Selectmen Propose Study Of Runway Uses At Bennington Airport
Bennington selectmen will ask airport manager Joel Whittemore and the Bennington Airport Commission to study possible runway uses beyond landings and takeoffs. The move follows a report of car testing on the main strip and a one time testing permission granted by Whittemore. Future access would depend on impact on operations and any complaints.
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Joel Whittemore
Bennington
Whittemore
The
Banner
Eldred
Paul Kelley
Kelley
Turkeys May Replace Hams This Easter
A major supermarket chain lists turkeys before smoked hams on weekend specials priced 33 to 39 cents per pound. Lamb leg up six cents to 65 cents. Produce offers asparagus, artichokes, cabbage, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and abundant citrus and berries. Dairy, eggs, fish products remain plentiful with regional fillet and seafood varieties noted.
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Department of Agriculture
Easter Egg Roll at White House Held After 72 Years
Easter egg rolling on the White House lawn will occur Monday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for children under 12 with adults admitted only with a child. Military bands will perform and Air Force bagpipers will join. President Kennedy and family are in Palm Beach, Florida.
Elephant Baby Born First Time in 44 Years at Portland Zoo
Belle the elephant and her five day old male calf, 225 pounds, survive birth at the Portland Zoo. It marks the first elephant calf born in the United States in 44 years, since Queen Alice of the Sells-Floto Circus. The calf has no official name yet but is nicknamed Fuzzy-face. Owner Morgan Berry reports heavy offers up to 50,000 dollars.
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Portland
Ore
Belle
Portland Zoo
United States
Alice
Sells-Floto Circus
Morgan Berry
Seattle
Farmer loses 944 acre farm over crop allotment dispute
Lake Village Arkansas AP reports James Weir lost his 944 acre farm after refusing to follow federal rice acreage allotments. The property sold for 60000 to L J Warren of Lake Providence Louisiana while Weir faces overplanting penalties totaling more than 26000 and a 1960 penalty of 10244. Local farmers sympathize with his stand against allotments.
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James Weir
L. J. Warren
Lake Providence
Weir
Department of Agriculture
Ley
Weir Fed
Louise Fazenda Funeral Rites Friday in Hollywood
Funeral services for Louise Fazenda wife of producer Hal Wallis and former Hollywood comedy queen will be conducted Friday by Rabbi Morton Bauman at Grace Chapel Inglewood Park Cemetery. She died Tuesday at age 66 from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Hollywood
Louise Fazenda
Hal Wallis
Morton Bauman
Grace Chapel
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Blast Victim First Fatality in Large Olin Plant Explosion
Robert W. Trent aged 23 of Irvington died in a Louisville hospital after suffering a head injury from the Olin Mathieson Chemical plant blast. The explosion caused about $8 million in damages and occurred earlier this week, with Trent remaining unconscious for 37 hours.
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Robert W. Trent
Olin Mathieson Chemical
Trent
Irvington
Louisville
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