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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1963
Page
2
In Montpelier AP reports John J. Wackerman says President Kennedy asked the welfare department to launch a crash program this month targeting 1,500 Aid to Dependent Children families to reduce high school dropouts with guidance staff collaboration.
An independent union petitions the National Labor Relations Board to allow General Electric workers in Burlington to choose their own representation. The workers now belong to the IUE AFL CIO. The petition, handled by UE RMWA organizer James A. Noble, also targets GE plants in Pittsfield Massachusetts and Oakland California.
In New York, state police raided four downtown locations Wednesday and arrested seven people on gambling charges. Three Hudson men including former Star athlete Robert Van Ness paid 600 in fines after pleading guilty. Four others including a woman are out on bail with hearings set for August 7.
Berkshire town officials meet to curb speeding and curbside teen traffic. They target hitchhikers and out of town youths drifting from North Adams toward Adams with stricter curfew enforcement and police alert for 9 p m curfew adherence.
Vermont Senator George D. Aiken said he and five other senators will accompany Secretary of State Dean Rusk to Moscow for the signing of the nuclear test ban treaty as observers only. He noted they will go without commitment and may vote for the treaty when it reaches the Foreign Relations Committee. Also leaving are Senators Leverett Saltonstall and John O. Pastore.
The 1963 reunion of Deacon Samuel and Susanna Croutt Edson descendants will be held Sunday August 11 in Randolph Vermont. Registration at 2 p.m. in Bethany Congregational Church. A picnic lunch at 5:30 with each family bringing its own. coffee and cold drinks provided. Afternoon activities include Randolph playground equipment and swimming pool. Col C A Edson, president of Edson Association of America, will show pictures from his yearlong travels across 36 states covering 25 000 miles.
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