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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1965

Page

2

Vermont races shift as Fishman bows out of reappointment bid

Addison County Sen Samuel Fishman will not seek the upper chamber in fall reapportionment elections citing health reasons and plans to stay active in politics by 1966. Four Republicans contend for two Addison County seats including incumbent Irving Eastman, Harris Thurber, John Masterton and Claude Brown.

U.S. Congress John Masterton Goshen Addison County Claude Brown Ripton

Voters approve union high school district in three towns

Voters in Hardwick Greensboro and Craftsbury in Vermont’s northeast Kingdom approved forming a union high school district by an aggregate 302 to 142. Hardwick 156 62 Greensboro 74 16 Craftsbury 72 64. No school construction bond can be proposed for one year.

Hardwick UPD Northeast Kingdom Greensboro Craftsbury Eachtown

Republican Caucuses Set for Sept 13 to Reorganize GOP

Montpelier reports that Republican town and city caucuses will be held on Sept 13 statewide to reorganize local county and state GOP operations. Town committees will elect two party members to the county committee plus one for every 200 votes cast for the GOP governor in 1964. County committees will meet Oct 11 to elect officers and choose two members for the State Committee.

Montpelier UPD GOP Richard Thomas Republican State Committee

Missing Marine from Fort Edward among Hong Kong crash dead

Lance Cpl Joseph E Brunelle, 21, of Fort Edward New York, listed as missing after a U S Marine transport plane crashed in Hong Kong harbor. He spoke to his father hours before the crash describing rough fighting in South Vietnam and noting three friends killed recently. The crash killed 58 servicemen, most Marines on five day leave.

Fort Edwards Fort Edward U.S Hong Kong Lance Cpl Joseph E. Brunelle Joseph N. Brunelle States South Viet Nam Brunelle

Berkshire housing plan protests spark segregation charge

In Pittsfield Berkshire residents from low income neighborhoods denounce a proposed 50 unit public housing project on Victory Hill as forced income segregation. A petition signed by 116 citizens decries demoralizing stigma and urges the Housing Authority to pursue dignity for tenants, proposing two alternatives: scattered low income units or rent subsidies for existing dwellings.

Pittsfield Housing Authority Victory Hill

Market Opens Firm Amid Mixed Day on Wall Street

New York stocks opened firm with varied results across sectors. Gains in airlines and electronics contrasted with declines in steels and several major names, including U S Steel down to 49.1, Jones and Laughlin at 74. . Bethlehem steady, Lukens up to 82.44, RCA up 1, IBM up 1.01, Chrysler down 0.48, Union Carbide up 3 to 61.0, and other moves in Boeing, Grumman, TWA, Northwest, and Kodak among active points on the tape.

NEW York UPI New York Stock Exchange U.S Jones and Laughlin Bethlehem Lukens KLM Northwest Airlines TWA Boeing Grumman IBM Admiral Fairchild RCA Litton Control Data Magnavox Texas Instruments Ford Advanced Chrysler American Motors Xerox Polaroid Araconda Union Carbide Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Bobbie Brks Reynolds Met BVD Co Reynolds Tobacco Canada Richfield Canadian Pacific Schenley Celanese Sears Roebuck Simmons Chesapeake & Ohio Sinclair Chrysler Cinge Socony Mobil Ya City Sperry Rand Coca Cola Standard Oil Ind Colgate Standard Oil Collins R Standard Oil Oh Cola L Vy Columbia Gas Sterl Colw Edison Stewart Warner Con Edison Studebaker Cons Natural Gas Swift Tennessee Gas Continental Can Crucible Texaco Curtiss Tiden Oil Detroit Edison Timken Diamond National Transwa Douglas AC United Aircraft Dow Chemical Dupont United Air Lines Eastern Airs United Fruit Eastman Kodak United States Rubber Eric Lackawanna United States Smelt Firestone United States Steel Va P&p Ford Motor Western Union General Dynamics General Electric Westing Air General Foods Westing Electric General Motors Wheeling Steel General Tel Woolworth Xerox Cp Goodrich Tire & Rule Goodyear Tire & Rub Youngstown A&p Zenith Greyhound Gulf Oil Hershey Ing Rand Int Harvester Int Nickel Jones & Laughlin Joy Mtg LOF Glass Lori Pittsburgh Steel Procter Gamble Pullman

Power Project Seen Wasteful Says Vermont Official

Albert A. Cree, chairman of the Electric Coordinating Council of New England, condemns the Dickey Lincoln School federal power project on the St John River in northern Maine. He asserts a 40 percent cut in Vermont electric costs by 1980 without federal funding and favors nuclear and hydropumped storage options instead. He warns the project could be obsolete and unwanted if built. In Hell, Michigan, the post office reports brisk sales of a new Dante commemorative five cent stamp.

Cunavelis Burlington Post Office Cree New England Vermont

Bennington Banner Publisher Details

The Bennington Banner lists office at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont with daily publication excluding Sundays holidays. It provides contact numbers for business newsroom and advertising and outlines subscription rates within Vermont and nationwide with special servicemen rates.

Bennington Banner Main St Bennington Banner Publishing Corporation United Press International UPI Vermont U.S

Defense Rests in Brawl Case That Caused Springfield Tension

In Springfield Mass the defense for 18 arrestees in a July barroom brawl rested after Nancy Gardner a 21 year old white woman testified police tore her blouse and called her a nigger lover. Gardner said four officers grabbed her outside the Octagon Lounge while she searched for a friend. Prosecution witnesses said Gardner urged others to resist arrest during the disturbance tied to racial tensions that sparked protests and National Guard patrols. CORE officials Herbert Callander and Clifford Monteiro visited the city to discuss the case with civil rights leaders but did not disclose plans.

Springfield Mass UPI

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