Hospital Budget Sparks Debate Over Town Aid
Adams Taxpayers Association director Stavas ki questions the $40,000 town appropriation to Plunkett Memorial Hospital arguing Medicare and employer insurance cover most bills. He suggests higher rates could replace the aid. Finance members note rates could have reduced the need, with Plunkett raising private room rates to 46.50 and semiprivate to 42. Adams rates mirror Pittsfield. Committee also weighs poll-listing costs and census duplication to curb waste while deferring recommendations on growing town accounts and consultant funding for zoning work.
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ADAMS
Francis H. Stavaski
The
Adams Taxpayers Association
Plunkett Memorial Hospital
Louis
Pittsfield
Finance Committee
Philip H. Grandchamp
Stavaski
Gateway School Expansion Faces Jan. 22 Vote
Seven town Gateway Region School District seeks a $3.95 million plan for a north-of-route 20 middle school wing at the Huntington junior-senior high and renovations at Worthington and Huntington sites plus a new six-acre land purchase. The plan includes a 25-yard pool and tennis courts with separate articles. If approved, tax impacts vary by town, rising in year one by up to 50 cents per $1000 assessed value for athletic facilities and higher for the 20-year bond financed middle school and Worthington additions.
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Huntington
Jom W. Hulser
Route 20
Worthington
Russell H. Conwell
Ae Hulser
Hulser
Chester
Middlefield
Russell
Blandford
Montgomery
Huser
Chester Selectman
Ralph J. Baldasaro
Baldasaro
Reform Plan Aims to Slash Vermont Government
Gov. Deane Davia urged a joint legislative session to approve a three point reform plan promising lower costs and better management. Vermont now spends about 4 million dollars weekly, with 175 boards and 275 programs administered by state government. The plan envisions a cabinet style system reducing departments to eight agencies: administration development and community affairs education environmental conservation human services enforcement manpower services and transportation.
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Vermont
Montpelier
Déane
Davia
Davis
Plans for New Grade School In Williamstown Revised
The Williamstown School Committee presented revised plans to the Building Committee for a new elementary school. Teachers recommended housing all 36 classrooms and resource centers in one new building and limiting use of Mitchell and Grant schools to auxiliary roles such as art, gymnastics, offices, and cafeteria.
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Williamstown
Mitchell
Grant
Welfare padding found in Springfield program
Several thousand dollars in welfare funds were paid to three fictitious names on welfare rosters last year. Human Relations Commission Chairman Robert Jennings said the padding was in the Inself program, run by a self supporting group helping drug addicts. Former director Lee Phillips disappeared after the findings were presented. The case was turned over to the attorney general. Amherst survey ranks UMass 25th nationwide for full time students.
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Springfield
Human Relations Commission
Robert Jennings
Inself
Jennings
Lee Phillips
Phillips
Albany mayors seek $300 million in state aid clash
Governor Rockefeller says funds are unavailable and urges local leaders to seek more federal support. New York will align income tax exemptions for dependents with federal changes, despite anticipated revenue losses. In Troy, Councilman Louis C. Rizzo withdraws his challenge to Mayor Nathan N. Werlin’s election, asserting the session was legal.
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Albany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Troy
Louis C. Rizzo
Rizzo
Nathan N. Werlin
Hartford Busing Project Shows Benefit for Inner-City Pupils
Project Concern moved 1,100 inner-city students to suburban schools over two years. Director William F. Paradis says the only difference between black and white children is opportunity. Tests show improved performance and some inner-city students reading in class. Some suburban parents confirm benefits to their children.
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Hartford
Project Concern
William F. Paradis
Paradis
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Massachusetts Department of Commerce and Development
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