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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1968

Page

8

HUD Information Center tackles wide range of city questions

Washington HUD launches an information center to guide citizens through federal programs affecting cities. It handles housing, planning, and even tick remedies for dogs, with plans to expand to major cities and territories. Staff say the center will route callers to correct sources if no direct answer exists. Located at 1626 K Street NW, hours 8:45 to 5:15, phone 202 382 8001.

Washington UPI Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD K Street N.W Washington, D.C

Housing Needs Skilled Manpower for 70s Era Boom

President Johnson and homebuilders face a manpower gap as housing targets rise to 26 million units in 10 years. Skilled trades shortage, aging workers, and retirement reduce the pool from 3.8 million to an estimated 4.5 million by 1975, with a net gain need of 2.8 million to meet pace. A solution remains under study.

Washington UPI Johnson

Inter Collegiate Symposium At Vermont Academy Of Arts And Sciences

Dr. Raymond Withey and Dr. Lucien Hanks will welcome attendees at the third inter collegiate symposium. Registration 9 30 to 10, session begins. Stephen Freeman will discuss Is the Classroom Enough Undergraduate Credit for Foreign Study. Panels feature Bennington College students Kathleen Norris Claudia Lapp Ellen Stark Doreen Seidler and GMC participants Duke McBride and design group. Conference closes at 5 30 p m with remarks by Dr Hanks and refreshments.

Green Mountain College Charles Duke Alex McBride Manchester GMC Bennington College Kathleen Norris Claudia Lapp Ellen Stark Doreen Seidler Duke

Renovations At Manchester Jolly Green Joint Continue

The Jolly Green Joint in Manchester is undergoing another remodel to create a brick front open kitchen with a barbecue pit, convert the bar to a cocktail lounge, add a walk in refrigerator and expand the service entrance. Memorial Day opening is planned for the Vermont 11-30 restaurant. The piece also notes debates on training slum youth for trades amid concerns about racial discrimination in unions and apprenticeship challenges.

Manchester John Conover Conover

Five Day Forecast for New England and New York State

Five day forecast shows below normal temperatures in Vermont New Hampshire and western Maine while Massachusetts Rhode Island and eastern Maine stay near normal Highs in northern sections around 60s and mid to upper 60s in southern areas Lows around 40 in north and 40s in south More than half an inch of rain expected Sunday and Monday Boston normals listed for period with max 66 min 49 Searsburg property transfers recorded for 1967 68 including several parcels reaching Colman Holding Corp and U S Forest Service among other owners

Boston UPI Vermont New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island U.S. Weather Bureau Searsburg William and Catherine Russel John J Inge Rae Eleanor C. Berg Edward A. Osman John and Elsie Poor Colman Holding Corp Anthony Cersosimo Luke Crispe Mary Briggs Earl Bishop Blanche Reed Carpenter Manro Corp Hazel C Eva J. Wheeler U.S. Forest Service Wilmington

New Books List for Bennington Free Library

A catalog of upcoming novels and reference titles across genres including mysteries romances histories and educational works. Notable items include Atkinson The Games Bergstrom Strange Legacy Cabot Dr Jennifer Cody Once a Sheriff and many more from Galbraith Gerson Hancock Haycraft Heckert Ogilvie Popkin Tarr Weatherby Whitney Woods Beck Child Fusfeld Grant MacKenzie Rodgers Troebst and others.

Atkinson CIA State Department Bergstrom Cabot Jennifer Cody Darrell Abel. Edwards Francis Galbraith Gerson Jefferson Square Hancock Julie Haycraft Lord Brother Richard Heckert Muscavado Virgin Island Ogilvie Popkin Herman Pennsylvania Tarr Heaven Help Us Weatherby Africa Whitney Hunter’s Green Phyllis Woods Alaska Beck Fusfeld Economist Grant — ‘Ross The New Yorker Hallet Sepp MacKenzie Rodgers

Tulip prank ends with artificial replacements at courthouse

An unidentified youth uprooted and trampled tulips at Madison County Courthouse. Custodian Roy McNeal ordered replacements within 48 hours or risk informing the youth’s father. The next day the tulips were replaced with artificial ones in a brief incident noted among local chatter amidst book listings.

London, Ohio UPI Roy McNeal Madison County McNeal

Etna erupts lava pours from new mouths near top

Etna in Sicily spouted lava from two new vents on the east flank while explosions rocked its most active crater. Authorities said the flareup did not pose an immediate threat to inhabited areas. The report notes ongoing volcanic activity and no associated evacuations at this time.

Catania Sicily UPI Etna

Man bitten by duck seeks shot at West Hudson Hospital

Kearny New Jersey United Press dispatch reports post man William Stewart, 42, was taken to West Hudson Hospital for an immunization after being bitten on the lip by a duck. Duck owner Marion Tomashes said she did not know how it escaped. Stewart quipped that his wife was still laughing.

Mother’s Day gift ends in modest fine at Trimble

Defense attorney CC. Ts. Cox defended his wife on a speeding charge in Trimble a 40 mph zone at 68 mph. He paid a $25 fine with court costs after a courtroom flourish. The incident was framed as a Mother's Day gift.

Mother Explains Death to Child in Simple Terms

In Plum Hill Illinois a mother asks how to tell a child about death. The Rev Elmer Boetzmann recalls a mother describing death as a sleep and waking in a different, more beautiful home with the heavenly Father.

Plum Hill Ill UPI Elmer Broetzmann St. John’s

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Federal Housing Administration FHA Death Valley U.S. 7 Arlington State Highway Department Crow Hill Road Skarka Otis Reinhoud van der Linde Richard Blake M. Rowe Dr. Hanks Bennington Free Library Tugwell Grover Cleveland Waite Goldberg Sholom Aleichem Aulaire Ingri Edgar Parin Evers Cadecott Gayley Hartman Kingsley Petersham Joseph Saporta Moses Serrailller Jason Perseus Theseus Yates Home Furniture Co of New the Vermont Bank and Trust Company the Bank Jesse Bill Corum Monument Motors, Inc Bennington Volkswagen Sales Guild A.E. Breckwoldt New England Guild West Road Dorset John M. Moore Hodgson Main St Esso Winslow GREGG H. Greenberg Main Street A.J. Dewey & Sons Mckinley Street
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