Pollution cleanup at St Albans Bay and a Vermont school projects dispute
Water Resources Department sent aquatic biologists and chemists to address algae pollution in St. Albans Bay with a week of work by the pollution control division and lab staff. Governor Hoff sought 2000 from the Emergency Board for alga control and a municipal sewage plant feasibility study. Swimming at the state beach halted amid pollution fears. In Burlington, 20 electricians planned to return to three sites after a contract with State Electric Co ends a two week walkout over foreign supervisory hiring. About 200 McNamara Vermont workers withheld crossing lines during the dispute on a $6 million set of projects including a new high school, a UVM dormitory, and a plastics plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Albans
Water Resources Department
St. Albans Bay
William Countryman
Philip H. Hoff
Montpellier
Burlington
State Electric Co
State Electric
University of Vermont
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Canada
McNamara Vermont
Public Safety Officer Urges Caution After Vermont Weekend Toll
Public Safety Crist William H. Baumann reports four deaths on Vermont highways over the weekend. He says obeying rules is not enough and drivers must keep their cars under complete control to stop in time to avoid pedestrians or other vehicles regardless of right of way.
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Montpelier
William H. Baumann
Vermont
Baumann
GE Plant resumes operations as strike ends in Schenectady
General Electric in Schenectady restarts operations after Local 301 IVE workers return to work though full normalcy will take days. A two day sympathy strike by Local 30 supported 335 cranemen who walked out July 29 over job reclassification, ended in national contract talks resuming in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
General Electric Co
IVE
General Electric
New York
City Council to vote on five budget transfers in North Adams
Mayor Florini requests transfers totaling funds for sewer line changes Welfare Department medical bills and disability aid catch basin cleaning police utility costs and Windsor Lake lifeguard. Northern Berkshire Communications Club offers hospital services and plans install a staff radio antenna for direct member car contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Francis C. Florini
South End
Windsor Lake
First Lady To Go Home Wednesday From Hospital Stay
Jacqueline Kennedy remains in the military hospital suite at Otis Air Force Base Mass as she recovers from the Caesarean birth of her third child who died two days later. No date for discharge has been set, with President Kennedy back in Washington and sister Princess Lee Radziwill visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy
White House
Washington
Princess Lee Radziwill
Northeast Air Lines Stockholders Meeting Adjourned
A suspended annual meeting at Logan Airport delayed again as Northeast Air Lines studies the CAB tentative ruling denying a permanent license for the New York to Florida route. The decision could push the carrier toward bankruptcy and a shift from trunkline to regional status in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Northeast Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northeast
New York- Florida
Logan International Airport
CAB
New York-Florida
New England
James W. Austin
Lincoln Downs Opens Third Night As 10 000 See 76 to 1 Win
Lincoln Downs opened its third night meeting with a 76 to 1 longshot winning and a 4 to 5 favorite losing in successive races. Crowd topped 10 000 as handle reached 549 565 dollars, down 78 000 from last year’s opening despite fewer attendees than the fall meeting.
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Lincoln, R.I
Lincoln Downs
Lincoln
Plane crew uses nail file to repair landing gear in flight
Three Air Force pilots circling Hanscom Field used a fingernail file and an iron bar to fix a defective U3B landing gear. Capt. Charles Weidner and Maj. Eugene Grimm led the improvised repair while Lt. Col. John Lyall helped wedge bracket into place after removing a floor plate.
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Bedford
Mass
Air Force
Hanscom Field
Charles Weidner
Dayton
Ohio
Gilbert J. Strait
Clare
Iowa
Weidner
Eugene Grimm
Stuart
Fla
John Lyall
Capt. Weidner
CAP Squadron At Barbecue In Granville NY
Bennington CAP members from the Bennington Airport attended a chicken barbecue in Granville New York hosted by the Pawlet CAP squadron. About 3 of 32 planes and several cars from the Bennington area joined 50 attendees including Mr and Mrs Joel Whittemore and children and Maj Harold Field with Lt John Bertoli. Parachutes were set up over head tables as a sidewalk cafe scene and rain late in the afternoon did not dampen the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Civil Air Patrol
Granville
N.Y
Pawlet Squadron
CAP
Joel Whittemore
Stafford
Patty
Donald Burchard
Brenda
Gail
North Bennington
Paul Moseley
Ann
Buskirk
Harold Field
John Bertoli
France
Bennington Briefs Highlight Luncheon Talk and Local News
Montpelier official James Mereness speaks on Employment Law amendments at a 12 15 p.m. luncheon of the Industry Division of the Greater Bennington Association at Paradise Restaurant. Vermont Dean's List names include Arlene Cleary and Carmen Wessner among others. VFW Auxiliary meeting at Old Bennington schoolhouse. weather cancels picnic supper. Locals Mr and Mrs Charles Mills and the Wahlquist family visit. Joan Boepple Hill TV program The Journey of Poh Lin airs again at 10 p.m. on Channel 10.
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James Mereness
Montpelier
Associated Industries of
Vermont
Greater Bennington Association
Paradise Restaurant
University of Vermont
Arlene (Shutts) Cleary
Maureen M. Kearns
Meredith E. Loyd
Douglas L. Marks
Manchester
Carmen S. Wessner
Manchester Depot
Beatrice W. Nash
Old Bennington
Sue B. Hanson
Margaret D. Galvin
Wilmington
Joan Boepple- Hill
North Bennington
Poh Lin
Armstrong Circle Theater
Channel 10
Jobless Claims Fall in Vermont Week
The Employment Security Department reports 3 836 total jobless benefits claims for the week ending Aug 10 down nearly three percent from the prior week and 41 percent above the 1962 level. First claims reached 531, down nine percent from the previous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Employment Security Department
Holyoke Youth Seeks Russian Help to Join U S Army
Peter Frenzel Kibler, 18, cannot prove age due to a lost 1955 birth certificate. He appeals to Russia for aid to enlist, while his adoptive father John Kibler, a long time Air Force veteran, notes the family's wartime displacement and missing papers. His brother John is also certificate-less, while Mark was born in Holyoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke, Mass
Peter Frenzel Kibler
U.S
Peter
John Kibler
East Germany
Kiblers
United States
Guam
Holyoke
Air Force
Immigration Department
Kibler
John
Mark
Bennington Banner Details
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and legal holidays from 425 Main St Vermont. It lists business numbers and subscription rates for local and national readers with special servicemen rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
U.S
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St. Albans
Troy
Rensselaer County
Donald Thompson
Thompson
Seaway
Agriculture Department
St. Lawrence Seaway
Down In
Berkshire
Florini
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Peter Miller
L. Samuel Miller
Weston
Burr and Burton Seminary
Miller and Co
Howard E. Armstrong
Center
Chittenden
Bennington Briefs
Anhi
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Green Mountain
VFW
Charles S. Mills
Cleveland Heights
Kirkside
Mr. Mills
George Sherman Mills
Second Congregational Church
Walfrid H.wahlquist
Walfrid Jr
Melrose Park
Fort Lauderdale
Camden
Maine
Williamstown
Wahlquist
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Vermont Bank and Trust CO
Marmber Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brattleboro
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Chester
Wit “Red Carpet Service
Radius
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union Empire
Motor Trend Magazine
Rambler
Mercury
Bennington Garage Corp
Main
Mae
Williams&bugbee, Inc
East Main St
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