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Serving Over 48 Communities in Northern New Hampshire and Vermont June2,1982
hearing scheduled for
Grafton County budget
A Public Hearing on the Grafton
Commissioners' recent FY 1983 budget
will be held on Monday, June 7, at the
Courthouse in N. Haverhill beginning
the commissioners -- Richard
Campion, Arthur Snell and treasurer
III -- are expected to be on hand to
from the public regarding the newly
will effect all the towns in Grafton
figures released by the tom-
week show that the county may need to
46 percent more in taxes for the coming
For additional information see the lead
s Journal Opinion.
say the higher taxes are due
and federal program cuts.
Senior citizens go free
to 49xbow High events
From now on, senior citizens will be
attend any public function at Oxbow High
: of charge. This is a result of a new policy on
admissions adopted by the Oxbow
May 6.
to the new policy, persons 60 years of age
,,est an annual pass to Oxbow public
regular office hours at the school. The
the pass must be made in person and
also allows free admission to school
can prove they are 60 years old or
Evidence of age, membership cards
citizens groups, and senior citizens
Cards will suffice as proof, say school of-
was adopted, say school officials, in order
such events as plays
; at the school.
Prb atwiculatral land
case decision pending.
A District Environmental Commission
involved in a dispute over the
tl land 10 days to submit
arguments before the commission makes a
involves a proposal from George Hun-
Bradford land developer, seeking to build a
homes on 23 acres of land that Thetford's
and a number of state officials have
prime agricultural land that should be
has been cited as a "test case" for a
Vermont's Act-250 (9-b) that requires a
to prove his development will not
reduce the potential of agricultural soils
or that he can get a fair return from his
using the land for non-agricultural
project, the commission must
the proposal meets the ten criteria
Under the state's Act-250 law. The ten
such issues as a project's effect on its
on regional plans, and on a
This in addition to how a project will
agricultural.
state parks are
open for 1982
Vermont's State Park System of-
for the 1982 summer season on May 28,
Edward J. Knenemann, Director of
including 35 campgrounds, have
the opening. The Park Rangers are
reservations for camping and picnic
I be open through Labor Day weekend.
will remain open until Columbus Day
contact your nearest State
of Forests, Parks, and
, Vt., 05602.
State and .federal cuts
Grafton County taxes may soar
N. HAVERHILL-- Our local compared to this year's Recent county and town budget will rise by a much county tax increase on each ot A public hearing on the say that because of federal
Grafton County in New figures of $2,401,865. figures in our local New smaller 14 percent. The Grafton County's towns has proposed budget has been set and state cuts, the county will
Hampshire will be asking its
constituent towns for
$1,098,108 more in taxes this
year-- representing an in-
crease of roughly 46 percent.
Proposed and present
budget figures, released last
week by the Grafton County
Commissioners, call for
$3,499,973 to be raised in taxes
for the fiscal year 1983 as
ii
The county commissioners
appear to be facing a similar
dilemna to the one that the
Haverhill selectmen and
budget committee have been
calling attention toward
since last fall. The problem is
that state and federal cut-
backs are causing local
governments to foot more of
the bill.
Hampshire region show that
budgetz are increasing, but at
not nearly the rate at which
revenue from traditional
'sources, other than property
taxes, has been depleting.
For example: while under
the Grafton County Com-
missioner's new proposed
budget, taxes will jump by 46
percent -- the county's total
proposed FY 1983 county not yet been determined.
budget is $6,482,651 as corn- However, according to town
pared to a 1982 budget of officials, the breakdown for
$5,683,951. how property taxes from the
Tax rates for individual Town of Haverhill are divided
towns in New Hampshire are uplookslikethis: 69 percent of
set by the state's Department the Haverhill property taxes
of Revenue Administration at goes to the Haverhill
the end of the fiscal year. A Cooperative School District;
department spokesman said 25 percent goes to the town, six
the effect of th proposed percent goes to the county.
for Monday, June 7, at the
Grafton County Courthouse in
N. Haverhill. The hearing is
scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.
