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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1970
Page
6
Boise Cascade salesperson Tom Jay predicts the 1970s will see more women handling home repairs with well stocked tool kits. He lists essential items from a metal box and hammer to a crescent wrench and silicone spray, urging quality over bargains and borrowing neighbor help for tougher tasks.
Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts received National Science Foundation grants totaling 10,930 dollars to fund 10 students for summer independent research in biology psychology and physics. Biology gets 5,530 for five students under Prof. Patricia A. Labine. Psychology receives 3,400 for three students supervised by Prof. Roger M. Tarpy Jr. Physics receives 2,000 for two students run by Prof. Fielding Brown. Stipends are 60 dollars weekly per student plus institutional allowances for costs.
BOSTON Vermont Council chairman Borden E Avery announces the seventh annual New England Council Award with a May 1 deadline. Any New England resident or organization can be nominated by one of the council’s 2000 members. Previous winners include Edwin Land Robert Sprague Fazar Wilde Erwin Canham Carl Gilbert and James Killian Jr.
The Vermont Department of Social Welfare outlines part time and home day care options for mothers, licensing requirements, and standards to protect children. It describes center and home day care, discusses space, exits, safety, and programming, and urges licensed providers with help from social workers to meet rules.
Neal W. Welch elected vice chairman of Sprague Electric Co at a board meeting in North Adams Massachusetts. Welch will keep his role as chairman of the executive committee and has a long career at Sprague since 1932 including roles as president of sales and marketing and as a director since 1961. He is a Bentley College graduate and native of North Adams married to Harriet Flood with two daughters.
Richard Valentinetti named air pollution control engineer for the State Health Department industrial hygiene division in Barre. A Waterbury, Connecticut native, he earned a 1963 University of Massachusetts degree and a 1967 Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan. He studied at the University of Southern California 1965 and worked 1963–66 for Norwalk Health Department. He served with the U S Public Health Service in Washington and San Francisco, assisting California Arizona and Nevada agencies 1967 until Vermont assignment. He lives in Waterbury.
Edith Beaumont reports Hoosick Falls officials say 184 boys have registered for the coming season, up 19 from last year. Officials anticipate forming another minor league to accommodate the growth.
Rutland VT architect Payson Webber was named to the General Services Administration Region 1 Public Advisory Panel on Architectural Services. The six state region includes Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont.
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