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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1963
Page
2
A fast spreading fire destroyed about 60 percent of the three story Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Montpelier. Twenty eight Montpelier firefighters fought the blaze which was found at 2 45 a m by a newsboy who alerted police. An adjuster will inspect the debris today for loss estimates.
Miss Barbara Hendee 21 died early Monday at Rutland Hospital from a head on collision on U S 4 east of Castleton Sunday. Four others injured include Bernard Poremski 23 Anthony Tumielewicz 48 Helen Tumielewicz 47 and Thomas Tumielewicz 15 all listed in good condition. The crash occurred about 6 p m when Poremski drove a convertible with Hendee as passenger while Tumielewicz family rode in a sedan.
The H F Fletcher Co of Chelmsford Mass sues Rock of Ages Corp and Barre Building Granite Corp for monopoly and anti trust violations. It alleges the Barre firms control Bethel white granite, refuse bids, and caused $200,000 loss when Fletcher could not buy granite for Smithsonian Institute wings in 1960, forcing substitution. Fletcher seeks treble damages and sale of granite to bidders.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning for J Arthur Viger 73 president of the Troy Record Co and publisher of the Record Newspapers who died early Saturday after a long illness. He had 52 years in newspapers and was named president and publisher on February 5 1962. The piece notes his prominent role in local media.
In Adams a three member Board of Selectmen and two assessors kept a stalemate Friday over filling a $1,200 part time assessor job. A Friday meeting to review 12 candidates was planned with no new applications allowed. Last week narrowed to four but three ballots and a 35 minute session failed to produce an agreement.
Arizona researchers measure lightning thickness at about one and a half inches using high speed photography on Mt. Bigelow. They report temperatures from 45,000 to 54,000 degrees and note rain helps create negative charges that trigger flashes. Air Force teams probe cloud regions with stereoscopic cameras and radar to study lightning origins.
A several hundred strong group of local students and Bennington College musicians performed five pieces in Bennington Catholic High School auditorium. Conductors from local schools led choral chants and orchestral works, including Handl antiphonal pieces and Stra vinsky arrangements, praised for their creditable sound and communal impact.
The Vermont Young Republican Club urges Gov. Hoff to restore material on the Communist threat in Civil Defense courses run by the State Education Department. The executive committee calls deletion by Education Commissioner A John Holden protestably influenced by a minority pressure group. Hoff supported Holden saying communism is a side issue in survival training.
Four Vermont legislators visited the New York State Legislature on Monday. Guests included Sen. Albert Berkowitz of Granville and Representatives Robert Graf of Rupert Oren Bates of Sherburne Dalton Mann of Peru and House Speaker Franklin S Billings Jr of Woodstock.
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