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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1965

Page

2

Office of town clerk to close Monday

The town clerk's office will be closed on Monday. This notice appears in the local public records for Manchester and references staff scheduling. No further details or alternatives are provided.

Adams Joins Tri State Public Relations Firm

Montpelier Vermont. Tri State Public Relations hires 73 year old former Vermont Republican party executive secretary P Adams after retirement July 1. Owner Robert Fitzgerald says Adams will assist in all phases of operations.

Montpelier Carroll P. Adams Vermont Republican Party Robert Fitzgerald Adams

Bible School Kids Donation Supports New Planetarium Plan

North Bennington vacation Bible school children gave $9.85 toward a proposed community planetarium. The Gaol is to set up a special savings account as Bennington districts merge. Paul Bohne outlined funding hopes with private and public sources still under study. The Bennington Lions Club pledged $500 to the project.

North Bennington North Village Congregational Harold Riemann Paul W. Bohne Harwood Hill Bohne New Bennington The Bennington Lions Club

Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Service Plans

Bennington briefs note ongoing offerings from Max Oil Service, also branded Agway, promoting a $10 cleaning plan alongside a full comfort plan and a full security plan. The item underlines ongoing local service promotions and advertising language from the supplier.

Max Oil Service Agway ADV

Bennington Zoning Board mulls dormitory limits for college

T G Buckley, chair, urged tighter boundaries on property to house the dormitory used by Sisters of St. Joseph. He proposed raising required setbacks to 200 250 or 300 feet, to curb expansion beyond current holdings. The Lawrence Becerra residence near Monument Avenue and Catamount Lane anchors the dispute, with prior approval conditioned on access restrictions and dormitory use for female students only.

T. Garry Buckley Zoning Board of Adjustment Buckley Lawrence Becerra Monument Avenue Catamount Lane Sisters of St. Joseph Board of Adjustment

Extra Lanes Planned For Racetrack Traffic

Advertisement for bids to widen U S 7 near Green Mountain Park racetrack in Pow nal Vermont. Two extra lanes will be added near racetrack entrances to separate through traffic from turning traffic. Bids due by 11 a.m. Friday Aug 27 at the Vermont Department of Highways in Montpelier. plans available there or with District Highway Engineer Ivor S. Pelsue in Bennington.

U.S. 7 Pownal Green Mountain Park Racetrack Massachusetts - Vermont Ivor S. Pelsue State Department of Highways Montpelier Pelsue Bennington

Long Trailers Plan To Hike Mad Tom Brook

Bennington Section of the Green Mountain Club schedules a Sunday hike up the Mad Tom Brook Trail in East Dorset. Meet at Bennington Post Office at 1 pm or Center Shaftsbury Church at 1 30 pm. Bring food for a cook-out at the Mad Tom Shelter on the Long Trail. One car will meet hikers at the shelter via Peru. A new shelter on Glastonbury Mountain is finished and Seth Warner shelter south of County Road in Pownal has been painted.

Mad Tom Brook East Dorset Bennington Green Mountain Club Bennington Post Office Shaftsbury Church Mad Tom Shelter Peru Glastonbury Mountain Seth Warner Pownal

Funeral services for Mrs Mabel B Furray

Funeral services for Mrs Mabel B Furray longtime resident of the area will be held Monday at St Pauls Church with a Requiem Mass at 9 a.m. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Charles E Pierson of St Louis and a son the Rev H B Furray Jr S J. Memorials to St Annes Home Welfare Fund in St Louis. Burial arrangements by Brewster Funeral Service in Landgrove.

Manchester Mabel B. Furray St. Louis St. Paul’s Church Charles E. Pierson H.B. Furray Jr S.J

Rioters Hit Avalon Boulevard Area In Daylight Riots

Forceful unrest damaged over 100 police vehicles and wrecked 76 commercial buildings as four stores burned in a single Avalon Boulevard block. Rioters barred fire crews, while police requested additional assistance. The daylight rioting hit the modest predominantly Negro community with windows shattered and loot taken. residents told to stay clear of the growing no man's land.

