Unemployment Rate Edges Down in Vermont Weekly Report
Vermont unemployment fell to 5.7 percent, the DES notes, down two tenths from last week and the lowest since November 1974. Newport remains highest area, Burlington lowest, with 9,025 regular claims totaling $414,089. District figures show varied changes across Barre Montpelier, Bennington, Brattleboro, Burlington, Middlebury, Morrisville, Newport, Rutland, St Albans, St Johnsbury, Springfield, and White River Junction.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Employment Security Department
DES
Barre-Montpelier
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury
Springfield
White River Junction
Burlington police seek probe into chief's demotion
Burlington patrolmen urge residents to petition the Board of Aldermen to probe Police Chief Richard Beaulieu's demotion by the Burlington Police Commission. Two commissioners defended the move citing policy disputes while others praised his leadership, and a minutes request sparked potential legal action.
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Burlington
UPI
Beaulieu
Pomerleau
Collins
Burlington Free Press
Michael Donoghue
Commission
Donoghue
Robert Abare
Rotting capitalism critics mark Moscow exhibit of American goods
In Moscow a UPI report notes visitors reaction to a traveling American home goods exhibit. Soviet commenters debate wealth, comfort, and envy as guides discuss topics from women’s liberation to Solzhenitsyn. The show tours three more cities, drawing 600000 attendees and mixed feelings.
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Moscow
UPI
Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn
America
Voice of America
Revolutionaries age ranges in the Continental Army and staff
The average enlisted man was 17 to 20 years old while officers ranged from 22 to 30. Colonels Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were 22 when they served on General Washington's personal staff.
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Continental Army
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
General Washington
Space agency eyeing Mariner class probe to Uranus
NASA invites international scientists to submit experiments for a potential 1979 Uranus mission. The plan envisions a Mariner class TV probe to study Uranus from near pass and then continue into the outer solar system, with Jupiter gravity assist in a mid 1985 Uranus encounter.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
U.S. Space Agency
Uranus
Jim Hyde
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Hyde
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
Jupiter
Solar System
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Main St
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Aiking & Gould Levelers
Caroline
Earth
Benn
RTE
Windsor, Vermont
Brown's Garage
Elec
Thunder Bolt
Logan
Souix
H.p
R.C. Allen
Sunnen
Goodyear Tires
K. E Brown
Barber Sales, Inc
Lebanon
N.H
J.w.barber JR
Larry Gray
N.H. Tel
Wall & Sink
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