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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1966
Page
9
Insured unemployment in the Bennington area averaged 2.6 percent in November, per Frank H. Mudgett, area manager for the Unemployment Compensation Division. The rate exceeded the statewide 2.2 percent. New spells of total or partial unemployment led to 231 initial claims for state unemployment.
The Vermont Bankers Association received the Agricultural Award from the American Bankers Association for Farm and agri cultural education and activities. Theodore D. Brown announced the award honoring programs that enhance farm financial services and farm community cooperation. Separate Vermont unemployment data show rising claims in November across service, apparel, and trade sectors, with a 2.6 percent insured unemployment rate and four benefit exhaustions this year. The Ben nington County office serves Arlington and Manchester with weekly Wednesday mornings service.
Three University of Vermont professors will head summer institutes for secondary school teachers next summer. The NSF funded program offers scholarships and stipends for 140 teachers with a total grant of 181,190 dollars. Dr N James Schoomaker leads the seven week math institute with a 71,970 dollar grant and 60 teacher cap. Nelson L Walbridge heads the eight week physics program with 67,330 dollars and 50 cap. Associate Prof Robert K Cotten leads the eight week earth sciences institute with 41,890 dollars and 30 cap. Tuition is waived and participants receive 75 dollar weekly stipends plus 15 dollars per week per dependent up to four. Similar NSF institutes have been run for eight years. NSF began supporting secondary teacher summer institutes in 1954.
Ellsworth Bunker, adviser to President Johnson, arrives in Jerusalem for a week with a U S Israeli desalting project. He will meet Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol and other top officials to discuss the plan.
New York report notes women increasingly handle home repairs and power tools. Rockwell Manufacturing cites rising sales of lightweight sanders and drills bought for personal use. A New York actress refinishes furniture, later making desks, tables, and cabinets for friends, while other women in California Wisconsin and Illinois craft functional pieces and storage solutions at home.
Robert Graf of North Rupert was re elected chairman of the Bennington County ASC Committee at a delegates convention in Bennington The new vice chairman is William Strohmaier East Pownal Merritt Morey West Rupert was named to a three year term as third member Leon Edgerton Dorset and Paul Foster North Pownal were elected first and second alternates The committee governs agricultural stabilization soil bank and related programs for the county The ASCS office is at 310 Main St Bennington with John J DeVito as office manager
In Chatham England cooks prepared a massive Christmas pudding for 2,500 dockyard workers. The ingredient list featured 300 eggs 34 bottles of rum 34 bottles of stout and 168 pounds of mixed fruits in a festive display.
Vermont area employment fell one percent from March 1964 to March 1965 per County Business Patterns 1965 Vermont published by the U.S. Census Bureau. Bennington County had 6805 employees in March 1965 vs 6886 a year earlier, with first quarter payrolls totaling $7 million vs $6.8 million. Manufacturing employed 3425 with $3.9 million payroll. services had 1293 employees and $1 million payroll. State totals show a 7 percent rise to 93,257 in March 1965, with January–March 1965 payrolls at $98.2 million. County ranking and leading counties are noted. publication sold for 35 cents.
The Greater Vermont Association releases a winter edition map and guide detailing Vermont ski areas, attractions, lodging, and restaurants with symbols for points of interest. It notes access to completed Interstates, U.S. and state highways, and offers a free copy via P.O. Box 37 Montpelier or a Commerce Department field office.
Harold B. Benson, president of the Vermont Association of Realtor Boards, announces Philip O. Widing as executive secretary starting January. Widing, son of a former Philadelphia realtor, graduated from UFM in 1953, served in the Navy, owned a Maryland dairy and crop farm with a licensed broker, recently bought a home in South Burlington, and will be introduced at a January 4 inaugural luncheon at the Bardwell Hotel in Rutland.
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