Deinstitutionalization reshapes Vermont mental health care
Vermont shifts care from the Waterbury State Hospital to community centers as part of deinstitutionalization. The reforms cover mental health and corrections, with the Vermont State Prison closed earlier. many patients now receive 24 hour community services, boarding homes, and family counseling.
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Montpelier
Ores
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury
Ilo
State Corrections Department
Vermont State
Human Services
Thomas C. Davis
Brodeur
George W. Brooks
Vermont
Brandon
Davis
Human Services Agency
Weeks
Vergennes
Steam Engines Puff Into Centennial Year
Steam Rail inaugural run from Bennington to Burlington signals Vermont bicentennial events. Nearly 500 riders including Gov. Salmon and ARBA officials rode 19th century coal locomotives nicknamed puffer bellies along a 235 mile route. The rail loop could become a permanent state attraction with a $1.2 million annual budget and $600,000 for track upgrades.
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Bennington
Vermont
Burlington
American Resvolution Bicentennial Administration
ARBA
Thomas P. Salmon
John Warner
John Burgess
Vermont Bicentennial Commission
James Hormel
State Commission
Warner
U.S
Salmon
Yesteryear
Middlebury
Cele
Andrew Barbera
Lackawanna Railroad
Steamtown Foundation of
Bellows Falls
Sloane to paint six story mural at Smithsonian
Artist-author Eric Sloane, living in Warren Connecticut, will paint a six story high mural at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Astronaut Michael Collins, now director of the new Air and Science Museum, convinced him after meeting in New York. The sculpture will feature the Grand Canyon with a jet, sunlit clouds, shooting star and northern lights, costing about 50000 dollars in materials.
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Warren, Conn
Eric Sloane
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Sloane
New Air and Science Museum
The
Smithsonian
Michael Collins
New York City
Collins
Moon
New Museum
Litchfield County
Warren
Grand Canyon
Marijuana grows rise in Massachusetts home gardens
Police chiefs acknowledge growing marijuana at home is rising in central Massachusetts. Plants are kept in yards and houses with penalties up to two years in jail and fines. many cases end with suspended sentences or probation.
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Associated Press
Massachusetts
Oxford
Anthony E. Sgariglia
Worcester Sunday Telegram
State Department of Public Health
DPH
Sterling
Louis J. San Martino
Oakham
Norman L. Drolet
Charlton
Philli Stevens
David A. Tiberli
Dudley District Court
Forest Services Pay Off In New Hampshire
Rep Norman D Amours says New Hampshire will get 131010 from the 360 million the federal government received in fiscal 1975 from National Forest products and services. Twenty five percent of Forest Service receipts from timber grazing recreation minerals and land use charges are returned to the local area for public schools and roads.
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Washington
Norman D’amours
D-N.h
New Hampshire
Forest Service
Motorcyclist Killed In Acton Maine
An 18 year old Shapleigh youth, James C. Lord, died in Acton Maine when his motorcycle struck a curb on H Road and rolled over. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
UPI
Acton
Maine
Shapleigh
James C. Lord
Lord
Sanford FmHA Office Closure Notice
James R. Berry announces that the Sanford Farmers Home Administration office will close from noon Tuesday September 9 through Thursday September 11 for a state wide training meeting. Personnel will attend the meeting.
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Sanford
James R. Berry
York County Farmers Home Administration Office
Sanford Fmha
Ersonnel
Berry
Canadian cyclist wins Mt Washington hill climb prize
Daniel Perigny of Three Rivers Quebec won the second Mt. Washington Valley International Bicycle Grand Prix hill climb in 1 hour 5 minutes 8 seconds, claiming the overall grand prix title after also placing well in the 103 mile road leg. Teammate Robert Pelletier and Jim Fredericks finished second and third respectively.
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North Conway
N.H
Mt. Washington
Daniel Perigny
Three Rivers
Que
New England
New Hampshire
Presidential Range
Perigny
Robert Pelletier
Jim Fredericks
Stowe
John Allis
Cambridge
Mass
Mt. Washington Valley
Wood chips energy topic to be discussed in New England
Warren Vermont hosts a two day Regional Professional Energy Seminar September 23 24 focusing on wood chips as energy and home heat. Attendees include federal and state officials from Vermont Maine New Hampshire along with business and academic representatives and amateur inventors invited to demonstrate saving systems. A Vermont Governor's Task Force on Woodnergy recently completed a report on wood chip technology.
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Warren
New England
Vermont Energy Resources
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
Andrew Shapiro
Swimmer completes 19 mile Winnipesaukee swim
Jim Dotie a 38 year old Boston insurance agent swam the 19 mile length of Lake Winnipesaukee in 11 hours and 4 minutes starting at Clay Point Alton at 5 38 a m. He wore 2 percent grease for warmth and benefited from a favorable tail wind finishing at Center Harbor. Dotie plans Nantasket Beach to Provincetown and a channel crossing despite two prior attempts marked by seasickness.
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Laconia
N.H
Jim Dotie
Boston
Lake
Winnipesaukee
Dotie
Clay Point
Alton
Center Harbor
Nantasket Beach
Provincetown
Mass
English Channel
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Paul Brodeur
Saco Valley Squares
Young School
Sasses
Mike Hjort
Ico
Robert E. Bedard & Sons
Beaconway Beaconway
Acconin
Ai Ld
Penn
Cees
Percy
Orion
Regee
Five Points Shopping Center
Biddeford
Saco
Vacuum & Carpet Center
Electrolux
Kirby
Center Street
Mary Carter Paints
Biddeford, Maine
Vantines
Photography
Jefferson St
North End
Thomas Donnamura
Donnamura
Fmha
Blackie & Son
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