Increasing Costs
The Grafton County budget
supports a number of services
effecting local New Hamp-
shire residents. Many of these
services are not available
from individual towns in the
county. The county budget
supports, among other things:
a Superior Court, a correc-
tional center, a public nursing
home, and a county sheriff's
department.
The county commissioners
now have to triple its share of
expenses at the Grafton
County Nursing Home.
According to the com-
missioners' budget figures,
county welfare costs will
balloon from $938,170 this year
to $1,050,763 next year.
The proposed budget for the
sheriff's department next
year will be $378,625 as
compared to a budget of
$310,135 this year.
Increasing costs for jury
trails has prompted the
commissioners to increase the
Superior Court budget next
(please turn to page 5)
ANNUAL FAIRLEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR--
These students at the Fairlee Elementary School are shown wat-
ching a model rocket take off, as launched by Fairlee principal Paul
Munn. The rocket exhibition was part of the school's annual science
fair, held last week in the school's gymnasium, that featured a large
number ef nifty projects displayed by the Fairlee students.
Oxbow to end ,year with00'tn 1 982 budget
BRADFORD-- The Oxbow ending its school year with $536 increase in funds for board that he had met with Al March 17 letter to Charles
School board met last Thur- about $20,565 more in surplus student activities, an ad- LaCroix and Richard Ottina, Oxbow's vice principal
sday night to discuss budget revenue than had been ditional $145 for department MacKenzie, two heads of the and athletic director.
and personnel matters along
with other ongoing business at
• the school.
Orange East- District
Superintendent John Fontana
presented the school board
with a list of updated budget
figures that outlined "good
news" for those on the board
who had been worrying about
how a number of recent ex-
penditures had effected an
expected surplus.
Fontana said the school was
planned in preparation of the
school's budget earlier this
year for the district's March
School Meeting.
Budget projections for the
1982-83 school year have also
undergone some readjustment
since March, according to
Fontana. The budget
projected for salaries has
increased by about $5,203
since March. Other increases
since March are: a $7,057
increase in salary benefits, a
heads, $500 more for an adult
education director, $500 more
for research and develop-
ment. However, Fontana also
noted additional budget
decreases of $2,966 since
March.
All things considered,
Fontana said the school board
would most likely end the year
with about $10,528 to spare.
Referees
Principal Richard
Rothenberg told the school
Vermont State Board of "I would think the situation
Approved Basketball Officials is much better now," said
(VSBABO), to discuss "crowd Rothenberg. He said
control." MacKenzie, LaCroix and
The VSBABO is the referees himself had come to a number
association that threatened to of agreements during their
boycott Oxbow sporting meeting, including:
events if school officials could -- an agreement whereby
not restrain the conduct of officials would notify school
Oxbow parent and fan George administrators of crovd
Huntington. MacKenzie, who problems so the school's
is secretary of the administration could handle
organization, issued the threat the incident;
on behalf of the VSBABO in a (please turn to page 5)
Voter turn out .for annual Newbury meeting
Woodsville High
gets good marks
from state
School board approves computer
by MARGARET BURKE
WOODSVILLE-- Woodsville
High School (W.H.S.) has
received good marks from
Frank W. Brown, Chief of the
Division of Instruction of the
New Hampshire Department
of Education, after a day-long
visit to the school on May 6.
Brown reaffirmed the
school's status as an "ap-
proved comprehensive" high
school, and, in an official
"School Visitation Report,"
noted six items under the
heading "Needs Continuing
Study" and as well as several
he termed "Strengths."
Brown's report was
presented to the Haverhill
Cooperative school board at
its May 26 meeting at W.H.S.
by Principal Donald Evans,
who stressed Brown's
recommendations and ways
they might be implemented.
Evans told the board that
"foreign languages are a
concern." One teacher
currently offers four levels of
French and three of Latin,
considered a heavy load.
He also noted that the
school's lone guidance
counselor, who works one day
a week at Haverhill Academy
Junior High School in
called the current "close
quarters of the band room,"
and the administrative area.
To follow Brawn's recom-
mendations regarding the
band room, Evans told the
board, would be "expensive,"
requiring "extensive
renovation." Improvement of
locker rooms was also a
concern of Browm
Identified as "Strengths" of
W.H.S. by Brown in his report
were: a "dedicated staff; a
comprehensive program for
school of this size (300
students) ; and student's sense
of pride in school."
