Not Enough Skilled Workers Plague Bennington DES in August
The Bennington office of the Department of Employment Security reports August job orders exceeded by skilled labor shortages. August placements were 54 versus 117 in July and 91 the previous year. Active files include 246 people. 159 female and 19 veterans. Recruitment continues for Manpower Development Training Act courses in carpentry, auto mechanics, nurse aides, waitresses, and chambermaids. Openings span clerical, technical, consumer service, construction, and skilled trades across town and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Department of Employment Security
Ray Lovely
Lovely
Four year old rider guilty in Old Bennington chase case
Richard L. Tetreault of 955 Gage St pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to three charges from a 1.3 mile chase through Old Bennington starting near Route 9. He was jailed 30 days for passing on Town Hill and given a 90 day suspended sentence for driving to endanger, with probation and a vehicle ban. He faced extra fines and possible jail time on other counts, plus a 111 day alternate sentence.
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Town Hill
Richard L. Tetreault
Gage St
Old Bennington
R. Marshall Witten
Tetreault
Witten
Ben-Mont Avenue
River Street
Depot Street
North Street
Grand Union
School Street
County
George M. Fienberg
William R. Lorette
North Bennington
Bennington
Daniel E. Davis Jr
Viet Nam skirmish near Da Nang leaves one guerrilla dead
An American military spokesman reported a clash five miles southeast of Da Nang before midnight in which one Viet Cong guerrilla was killed and three of four wounded were captured along with grenades and documents. In Saigon a U S sentry was wounded when a fragmentation grenade was thrown into a U S Army compound Thursday night.
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da Nang
Saigon
GBA Plans Christmas Shopping Hours and Meetings
Greater Bennington Association plans extended store hours for December 13 to 18 and 20 to 23, plus 5:30 p.m. closings on Christmas Eve. A committee handles Christmas street lighting and officer nominations for 1966, with a dinner Oct. 14 at Mt. Anthony Country Club to discuss promotions. Attendees include Hertz Hall McDonough Burt Salvatore Gordon and Kaufman.
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Greater Bennington Association
Harold Gordon
Harry Kaufman
Ernie Salvatore
Phil Hall
Alfred Hertz
Gene Burt
Joseph McDonough
GBA
Merchants’ Division
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Hertz
Hall
McDonough
Burt
Salvatore
Gordon
Kaufman
Welcome Center Fund Reaches Fifteen Thousand Dollars
Rutland report says James Oakes of Brattleboro, co chair of the GVA Welcome Center Committee, announced the drive for Vermont's first Welcome and Information Center on Interstate 90 has raised $15,000 toward the project. The center will be near Guilford, with a three person staff, year round Vermont information, and displays from local companies.
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Rutland
James Oakes
Brattleboro
Greater Vermont Association
Vermont
Oakes
Guilford
Massachusetts
Hospital Notes and Birth Announcements Summary
Admissions include Rose Mary Bisson North Petersburg NY and Phyllis King among others. Discharges list Leroy Dunn and Kimberley Gerow. Births include Frank Staples North Bennington a daughter and Daniel Hoffman Arlington a daughter. Additional birth: Carrie Louise to Robert Puckett Nashua NH and Mary Rose Daigneault Plymouth NH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Mary Bisson
North Petersburg
N.Y
Charles Harwood
Phyllis King
Bennington
Karen Cooney
Mary Jane Welch
Hoosick Falls
Fred Harmon
Shaftsbury
Leroy Dunn
Kimberley Gerow
Karen Maroney
Amy Maher
Alice Hilse
Richard Rice
Lorraine Smith
North Bennington
Arthur Ciuk
Mark LaPorte
June Moore
Grace Gardner
Susan Prebble
Alan Lampman
Pownal
Doreen Reed
Gertrude Bowen
Dorset
Susie Adams
Manchester
Frank Staples
Daniel Hoffman
R,d
Arlington
Edward Daniels
Elm Street
Robert Puckett
Nashua
N.H
Puckett
Mary Rose
Sunny) Daigneault
Martin Daigneault
Plymouth
Carrie Louise
Bennington Briefs and Holiday Closings Around Town
The municipal building will close tonight and reopen Tuesday morning. The Woman's Society of Christian Service meets at First Methodist Church Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. All women invited. The Women's Fellowship of the Second Congregational Church hosts a supper meeting Tuesday at 6 30 p.m., with men of the church and Pilgrim Fellowship invited. FHA Rutland office will close noon Sept 7 through week for a training meeting in Stowe. Wallie's and the State Liquor Store in Arlington closed Labor Day Sept 6. Butterball turkeys in Salem's Market advertised at 49 cents a pound.
