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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1964
Page
6
Boston report states the Equal Pay Act bans wage discrimination on the basis of sex and requires equal wages for equal work in similar conditions. Leo A. Gleason of the Wage Hour division notes strict compliance from June 11, with exceptions for certain collective bargaining agreements.
Homer M. Stetson Jr. a Barton truck driver unloading pulp logs at Mississquoi Standard Packing Corp. fell 20 feet into a canal when a sideboard cracked. Logs rolled onto him and he died from drowning at the scene. he was not an employee of the mill. The St. Albans Fire Department attempted resuscitation. Medical Examiner Henry Baby certified the death.
The Vermont Employment Security Commission announced five new job training programs totaling about 150 workers, funded by federal Manpower Development funds. Brattleboro and Bennington each host two courses, Springfield offers one, and the projects total roughly 4,500 training weeks costing $375,000.
Washington reports the 1964 census of agriculture will include for the first time questions on pesticide use asking farmers about weed and insecticide applications, as part of the government survey this fall.
Vermont lawmakers and Gov. Hoff urged the Army Corps of Engineers to add recreation and tourism to its $2.7 million five year survey of the Connecticut River Valley Basin. Sen. George Aiken said the recreation sector must be fully considered and pledged to seek extra funds if needed. Maj. Gen. Jackson Graham ordered the survey team to give recreation weight, while census questions shift to farm income from hunting and skiing. The census will mail questionnaires in November with early results in April 1965.
The ad touts 11 Chevelle models including wagons coupes Super Sports convertibles and sedans. Upholstery is soft vinyl with wide foam seats. Sellers urge buyers to hurry as every Chevelle offers strong value and looks.
Unemployment claims in Vermont fell seven percent last week marking the 22nd straight weekly decline. Total payments dropped to 3,251 with Burlington reporting 617 claims, and Bennington seeing an 69 rise to 430 initial claims amid layoffs.
The Arlington Choral Group directed by Theodore Cook will present a spring concert at Bennington Elementary School June 14 at 7 30 p.m. The Arlington Chorus also performs June 20 with the Bennington High School Harmonettes directed by Miss Lucille Weichert. The Harmonettes include Judith Manes Patricia Killian Barbara Garrison Mary Moninger Janet Hayes Julie Wolf Anne Faireman Freda Betts Joanne Vallee Anne Bahan Lillian Hurlburt Nancy Danisch and will perform Danny Boy America Kum Ba Yah and Tutto ritomba. The Arlington program features A Mighty Fortress Tenebrae Factae Sunt The Lord’s Prayer Charm Me Asleep Give Me Your Tired Your Poor Brahms Six Love Songs Tenting Tonight Me and My Shadow Beyond the Blue Horizon Sing We and Chant It Can You Dance the Polka Three Songs from Sweden and Let Not Your Song Endure.
More than 20 million homes have been built since 1946 with about half completed in the last eight years, reflecting a surge in housing construction in the postwar era.
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