UCS Moves Into New Putnam Memorial Building
Putnam Memorial Hospital opens occupancy of a newly built L shaped complex. The United Counseling Service occupies one wing with offices and a playroom for observant windows while a cancer research institute directed by Dr Helene W Toolan occupies the other wing. Rats hamsters and guinea pigs will be housed in cages at week’s end. The research wing features gleaming terrazzo floors glazed tile walls and a non recirculating climate system with easily movable walls and corrosion resistant plumbing.
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Bennington
Community Mental Health Agency
Helene W. Toolan
UCS
Willow Road
Toolan
National Institute of Health
American Cancer Society
United Counseling Service
Putnam Memorial Hospital Institute For Medical Research
Helene Toolan
Farmers in Parched Areas Seek Rainmaking Help
In Center Brunswick New York an emergency Rensselaer County Farm Bureau meeting will decide on coordinating cloud seeding with neighboring Washington County amid a severe drought. Salem crowds raised over 2500 dollars to hire a rainmaker with Atmospheric Research Associates expert Dr Wallace Howell explaining the method.
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Center Brunswick
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Washington County
Hoosick
Salem
Wallace Howell
Atemospheric Research Associates
Lexington
Mass
Richard McGuire
New York Farm Bureau
Northeast District
Ray Johnson
Washington County Farm Bureau
Washington County Disaster Committee
Computer rule out Bacon as Shakespeare author
British mathematician Norman Thomas used an electronic computer to compare filler words in the works of Sir Francis Bacon and William Shakespeare. The device ruled out Bacon but did not definitively prove Shakespeare as author, citing dissimilar patterns in usage of common filler terms.
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London
UPI
Francis Bacon
William Shakespeare
Norman Thomas
Bacon
Shakespeare
Thomas
Ancient Greek Wrestling Rules Established by Theseus
Theseus, son of King Aegeus, is credited with creating the first standard wrestling rules for the Greeks around 900 B.C. This foundational code shaped competitive grappling in ancient Athens and beyond.
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Athens
API
Theseus
Ageus
Vermont 4 H Junior Club Leaders Register at UVM
Registration opened Wednesday for Vermont's Junior 4 H Club leaders at the University of Vermont Burlington marking a three day conference. Dean Paul R. Miller and extension director R P Davison greeted the attendees and Benjamin Collins advised on government links. The program featured interest groups and career tours with topics from adjusting to college to dairy farming and teaching. Evening events included a Hootenanny by Sandy and Caroline Paton and International Night with IFYE speakers Deanna Gould from the Netherlands and Nagendra N Bhagabati from India. Forty Bennington County junior leaders will return with broader outlook for county clubs.
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Vermont
UVM
Burlington
Paul R. Miller
UVM School of Agriculture
R.P. Davison
Benjamin Collins
Sandy
Caroline Paton
Huntington
Deanna Gould
Ifye
Netherlands
Nagendra N
Bhagabati
India
Bennington County
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Robert Stout
Cleveland E. Dodge Jr
Pownal
S. Whitney Dickey
Buckler
Cancer Research Institute
Haynes
Kane
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Pratt ST
Roofing & Sheet Metal CO
Grand Union Empire
North Bennington RD
Dairy Queen
Crescent Manor
Crescent Boulevard
David J
Marie Alexander
Fairview Nursing Home
Bankers’ School
New England
Williams College
Josiah Chandler
Hartford
Connecticut Bankers Association
James R. Lowell
First Agricultural Bank of
Berkshire County
Pittsfield
Fred H. Stocking
Williams
Arthur B. Murphy
County National Bank of
Frank Knight
The
Farm Bureau
Thomes
DEPT
Crattleroad
Grrtland
By Ada Sue Diamond
Volkswagen
R&h
WW. H
Eddington
Gerald E. Morrissey
General Contractors
Beech ST
Fran Stacy
Shaftsbury
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