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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1962
Page
2
The Vermont Senate approved a bill to form a bipartisan interim commission to study the Rutland Railway after adding an equal representation clause for House and Senate members. An amendment to grant subpoena power was defeated 19 to 9. Rutland's four‑member delegation opposed the move.
Charles W. Stephenson 65 longtime University of Vermont psychiatry professor died yesterday in Houston Texas He had lived in South Hero and had retired in June but was re appointed on a part time basis Meanwhile Vermont highway officials advertised bids for four interstate projects in Bolton Richmond on Route 89 with one mile of new road and ten bridges to be built by December 1964 as a completion deadline.
Judge Sterry R. Waterman of St. Johnsbury was elected president of the American Judicature Society at the American Bar Association meeting in San Francisco. Vermont Democrats plan a closed meeting to approve a campaign budget exceeding 50,000 dollars, funding ads and strategy for Hoff's gubernatorial bid.
In Phoenix four men were given life terms for the first degree murder of Samuel L. Resnick, owner of Hopps Jewelers in Bennington. Judge George M. Sterling denied new trial motions. Defendants Jackson 20 Sperlock 28 Lew Jones 21 and Tillis 19, all from Phoenix, were found guilty of the March 1 murder. a fifth defendant was acquitted.
Rev. William C. Kruegler 32 a Maryknoll missionary from Troy was shot dead by a drunken bartender in a Bolivian village. A mob dragged the assailant through Montero and hanged him in the plaza. Kruegler had served in Bolivia since 1957 after ordination. son of Mrs. Katherine Kruegler and the late Francis V. Kruegler.
Clyde the pet raccoon of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Zumback at 69 Albany Ave. became stuck in a washing machine meter. Police officer Edward M. Clancy freed the paw and pulled Clyde from the machine, calling it one for the books.
Adams reports $4000 of $80650 Chapter 90 funds allotted by Massachusetts Public Works Department for road work in Adams. Williamstown notes recounts a picnic escape involving Deborah Harkin Lynn Meikelsohn and Janet Horne with a basement talk ending in a police and Civil Air Defense pursuit. Homeowners urge sewers after drought rain. petition previously denied. Bernard J Savage named head gardener at Williams College after decade at Mt Hope Farm.
Senate votes 19 to 10 to enact reapportionment amid a notable absence of Eldredge during roll calls. The House must still approve an amendment creating a bi partisan seven member study commission to investigate realigning seats in both chambers, marking a political win for Gov Keyser.
Washington AP Secretary of Welfare Anthony J Celebrezze to unveil regulations on distributing new drugs to physicians for investigational use. Amid thalidomide concerns he notes tightening is needed but must not hamper competent doctors. Kennedy pressed Congress for stronger drug industry controls and labeling rules.
UPI reports that teenage boys aged 16 to 19 consume the most weekly food in a family. The Agriculture Department estimated a 8.20 dollar weekly cost on a slow-cost plan, 11.20 on a moderate plan, and 12.60 on a liberal plan for a growing lad.
An Air Force investigation began after a KC-135 Strato-Tanker crashed while landing at Hanscom Air Force Base near Bedford. Capt. Clarence Kerr, Capt. William Leng, and Airman J C Norman Ford died. The jet, worth six million dollars, had been en route from Wright Patterson to Bedford for equipment testing. Lt. Col. Joseph Bonner was named lead investigator.
Vermont League of Women Voters delegates will attend the Summer Jamboree in Woodstock on August 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bennington reps include Mrs. Shoemaker and others. The event features workshops, roundtable group conferences, and a panel on Political Effectiveness led by former Voters Service chairs. Lunch at 12:30 and sessions resume at 1:30.
A tractor trailer rig carrying about 600 cases of men’s shoes was stolen from the A Towle Co. depot at 521 Harvard Street in Manchester New Hampshire about 4 am. The red tractor and silver trailer bore the firm’s name. Earlier this year another Manchester firm reported a tractor-trailer theft later found abandoned in Nashua.
Elizabeth Duncan 58 was executed in San Quentin for plotting the murder of her daughter in law Olga Duncan to keep her son. Frank Duncan, now 33, and his wife Elinor fought to save her life, while two accomplices Augustine Baldonado and Luis Moya were executed after the mother’s plot collapsed.
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