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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1963
Page
10
U S Senator George D Aiken says withholding information may be condoned only if its publication aids an enemy. He urges citizens not to dilute truth for personal or political gain and urges independent thinking and evaluating multiple sides of a proposal.
Bennington Fire Department battled a grass fire at 99 Oakes Street and another at 314 Silver Street. Open House at Cora B Whitney School starts 7 15 pm with a PTA meeting and officer slate. A fire safety film is shown by Richard Hollister. Mrs Blanche Curtis celebrates 40 years as a cosmetologist in Bennington. AAUW and League of Women Voters host a World Trade panel at the Free Library with Brockway Joseph McCullough Gil moderating. Carson Airline begins service in Manchester with three round trips daily among Manchester Concord Claremont and Boston aiming for 20 daily flights next year.
The piece surveys foreign aid, noting postwar U S spending around 100 billion across 100 countries. It traces shifts from Europe to the developing world, from grants to loans, from economic to military aid, and back to economic assistance. It cites 6.7 billion spent in the last fiscal year, including 1.5 billion on military aid and 5.2 billion on economic aid, amid concerns about waste and corruption. It also lists various local notices and events in Bennington.
The filing deadline for both state and federal income tax returns is midnight tonight. Taxpayers are urged to submit forms promptly to avoid penalties and ensure timely processing.
L J Conkle and Thomas Winnicki of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation joined troopers to examine the crash wreckage. Winnicki called it the worst accident he had seen in 12 years. Vermont State Trooper James Elrick and Walter Smith identified the Jepson youth victims. Both died of fractured skulls and internal injuries. Funeral rites were conducted by Rev Lawrence J Gerrity at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Hoosick Falls.
A fatal two car crash near a pole injured Alexander and Marcoux with Marcoux dying later at Putnam Memorial Hospital. The Bennington native was 16 years old, an Army-bound student and BCHS All-State musician. The companion, Jepson, 17, and O'Brien, 25, are also memorialized with funeral plans and service details in Bennington and Hoosick Falls.
The Stark family from Bennington mourns after the deaths of Mr. Stark a veteran of World War I and his wife Mrs. Elsa Stark. The couple left Cohoes NY, and their eight children were cared for by grandparents in Cohoes. A double funeral will be held at St Bernard s Church Cohoes with services at 9 30 a m and a prayer at 8 30 a m at J G Nealon Funeral Home Watervliet. Burial is in St Mary s Cemetery Waterford.
Mrs Drusilla S Shea of 301 Crescent Blvd made a left turn from Main onto Union Street when her car collided with Florence B Hogan of Troy NY who was backing from Union onto Main Street. Left door and fender of Shea car damaged. No injuries reported.
Albert W. Landry Jr. of North Adams received a 45.10 dollar fine after pleading no contest to careless and negligent driving. A 60 day suspended jail term and six month motor vehicle abstinence were imposed, with restitution to his father. The incident followed an April 5 crash on U S 7 near the Howard Johnson Restaurant.
A new $3 million corporation in North Adams plans to buy the Hodges Cross Road shell and operate a highly automated metalworking facility using IBM machines. The unnamed firm would employ about 60 people at full operation, with 10 in management and 50 as lathe operators. sale to the firm hinges on federal financing and is not expected before June.
Navy testimony details Thresher and Skylark movements 220 miles east of Cape Cod. Escorted by the Skylark, the submarine reached 8,400 feet and vanished after reports of a positive angle and attempting to blow. Debris and garbled messages hint at a sudden disaster with salvage deemed impossible.
A deer crossed Vermont 30 in Rupert Friday evening, causing David E. Locke of Palmyra New York to brake unsuccessfully. His vehicle left the road rolled over a small embankment and struck several trees. Front end damage was about 500 dollars.
Lester B. Dunican of Bennington was fined 50.10 in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to driving to endanger life and property. State Trooper said he sped past the scene of a fatal accident on Vermont 9, nearly struck a traffic director and a victim, and stalled near the second wreck, then was arrested.
Obituaries from Bennington area list William E Chick of North Pownal a 77 year old retiree with service in World War I and multiple local and national associations. Also noted are notices for Anna Frazer Helen Shippey Tetreault Edna Plante and Grace Adams Reynolds and more with funeral details and locations.
Funeral services were held for Thelma I Jolivette lifelong Bennington resident and Union Carbide supervisor with bearers from several states. Burial followed at Grand View Cemetery. Ernest H Allen’s funeral took place at his Main Street home with burial in Grand View Cemetery and multiple bearers and clergy involved.
In Vientiane Laos Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma doubts a cease fire will hold between neutralist and pro- Communist forces in the Plain He visited the front to interview leaders and said he would assess if his orders to stop fighting are followed The Pathet Lao under Gen Sinkapo has besieged neutralist Gen Kong Le on the Plaine amid two weeks of sporadic clashes and aims to secure control by eradicating neutralist forces.
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