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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1964
Page
2
Gov Rockefeller signs a bill adding 25 million dollars in state education aid for the next school year. The measure, a product of Republican revolt, is financed within the executive budget and a balanced budget framework.
The Most Rev. Thomas A. Donnellan was installed Monday as the ninth bishop of the Ogdensburg Diocese. Cardinal Spellman led the ceremony and praised him as a man who has lived a saintly priestly life with varied experience. He succeeds the late Bishop Leo R. Smith, who died November 9, 1963, while at the Ecumenical Council in Rome.
In North Adams at St. Josephs Cemetery about 20 gravestones were uprooted chopped in half and crushed while others were overturned defaced. Dalton saw about 40 markers toppled at Main Street Cemetery as Police Chief Walter Decker questioned two nine year old boys. Williamstown selectmen invite residents to board meetings with signed welcome cards.
A study committee report urged selectmen and the planning board to restrict or eliminate highway signs in Williamstown sections south of Taconic Trail and Cold Springs Road. A public hearing on the proposed controls will likely follow after the Monday night advisement.
UPI reports a mixed early session with many blue chips moving modestly. Universal Oil Products rose, IBM climbed 3.4, Reynolds Tobacco advanced 7, General Motors gained 1, Delta Air Lines fell, Texas Instruments slipped, and Motorola and Xerox edged higher or lower in uneven trading.
A Lexington woman released a Civil War era letter from her great uncle Fred A. Demond describing events around April 1865. He recounts guard duties at Navy Yard Bridge in Washington, Booth crossing the bridge, the shooting, and a missed chance to capture Booth. He mentions a $40,000 reward and seeing Lincoln’s corpse, with his letter dated April 21, 1865.
Laconia New Hampshire the Belknap Area Commission voted not to rent the track for racing this year ending a years long event. The action follows complaints about unruly non racers and inadequate police protection despite the races drawing thousands of spectators and about 250 000 in yearly economic impact to the area.
The Bennington Banner lists newsroom and advertising numbers and rates for mail subscriptions. Details include delivery options, location at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont, and UPI news republication rights. Subscriptions run 3 months to 1 year with varied regional pricing and serviceman rates.
The Vermont Chiropractic Association Public Information Committee notes surveys show chiropractors reduce work loss and costs. They claim under chiropractic care workers miss fewer days and insurance payouts are lower compared with other treatments, prompting policy coverage.
NORWOOD Massachusetts UP I reports 62 year old Goldie Fine may have killed herself with two nylon stockings. Autopsy confirms death by ligature asphyxiation. Police Chief Murphy notes despondency over planned eye operation and says further angles and talks remain before ruling.
Allan M. Blumenthal a 36 year old electronics specialist charged with the sniper murder of Benjamin Gurley was ordered committed indefinitely to Bridgewater State Hospital after a judge ruled he was not mentally competent to stand trial. Doctors diagnosed schizophrenia paranoid type with long standing history.
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