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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1966
Page
2
Veteran legislator Graham Newell of St Johnsbury announced his bid for re election to the Vermont House. A former 10 year Republican state senator, he has chaired committees and now leads Lyndon State College Social Sciences. He pledges to weigh votes by the Freeman's Oath and pursue education mental health and constitutional government reforms.
New York report shows Rensselaer County 175th Anniversary Celebration Committee receiving a call from President Johnson's office. Miss Elisha Herech, a secretary to Johnson, said a personal message and a photograph would arrive for the anniversary book slated for distribution during the Sept 24 to Oct 2 events. Cohoes Democrats elect new city chairman after a year without one, Dewey W. Mulcahy. William J. Dawson, previous chairman, convicted of income tax evasion. Helen C. Daley named vice chairwoman as party aims to challenge Citizens Party control.
Troy W. Brian Sullivan was elected president of the Rensselaer County Young Democratic Club Tuesday night. Francis P. Fleming was reinstalled as chairman. Sullivan replaces retiring president William DeRosa. Other officers elected were Jayne Regan, vice president, Michael Nash, secretary, and DeRosa, treasurer.
The Colonie Summer Theatre presents How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying beginning August 9 starring Rudy Vallee who previously played the same role on Broadway.
Berkshire Life Insurance Company and the Adams Supermarket chain will jointly pursue an eight million dollar urban renewal project on West Street in Pittsfield. The plan calls for a motel market and office complex linked to North Street, plus a nine hundred car garage, and will be submitted to the Urban Renewal Administration in New York for reaction.
Washington (UPI) hearings before a Senate subcommittee examined a resolution to clarify that the public has a right to appeal ICC rail service decisions. Vermont, New York, 23 unions, and ICC officials argued for enabling judicial review when rail service is curtailed, amid conflicting court rulings over public standing.
A massive search resumes at dawn for the last of three Great Danes that killed a 5 year old girl and mauled her playmate in Prince Georges County Maryland. Two dogs were captured near the scene and taken to an animal shelter for observation. The hospitalized boy, James Barney, remains in poor condition but is expected to recover.
The U S Coast Guard marked its 176th birthday with a push on modernization in the First District from Maine to Cape Cod. Projects include a multi million dollar Otis Air Force Base air station and a 180 by 150 foot hangar for four amphibians and three helicopters with the longest pre stressed roof. A new Boothbay Harbor rescue station with helicopter pad and all weather dock is planned. Four cutters patrol South Vietnam waters while three new cutters Active Hamilton and Point Bonita join First District service.
United Press International reports dozens of DJs across the South ban Beatle records after John Lennon's teenage magazine quote claiming The Beatles are more popular than Jesus. Birmingham disc jockeys launch Beatle bonfire plan for August 19 in Memphis, with other stations joining the protest and listeners flooding in.
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