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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1964
Page
2
Vermont officials announce the traveling maple sugarhouse will stay at the New York World's Fair after a July 31 Vermont Day demonstration drew long lines. Sugarhouse praise from New England exhibit managers and sales boosts cited as reason for continued display.
In Rensselaer two barbers offer cut prices to draw customers. Bridge Barbers proclaims $1 cuts plus stamps while Percy Wheeler asks 75 cents. normal rates are $1.50 for adults and $1.25 for children. In Clifton Park Saratoga County the state plans colored paving strips to study driver behavior with red stop zones blue for through lanes green medians and white for guidance.
The Boston and Maine railroad lets go of yard workers in North Adams with traveling crews to handle freight from East Greenfield. In Williamstown a telephone cable cut disrupted service. locals question police roadblocks targeting teen travel for alcohol. Berkshire Hills officials condemn a Cape Cod guide calling the region isolated and ignorant.
Teaneck New Jersey man Charles S. Cohan was arrested in Massachusetts on federal mail violation charges for advertising the controversial New Hampshire Sweepstakes. He was arraigned, released on $500 personal recognizance, and plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The sweepstakes purse for next year was announced at $50,000 added.
A Senate public works subcommittee examined an $896 plan to harness Passamaquoddy Bay tides for New England power. The proposal, built on a Kennedy order, envisions seven miles of dams forming two pools in Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bays to produce about 3 billion kilowatt hours annually.
Canterbury England UPI Ian Fleming the author of James Bond died at 2 30 am in Kent and Canterbury Hospital at age 56 He served as a naval commander and aide in WWII and often mingled public image with his fictional spy. The report notes his war service and Bond connections.
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