New Books at the Bennington Free Library
The library lists acquisitions across genres from romance to history including Capeto Nurse Gail Bushwhackers at the Circle K Angelique in Love Cecily's Promise The War of the Buttons Tame the Wild Wind Dowry of Diamonds The President's Men Up Against the Ivy Wall How To Build and Enclose a Porch How to Build Gun Cabinets Walls and Floor Racks How to Make Valances Cornice Boards Draperies and Install Traverse Track Collected Poems 1909 1962 How to Find a Job Education and the Barricades The Ever Present Past Birth Control She Sells Seashells Eat Drink Be Merry and Live Longer Behind the Lines Instant Replay The United Nations and the Middle East Crisis Ann Landers says Truth Is Stranger What Makes Reagan Run A Complete Fund Earning Guide On Genocide Howard Schenken s Big Club Sylvia Sidney s Needlepoint Book The Rector and the Rogue The New Immorality Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Come for a Walk with Me Little Fu New Pet The Big Rain Jeanne Marie in Gay Paris The Perkly Little Engine Albert the Albatross A Big Ball of String Cat and Dog Emmett s Pig Fun with Magic Brian Wildsmith s ABCA primer The Big Book of Real Boats and Ships Remember if the book is out the library will reserve it.
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Frances
Frankel
Hamilton
Edith
Havemman
Johns
Johnson
Klarfeld
Drew Pearson
Kramer
Lall
United Nations
Landers
Ann Landers
Lewis
Reagan
Pritchard
Sartre
Schenken
Howard Schenken
Sidney
Sylvia Sidney
Swanberg
New York City
Walker
Friskey
Hoff
Albert the
Albatross
Holland
Minarik
Stolz
Emmett
van Rensselaer
Miners Protest BIBAI Japan Over Mine Closures
Nearly 1,000 Japanese miners demonstrated today to oppose government plans to close mines deemed unproductive. The protest reflects labor tensions as authorities push ahead with closures in the BIBAI region.
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Bibai
Japan
UPI
Beckoning Careers Conference to offer 750 Vermont jobs
More than 750 Vermont career opportunities will be available to graduates at a Beckoning Careers Conference in Burlington High School on December 27 and 30. The two day event, led by the Beckoning Careers Committee, will feature interviews with 30 Vermont companies and seminars by government, business and professional leaders. Returning servicemen with degrees may attend. Registration letters go to the Vermont Development Department in Montpelier.
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Montpelier
Vermont
David C. Emery
Beckoning Careers Committee
Emery
Burlington High School
Vermont Business and Industry
Reckoning Careers
Vermont Development Department
State Economy Gains Listed in October Report
The Development Department released October’s economic indicators showing total employment about 2 percent above last year at 175,650 and unemployment at 2.4 percent down from 2.9 percent. First ten months tax receipts rose 10.3 percent over last year while meals and rooms, gasoline, and purchase and use taxes drive gains. Purchase and use tax receipts topped $3 million, up 38 percent, with nearly 20,000 new cars registered, a 12 plus percent rise. Building permits totaled 119 for new houses at 17 locations, lifting ten‑month permits to 760, 46 more than last year. September personal income slipped to $109 million but remains an 8.5 percent yearly lead over six New England states’ combined 7.9 percent.
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Montpelier
Development Department
New England
Prouty Survey on Inner City Washington Published
Senator Winston Prouty announced that his Survey Report on inner city residents in Washington has been published by the Government Printing Office and is available for $1.25. The 274 page study, based on 477 interviews in three DC areas, is praised as a valuable contribution to understanding poverty and communication gaps between citizens and leaders. It is being used by universities and a Commerce study group and sent to Nixon cabinet nominees.
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Washington
D.C
Winston Prouty
R-Vt
Government Printing Office
Prouty
Senate
Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
America
Senator Prouty
District of Columbia
Wmal-Tv
Vermont
Washington Evening Star
Barron’s Weekly
Department of Commerce
Nixon
Yule Spirit Hitches UW Students to Berkeley in Santa Gear
Two University of Wisconsin students plan a hitchhike trip to Berkeley during Christmas recess. They will don Santa Claus outfits and display a sign reading Help Reindeer on strike as part of a quirky adventure.
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Madison, Wis
UPID
University of Wisconsin
Berkeley
Calif
Ice cream layer cake and banquet offer at Beaul-May
John Ratelle shares a playful recipe layering angel food cake with chocolate coffee and orange ice creams, frosted with whipped cream and nuts. The Beaul May Restaurant advertises banquet rooms for up to 65 guests and holiday dining hours at 225 N Bennington Rd with 442 9808.
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Beau-May
N. Bennington Rd
Elks Lodge Plans New Year Party
Plans for the Bennington Elks gala New Year’s Eve party are complete in the lodge room. Reservations must be made by Monday Dec 30. The House committee arranged an entertaining evening with favors and novel ties galore. A buffet will be served. New Year’s Day at the Elks Home will be celebrated as usual with options for combined or separate reservations at reduced cost.
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The
Bennington Elks
House Committee
Elks Home
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Capeto
Gail
Cunningham
Circle K
Golon
Angelique
Judson
Cecily
Pergaud
Rawlins
Stevens
Anderson
Avorn
Columbia University
Brann
Eliot
Burton
Mike Mulligan
Chalmers
Creekmore
Flack
Francoise
France
Jeanne - Marie
Paris
David Mattison
Shaftsbury
Adams
Coats
Pendleton
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Portland
Wool
Adams Clothes Shop
Sen. Prouty
John Ratelle
Elks Lodge
Poulet
Amandine
No. Bennington Rd
St. Johnsbury Trucking
the Vermont Bank
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Bennington
North Bennington
Pownall
Manchester
Arlington
Santa Claus
Santa
Will
Vermont Bank
School Streets
Bennington, Vt
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