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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1962
Page
2
Vermont jobless claims dropped by 484 in the week ended April 7 marking a near seven percent decline and a tenth straight week of high unemployment with 5 440 of 6 544 claimants seeking emergency benefits. The state readies for the Vermont New Hampshire Rotary spring conference with speakers Hill and Caulder.
An IACP specialist says field work and the administrative study for Burlington’s troubled police department will be finished by the end of May. The report includes a price tag for improvements and will be ready for consideration in the city budget.
Leslie R. Smith aged 18 and Richard Whitaker aged 21 both of Cuttingsville pleaded innocent to six counts of nighttime burglary in Rutland County. Bail set at 6000 dollars each. State's Atty Crowley says detainer warrants may follow from Chittenden Addison and Bennington counties. Both men are suspected in other thefts.
In Berkshire County, the Hod Carriers and Laborers Union and contractor Roland Oswell reached a contract ending the labor dispute while Oswell advances the Sprague Electric $1 million laboratory project. A separate incident left a North Adams street flooded after a milk truck struck a porch on Hough Street, spoiling several milk cases.
Troy NAACP denounces any sales tax as inflationary and unnecessary and outlines a May 19 door to door membership drive plus a May 20 freedom Sunday program. In Cohoes, Kenneth Wardwell wins 3000 dollars from Rensselaer County Supreme Court in a suit over a cigar butt found in a Coca Cola bottle bought from a coin machine on May 23, 1958.
At least six delegates from First Baptist Church of Bennington will join about 10 000 American Baptist delegates and visitors in Philadelphia May 23 27 for the 55th annual meeting. The event includes dedication of the national offices at Valley Forge Pa and a mass rally May 26 with remarks by Nelson Rockefeller and Harold E Stassen.
The Bennington Banner lists daily publication details and subscription prices by mail and delivery options. Various regional rates are noted including Vermont New York and Massachusetts regions with monthly and multi month terms.
A 14th century Spanish gradual used by an entire church choir is preserved in Middlebury College Starr Library. The parchment folios, Latin notes, and heavy leather bound volume reveal historical printing shifts and the enduring value of rare books for scholars and the public.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire AP report Ronald B. Kimball chief of the Division of Instruction presented to the state Board of Education a recommendation that high schools adopt a six hour minimum school day up from five and a half hours. The board will review the standards at a subsequent meeting.
Western Electric officials testified at a Senate hearing that the firm paid the government 3 million dollars to rent two federally owned plants in North Carolina and billed the Army for the rent plus a 290 thousand dollar profit. The company argued profits on the Nike contract totaled about 169 million dollars, roughly 13 percent of invested capital.
A divorce suit reveals a London born woman misperceived as Chinese by LA neighbors after years in Hong Kong. She says her husband urged a Chinese appearance and became violent. Separately, a dentist cites teeth grinding as a modern habit affecting most Americans amid rising tensions. In New York, a sax shop robbery ends with the thief fleeing with a $150 saxophone and $20 in cash.
Frank O Kennedy 97 died Monday at Gifford Memorial Hospital Randolph. He was co owner of the Farr and Kennedy Lasaber Co in Hancock and had retired for 42 years. Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Rochester Vermont.
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