Avalon Boulevard No-Man’s Land

Army veto blocks crew transfer to Viet Nam carrier

The Army vetoed plans to send helicopter crews to Viet Nam aboard the aging World War II carrier Kula Gulf. Maj. Gen. Harry W. Kinard, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, visited Mayport, Florida, and ruled that pilots and crew chiefs would go to Viet Nam by other means. Senator Richard B. Russell called for a Defense Department inquiry into substandard quarters aboard the ship.

Washington API Army Air Mobile Division Viet Nam Pentagon Harry W. O. Kinnard 1St Cavalry Division Kula Gulf Mayport Fla Richard B. Russell D-Ga Senate Armed Services Committee Defense Department

Hoff advocates regionalization to strengthen local government

Hoff argues regionalization can empower local governments and widen responsibility. He cautions against empowering entrenched local powers and urges electing qualified legislators to enable restructuring. He supports evaluating revenue sharing ideas like the Yeller plan while stressing need to demonstrate willingness to reorganize.

Hoff Yeller

Canadians Hurt As Cycle Spills

A Canadian motorcyclist George T Lowe and his wife escaped with minor injuries when their 1957 Harley Davidson rider and passenger were thrown from the machine at Hunt Street as it turns into North Street. Lowe suffered a sprained right ankle and Mrs Lowe bruises in the mishap according to Bennington Village Police.

Hunt Street Bennington Village George T. Lowe North Street Lowe

Morgan Springs Pump Activated In Bennington Water System

Bennington Water Department Supt C Henry Hansen reports Morgan Spring is again being used to fill the village reservoir after the mountain pipeline flow waned Friday morning. He notes the supply can change suddenly though, as rains had boosted yields last week.

Bennington Water Department C. Henry Hansen Morgan Spring Hansen

Two Siberians Defect to U S at Anchorage

Two Soviet workers Gregoriy Sarapushkin and Pyo ter Kalincheenko defect to the United States after landing a walrus-skin boat near Wales Alaska. They boarded the Coast Guard cutter Balsam at Port Clarence and seek asylum with U S officials as the first known Russian defectors to Alaska.

Juneau Alaska APD United States Coast Guard Port Clarence Anchorage Gregoriy Sarapushkin Pyoter Kalincheenko U.S.S.R Alaska Coast Guard State Department Wales Bering Siberian Russia Diomede Island Bering Strait Lavrentiya Seward Peninsula

Bennington Banner Publisher Hours and Rates Notice

The Bennington Banner details contact numbers for news, advertising, and office hours. It lists home and motor delivery options with 10 cents per day, and subscription rates for Vermont and nationwide mailings including special serviceman rates.

Vermont U.S Bennington

Muskie backs drought action and Maine power projects

Senator Edmund S. Muskie urged bold federal action on water pollution as New England faces drought and warned demand could outstrip supply by the 1970s. He endorsed hydro dams at Dickey and Lincoln on the St John River, questioned private utilities rates, and forecast congressional authorization for the project this session. He also supported a northern atomic center proposal and a marine research center at Kittery, while noting it's early to gauge the latter.

Portland Maine UPI Edmund S. Muskie New England Maine Democrat Muskie Kittery Dickey and Lincoln Schools St. John River Dickey Dickey- Lincoln School Congress

Foreman Named At Globe Union

Peter Shalala, 24, of 126 Washington Ave, promoted to foreman at Globe Union Inc. plant. Stephen F. Armstrong, office manager, announced the move after Shalala completes a week of training at the local plant and two more weeks at another company plant, then returns to lead farming and assembly in Bennnington plant.

Peter Shalala Washington Ave Globe-Union Inc Stephen F. Armstrong Armstrong Shalala Bennington

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