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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1962
Page
2
Edward Burnette 41 of Williston sustained second and third degree burns to his upper body arms and legs when a can of gasoline ignited during torch work at a Williston scrap yard. He is in serious condition at a Burlington hospital.
Bequests totaling more than 375000 arrive for the University of Vermont. Louis C. Dodd of Buffalo 1898 class estate provides 285000, George L. Shattuck Providence 1892 estate 55700, and Mary Louise Aiken West Hartford daughter of a Vermont graduate 35580. Funds to support scholarships.
State Police said Albert A. Papienuk, 45, pulled his car off Route 11 in Londonderry after suffering a heart attack Sunday night and died.
Milton R. Whitney 38 died when his farm tractor and wagon overturned on State Aid Highway No 2. The medical examiner said he suffocated under a load of shavings. The fatality raises Vermont 1962 highway toll to 56, 11 more than last year.
State Rep. Ernest W. Gibson III of Brattleboro was chosen as chairman of the legislative commission studying Vermont reapportionment. State Sen. Olin D. Gay of Springfield was named clerk at the committee's organizational meeting held Saturday in Rutland.
Safe-crackers returned to work in the Burlington area over the weekend breaking into two firms at the Shelburne Road shopping center. They got less than 50 dollars from Agel Corman Furniture and found 0 cash at Motors Insurance Corp. bureau. $100 was left behind.
Rutland Railway President William S. Ginsburg rejects reports he agreed to sell the line. He says no sale without Interstate Commerce Commission approval and notes Vermont Governor Keyser’s option for state buyers. The ICC weighs a petition to abandon the idle railroad as a Missouri Pacific clerk Warsher allegedly offered 5.5 million to resume service.
In New York North Adams James J. Russell of Clarksburg is charged after a two car collision Sunday morning. He allegedly failed to stop at an intersection injuring a passenger. he was arrested for driving while intoxicated. In Clarksburg a new state rule bans oil fired space heaters in human habitation after Oct. 18 with a ban on sale or installation, and from July 1965 a ban on use in residential quarters.
Dixon Marshall, 56, died Friday after a long illness in Williamstown Quebec. He was cited years ago for the standards he set for other members of the bar.
Williamstown holds a special town meeting to seek voter permission to accept a bequested property in New Jersey. Town Manager Austin expects to announce the offer amount, currently under one million dollars, before voters decide.
The U.S. Public Health Service disclosed the first confirmed American smallpox case since 1947. A Canadian youth named James William Orr, 15, was hospitalized in Toronto after traveling via Idlewild Airport and New York Central trains, with authorities notifying five local railroad workers and urging vaccination for anyone exposed.
Thomas Ryan of Schuylerville and Arnold G. Manville of Troy, RPI students, share a $1000 National Association of Home Builders scholarship. Ryan aims for a building career while Manville plans graduate work in construction after military service.
Vermont will build the state’s first visitors center on a 500 square foot site along Interstate 91 in Guilford. The Vermont Development Department will transfer control to the VDD after governor’s signature and sign a maintenance agreement with the Greater Vermont Association.
The 453rd Quartermaster Company led by Capt. Perrotta completed a week of annual active duty training at Camp Drum New York. The unit runs ration breakdown for non divisional elements and supports 13 mess halls serving 3100 men. Maj. Gen. William Verbeck observed the field operations and ration work amid a rainy bivouac.
The Vermont Congress of Parents and Teachers annual two day convention shifts from St Johnsbury to Windsor State Prison due to lack of adequate facilities. Most sessions will be at Windsor High School with at least one half day inside the prison.
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