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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1967

Page

5

Vermont unemployment claims and reformatories in Vermont 1967

Vermont reports 2615 unemployment claims for last week, up 57 from the prior week and 645 above last year. insured rate held at 2.4 percent. New claims rose to 394 with four industries driving 70 percent, area changes varied, Brattleboro down 24 percent, Bennington up 20 percent. Rutland women’s reformatory will close June 30 with inmates paroled. transfers to Framingham, Mass. planned after July 1. Tax Commissioner backs tax sharing with state control, noting potential surplus issues. State Education Department and Johnson State College to run July seminar on teaching underachieving students, July 17-31, with about 20 junior high students involved.

Department Brattleboro Bennington

Hoff names new Vermont Recreation Board chairman

Gov. Philip Hoff designated Orlando P. Costa of St. Johnsbury to a two year term as chairman of the state Recreation Board, replacing George R. J. McGregor Jr. Costa’s appointment comes as Claude L. Bellefeuille of Tunbridge was named to a 20 month term on the Orange County bench after the death of George K. Sprague Jr. in Randolph. In Newport, Sen. Winston L. Prouty announced a grant of 58300 to the Orleans County Council of Social Agencies Inc, with 48700 in new federal funds and 9600 reprogrammed money, for anti poverty admin staff and services for 3455 families. Project director is Carl Buffum Jr.

Newport Agency Newport UPI Winston L. Prouty Orleans

Hudson Valley to Hold 13th Graduation Exercises

Hudson Valley Community College will hold its 13th annual graduation on Saturday at 10 a.m. in the campus theater. About 700 graduates, the largest class in school history, will receive degrees across technology health sciences business and university parallel transfer programs with Ewald B Nyquist delivering the commencement address.

Troy James J. Fitzgibbons Hudson Valley Community College Today Ewald B. Nyquist New York

Air Force Band to Play at Tanglewood

The U S Air Force Band from Washington D C will perform June 22 at Tanglewood Amphitheater Lenox as the shed’s first appearance. The concert begins at 8 p m and is free to the public. A large interfaith hymn festival will follow with 750 voices from Berkshire churches in the Tanglewood shed. A Yellow Coach Line driver evacuated 12 children after a bus engine fire on Springside Avenue. Berkshire Gas crews put out the blaze. driver Abram Fish.

Pittsfield U.S. Air Force Washington, D.C Tanglewood Amphitheater Lenox Westover Afb Tanglewood Berkshire Springside Avenue Berkshire Gas Co Abram Fish

Vermont Association Chief Attends Retarded Children Meet

Mrs. Edward Doyle, president of the Vermont Association for Retarded Children, attended the Northeast regional meeting in Philadelphia with officials from Vermont and Bennington Friends of Retarded Children. The conference explored guardianship, voluntarism, and parent professional partnerships as part of a broader plan by state and federal consultants. Mrs. Doyle, a former Arlington school director and 1965 Vermont legislator, succeeds Heyward McLeod as association president.

Arlington Edward Doyle Vermont Association For Retarded Children National Association For Retarded Children Philadelphia America National Association For Retarded Children Doyle Pennsylvania Lenore W. McNeer Office of Mental Retar Department of Mental Health Earle Forman Bennington Friends of Vermont Association Governor’s Advisory Committee George Bown U.S. Public Health Service Boston Meyer A. Schreiber Children’s Bureau New York City Stanley Klein Florence Heller School Brandeis University

Adams to Serve as Acting Institutions Head

Adams will become acting commissioner of corrections on July 1 after meeting Gov Hoff and the Institutions Board. Charles G Adams, state deputy commissioner of institutions, will assess a comprehensive rehabilitation program while weighing a formal bid to replace John Woodhull, who resigns June 30. The $14,500 a year post will be advertised next month as Adams contemplates the race.

Adams Board Gerald Errion Newport Errion John Woodhull New York City Errier

Harvard Denies Degree to Whiz Student

Harvard Law School withheld Walter A. Winshall's degree amid an inquiry into his double enrollment at Harvard and MIT. The 23 year old Detroit native had entered MIT at 16 and earned honors while juggling Sloan School and law studies. An investigation continues as Harvard upholds the degree pending findings.

Harvard Cambridge Mass UPI Walter A. Winshall Detroit Harvard Law School Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Winshall Sloan School of Management Win- Shall Sloan Joseph D. Leininger Law School

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