Use of Surplus Foods Declines In Northeast
In the Northeast the number of needy people receiving USDA donated food commodities in November fell over two percent from October. Nationally about 4.4 million participated. New York led with 509,438 participants. Pennsylvania 360,401. other states listed. The Commodity Distribution Program aids those unable to buy sufficient food. commodities vary with market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Philip B. Hearn
Northeast
USDA
New York State
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Massachusetts
Delaware
Maine
New Jersey
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecicut
Measles Still Killer Warns Vermont Parents
State health official Dr. L J Leavens warns a new measles season will start soon noting rising cases January through May and that measles deaths exceed polio. He urges vaccination for Vermont children ages 1 to 15, citing preventable complications and the need to act now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Leavens
State Health Department
Vermont
Enders
Leavens
American Medical Association
The
Public Health Service
Dr. Leavens
Prouty Wins Industrial Arts Award
U S Senator Winston L Prouty of Vermont was honored by the American Industrial Arts Association for his contribution to education and industrial arts He received a plaque at a banquet with over 75 leaders in the field The Prouty amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965 funds federally supported institutes for advanced study in Industrial Arts with no tuition for attendees and stipends of 75 a week plus 15 for each dependent Institutes target teachers and supervisors in public and nonpublic schools to enhance subject matter knowledge and competency Students study the history growth and development of industrial organizations and materials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
U.S
Winston L. Prouty
Vermont
American Industrial Arts Association
Veremont Pta
Brow Derby
Monton
Walter L. Urien Hardwick
Vermont Pta
Max Barrows
William Blachly
Calais
Fritz Dillmann
Manchester Depot
PTA
Cpl
Arthur Yean
Department of Public Safety
PTA Safety
Dillmann
Allen Bent
Roxbury
Lewis Clark
Bellows Falls
Raymond Prinsen
Acadeing
Vermont church group backs state medium security unit
The Vermont Council of Churches Social Action Committee urged House Institutions Committee to back H 24 to build a state correctional policy and a youthful offenders facility. Support cited long overdue prison reform and a treatment focused program with group therapy education and work. The group favored accompanying bills to create a district court system fund more probation officers and study county jails.
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Burlington
Vermont Church
Vermont Council of Churches Social Action Committee
Herschel Miller
Northfield
Wallace Short
House Institutions Committee
Vermont
Stock racer Huber races for church sponsor in Texas
Wichita Falls Tex delivers a human interest note as Larry Huber a 28 year old stock car driver at Red River Speedway pilots car No 39 with St Andrews Episcopal Mission Church as sponsor and a cross painted on the door. He shares his winnings with the church.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Pleasant Street
St. Peter’s Episcopal Parish
Orren Pernel
Miss Pernel
Church Women’s Group
Leontina Calabro
Reinen Wasser
Herr
Calabro
Louis Calabro
Bennington College Music Department
Hofstader Singers
Reinhoud van der Linde
Erstander
Heil
Christ
Mensch
Bennington Bookshop, Inc
Main Street
St. Peter
WICHITA ALIS, _ Tex
UPI
Larry Huber
Red River Speedway
St. Andrews’ Episcopal Mission Church
Huber
Union membership below national average in New England states
Data from the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates New England states except Rhode Island show lower union membership as a share of nonfarm workers than the national average. Vermont records the lowest percentage among the six states at 19 3 percent. The report notes New York California and Pennsylvania host the largest totals, with Illinois and Ohio also over a million members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Wendell D. Macdonald
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
United States
Washington
North Carolina
New York
California
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Vermont
Medical Society and Auxiliary Hold Dinner Meeting
The Bennington County Medical Society and Auxiliary dined at Mt. Anthony Country Club Saturday. After dinner both groups held separate business meetings. Mrs. Richard B. Davis led the auxiliary session and the group voted to dedicate funds to a hospital use project with Mrs. William Worthington named project chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bennington County Medical Society
Auxiliary
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Richard B. Davis
William Worthington
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St. Peter's
Lenox School For Boys
Lenox
Mass
Robert L. Curry
Richard A. de Mone
General Theological Seminary
J.S. Bach
House
Lions
Burton Potter
Versmont Bank and Trust Company
Bennington Lions Club
Lions International
San Francisco
Thomas F. Budd
Oakland
California Supreme Court
Budd
St. Peter’s
Prouty
Industrial Arts Award
Wilson
Leona
Porterhouse
Main St
Walter Whitney
Carroll Drug Store
Philip H. Hoff
Leo K. Hickey
Montpelier
Peter Hincks
Middlebury
Atkins
Tobin
Swift’s Premium
Haddock
N.B.C
del Monte
del M
Pillsbury
Doles
School Street
Northeast Union
Fire Department
Janet Mattison
Butler
Manchester
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