Bennington College Receives Bell System Scientific Equipment
Western Electric and Bell Labs donate five types of electrical and scientific gear to Bennington College as part of a long running Bell System College Gift Program. The initiative, aiding higher education, ships surplus and obsolete items to more than 500 colleges each year, with Elon College receiving 108 pieces after a fire.
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New York
Western Electric Company
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bennington College
Western Electric
Bell System
Bell Labs
Elon College
North Carolina
United States
Zoning Permits Reported for Bennington Village
A. Sidney Edson, zoning inspector, issues permits totaling $52,000 for four single family additions and homes. Stanley King Jr. adds a bedroom and larger kitchen at 322 Dewey St. for about $1,000. Clyde D Howe builds a one family residence on Convent Avenue for $16,000. Richard D and M Barton construct a one family home on Soulh Street for $10,000. Morse and Butler Inc completes a Pine Circle East residence for $25,000.
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A. Sidney Edson
Bennington
Stanley R. King Jr
Dewey St
Clyde D
Howe
Convent Avenue
Richard D
M. Barton
Soulh Street
Morse and Butler, Inc
Pine Circle East
Real Estate Transfers In Bennington Week of January 1926
Bennington Town Clerk Miss Mary Hodeck reports real estate transfers recorded the week of January 1926. Transactions include County National Bank as administrator transferring to Eugene J Prandi and Edith C Prandi for 8.3 acres on Silk Road near Vail Road, a January 24 boundary adjustment on Gage Street, and a January 24 quit claim from Edward L Knapp Jr and Caroline M Knapp to Hazel E Brown. Also listed is Norman H Greenberg transferring to Henry J Bishop and Clara J Bishop for property on the proposed East Mountain Drive bounded west by Barker lands.
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Bennington
Mary Hodeck
County National Bank of
Thomas H. Silk
Eugene J
Edith C. Prandini
Silk Road
Vail Rd
Edward L. Knapp Jr
Caroline M. Knapp
Hazel E. Brown
Gage St
Norman H. Greenberg
Henry J
Clara J. Bishop
East Mountain Drive
Barker
New Minimum Wage Implemented February First 1967
Boston date note reports that new minimum wage levels rise to 1.40 per hour from 1.25 under amended Fair Labor Standards Act. Wage Hour and Public Contracts divisions explain coverage includes interstate commerce and production of goods for commerce, with retail service construction and gasoline stations affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Stanley C. Wollaston
New England
U.S. Department of Labor
Wollaston
New Fair Labor Standards Act Expands Coverage
A brochure outlines 1966 amendments increasing protections for about eight million more workers to at least one dollar per hour with annual rises to 1.60 by 1971. It covers hotels, restaurants, schools, hospitals, and more, with posters, letters from Administrator Lundquist, and a coupon for local Wage-Hour Office information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence T. Lundquist
Washington
Lundquist
U.S
Washington, D.C
Regional CEO Office Moves to New Quarters
Offices of the Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council and the Southwestern Vermont Neighborhood Youth Corps relocate from the Foley Block to the Rutland Savings Bank building at 108 Merchants Row. The move boosts coordination with the Neighborhood Youth Corps program, which trains under privileged youths aged 16 to 21 in Rutland and Bennington Counties, offering up to 30 hours weekly at $1.25 per hour. Enrollment details and eligibility info are available at local Vermont State Employment Service offices in Rutland and Bennington.
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Foley Block
Merchants Row
Rutland Savings Bank
Rutland
Community Action Agency
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Community Action Program
Bennington
Vermont State Employment Service
Hoosick Falls K of C Reopens Council Plans
Hoosick Falls Knights of Columbus No. 457 held a special meeting in the Rescue Squad Building electing officers for a planned reactivation of the council once a leading New York State K of C group. New officers include Robert Hebert grand knight James O Neil deputy grand knight James Sennett chancellor and Joseph Buckley recording secretary. The Rev Charles E Bauman pastor serves as chaplain with District Deputy Anthony J Catallo assisting. A film The Papal Challenge was shown and honorary past grand knight John J Trimble was saluted for his longtime service.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Knights of Columbus
William Ketchum
William Allard
James Hewson
Joseph Bradley
John Murphy
Louis
Anthony J. Catallo
Waterford
New York State
John J. Trimble
K of C
Catallo
Thomas Dwyer
Charles DePasquale
John Schrader
Towns May Sue Over Minimum High School Standards
Castleton board member Mrs. Helen Brown warned the state may face court action if towns withhold taxes to fund non compliant high schools after July 1. She cited Harold Reynolds on board chair plans to use new law to stop state funds to lagging schools, noting about 25 schools may miss the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleton
Helen Brown
State Board of Education
Brown
New Hampshire
History Teacher To Speak at Marlboro College Lecture
Marlboro College history teacher William P. Davisson will discuss The Historiography of Louis XV at an Monday evening lecture in the college dining hall at 8. The talk will explore opinions on Louis XV from his reign 1715 to 1774 to the present, highlighting motives such as historical research political affiliations and personal character. Davisson, who has taught at Marlboro since 1964, studied in France and holds AB from Harvard and AM from Columbia.
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Marlboro
William P. Davisson
Marlboro College
Davisson
Louis XV
France
Harvard University
Columbia University
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Chicago
UPI
National Safety Council
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main ST
DIAL
Pratt ST
Roofing & Sheet Metal CO
All Weather
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Bennington, VT
Green Mountains
Princess Pat
Bennington Village
Harvey Hiatt
Frederick Hemmings
Hemmings
Hamilton
Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council, Inc
Southwestern Vermont Neighborhood Youth Corps
Mckinley Street
Hebert
Thomas P. Beals
Elm Street
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Finast
Angel
Revere Line
Morse & Butler
John M. Moore
Arlington
Vermont
Hodgson
Lono Ie
Ver
Ais Mass
St. Bennington
eSerial
Co-Operative Savings & Loan
South St. Dial
Bennington, Vermont
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