Vermont April payroll turnover shows steady hiring edge
Vermont April labor data from the Department of Employment Security shows a payroll turnover rate of 75 per thousand, just one less than March and 16 higher than a year ago. Accessions fell to 41 per thousand while separations rose to 34 per thousand, with new hires down four and recalls down one, as job opportunities boosted the quiz rate to 22 per thousand.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
Dillon to Speak at Middlebury College Commencement
Former U S Treasury Secretary C Douglas Dillon will address the 165th Middlebury College Commencement on Monday June 14 announced President Dr James I Armstrong Dillon who became Treasury Secretary in 1961 after serving as Under Secretary of State for two years He recently resigned from his post.
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Middlebury
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Middlebury College
James I. Armstrong
Dillon
Hoff Orders Funds Reverted From State Budget
Gov. Philip Hoff ordered 165000 in unexpended funds reverted to the state treasury affecting 10 departments including the Mental Health Department which saw 75000 returned. The move part of an anticipated 16 million General Fund surplus by June 1. Hoff had earlier forecast a 500000 deficit turning into a 1 million surplus.
Hoff approves Head Start funds for Vermont towns
Governor Philip Hoff approved 16 Operation Head Start projects in Vermont, totaling 342000 in federal funds to supply summer preschool training for underprivileged children. Three more projects, including a large Burlington program, are expected this week, adding about 80000 to the federal total.
Castleton picks Edward Kehoe for General Assembly seat
Gov Philip Hoff appointed Edward Kehoe to replace the late Jeremiah Grady as Castleton Town Representative in the General Assembly. Kehoe, 45, a Democrat and WWII veteran, previously served as Castleton selectman and town manager before resigning two months ago for private industry work. Grady died May 19 in Rutland after a respiratory ailment on the House floor. Kehoe is a native of Rutland.
Burial ground unearthed near Schuylerville in Fort Miller
Allen R. Barton uncovered an ancient Indian burial site while digging for a new house in Fort Miller near Schuylerville. Dr. William A. Ritchie names five graves including an infant and two cremated adults, with red ocher and artifacts such as copper beads, shell beads, knives, spearheads, and graphite for body paint. The cache, dated about 1500 B C, is rare for the Upper Hudson Valley.
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Schuylerville
Allen R. Barton
Fort Miller
William A. Ritchie
Ritchie
Hudson Valley
Briggs Held Fights Extradition From Wyoming Ranch
Troy insurance man Briggs, who fled after vanishing in Tomhan nock Reservoir in 1960, was arrested on charges of child abandonment and insurance fraud on a Wyoming ranch. Indicted by a Rensselaer County grand jury he posted $1,000 bail and will contest extradition to New York. A June 30 hearing is planned in Newcastle Wyoming.
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Norman H. Briggs
Tomhannock Reservoir
Wyoming
Rensselaer County
Briggs
New York
Newcastle
Wyo
Williamstown Funeral for Kristen Bleau Miss Bleau dies in Cheshire crash
Funeral services for Kristen A. Bleau 22 of Williamstown will be held at St Raphael's Church after she died from injuries in a one car crash in Cheshire. She was a practical nurse at North Adams Hospital. Car operator Francis M. Slade 22 of Williamstown is in satisfactory condition at Plunkett Memorial Hospital in Adams.
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Williamstown
Kristen A. Bleau
Cheshire
St. Raphael’s
Miss Bleau
Raymone E. Bleau
North Adams Hospital
Francis M. Slade
Plunkett Memorial Hospital
Adams
Adams Board Promises River Street Flood Study
The Adams Board of Selectmen promised a study Wednesday night to alleviate River Street flooding after a cave-in of the Hoosac River raceway. Residents report cellar flooding caused by heavy equipment recently working there.
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ADAMS
Adams Board of Selectmen
River Street
Hoosac
Pittsfield Bypass Postponed by County Group
Berkshire County Industrial Development Commission delays decision on bypass location for one month after County Commissioner James A. Bowes withdraws a motion to endorse the eastern route over the urban option.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County Industrial Development Commission
James A. Bowes
North Adams
BCIDC
Stock prices open mixed in quiet New York trading
Stock prices opened mixed in quiet trading with steels steady chemicals easier electronics firm motors steady metals mixed aircrafts firm rails slightly batterd A California condor died mysteriously over the weekend near Pinehurst in Fresno County Ben Glading of the Fish and Game Department said the bird fell from the sky suddenly they just don't fall to earth dead like that.
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New York
UPI
Sacramento
Calif
California
Ben Glading
State Fish and Game Department
Pinehurst
Fresno County
Coolidge Trial Man with Shaky Voice Called Pamela's Friend
In Manchester New Hampshire a man with a shaky voice called Pamela Mason’s friend Barbara Jackson shortly before Pamela vanished. The Edward H Coolidge Jr murder trial resumes amid testimony noting the babysitting pretext and the blizzard night. Witnesses recount Pamela’s cautious mother and the fatal events leading to the discovery of her body. The court plans a special Saturday session and Memorial Day seating to wrap up the trial.
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N.H
Pamela Jean Mason
Pamela
Barbara Jackson
Superior Court
Edward H. Coolidge Jr
Coolidge
Barbara
Miss Jackson
West Side
Joan Mason
John H. Brown
George D. Charland
Milford
Lawrence
Mass
Robert Griffith
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