Superintendent Norman
Mullen discussed with the
board the state department of
education's proposed changes
for high schools which, Mullen
said, "were presented to us
around one month ago. I don't
think we will be affected that
much. I think we meet right
now 95 percent of the new
standards/' he added.
W.H.S. Principal Evans
concurred with Mullen's
estimation. One of the changes
would be the increase in the
number of credits required for
graduation to 18. "Industrial
Arts may have to change
sequences of offerings,"
by MARGARET BURKE
NEWBURY-- Around 30
voters turned out for the
annual Village Meeting held
Tuesday, May 25. And, while
the articles in the Village
Warning were largely "ac-
cepted and adopted as prin-
ted" by voice vote of those
assembled, several questions
were raised concerning fiscal
management and the ongoing
water project.
The meeting was convened
at 8:00 p.m. and immediately
went into recess while a table
was sought for the trustees
and clerk tosit at. A makeshift
table comprised of a piece of
plywood on several folding
chairs was then pressed into
service, and the meeting was
resumed with the fulfilling of
Article I, the election of
village officers.
These posts, all 9ne-year
terms, were filled as follows:
Moderator -- incumbent
Gerry Brooks; Clerk --
Barbara Kiel; Treasurer--
Barbara Kiel; Auditor of
Accounts-- incumbent Cecil
Ross.
Two three-year terms were
initiated with the following
elections: Trustee-- Allen
Jacobs was reelected; Water
Commissioner-- "Irving
Chamberlain, to replace F.
Dow Hamblin who has
completed his three-year
term.
None of those elected faced
opposition.
Chairman of the Trustees
Charles Cheney delivered a
"plea" for someone to take on
the job of dog officer, whose
duties he described as "light,
to pick up the occasional
stray." There were no
volunteers. A brief discussion
followed in which the
possibility of former dog of-
ficer Richard Minchell, who
was not present, again taking
on the job was raised.
Article two of the Warning
was fulfilled next, with the
acceptance and adoption of
the reports of the trustees, farmers are charged $3 per
water commissioners, auditor cow a year, up 20 percent from
and landscape committee, last year.
The Water Commissioners' Article three was passed,
report sparked the most stating that "voters will
discussion, since it deals with reserve all Revenue Sharing
the ongoing project of Funds received during the
developing an underground fiscal year for water system
water source for the town and (please turn to page I0)
a reservoir.
Scott Mahoney asked the
trustees what the annual rate
charged other than residential
customers is, since the water
commissioners report stated
only that it be a "comparable"
percentage of the increase to
the $50 per year charged
residential water users.
Trustee Cheney replied that
Haverhill, "needs assistan-
ce." Brown's report recom-
mended a "Reduction of
overload in providing
guidance services."
The Brown report stated
several areas of the school
that need "reorganization of
space," including what Evans
Evans noted, and recom-
mended assigning a
secretarial aide to the
guidance office to free the
counselor to spend more time
with students.
Computers
The board approved by
(please turn topage 10)
correspondent living in area
Alexei Kikitin. Nikitin, a coal . The workers never complain
leave .from Washington Post
[VER-- Kevin
Moscow
for the
He has
the Soviet
1981
Chief
as news
dealing
affairs,
social,
matters.,
as
IGose
lvely
He
t
Union
is not the same as reporting in
the United States. He said that
his "copy" for transmission to
England or the United States
is not censured, but it is
probably intercepted on the
wire service, so they know
what we are writing about.
Klose lived with his wife and
family in Moscow while on
assignment. HIS children went
to Soviet schools. Eliza Klose,
his wife, said that the Soviet
children did not associate with
the Klose kids too much. No
lastinl friendships developed
during their two years at
Soviet schools.
Klose also said that
alcoholism is a major problem
in the Soviet Union. He said,
"Moscow is like New York
City... it is nothing like the
rest of the country. The people
are citypeople." He also said
that in the outm" areas of the
Soviet Union, people are more
relaxed.
