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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1964
Page
2
The Vermont Historic Sites Commission will erect an official historic site marker at poet Robert Frost’s summer home near the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English on Route 125. Dedication is set for August 20 with the marker honoring Frost’s Ripton residence.
In Schenectady New York the Navy granted General Electric Co a contract worth 11 902 622 dollars for design and development of nuclear ship propulsion plants. Work will be performed at the Knolls Atomic Laboratory and announced by Senator Keating. In North Greenbush a peddlers license ordinance was adopted requiring registration with fines up to 50 dollars for violations and will take effect in 10 days.
Mt Williams reservoir in North Adams has fallen three and a half feet to 165 million gallons capacity, with Broad Brook contributing negligibly. The 200 million gallon reservoir now supplies most needs as the water department reports the drop.
New York stocks began the day with moderate early strength as several blue chips edged higher. Commonwealth Edison rose to 53 1 2, Pan American World Airways gained to 32 3 4, General Electric climbed to 83 1 4, Polaroid to 142 3 4, while Sears Roebuck slipped to 116 1 4 and United Aircraft fell to 48 1 4.
James R. Shepley publisher Fortune magazine, his family, and William H. Fisher escaped injury when a Beechcraft Bonanza belly landed at Logan Airport after gear trouble en route from New York to Bar Harbor. The plane circled 25 minutes before landing. seven aboard.
Conductor Erich Leinsdorf and his wife from Lenox Mass will dine at the White House tonight honoring U Thant the UN Secretary General. They will fly by chartered plane and return Friday for Berkshire Music Festival rehearsals and weekend concerts.
A 15 foot wave sweeping the Merrimack River capsized a motorboat and swamped the cabin cruiser A Venture II. Three passengers were washed overboard and rescued. nine others aboard the vessels, including two from Haverhill, were treated and released. Coast Guard towed the cruiser to port as several small craft sought shelter amid rough seas.
In Norfolk the USS Massachusetts remains in mothball status as a $100,000 funding gap postpones the ship’s planned tow to Fall River Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Memorial Committee must raise the funds to accept and maintain the famed WWII battleship nicknamed Big Mamie.
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