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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1963
Page
3
President Kennedy joined a barefoot boat ride in Palm Beach on Easter Sunday and took the tiller for a 15 minute sail. The World War II PT boat skipper earned praise from the crew as he endured salt spray and laughter during the outing.
Public notices list weekly YMCA activities in North Bennington including fitness, clubs, and junior programs from Tuesday to Sunday. The article also recounts President Kennedy's Easter family outing aboard a yacht with an afternoon cruise and a spontaneous invitation to ride a catamaran.
Three University of Vermont students and Lawrence Debate Club members debated capital punishment in Benhi's Problems of American Democracy class. Hackbart argued against it citing conscience and punishment by the state. Newcome supported it, claiming rehabilitation and societal responsibility require retaining capital punishment with court improvements.
Bennington High School graduate Carol Cleveland, daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley G Cleveland, was chosen Outstanding Student Nurse for 1963 by Samaritan Hospital of Nursing in Troy New York. The tri city area contest will pick a winner at the NYS Student Nurses Association meeting at St Mary's Hospital in Troy.
Senate roll calls show Aiken Cotton Muskie Pastore Pell Prouty Ribicoff Saltonstall Smith voting for measures to curb mass transit aid while Dodd Kennedy and Ribicoff opposed. Estes on amendments to limit funds and protect workers. House passage of a treasury post office appropriation received no opposing votes. McIntire and Macdonald among those not voting.
Mrs Norton Barber outlined the Plain Dirt Gardeners work with the Regional Roadside Council at Old Bennington schoolhouse. Samuel Ogden of Landgrove will speak in May. Mrs Harold W Reimann gave a botany talk on flower roles in reproduction. Mrs W Phillip Giddings led beginners through bird identification via field-book clues. Pamphlets for spring bulb sale distributed. Event chairs named.
Volt 32, a mail carrier, broke into City Hall, turned on firehoses on four floors, flooding the building and sending water down an elevator shaft. He shattered windows, toppled displays, damaged trees, and tossed branches into a fountain. He cited Easter and said City Hall needed a flushing out. He faced charges of burglary, resisting arrest, assaulting an officer, and malicious mischief.
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