Klose is presently living in
South Pomfret, Vt. on Sab-
batical leave from the Post.
He is writing his fourth book
Russian Today and
Tomorrow. Scheduled
publication date for his latest
book is Autumn of 1983.
Kiose's previous books include
I Will Survive, The Typhoon
Shipments, and Surprise.'
Surprise'
Talk at Rotary Club
The title of his talk at the
Rotary Club gathering was
"Human Rights in the Soviet
Union and Poland, the Fates
of Two Worker Activists."
Klose said he would compare
what has happened to Lech
Walesa, the leader of
Solidarity, to the fate of a
Societ counterpart of
Walesa's, a man named
mining engineer from the city
of Donetsk in the Soviet
Ukraine, also sought to defend
workers' rights. But what
happened to him at the hands
of Soviet authorities reads like
something out of Kafka.
The contrast between the
two men gives a very clear
picture of the immense dif-
ferences between the two
countries and helps to make
clear that the nations of Bloc
are substantially different
among themselves and cannot
he considered in any way a
monolithic mass."
The USSR covers one-sixth
of the earth's land mass and
is made up of diverse peoples
speaking over 200 languages.
Their tradition of government
is dramatically different from
ours, as evidenced by this
quote in 1783 by Josef, the
Emperor of Austria, when
touring Russia: "Here human
life, effort count for nothing..
though they lack for
everything. The master or-
ders, the servants obey."
Klose contrasted worker
relations in Poland with those
in the Soviet Union. In Poland,
many have ties with family
members in the West, the
Catholic Church is a strong
moral center, and some
amount of labor activity has
been tolerated. Disaffected
intellectuals have joined with
workers in the Committee for
Social Self Defense (CORE).
Out of this came Solidarity,
the "brain and muscle of the
Polish people".
None of the above conditions
exist in the Soviet Union, said
Klose. Strict order is main-
tained by police force. By a
combination of prison, forced
psychiatric hospitalization,
hard labor and internal exile;
perpetrators of any dissent
"dissappear".
(please turn to page I0)
MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT-- Kevin Klose while on assignment in Moscow for
.... the Washington Post,
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598340
Serving Over 48 Communities in Northern New Hampshire and Vermont June2,1982
hearing scheduled for
Grafton County budget
A Public Hearing on the Grafton
Commissioners' recent FY 1983 budget
will be held on Monday, June 7, at the
Courthouse in N. Haverhill beginning
the commissioners -- Richard
Campion, Arthur Snell and treasurer
III -- are expected to be on hand to
from the public regarding the newly
will effect all the towns in Grafton
figures released by the tom-
week show that the county may need to
46 percent more in taxes for the coming
For additional information see the lead
s Journal Opinion.
say the higher taxes are due
and federal program cuts.
Senior citizens go free
to 49xbow High events
From now on, senior citizens will be
attend any public function at Oxbow High
: of charge. This is a result of a new policy on
admissions adopted by the Oxbow
May 6.
to the new policy, persons 60 years of age
,,est an annual pass to Oxbow public
regular office hours at the school. The
the pass must be made in person and
also allows free admission to school
can prove they are 60 years old or
Evidence of age, membership cards
citizens groups, and senior citizens
Cards will suffice as proof, say school of-
was adopted, say school officials, in order
such events as plays
; at the school.
Prb atwiculatral land
case decision pending.
A District Environmental Commission
involved in a dispute over the
tl land 10 days to submit
arguments before the commission makes a
involves a proposal from George Hun-
Bradford land developer, seeking to build a
homes on 23 acres of land that Thetford's
and a number of state officials have
prime agricultural land that should be
has been cited as a "test case" for a
Vermont's Act-250 (9-b) that requires a
to prove his development will not
reduce the potential of agricultural soils
or that he can get a fair return from his
using the land for non-agricultural
project, the commission must
the proposal meets the ten criteria
Under the state's Act-250 law. The ten
such issues as a project's effect on its
on regional plans, and on a
This in addition to how a project will
agricultural.
state parks are
open for 1982
Vermont's State Park System of-
for the 1982 summer season on May 28,
Edward J. Knenemann, Director of
including 35 campgrounds, have
the opening. The Park Rangers are
reservations for camping and picnic
I be open through Labor Day weekend.
will remain open until Columbus Day
contact your nearest State
of Forests, Parks, and
, Vt., 05602.
