Vermont study criticizes job discrimination across agencies
VPIRG released a mid March report on sex discrimination in employment in Vermont. It details a covert test showing uniform male and female applicants received different treatment by nine private agencies and most state offices. The report urges newspapers to drop gendered ads and notes enforcement relies on state attorneys and civil rights bodies in Montpelier and Boston.
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Vermont
VPIRG
Help Wanted
United States Congress
Bennington
Main St
American Civil Liberties Union
Montpelier
State St
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Causeway Street
Boston
Mass
Post Office service resumes after three months of failure
A historical look notes the local Post Office reopens tomorrow after a prolonged breakdown blamed on a departmental myth of deficit reduction via service cuts. The piece also recalls Vermont liquor regulation, a six hour assembly adjournment, and other state events from recent years.
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General Assembly of Vermont
House
Senate
Vermont
Readers urge formal book selection policy defense of rights
Letters in The Banner urge Mt. Anthony Union School Board to establish a formal book selection policy that protects individual rights while allowing democratic review. They note similar Wells River and Bennington incidents, support from Vermont Library Association and ACLU of Vermont, and stress First Amendment protections in schools.
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Arthur ‘“‘Toge
Theberge
Bennington
Lynn Oldendorph
Bennington High School
National Council of Teachers of English
Globe Union Inc
Philip H. Hoff
Lyndon B. Johnson
New York
Vermont
Alice
Aclu Vermont
Blue Mountain Union High School
Wells River
John Leaning
Vermont Library Association
American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont
Mt. Anthony Union
The
Bennington Banner
St. Joseph College
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
New England Association
New
ACLU
Laryngectomees Learn to Speak Through Therapy and Tech
Louis Reichel a Pownal resident who lost his larynx at Putnam Hospital tunes speech with esophageal methods while DRUSSELL DAVIS uses an electro larynx. Therapists led by Stephen Mikita at Putnam Memorial Hospital guide patients through breathing, single syllables and home tape practice to reclaim communication and confidence.
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Louis Reichel
Pownal
Reichel
Lou
D Russell Davis
Western Electric
Bell Telephone
Davis
Mr. Davis
Louis
Katharine Reichel
Putnam Hospital
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Stephen Mikita
Berkshire Rehabilitation Center
Pittsfield
Mikita
Reichels
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