Unemployment in Vermont rises as 100 new jobless join lists
Vermont sees a 2.8 percent rise in unemployment with 3 670 claims for the week, 603 initial claims up 6 percent. Rutland and St Johnsbury report major gains while Newport and Burlington show declines. Randolph Center Vermont Technical College hires Robert L Norton as assistant professor of Highway Technology. A Vermont conference at the University of Vermont on November 12 13 14 features speakers including James Farmer Stephen J Spingarn John Lewis and Louis E Lomax addressing discrimination prejudice and segregation.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
Rutland
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Burlington
Randolph Center
Board of Trustees of
Vermont State Colleges
Robert L. Norton
Baldwinsville
N.Y
Vermont Technical College
Norton
Worcester Polytechnical Institute
California Department of Water Resources
U.S. Army
Fort Monmouth
N.J
New York Department of Public Works
Syracuse
University of Vermont
Ira Allen Chapel
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Stephen J. Spingarn
John Lewis
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Louis E. Lomax
Lewis
American Baptist Seminary
Nashville
Lomax
Africa
Cairo
Capetown
Harper’s
Life
Nation
Mike Wallace
New Scotland Road Bridge Collapses During Demolition
In Albany the old New Scotland Road bridge over Nor manskill Creek collapsed Tuesday as a demolition worker Gerald Mitchell of Rotterdam cut steel with a torch. Mitchell was thrown 25 feet, broke his leg and back, and a boy on a raft nearby was knocked off. A new bridge stands 90 feet west.
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Albany
New Scotland Road
Normanskill Creek
Gerald Mitchell
Rotterdam
Richard Weed
Berkshire City Mayors Vote in Non-Partisan Primary
In Pittsfield Mayor Haughey led with 6 214 votes for a fourth term while Robert Dillion Sr. had 3 942. turnout was 54 percent. Williamstown hosts Prof James M Burns who speaks on 1964 Turning Point at Springfield Public Forum. North Adams Mayor Florini urges water curb as Mt Williams reservoir runs low risking rationing. Norman Thomas addresses Williams College urging action for civil rights and human rights regardless of race.
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Pittsfield
Raymond L. Haughey
Robert B. Dillion Sr
Board of Registrars
Williamstown
James M. Burns
Williams College
Springfield
North Adams
Francis Florini
Mt. Williams
Broad Brook
Norman Thomas
Man Accused Of Buying Liquor For Teenagers
Lyndonville truck driver James G. Carr 63 is free on bail after being arraigned in Caledonia Municipal Court on charges of furnishing alcohol to minors. A 16-year-old neighbor arranged purchases for Carr, who allegedly bought 12 quarts of liquor and two cases of beer for Lyndon Institute students and other youths. Police say 12 minors will be charged with illegal possession.
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ST. Johnsbury
Lyndonville
James G. Carr
Caledonia
Ale Fontecha
Carr
Hollis Steeves
Lyndon Institute
Steeves
Eyes of 247 Injured By Solar Eclipse
The National Society of the Prevention of Blindness reports 247 eye injuries from viewing the July 20 solar eclipse. California had 30 cases and Illinois 25. Diagnoses were retinal burns.
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Chicago
UPI
National Society of the Prevention of Blindness
California
Illinois
Prisoner of Russians Had Good Book Supply
Marvin Makinen, a 24 year old Ashburnham resident released after two years in a Vladimir prison, said the facility stocked English and other foreign language books. He noted translations of Hemingway, Faulkner, Anatole France, Honore de Blazac, and Thomas Mann and described his two year sentence split between prison and a labor camp for photographing military sites in 1961 Ukraine.
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Ashburnham
Mass
Marvin W. Makinen
Makinen
West Berlin Free University
Russia
Vladimir
David Gilbert
Worcester Telegram
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner
Anatole France
Honore Blazac
Thomas Mann
O’ Makinen
Ukraine
Kiev
U. S
Revision Commission
Moscow
Northeast seeks dropping Northeast Air service in Newport Vermont
The Civil Aeronautics Board heard arguments on deleting Northeast’s air service at Newport Vermont and Berlin New Hampshire and Lawrence Massachusetts. Opponents urged retention citing economic impact and regional needs while Northeast argued traffic does not justify continued operations and some routes are overextended.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northeast Airlines
New England
Atty
Clarence I. Peterson
Northeast
Newport
Berlin
N. H
Lawrence
Mass
Brad Morse
R-Mass
Andrew A. Caffrey
Peterson
Edward L. Schuette
New Hampshire
R. J
Boston
Schuette and
Crowley
CAB
Gibson
Examiner
North
East
Park
Eastern Air Lines
New Haven
Conn
Bridgeport
Millinocket
Maine
Reporter Asked to Leave Governor's Conference
Gov Hoff ejects a reporter during a weekly State House press conference in Montpelier, triggering an abrupt disruption as the governor grows angry. The incident occurred at a governor’s briefing with reporters present in attendance.
Little Pink School House Won’t Change
In Lyndonville Mt Hunger the pink one and a half room school will stay as is with groundside figurines and shrubbery. Parents vote 20 to 2 approving the decor while Maurice Hill welcomes the pink scheme amid a governance dispute over a Morning Press Bureau beat. A separate scene in Shawnee Oklahoma shows a Holland Roller Creator road paving machine rolling asphalt and chips at four mph with three machines.
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Lyndonville
Mt. Hunger
William A. Avery
Walt Disney
Avery
Maurice Hill
Hill
Shawnee
Okla
Bennington Banner Publication Details
The Bennington Banner, published daily except Sundays and holidays, operates at 425 Main St in Bennington Vermont. It is owned by Banner Publishing Corporation and is a member of the Associated Press with republication rights for local and AP dispatches.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
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