State and .federal cuts
Grafton County taxes may soar
N. HAVERHILL-- Our local compared to this year's Recent county and town budget will rise by a much county tax increase on each ot A public hearing on the say that because of federal
Grafton County in New figures of $2,401,865. figures in our local New smaller 14 percent. The Grafton County's towns has proposed budget has been set and state cuts, the county will
Hampshire will be asking its
constituent towns for
$1,098,108 more in taxes this
year-- representing an in-
crease of roughly 46 percent.
Proposed and present
budget figures, released last
week by the Grafton County
Commissioners, call for
$3,499,973 to be raised in taxes
for the fiscal year 1983 as
ii
The county commissioners
appear to be facing a similar
dilemna to the one that the
Haverhill selectmen and
budget committee have been
calling attention toward
since last fall. The problem is
that state and federal cut-
backs are causing local
governments to foot more of
the bill.
Hampshire region show that
budgetz are increasing, but at
not nearly the rate at which
revenue from traditional
'sources, other than property
taxes, has been depleting.
For example: while under
the Grafton County Com-
missioner's new proposed
budget, taxes will jump by 46
percent -- the county's total
proposed FY 1983 county not yet been determined.
budget is $6,482,651 as corn- However, according to town
pared to a 1982 budget of officials, the breakdown for
$5,683,951. how property taxes from the
Tax rates for individual Town of Haverhill are divided
towns in New Hampshire are uplookslikethis: 69 percent of
set by the state's Department the Haverhill property taxes
of Revenue Administration at goes to the Haverhill
the end of the fiscal year. A Cooperative School District;
department spokesman said 25 percent goes to the town, six
the effect of th proposed percent goes to the county.
for Monday, June 7, at the
Grafton County Courthouse in
N. Haverhill. The hearing is
scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.
Increasing Costs
The Grafton County budget
supports a number of services
effecting local New Hamp-
shire residents. Many of these
services are not available
from individual towns in the
county. The county budget
supports, among other things:
a Superior Court, a correc-
tional center, a public nursing
home, and a county sheriff's
department.
The county commissioners
now have to triple its share of
expenses at the Grafton
County Nursing Home.
According to the com-
missioners' budget figures,
county welfare costs will
balloon from $938,170 this year
to $1,050,763 next year.
The proposed budget for the
sheriff's department next
year will be $378,625 as
compared to a budget of
$310,135 this year.
Increasing costs for jury
trails has prompted the
commissioners to increase the
Superior Court budget next
(please turn to page 5)
ANNUAL FAIRLEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR--
These students at the Fairlee Elementary School are shown wat-
ching a model rocket take off, as launched by Fairlee principal Paul
Munn. The rocket exhibition was part of the school's annual science
fair, held last week in the school's gymnasium, that featured a large
number ef nifty projects displayed by the Fairlee students.
Oxbow to end ,year with00'tn 1 982 budget
BRADFORD-- The Oxbow ending its school year with $536 increase in funds for board that he had met with Al March 17 letter to Charles
School board met last Thur- about $20,565 more in surplus student activities, an ad- LaCroix and Richard Ottina, Oxbow's vice principal
sday night to discuss budget revenue than had been ditional $145 for department MacKenzie, two heads of the and athletic director.
and personnel matters along
with other ongoing business at
• the school.
Orange East- District
Superintendent John Fontana
presented the school board
with a list of updated budget
figures that outlined "good
news" for those on the board
who had been worrying about
how a number of recent ex-
penditures had effected an
expected surplus.
Fontana said the school was
planned in preparation of the
school's budget earlier this
year for the district's March
School Meeting.
Budget projections for the
1982-83 school year have also
undergone some readjustment
since March, according to
Fontana. The budget
projected for salaries has
increased by about $5,203
since March. Other increases
since March are: a $7,057
increase in salary benefits, a
heads, $500 more for an adult
education director, $500 more
for research and develop-
ment. However, Fontana also
noted additional budget
decreases of $2,966 since
March.
