
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith
Dwight Eisenhower
Christian Science Church
Mary Lincoln
Peg
Route 7
Richville Road
Church
Lincoln Isham
Dorset
Oscar Johnson
Johnson Fuel Service
Pownal United Methodist Church Announces Upcoming Events
Choir rehearsal at Pownal United Methodist Church tonight at 7 30 led by Pamela Blakeman. Wesleyan Class hosts rummage sale October 8 and 9 from 10 am to 4 30 pm at the church, with donations accepted Monday through Thursday. United Methodist Women sponsor turkey supper October 14 at 5 30. Pownal Center Fire Department holds 7 30 worknight at the firehouse.
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Pownal United Methodist Church
United Methodist Women
Pownal Center
Four Hoosick Falls seniors win National Merit commendations
Hoosick Falls Central High School principal William C. Waterhouse announced four seniors Anne Leeseman Michael Magazu Judith Nason and John Thurber received National Merit Scholarship commendations for outstanding 1975 PSAT and NMSQT results. They join two other seniors named as semi finalists, among 35,000 commended nationwide. The notice quotes NMSC president Edward Smith praising the students and urging continued education.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central High School
William C. Waterhouse
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
NMSC
Anne M. Leeseman
Michael J. Magazu
Judith A. Nason
John P.thurber
Edward C. Smith
Rock City Falls names Walloomsac artist of the month
Walloomsac Ella Telford Phillip now living in Rock City Falls is named artist of the month by the public library. Three of her paintings, two watercolors of flowers and a chalk with dried flowers, hang in the library’s artist corner. She spoke of painting as creative expression and natural impulse.
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Ella Telford Phillip
Walloomsac
Rock City Falls
Phillip
Ms. Phillip
Vermont labor council under fire over Senate endorsement
UPI report from Montpelier says Rep. John Murphy calls for ouster of Vermont Labor Council President Robert Clark after the council endorsed a hands-off stance in the Salmon Stafford U.S. Senate race. Murphy blames international unions for the neutral position, praising Salmon and accusing Stafford of hostility to the poor. In Rutland, Darwin Harder, 27, of West Rutland, pleaded innocent in District Court to embezzling calf feed from Beacon Milling Co. charges involve a 100 pound bag and two 50 pound bags on Sept. 27. bail set at $10,000.
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Stafford
Murphy
Council
Burlington
Burlington man held on drugs and stolen property charges
Larry Rivers, 24, of Burlington, was held for 28 500 bail on charges including possession of drugs and stolen property. Arrested Wednesday, he was found with about 100 stolen items at his apartment such as 39 handguns two rifles and stereo equipment. Rivers, on parole for a 1975 possession of stolen property conviction, faces barbiturate and marijuana counts.
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Burlington
UPI
Larry Rivers
Rivers
Community Correctional Center
South
Burlington Nominations Ruled Invalid by City Clerk
City Clerk Frank Wagner ruled the nomination certificates for Margaret Garland Constance Zolatas and Martin Lamson invalid due to lack of oath signatures and missing residences of two Republican officials. GOP officials consider an appeal as the three were chosen by the Chittenden County Republican Committee to fill ballot vacancies.
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Burlington
UPI
Frank Wagner
State House
Wagner
Margaret Garland
Constance Zolatas
Martin Lamson
GOP
Chittenden
Rensselaer County Man Pleads Guilty in Police Trial
Robert Howard pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment and weapon possession to avoid a possible life sentence after a Troy police attempted murder case. Sentencing set for November 5. Police found Howard brandishing a gun at his estranged wife’s home last Friday. Albany report notes Saratoga residents protest a planned minimum and medium security prison in a former child care building.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Robert Howard
Howard
Albany
Saratoga
Teachers clash over Adams-Cheshire district politics
Berkshire report notes Massachusetts Teachers Association leader William H. Hebert accuses some Adams-Cheshire Regional School District figures of endangering children for political gain amid a hiring controversy. In Williamstown, a liquor store on Spring Street was rammed once, then again nearly hit. Pittsfield boiler room propane blast injures two adults, disrupts classes, with school canceled.
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Massachusetts
Adams-Cheshire
William H. Hebert
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Hebert
Williamstown
King’s
Spring Street
Robert D. Pratt
Pownal
Pittsfield
Pittsfield High School
Ralph Gionet
Berkshire Medical Center
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Style Perfect
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Little Battlefield District 8
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Arlington
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Alice B. Fitzgerald
Jane
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Robert Woodard
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Quincy
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