Area Unemployment in July Reported at 1.1 Per Cent
In Bennington county the July insured unemployment averaged 1.1 percent, well below the statewide rate. New claims totaled 73, with apparel workers contributing 19, and benefit exhaustions reached 9. Local offices support Bennington County with periodic itinerant service in Arlington and Manchester.
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Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Une
Vermont
Benenington County
Arlington
Manchester
Denise Potter Home After Open Heart Surgery
Seven year old Denise Potter of Shaftsbury is back home in Shaftsbury after open heart surgery at Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington. Born with a heart defect, she received a cardiac catheterization on June 28 and underwent open heart surgery July 26. Doctors Dr. S G Christie Dr Blair and cardiac specialist Dr Levi performed the operation. Denises speedy progress surprised her parents and doctors as she prepares to enter second grade in September.
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Shaftsbury
Denise Potter
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
John Potter
Denise
Elizabeth Faris
S.G. Christie
Blair
Levi
Christie
Miniature golf finals crown Memorial Park champs at Wilkies
Top Memorial Park players Peggy LaCroix Sandy Delude and Bucky Long earned finals spots at Wilkies for the Miniature Golf Tournament amid lively play. Delude defeated Kearns in the 10 to 12-year class while Pietryka led the 7-9s with a 67.
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Wilkies
Memorial Park
Peggy LaCroix
Sandy Delude
Bucky Long
Stark St. Park
Matthew Pietryka
Sheila Kearns
Darrell Raymond
Matt Pietryka
Stark Streeters
YMCA
Alan Daigneault
David Des Mercado
David
Regis Mayhew
John LaCroix
John
Colleen Burgess
Lisa Lampron
Rose Swineski
K of C
Miss Wilhelmina Smith completes Audubon Camp course
Miss Wilhelmina Smith of 212 Pleasant Street finished a two week natural history course at Audubon Camp of Maine on Todd Wildlife Sanctuary in Muscongus Bay. She was among 54 special students and part of more than 600 teachers and conservation leaders taking Audubon nature courses at four such camps this summer in Greenwich Connecticut Sarona Wisconsin and Dubois Wyoming. She studied bird life marine life and teaching techniques for natural science and conservation.
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Wilhelmina Smith
Pleasant St
Audubon Camp
Maine
Todd Wildlife Sanctuary
Muscongus Bay
Miss Smith
Aubuebon Camp
National Audubon Society
Greenwich
Conn
Sarona
Wis
Dubois
Wyom
New Books at Bennington Free Library
The Bennington Free Library unveils new fiction and reference titles across genres. Notable works include Crane Red Badge of Courage, Egan Some Avenger Rise, Milestones like Malamud The Fixer, Michener The Source, and Folio guides such as Vermont A Guide and Encyclopedia of Superstition.
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Egan
Goran
Hentoff
New York
Hoyle
Israel
James
Malamud
Bennington College
Michener
Potts
Sayres
Peace Corps
Woods
Eimerl
Fulford
Vicetoria
Victoria Princess Royal
Kim
U.S.A
U.S.S.R
Kunitz
Mayberry
C.f
Radford
Rand McNally
Rasey
Salt Box
Thomas
Wolstenholme
Peetee and Mokhehle wrestle in heated showdown in Maseru
In Maseru Basutoland on Tuesday Peetee Peetee the minister of justice and Shakhane Mokhehle a congress party member wrestled to a draw after a fierce bout over alleged mismanagement and embezzlement tied to funds once controlled by Mokhehle. The clash spilled outside the embassy chamber before colleagues separated them.
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Maseru
Basutoland
UPI
Peetee Peetee
Shakhane Mokhehle
National Assembly
Peetee
Mokhehle
Congress Party
Gile Completes NDEA Industrial Arts Institute at Oswego
Kenneth E. Gile of Bennington, an industrial arts technology specialist at Mt. Anthony Union High School, finishes a National Defense Education Act Institute in industrial arts at Oswego State University college. He is among 30 U.S. specialists, with 800 applicants, spending July 3 to August 12 visiting industries and developing curricula for home use. Gile earned a B.E. in industrial arts from Keene State College.
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Oswego
N.Y
Kenneth E. Gile
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
State University College
United States
Oswego Institute
Gile
Keene, N.H
State College
Marriage Bureau reports boom from high profile wedding
Pittsburgh UPI says Allegheny County Marriage License Bureau supervisor Drew Richey noted booming business Tuesday attributing it to nationwide coverage of the Luci Johnson Pat Nugent wedding.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Andrew Richey
Allegheny County Marriage License Bureau
Luci Johnson
Pat Nugent
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