All things considered,
Fontana said the school board
would most likely end the year
with about $10,528 to spare.
Referees
Principal Richard
Rothenberg told the school
Vermont State Board of "I would think the situation
Approved Basketball Officials is much better now," said
(VSBABO), to discuss "crowd Rothenberg. He said
control." MacKenzie, LaCroix and
The VSBABO is the referees himself had come to a number
association that threatened to of agreements during their
boycott Oxbow sporting meeting, including:
events if school officials could -- an agreement whereby
not restrain the conduct of officials would notify school
Oxbow parent and fan George administrators of crovd
Huntington. MacKenzie, who problems so the school's
is secretary of the administration could handle
organization, issued the threat the incident;
on behalf of the VSBABO in a (please turn to page 5)
Voter turn out .for annual Newbury meeting
Woodsville High
gets good marks
from state
School board approves computer
by MARGARET BURKE
WOODSVILLE-- Woodsville
High School (W.H.S.) has
received good marks from
Frank W. Brown, Chief of the
Division of Instruction of the
New Hampshire Department
of Education, after a day-long
visit to the school on May 6.
Brown reaffirmed the
school's status as an "ap-
proved comprehensive" high
school, and, in an official
"School Visitation Report,"
noted six items under the
heading "Needs Continuing
Study" and as well as several
he termed "Strengths."
Brown's report was
presented to the Haverhill
Cooperative school board at
its May 26 meeting at W.H.S.
by Principal Donald Evans,
who stressed Brown's
recommendations and ways
they might be implemented.
Evans told the board that
"foreign languages are a
concern." One teacher
currently offers four levels of
French and three of Latin,
considered a heavy load.
He also noted that the
school's lone guidance
counselor, who works one day
a week at Haverhill Academy
Junior High School in
called the current "close
quarters of the band room,"
and the administrative area.
To follow Brawn's recom-
mendations regarding the
band room, Evans told the
board, would be "expensive,"
requiring "extensive
renovation." Improvement of
locker rooms was also a
concern of Browm
Identified as "Strengths" of
W.H.S. by Brown in his report
were: a "dedicated staff; a
comprehensive program for
school of this size (300
students) ; and student's sense
of pride in school."
Superintendent Norman
Mullen discussed with the
board the state department of
education's proposed changes
for high schools which, Mullen
said, "were presented to us
around one month ago. I don't
think we will be affected that
much. I think we meet right
now 95 percent of the new
standards/' he added.
W.H.S. Principal Evans
concurred with Mullen's
estimation. One of the changes
would be the increase in the
number of credits required for
graduation to 18. "Industrial
Arts may have to change
sequences of offerings,"
by MARGARET BURKE
NEWBURY-- Around 30
voters turned out for the
annual Village Meeting held
Tuesday, May 25. And, while
the articles in the Village
Warning were largely "ac-
cepted and adopted as prin-
ted" by voice vote of those
assembled, several questions
were raised concerning fiscal
management and the ongoing
water project.
The meeting was convened
at 8:00 p.m. and immediately
went into recess while a table
was sought for the trustees
and clerk tosit at. A makeshift
table comprised of a piece of
plywood on several folding
chairs was then pressed into
service, and the meeting was
resumed with the fulfilling of
Article I, the election of
village officers.
These posts, all 9ne-year
terms, were filled as follows:
Moderator -- incumbent
Gerry Brooks; Clerk --
Barbara Kiel; Treasurer--
Barbara Kiel; Auditor of
Accounts-- incumbent Cecil
Ross.
Two three-year terms were
initiated with the following
elections: Trustee-- Allen
Jacobs was reelected; Water
Commissioner-- "Irving
Chamberlain, to replace F.
Dow Hamblin who has
completed his three-year
term.
None of those elected faced
opposition.
Chairman of the Trustees
Charles Cheney delivered a
"plea" for someone to take on
the job of dog officer, whose
duties he described as "light,
to pick up the occasional
stray." There were no
volunteers. A brief discussion
followed in which the
possibility of former dog of-
ficer Richard Minchell, who
was not present, again taking
on the job was raised.
