Bennington Joblessness Drops to 4.3 Percent
Insured unemployment in the Bennington area averaged 4.3 per cent in June, per a report by Frank H. Mudgett of the Department of Employment Security. May was 5.3 per cent and June last year 4.6 per cent. Initial claims totaled 152, led by service and private households 41, wholesale and retail trade 32, and apparel 24. Weeks of unemployment averaged 305, with weekly totals ranging from 290 to 320. Twenty four people exhausted regular benefits in June with their 26th claim, bringing yearly total to 191. The Bennington County office serves the area with itinerant service in Arlington and Manchester.
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Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Bennington County
Arlington
Manchester
Summer theater calendar brings wide range of shows
Dorset Arthur Miller works Caravan Theater presents The Crucible with a 1692 New England setting and nightly 8 40 p m. Williamstown Theater features A View From the Bridge and A Thousand Clowns plus Man For All Seasons under rotating repertory. Weston Playhouse offers A Shot in the Dark and a 3 p m matinee. Colonie Theater presents My Fair Lady through Sunday with varied evenings. St Michael's Playhouse shows Heaven Can Wait through Saturday. Berkshire Festival at Tanglewood includes Boston Symphony Orchestra programs and Open Rehearsal. Jacob's Pillow hosts dance ensembles July 25. Marlboro Music Festival and Bundy Gallery offer classical and visual arts, with Caribbean festival at Southern Vermont Art Center.
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Caravan Theater
Dorset
Arthur Miller
Miller
New England
Information Call
Williamstown Theater
Williamstown
Mass
Nikos Psacharopoulos
Colonie Theater
Latham
N.Y
Tanglewood
Lenox
Erich Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Strauss
Mahler
Radcliffe Choral Society
Harvard Glee Club
Wagner
Debussy
Eugene Ormandy
Ravel
Elgar
Allen Sherman
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Pops
Southern Vermont Art Center
Manchester
Vermont
Jean-Leon Destine
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Art Center
Bennington College Hosts 61 Teachers in John Hay Fellows Program
Sixty one high school teachers from 31 states gather at Bennington College for four weeks of humanities study in the John Hay Fellows Summer Program. Led by Fred Stocking of Williams College, the institute aims to widen intellectual horizons rather than train for specific classroom tasks.
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Henry Adams
Virginia Woolf
Fred H. Stocking
Williams College
Stocking
Edmund Spenser
Ford Foundation
Bennington
Williams
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Colo
University of Oregon
Eugene
Ore
James Longo
Department of
National Guard Unit Seeks 15 Enlistees in Bennington
The 86th Engineering Company of the Vermont Army National Guard in Bennington is recruiting to raise its strength from 120 enlisted and officers to 135 to meet 90 percent of its 150 authorized. Capt. John Dempsey says new enlistees aged 17 to 28 may defer active duty up to 120 days, with high school seniors awaiting graduation. Enlistees may train in radio, electronics, repair, maintenance, or operate heavy equipment. Call Sgt. Harold Andrew or Sgt. Griffin Smith at the State Armory.
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86Th Engineering Co
Vermont Army National Guard
Bennington
John Dempsey
86Th Engineer Co
Capt
Dempsey
Harold Andrew
Griffin Smith
State Armory
Vincent Cristaldi
Cambridge
N.Y
St. Joseph College
William Hayden
Arlington
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