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Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Women’s Fellowship
Second Congregational Church
Pilgrim Fellowship
Rutland
Farmers Home Administration
Bennington
Stowe
New England Fha
Wallie’s & the State
Arlington
Republicans Press for Swift School Desegregation Action
The GOP calls for immediate desegregation of all public schools, noting only 13 filings by Sept. 1, urging full authority use. Sen. Hugh Scott defender of a platform pledge, arguing the party must back equal opportunity and improve race relations through education.
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United States
Hugh Scott
Funeral for Miss Mary Jane Cone Held in City Church
The funeral service for Miss Mary Jane Cone of Depot Street was a Requiem High Mass at St. Francis de Sales Church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis B. Flanagan celebrated. Bearers included Francis Cone and Postmaster Stanley Pekalski. Burial followed in Park Lawn Cemetery with committal prayers by Msgr. Flanagan. Relatives traveled from Bristol Connecticut Belmont Massachusetts and Manchester.
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William F. Shanahan Sr
Martha A. Sweet
Gage Street
Sarasota, Fla
Selma
N.C
Albert
Mabel) Lucas
Bennington
William F. Shanahan
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
Shanahan
St. Francis de Sales Church
Court St. Andrew
Catholic Daughters of America
Lucas
Marjorie Shanahan
Sarasota
Eugene
Elizabeth) McGuire
Dayton
Ohio
Henry Shanahan
William F. Shanahan Jr
Mabel Rickert
Florence Hall
Hartford
Park Lawn Cemetery
Mary Jane
Jennie) Cone
Depot Street
Francis B. Flanagan
Edythe Healy
The
Rosary Society
Gibney, Haynes & Kane
Francis J. Cone
William Phelan
Joseph St. John
Ned Winslow
Stanley J. Pekalski
William Damour
Flanagan
Altar Rosary Society
Monsignor
Flanagar
Bristol
Stock Averages at Noon Across Industrials Railroads Utilities
The Dow Jones index figures show the industrials at 905.72 up 5.32 points while railroads slip to 218.29 by 0.05. Utilities rest at 156.45 with a 0.58 gain. Composite index stands at 317.86 up 1.20 as totals reach 2,900,000 shares.
Camp Instructor Charged After Choking Teen
A riding instructor at Teela-Wocker summer camp in Roxbury, Paul Striberry of New York City, pleaded innocent to a breach of peace charge and posted 5000 bail in Barre Vermont. Police said he choked Karen Carnahan of Montpelier after she refused to work during time off, leaving blue marks on her neck.
Shaftsbury Tax Board weighs inequities in 1965 Grand List
The Civil Board of Authority met in the Shaftsbury town clerk's office for the first of four sessions to review alleged inequities in the 1965 Grand List. Lawyers argued over fair market value for real estate, comparability of seasonal homes, and how improvements and labor costs affect assessments.
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Shaftsbury
Civil Board of Authority
John P. Morrissey
Bennington
Stephen H. Gilman
Franklin P. Jones
Morrissey
Gilman
Vermor’ Land
Up to 600 May Die On Weekend Holiday
United Press International reports a Labor Day weekend forecast of up to 600 deaths on U S highways as 87 million cars take to roads and resorts face potential riots from Maine to Oregon. Maine cites patrol shortfalls of 50 officers while the National Safety Council projects 500 to 600 fatalities in the 78 hour period ending Monday.
