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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1965
Page
2
A 14-year-old Windsor boy remained in critical condition at Mary Hitchcock Hospital after a diving accident from Gassett's Bridge into a brook. Jeffrey Waters was seriously injured Saturday. hospital officials reported no change in condition.
The Troy Record reports only modest gains in attendance and betting at the renovated Saratoga Race Course, with heat humidity blamed for limiting increases after a $3.5 million expansion. In Saratoga Springs, thieves fled with about $100,000 in gems and cash from Mrs. Donald Bathrick’s dresser while guests of retired Admiral and Mrs. Gene Markey. FBI joins local police to investigate a window entry during early Saturday hours.
State troopers stopped three thieves during a routine check of their auto and found a recorded message from Hazel Green Real Estate Office in Kinderhook. The trio Vincent Serriano Michael Honsour and Forrest Miller all of Albany were arrested and charged with third degree burglary.
In Great Barrington Berkshire County thieves stole about $4000 worth of phone equipment from the basement storage area of the Bill Whittaker garage. They forced entry by cutting a door lock and are aided by a White Plains detective agency hired by AT&T. A prior break in at a local appliance shop netted over $1000 in goods.
Three Clarksburg teenagers returned Sunday from a six day trek along the Long Trail. Francis Daub 17 Mark Daub 15 and Earl Wickline 15 embarked at Pico Peak east of Rutland Vermont and covered 94 miles before reaching home.
New York markets opened firm in moderate trading with autos mixed and steels firm. Oils showed minor gains while electronics inched up and chemicals softened. Major moves included Chrysler to 477, Ford to 54.34, GM down to 98.14, IBM at 490.25, and various other industrials shifting in narrow ranges.
Cape Kennedy reports Cooper and Conrad near final medical checks for the Gemini-5 mission. Weather outlook improves, with a 10 a.m. Thursday launch and eight day, 3,140,000 mile voyage planned. Officials say no medical issues are expected and countdown nears T minus two days.
Two White River Junction men, Paul Lampher aged 22 and Loren Wells aged 20, were killed when their car left Route 12A in Lebanon New Hampshire and crashed into a utility pole. The driver John Downs, 20, survived in satisfactory condition at Mary Hitchcock Hospital after authorities say they had stopped the car earlier for speeding.
Oscar Bright 39, Springfield CORE chairman, appeared in district court charged with illegal possession of a narcotic. He had announced planned peaceful picket lines after protests over alleged police brutality. Police and city officials faced further complaints of police power and rules for demonstrations as crowds gathered near City Hall.
New York report on the American Insurance Association pamphlet Too Fast For Conditions warns that survival odds plummet as speed rises above 80 mph. It cites ratios such as 1 in 167 at 25 mph and near certainty of death above 80 mph, noting reaction time, field of vision, and hydroplaning dangers.
New Hampshire Attorney General withdrew charges against Edward H. Coolidge Jr. in the murder of Sandra Valade, an 18 year old from Manchester, while he remains jailed for the 1964 killing of Pamela Mason, a 14 year old babysitter. Attorneys for Coolidge have begun appealing the Mason conviction. Authorities say the two deaths were virtually identical. The AG declined to discuss future plans.
Boston hood Edward J. McLaughlin of Canton was wounded in a second gangland style attack within nine months. A bullet hit his right hand and the leg, he drove his car along Route 128 to escape, and was treated at Massachusetts General Hospital. Police posted guards after the shooting near the hospital. McLaughlin, brother of accused murderer George McLaughlin, survived a prior Dec. 23 attack at the Hotel Beaconsfield. Another brother, Bernard J., was killed Oct. 31, 1961, in a mob style incident. In Garland, Texas, a bank groundbreaking yielded a surprise: a student received a $250 scholarship and five shares of stock in the Garland Bank and Trust Co. The gesture came from Steve Albright, honored as top Garland High School spring graduate.
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