Bennington Sees Winter Business Lag Ebbing This Year
Bennington sees a slower seasonal downturn in business as construction activity remains strong. Builders like Bennett and Ryan continue shopping center work in Rutland and Bennington, while residential projects keep crews busy.
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C. W. Kelly
Arlington
Bennett and Ryan Construction Co
Bennington Flats
Green Mountain
Rutland
Burgess Brothers Construction Co
William E. Dailey Inc
Bennett and Ryan Con
U.S
Bennington
Dorset writer and widow Mrs Kent in Mrs. America pageant
Mrs. Kent, a Dorset artist and author of Isabella published in Negro Digest, is widowed since 1950 with two grown sons. Officials say she remains eligible for the Mrs. America contest, open to any married or widowed woman 21 or older. She recalls Miami beaches while awaiting a call.
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Isabella
Negro Digest
Clifton P. Kent
Charles
Robert
America
Nevins
Dorset Hills
Jobless Rate Tops 7 Percent in Vermont
Vermont’s insured unemployment rate rose above seven per cent for a second time this year. For the week ended Jan 26 claims reached 7.05 per cent, and for Feb 2 the rate climbed to 7.8 per cent as Burlington General Electric plant layoffs and seasonal construction cuts drove the increase in claims.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
Burlington General Electric
Truck and Jeep Collision Near Arlington Village
Three men escaped injury when a Jeep and a log-filled truck tangled on U S 7 south of Arlington Village. Harold O Neil 34 of Branden drove the International truck while Robert Stroffoleno of West Arlington piloted the 1955 Jeep and George Hess of Arlington rode as a passenger. The Jeep sustained front bumper left door and window damage and the truck's front fender running board and rack area were damaged. The log load shifted but remained on the truck. Fire chief Paul H Gunther, 85, will retire next month.
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U.S. 7
Arlington Village
Vermont
Harold O’neil
Brandon
Robert Stroffoleno
West Arlington
Stroffoleno
O’neil
George Hess
Arlington
Exodus of African students from Bulgaria after discrimination
In Vienna AP reports 25 year old Ghanaian Robert Kotey and 16 others led an exodus of about 500 African scholarship students from Bulgaria. They cited constant insults and forced indoctrination as causes, tracing discrimination to higher authorities after the All African Students Union leaders were arrested and the union disbanded.
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Robert Kotey
Bulgaria
Accra
The
Sofia
Steering Group To Study Merger Plan In Bennington
The Bennington Southwest Steering Committee forms a subcommittee to study the State Board of Education merger proposal between Bennington South and Bennington Southwest Supervisory Unions. Chairman Lloyd Spaulding names five members to the study panel. The group aims to report at the March 18 meeting. William Mattison outlines a remote warning system for area schools with state matching funds. April 1 deadline to apply. $250 per school estimate.
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Bennington Southwest Steering Committee
Bennington South Supervisory Union
Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union
State Board of Education
Lloyd Spaulding
John Foster
John Moore
J. Goodall Hutton
Lionel Nowak
William Mattison
Bennington
Civil Defense
Mattison
Scouts Print Magazine In Braille
The Boy Scouts of America start a Braille edition of Boys Life to support disabled Scouts and integrate handicap awareness. Radio Troops link able bodied helpers with bedridden peers, while troops like Sioux Falls and Cedar Bluffs show wheelchair and crutch supported activities and fundraising for uniforms.
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New Brunswick
N.J
Boy Scouts of America
Hzmbagzbh
Boy Scout
Sioux Falls
S.C
Cedar Bluffs
Neb
Jim Schmidt
Schmidt
Good Ship Pop eye News and Weather a Kids Show
Albany WTEN airs The Good Ship Popeye News and Weather on weekdays 7:50 to 8:00 a.m. The program targets elementary students with Ralph Vartigian as host and Mr Monkey as sidekick. News and weather are written and presented with strong visuals and careful pronunciation of names and places.
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Albany
N.Y
Wtentv
Ralph Vartigian
WTEN
Mr. Monkey
Race Track Seeks Quarters For 200 For Six Months
Green Mountain Park race track in Pownal requests a survey of housing in Bennington area for 200 to 400 owners and trainers for May through November. Quarters will be provided at the park and worker camps. GBA urges residents with unoccupied apartments to contact the office.
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Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Greater Bennington Association
Bennington
Donald C. Hicks
GBA
Hicks
Park
Kennecott Copper Dividend Cut To Fund Expansion
Kennecott Copper cut its dividend from 1.25 to 1.00 to finance a 100 million expansion. The NYSE halted trading briefly after the announcement, Kennecott fell 5 percent on reopening then ended down 3 percent, while the Dow rose and many issues gained on the session as volume eased ahead of the weekend.
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NEW York
Kennecott Copper
New York Stock Exchange
Kennecott
Standard & Poor
New Plant To Open In Bellows Falls
A new plant employing 50 workers will start in Bellows Falls next month with plans to double staff after training. The facility is a children’s clothing manufacturer linked to Benmar Inc and Winwood Sportswear Inc of Manchester New Hampshire, per state Development Department and local chamber notices.
East Pownal March of Dimes Drive Tops $52
East Pownal workers led by Mrs. David Adler and assistants Mrs. Earl Lillie Mrs. Byron Barber and Mrs. Earl Campbell complete the campaign for the second year in succession. Residents in the east section contribute $52.40 to the drive.
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Tel. VA
East Pownal
David Adler
Earl Lillie
Byron M. Barber
Earl Campbell
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Morrissey
Butler and Morse Construction Co
Wesley Buzzell
Buzzell
William H. Morse
Gay’s
Gerald Morrissey
St. Joseph’s Business College
William E. Dailey
Shaftsbury
Hoy Mfg. Co
Hoy Co
Albany Novelty Co
Polygraphic Co. of America
Ben Mont Co
John Proud
Adams Clothes Shop
Ihe Stance
Proud
Troy
North Adams
Lucien Loomis
Nichols Department
Alfred Hertz
Vogue
Vanity
Main Street
All—Service
Vermont Bank and Trust CO
Brattleboro
Autland Bermineton
Everthing
Main St. Fienbe Benn
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Norshaft Lions
Lida Rose
Norshaft Lions Minstrel
North Bennington
Dave Barton
Shirley Hewitt
Eileen Peckham
George Randall
Edmunds
Dorset Lady
P.C
Winooski
Paul H. Gunther
Gunther
Vienna
Austria
Bennington Village
Scouts
North Adams, Mass
Telephones Business
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
AP News
Radius
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Festival OF Performing Arts
Red China
U.S.S.R
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Chan
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Gardner- Denver
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American Stock Exchange
Bellows Falls
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Corvair
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W.H
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Cerith
Zenith
E.T. Williams
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