Center expansion troubles at Medgar Evers Guild in Jackson
VIM reports growing programs at the Medgar Evers Neighborhood Guild Community Center in Jackson Mississippi. Center crowding and budget strain stem from rising Negro participation in day care and teen activities. Plans include shifting teen programs to a new facility and expanding adult counseling and mothers and men’s clubs. Pending talks with state agencies aim to train poor residents as day care staff under federal Manpower Act.
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Vermont In Mississippi Corp
VIM
Vermont
Medgar Evers
Seaver
Joseph Baines
Baines
California
Carol
Medgar Evers Neighborhood Guild
Mothers’ Club
Seaster
Jackson
Mississippi
Mississippi Employment Security Commission
State Day Care Agency
Medgar Evers Guild Center
CDA Food Sale Friday At CVPS Court St Andrew
Catholic Daughters of America will sponsor a food sale Friday at the Central Vermont Public Service Corp starting at 10 30 a m. The committee includes Eleanor Harvey Patricia Perrotta Peg Ryan Kay Deery and Anne Cummings. Items offered include baked beans cookies pies cakes and salads. Members should bring contributions by 10 a m.
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Court St. Andrew
Catholic Daughters of America
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Eleanor Harvey
Patricia Perrotta
Peg Ryan
Kay Deery
Anne Cummings
Bennington Court Deals With Careless Driving Cases
In Bennington Municipal Court, Barbara A. McFadden of New Canaan was fined 35 dollars after pleading no contest to careless driving with an accident on Feb 10 on Stratton Mountain access road. Gordon D. Bisson of North Pownal was fined 35 dollars for Feb 5 accident on Chapel Road after pleading guilty. Three persons with defective equipment were fined 10 dollars each. Elizabeth Mattison and Sherman Towsley, both of Shaftsbury, were cited for bald tires. Wesley Foster, 17, Bennington, for bald tires. Lawrence Parizo, 29, Bennington, pleaded not guilty to non-support. temporary weekly payments ordered. Gerald Campbell, 24, Manchester Depot, forfeited bail and, after arraignment, no contest to the traffic charge with 35 dollar fine and 50 dollar contempt for missing trial and court orders.
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Bennington Municipal Court
Barbara A. McFadden
New Canaan
Conn
Winhall
Atty
Marshall Witten
Wesley G. Foster
R.F.D
Bennington
Wesley
Lawrence Parizo
Gerald F. Campbell
Manchester
Campbell
Australia switches to dollars and cents currency
Australia adopts the new dollar system with $1.12 official rate and coins of 1, 2, 5, 20 and 50 cents. Banks reopen after conversion as housewives report price increases and businesses adjust. Old shillings and pence become obsolete while new notes of $1 $2 $10 and $20 enter circulation. Prof. N R Wills says the transition loss is negligible.
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Sydney
Aps
Australia
N. R. Wills
University of New South Wales
ADA seeks rent subsidy priority from Johnson
Americans for Democratic Action asks President Johnson to push Congress to fund the new rent subsidy program. The plan aims to aid needy families with better housing but lacks appropriations. A weekend letter to the President announced by 100 urban affairs experts endorsed the request.
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Washington
UPI
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Johnson
Congress
Miss Burbank Honored By GOP Women
In Montpelier the Women’s Recognition Luncheon honored Miss Helen Burbank, former deputy secretary of state, as GOP speakers urged unity and prudence amid inflation and Vietnam. Consuelo Bailey described Lincoln’s life and death, while Robert Stafford predicted continued bombing, cautious ground war, and pursuit of an honorable peace.
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Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
China
South Viet Nam
Consuelo N. Bailey
GOP
Lincoln
Edward G. Janeway
Windham
Derick V. Webb
Chittenden - Grand Isle
State Committee
Typing Course Planned at Bennington High
An evening typing course for adults will be offered at Bennington High if enough sign up. Instructor John Kelleher aims at beginners with options for speed and accuracy training, business letters, forms, and tabulations. Meeting details, duration, and fees discussed at registration night March 1 at 7 p.m. in room 294A Benhi. Call 442-6371 for inquiries. fee is $10.
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Benenington High
John Kelleher
Benhi
Vermont Ad Campaign Draws 3,000+ Replies for Jobs in Green Mountains
Vermont officials report more than 3,000 replies from former residents and friends of Vermont to ads urging skilled and semi skilled workers to return. The outreach aims to connect applicants with jobs via the Vermont Employment Service and local offices, while highlighting opportunities in industry and the state’s “booming” economy.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Green Mountains
Vermont Development Department
Friends of Vermont
New England
Green Mountain
Development Department
Vermont Employment Service
Stella Hackel
Department of Employment Security
Moulton
Elizabeth Taylor debuts in Dr Faustus at Oxford Playhouse
Elizabeth Taylor impressed the Oxford audience in a staged guest role with four kisses to Richard Burton, aiding a theater workshop fund while critics remained cool. The pair, both alumni of Oxford, performed in Dr Faustus for a limited week, with Burton’s line demanded kisses and Taylor’s look the only required lines.
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Oxford
England
UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Oxford Playhouse
Miss Taylor
Burton
Hollywood Cameras
Helen of Troy
Ilium
Helen
Giant Rocket Motor Test Planned At Cape Kennedy
NASA will test fire a 3.6 million pound thrust solid fueled rocket on February 23 at the Aerojet Everglades site in Dade County Florida. The nozzle up launch aims to replicate a previous fall firing and prove large solid rockets can boost heavy payloads into space.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
America
Aerojet General Corp
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Williamstown
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Milton Mackey
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