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Maine
Oregon
National Safety Council
Police Probe Three Crashes Near Bennington and Route 7
State police report three vehicle accidents in Bennington and along Route 7 near the Massachusetts border. A car abandoned on Dewey Street had no plates after leaving the road. A two car collision on Route 7 involved Anthony Tornadone and Robert Williams with moderate damage and no injuries. Another crash on Bennington Flats at Dairy Queen where Lucina Hulet rear ended Albert Clifford caused moderate damage and no injuries.
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Massachusetts- Vermont Line
Anthony Tornadone
Pownal
Robert H. Williams
North Adams
Mass
Bennington Flats
Lucina Hulet
Shaftsbury
Dairy Queen
Albert J. Clifford
Leonard Street
Thieves Steal 500 Toothpaste Cartons in London
Police hunt thieves who stole 500 toothpaste cartons worth 10 000 pounds from a London area on Monday. The loss is pegged at approximately 28 000 dollars with officers urging anyone with information to come forward.
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London
UPI
Shaftsbury Grand List Data Sparks Tax Dept Letter
A Montpelier letter to Shaftsbury town clerk Ruth Lack praises the town form 411, while the Grand List faces a 60 percent rise in assessed value this year. Ronald F. Bouffard of the State Tax Dept writes with ironic tone amid a pending petition to declare 1965 Grand List invalid.
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Shaftsbury
Montpelier
Ruth Lack
State Tax Dept
Ronald F. Bouffard
Shaftsbury’s
Bison Roams Into Alaska Home Through Coal Chute
In Delta Junction Alaska Richard Limbecker found a 1500 pound bison in his basement after it apparently fell through a coal chute. Fish and game officials used a wrecker to hoist the animal out of the home.
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Delta Junction
Alaska
UPI
Richard Limbecker
Fish and Game
Hoff Admits He Was Wrong On Bond Fund
Vermont officials push again to abolish the Bond Retirement Fund after admitting past support was mistaken. State Administration Commissioner William Kearns says 2.5 million will accumulate by next June and remain unusable. Hoff, who helped create the fund in 1961, acknowledged error in backing it.
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Vermont
Hoff
Bennington Village Faces Uncertain School Enrollment Figures
Enrollment figures have been compiled for the Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union but total student numbers in Greater Bennington are subject to Labor Day changes. Florence Wood reports 2123 students across Arlington, Greater Bennington, North Bennington, Pownal, Shaftsbury and Woodford, with district totals listed for elementary and high school levels.
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Bennington Village
Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union
Leon E. Wagner
Florence Wood
Greater
Bennington
Arlington
North Bennington
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Woodford
New Campus Security Man at Middlebury
Kenneth Lansford of St Johnsbury named campus security officer for Middlebury College. Appointed Sept 1, he will assist Chief of Security Robert Steeves and previously served as a St Johnsbury patrolman. A Missouri native and Air Force veteran, he will live with his wife and two daughters at 13 College St Middlebury.
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Middlebury
Kenneth Lansford
St. Johnsbury
Middlebury College
James Ross
Lansford
Robert Steeves
St. Charles
Air Force
College St
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Ma Gai
Hckian Cole Fe
Walier Newman
Pierson Fluo
Rotary Club
GVA
William Shanahan Sr
Mrs. Bruso
Bennington-Woodeford
Everett S. Lillie
South Stream Road
Daisy L. Myers
Bruso
Organized Labor
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Thomson Mfg. Co
Bennington County Central Labor Council
Vermont Labor Council
Bennington County
Bennington Briefs
Salem
Mary Jane Cone
Harte Theatre
Colume Pictures F
Harold
Hecht
Columbia
Drive
Tori
Tsic
Apgva
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
BCA
New York
Arthur Carman
United Press International
Dewey Street
Bendi
Bennington Armory
Knotty Pine Restaurant
Guartite
Don Ratelle
Jardiniere
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