Article two of the Warning
was fulfilled next, with the
acceptance and adoption of
the reports of the trustees, farmers are charged $3 per
water commissioners, auditor cow a year, up 20 percent from
and landscape committee, last year.
The Water Commissioners' Article three was passed,
report sparked the most stating that "voters will
discussion, since it deals with reserve all Revenue Sharing
the ongoing project of Funds received during the
developing an underground fiscal year for water system
water source for the town and (please turn to page I0)
a reservoir.
Scott Mahoney asked the
trustees what the annual rate
charged other than residential
customers is, since the water
commissioners report stated
only that it be a "comparable"
percentage of the increase to
the $50 per year charged
residential water users.
Trustee Cheney replied that
Haverhill, "needs assistan-
ce." Brown's report recom-
mended a "Reduction of
overload in providing
guidance services."
The Brown report stated
several areas of the school
that need "reorganization of
space," including what Evans
Evans noted, and recom-
mended assigning a
secretarial aide to the
guidance office to free the
counselor to spend more time
with students.
Computers
The board approved by
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correspondent living in area
Alexei Kikitin. Nikitin, a coal . The workers never complain
leave .from Washington Post
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Moscow
for the
He has
the Soviet
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Chief
as news
dealing
affairs,
social,
matters.,
as
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Union
is not the same as reporting in
the United States. He said that
his "copy" for transmission to
England or the United States
is not censured, but it is
probably intercepted on the
wire service, so they know
what we are writing about.
Klose lived with his wife and
family in Moscow while on
assignment. HIS children went
to Soviet schools. Eliza Klose,
his wife, said that the Soviet
children did not associate with
the Klose kids too much. No
lastinl friendships developed
during their two years at
Soviet schools.
Klose also said that
alcoholism is a major problem
in the Soviet Union. He said,
"Moscow is like New York
City... it is nothing like the
rest of the country. The people
are citypeople." He also said
that in the outm" areas of the
Soviet Union, people are more
relaxed.
Klose is presently living in
South Pomfret, Vt. on Sab-
batical leave from the Post.
He is writing his fourth book
Russian Today and
Tomorrow. Scheduled
publication date for his latest
book is Autumn of 1983.
Kiose's previous books include
I Will Survive, The Typhoon
Shipments, and Surprise.'
Surprise'
Talk at Rotary Club
The title of his talk at the
Rotary Club gathering was
"Human Rights in the Soviet
Union and Poland, the Fates
of Two Worker Activists."
Klose said he would compare
what has happened to Lech
Walesa, the leader of
Solidarity, to the fate of a
Societ counterpart of
Walesa's, a man named
mining engineer from the city
of Donetsk in the Soviet
Ukraine, also sought to defend
workers' rights. But what
happened to him at the hands
of Soviet authorities reads like
something out of Kafka.
The contrast between the
two men gives a very clear
picture of the immense dif-
ferences between the two
countries and helps to make
clear that the nations of Bloc
are substantially different
among themselves and cannot
he considered in any way a
monolithic mass."
The USSR covers one-sixth
of the earth's land mass and
is made up of diverse peoples
speaking over 200 languages.
Their tradition of government
is dramatically different from
ours, as evidenced by this
quote in 1783 by Josef, the
Emperor of Austria, when
touring Russia: "Here human
life, effort count for nothing..
though they lack for
everything. The master or-
ders, the servants obey."
Klose contrasted worker
relations in Poland with those
in the Soviet Union. In Poland,
many have ties with family
members in the West, the
Catholic Church is a strong
moral center, and some
amount of labor activity has
been tolerated. Disaffected
intellectuals have joined with
workers in the Committee for
Social Self Defense (CORE).
Out of this came Solidarity,
the "brain and muscle of the
Polish people".
None of the above conditions
exist in the Soviet Union, said
Klose. Strict order is main-
tained by police force. By a
combination of prison, forced
psychiatric hospitalization,
hard labor and internal exile;
perpetrators of any dissent
"dissappear".
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MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT-- Kevin Klose while on assignment in Moscow for
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