Citizenship Education Workshops For Vermont Teachers
The Vermont Education Association Instructional Committee and partners announce two spring workshops on Citizenship Education for teachers. March 30 at Adams School St Johnsbury and April 6 at Otter Valley Union High Brandon feature keynote James Whitten of Gorham State College. Dr Howard Bowen and staff will advise elementary and secondary groups.
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James Whitten
Gorham
Maine
State College
Howard Bowen
Gorham State College
VEA
Alan Weiss
Northfield
Doris Spencer
Johnson
John P. Barry
Brattleboro
L. Lucille White
Burlington
Theodore R. Whalen
Waterbury
Phillip Viereck
Bennington
Max W. Barrows
Montpelier
Alberta gains first woman cabinet minister in 37 years
Ethel Sylvia Wilson, a 36 cent an hour seamstress from Edmonton, rose from hardship after becoming widowed in 1937 to join the union movement. Her public service culminated in her appointment as Alberta’s first female cabinet minister in Premier Manning’s Social Credit government, though she would serve as minister without portfolio.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ethel Sylvia Wilson
E. C. Manning
Social Credit
Edmonton Northeast
Irene Parlby
United Farmers of Alberta
South Africa's White Women Firearm Teargas Device Debuts
German inventor N Pruss unveiled a teargas spray squirt for white South African women amid apartheid. Packaged in a five inch tin, it uses standard teargas with additives, at 70 pounds pressure. Pruss claims 80 sprays per can, priced at R1500 ten cents, with approval from Justice Minister Vorster. Demonstrations frightened reporters as authorities push home defense for whites.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Pruss
Rhodesia
Bennington UCC Reports 696 Jobseekers Registered
The Bennington Vermont Unemployment Compensation Commission office says 696 jobseekers registered at February end, up from January and last year. Newly interviewed 128. 50 job openings listed. 47 placements, 22 to women and 3 to veterans. farm help demand remains low.
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Bennington
Vermont Unemployment Compensation Commission Today
YMCA Schedule Highlights Weekly Activities at Red Brick School
The weekly YMCA timetable lists activities across Monday to Saturday at Red Brick School and North Bennington programs including junior high and senior high boys gym classes, boys and girls programs, weight lifting, chess, wrestling, bowling, and various clubs. Local organizations such as USA Local 158 and Industrial Management Advisory Committee host sections, while Air Force Reserve and church events fill evening slots.
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Red Brick School
Air Force Reserve
North Bennington
Ymca Board of Directors
Agriculture Stabilization Conservation
Church of God
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Ben-Mont
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Polygraphic Company of America Inc
Bijur Lubricating Corp
Tansitor Electronics Inc
Ben-Mont Dodge Fibers Corp
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Flomatic Corp
North Hoosick
N. Pruss
Justice
Balthazar Vorster
UCC
Erans
Methodist
First Methodist Church of
Circle I
L. Mattison
D. Smith
Leon Oliver
Methodist Church
Williamstown
Mass
John Mook
Crescent Boulevard
Bennington County
Arlington
Manchester Court House
YMCA
Mel Salems
Baby
Crisco
Eddington Inc
Main St
Bennington, Vt
Acousticon
State Street
Albany
New York
Division of General Hearing Aids, Inc
Foxy Buyers
FORD
Wilson Ford
N.E.F.D.A
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