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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1965
Page
2
A Vermont group will attend the American Correctional Association Congress in Boston for five days. Institutions Commissioner John V. Woodhull and others will join in hosting duties. The visit aims to engage New England correctional administrators and discuss regional concerns.
The Watervliet Arsenal received a 2.4 million dollar contract from the U S Army Weapons Command in Rock Island Illinois for 149 eight inch howitzers with 1.4 million spent at the arsenal and 970 960 to private industry for forgings and parts. A separate note from Schaghticoke highlights the fair’s arts and crafts division growing rapidly with national contestants and an expected total entries above 12 000. In Albany a teenage girl leaped to her death from the Wellington Hotel eighth floor while being questioned by managers. the unregistered girl had no papers and lingered at the hotel.
The Berkshire County NAACP announces an art show this Saturday from 10 to 4 on the Berkshire lawn. Proceeds benefit the Berkshire NAACP summer project in Mississippi.
Justice of the Peace W E Richburg dismissed a 1500 peace bond against Kenneth Jess Porter after Marina Oswald Porter promised to attend marriage counseling. Porter and Marina, who have two stepdaughters, agreed to reunite after a brief confinement and a private reconciliation in Richburg's office.
A 19 year old escapee from Chittenden County Jail was found asleep in a friend's car on Anita Court in Winooski. David Cram, with two accomplices, fled after overpowering a guard and cross Lake Champlain, with Barr captured earlier and Smith still at large. Police traced Cram to the area after a late tip. Barr had been sentenced to seven to ten years. Smith awaits forgery charges. Cram claimed fatigue from running.
Police in Springfield remained alert for possible weekend race disturbances despite civil rights leaders canceling a Selma type parade after a six hour State House meeting with Gov. Volpe and Mayor Ryan. The cancellation followed new anti riot law penalties.
The Concord Daily Monitor accuses the New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission of violating federal and state postal laws by mailing information about the sweepstakes. The paper’s front page story and editorial question government hypocrisy while the commission denies any violation citing legal experts and mailings to New Hampshire hotels and filling stations to boost ticket sales.
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