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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1962

Page

3

Kennedy Nominees Approved by Senate Foreign Relations

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved President Kennedy's picks including Charles E. Bohlen as ambassador to France and Foy Kohler as ambassador to the Soviet Union. Also advanced were William R. Tyler to European affairs assistant secretary, John H. Ferguson to ambassador to Morocco, William Leonhart to Tanganyika, and Bernard Brennan to deputy AID administrator.

Washington Kennedy Charles E Chip) Bohlen France Foy D. Kohler The Viet Union Senate Foreign Relations Committee William R. Tyler Kohler Morocco William Leonhart West Virginia Tanganyika Bernard T. Brennan New York Agency For International Development

FBI Counterspy To Head Barre Forum Speakers

Herbert Philbrick, former FBI counterspy from Hampton New Hampshire, will lead speakers at the Vermont Freedom Forum held at the Barre auditorium on September 8. The program includes his talk Communist Menace to our Society and a banquet at 6 15 p m guest speaker Allan Kline former Farm Bureau Federation president, will discuss free enterprise and preservation of America. Gov. F Ray Keyser Jr. will attend the banquet.

Herbert Philbrick Barre Philbrick U.S FBL Hampton, N.H FBI Vermont F. Ray Keyser Jr Allan Kline American Farm Bureau Federation America

Three Bennington girls praised for charity lawn sale

An editorial in the St. Albans Messenger lauds Cathy Gross and two other girls for a two day lawn sale of popcorn cookies and drinks that raised six dollars to buy CARE packages for needy families overseas. The piece highlights the children’s selfless effort during summer vacation.

St. Albans Messenger Cathy Gross Leo Gross Bennington

Meyer Reopens Political Battle With Spencer

Rupert Vermont AP Former U S Senate candidate Meyer accuses Democratic Chair Spencer of corrupt practices and neutrality bias in the party fight. He alleges Spencer urged local chairmen to sit out and then actively support other candidates. Meyer calls Spencer unfit to lead the state party.

Rupert William H. Meyer John M. Spencer Meyer U.S. Senate Spencer Robert Johnson Brattleboro Jack Spencer Democratic Party

U S Cow Population Dips 1 Percent in Latest Year

U S milk cow on farms fell 1 percent to 17,270,000 head by July 1 from 17,395,000 a year earlier, USDA reported. The drop since 1945 exceeds 10 million head, yet milk production rose due to herd improvements. New Hampshire and Vermont saw no change in numbers.

Washington Agriculture Department New Hampshire Vermont

PTA President Not a Gambler

Barbara Barringer 29 mother of four and PTA president in Stottville New York had the common gambler charge dismissed by Justice Everett MacCormack. Barringer ran a wheel of fortune at a carnival fundraiser for a community swimming pool. a technicality in arraignment led to dismissal. Police raid followed a complaint that a 16 year old won wine.

Barringer PTA Columbia County Stottville Wheel of Fortune

English War Bride Plans Home Trip After Gift

Nasta Prescott, 41, an English war bride in University Hospital Minneapolis, will travel home for the first time in 10 years thanks to a $1,100 gift from Princeton Minnesota residents. She hopes to reach London with her husband Robert by Sept 29 for her niece’s wedding. In separate notes Joseph Scimone, 24, of Revere Massachusetts, lost his left foot in a motorcycle accident and had it amputated above the ankle after doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital found circulation failed. President Kennedy proclaimed October 1, 1962 as Child Health Day, calling children the nation’s priceless resource.

Vermont Poetry Magazine Robert Frost Java Solomon’s Winnfield Saturday Review Louis Untermeyer Smith Vermont S.O.S Vermont General Assembly Philip Hoff Nasta Prescott University Hospital Minneapolis Princeton Minn Prescott England London Robert Kennedy

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