Leisure Time Becomes Serious Problem As American Work Week Shortens
UPI report notes that beyond 40 hours weekly work is moving toward 35 hours with AFL-CIO backing a federal standard. Poll data show many Americans feel guilt idle time and prefer work, while unions study leisure related issues for reform. Noted figures include Gallup and Tolstoy referenced in context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dionysius
Syracuse
Gulf Stream
Afl-Cio
New York
Electrical Workers’ Union
Leo Perlis
George Gallop
American Institute of Public Opinion
Gallup
Tolstoy
Omar Khayyam
Probate notices and local ads in Bennington Banner
Trust Estate of Virginia Van S Bowen probate set for May 18 in Bennington. Helena L Norton will probate May 18 at 11 AM. Public notice in The Bennington Banner three weeks prior. Contest possible in Bennington Probate Office. Also local ads include bowling, wedding invitations, found items, and lost dog notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia van S. Bowen
New Nationalism Sweeps Last Europe Through Carpathians
PHIL NEWSOM reports on Eastern Europe where nationalist resentments rise amid oil fields and occupation scars. The piece follows a Bucharest to Cluj train, noting Transylvania’s Hungarian presence and the border frictions shaping Brezhnev's Romania visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Ploesti
Carpathian Mountains
Cluj
Leonid Brezhnev
Romania
Hungary
Turkey
Transylvania
Paris
Glorious Few: 1865 UVM Grads and Civil War Valor
In 1865 small UVM senior class of 3 graduates included Franklin Belknap, Henry Belknap, and Francis Farrell who started teaching, preaching, and law careers. The piece also recounts Lt. Brown of the 13th Vermont, famed at Gettysburg, his bravery, and the later fates of Piper and Powell, alongside brief notes on postwar Romani nationalism and Ceauşescu’s 45th anniversary speech in Bucharest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
University of Vermont
University
College of Medicine
Franklin
Henry H. Belknap
East Barnard
Francis Farrell
Shelburne
Belknaps
Illinois
Farrell
Iowa
Vermont Volunteers
Stephen F. Brown
Swanton
Gettysburg
Ward G. Piper
Weathersfield
Erastus Powell
Cambridge
Occoquan
Brown
Vermont
Virginia
Frederick
Pickett
13Th Vermont
Union
University of New York
Albany
Chicago
Piper
Fifer
Bakersfield
Jericho
Francis Randall
Southern Cities Hit By Tornadoes
A tornado struck Columbus Georgia injuring 11 and damaging the business district. Phoenix City Alabama was also hit as a fast moving storm crossed the Chattahoochee River. Uprooted trees and damaged homes were reported in Milton Florida and five twisters were seen near Fort Walton Florida. A tornado watch covered parts of Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Iowa with reports of funnel clouds in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma but no injuries noted.
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Columbus, Ga
UPI
Phoenix City
Ala
Chattahoochee River
Milton
Fla
Fort Walton
Estate of Catherine Kinney Commissioners Notice
The Commissioners appointed by the Bennington Probate Court will meet at the office of Robert E. Cummings Jr in Bennington on July 19 and October 19 from 10 am to 5 pm to examine and adjust all claims against Catherine L Kinney late of Bennington deceased. Creditors must file claims within six months from April 19, 1966. Dated Bennington April 19, 1966. Charles Toomey Edward Murphy Commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth P. Beach
Honorable
Probate Court
District of
Bennington
County National Bank
Catherine L. Kinney
Robert E. Cummings, Jr
Probate of Frieda C Salvatore Will Set for May 25
The court orders the probate of Frieda C Salvatore's purported last will. The instrument will be proved on May 25 at the Probate Office in Bennington at 11:00 AM. Notices will be published for three weeks in The Bennington Banner. County National Bank is named Executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Frieda C
Salvatore Late
Bennington Banner
Catherine C. Behan Register County National Bank
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By Harry Ferguson
UPI National Reporter
Washington
Christ
Dionysius the Elder
State OF
Catherine C. Behan
Helena L
Norton
Helena L, Norton
Frank Hogel Arthur Murphy
Granite
Barre Guild
D. E. Carver
Washington Avenue
Automotive Agencies
Toyota
Spike
S. Call
Ament
Motors
Volkswagen
Dial
Berkshire Sports Cars, Inc
BMC
Mercedes- Benz
State Road
North Adams
Call
Williams & Bugbee, Inc
E. Main St
R&h
FORD
Bennington Bookshop
Main St
Woodford Mountain
Shaftsbury
Call Humane Society
Walter L. Barber
Pontiac-Buick
North Bennington Road
LeBlancs Cars & Trucks
Hunt St
Johnson Oil
Leblanc
Auto Wrecking Hunt
Chevrolet
Cadillac Inc
Main
St Benninatos
Hurley Bros
North Street
Linus
Charlie Brown
Lucy
P.S
Snoopy
Red Baron
By Charles M. Schulz
Johnny Hart
Blondie
Bychie Young
Steve
Muldoon
Sieve Canyon
Col.canyon
Heart of
Juliet Jones
MR. Teague
Milton Caniff
By Stan Drake
Europe
Phil Newsom
Ings
UVM
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Soviet Union
Dobrudja
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Nicolae Ceausecu
Poland
East Germany
Chou Enlai
Brezhnev
Salvatore
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