Car Crash Kills Sheldon Springs Man On Route 105
A 33 year old Sheldon Springs man, Joseph L. Larocque, died when his car lost control on a curve and struck a tree on Route 105, becoming the 65th highway fatality in Vermont this year. Wayne Vincent remained unconscious after a stock car crash at Thunder Road on Aug 8, three weeks earlier. Bradford voters approve up to $40,000 bonding for a new elementary school building by 121 to 101.
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Sheldon Springs
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Burlington
Wayne Vincent
Mary Fletcher Hospital
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Thunder Road
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Bradford Academy and Graded
Hoff Study Group Opposes Champlain Waterway Without Safeguards
An 11 member Water Resources Review Panel told Gov. Hoff it will oppose the Champlain Waterway unless water quality, recreation, fish and wildlife, and other uses are protected. The panel urges assurances the seaway would bring significant benefits to Vermont and will submit findings to the U S Canadian International Joint Commission this fall.
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Hoff
Champlain Waterway
Vermont
Champlain Waterway Commission
Funeral plans set for Clayton B. Stewart Mason leader
Funeral services for Clayton B. Stewart, 60, longtime Mason and former National Life Insurance employee, will be Sunday afternoon at Barber and Lanier Funeral Home in Montpelier. He died Wednesday at Heaton Hospital. survivors include his widow, a daughter, a son, and a stepmother.
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Montpelier
Clayton B. Stewart
Vermont
Barber and Lanier
Stewart
Heaton Hospital
National Life Insurance Co
Vandal Gang Nabbed After $4000 Losses In New York
Four youths aged 15 to 18 face investigation after causing about 2000 dollars in damages and stealing similar amounts from two estates and cars in Greenbush. Fingerprint tracing led police to the culprits. One suspect is 15. The others are 16 to 18 and in custody awaiting further action.
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Greenbush
Chartrands Offer Reward After Berkshire Looting
Mr and Mrs O H Chartrand of North Adams offer 500 dollars reward for arrest of thieves who looted their Berkshire home on August 21 and took a small safe containing 10000 dollars.
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North Adams
O. H. Chartrand
GE and IUE Hope Early Labor Pact at GE Plant
In Pittsfield an IUE team negotiates with General Electric on a labor contract and aims for an early agreement based on union and GE proposals. In Adams the Redevelopment Authority sets director duties and a $7,000 salary. North Adams reports Depot Square parking lot project at $15,900 near completion with only the center island extension pending.
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IUE
General Electric
ADAMS
Adams Redevelopment Authority
North Adams — Depot Square
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Smathers Doubts Action On Kennedy Tax Cut
Senator George A. Smathers of Florida doubts the Senate will act on President Kennedy’s tax cut this year. He cites House delay and a Senate civil rights stalemate as major obstacles to hearings and passage, while noting testimony could run six to eight weeks with about 200 witnesses. The Finance Committee expects the bill in late September with a two stage net income tax cut of 10.5 billion dollars starting January 1, 1964.
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George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Senate
Kennedy
Smathers
House
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Russell B. Long
D-La
Finance Committee
Byrd
Finance
Ways and Means
Gibson To Meet With Vermonters On Rail Plans
Public Service Board Chairman Ernest W. Gibson III will meet today with a Middlebury Burlington group exploring operating part of the Rutland Railway. Fred Richmond, temporary chairman, says the group will fund part of the plan but wants to know the governor's position first. They aim to run trains Burlington Rutland for farm products and supplies amid state talks with two New Jersey men to lease the Burlington White Creek segment.
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Burlington
Rutland
New Jersey
White Creek
N.Y
President Greets Ailing Legendary Photographer
Washington AP report on Henry Griffin, famed Associated Press photographer, receiving support from President Kennedy and former presidents Eisenhower and Truman after throat cancer surgery. Griffin, 47, underwent voice box removal but is improving, aided by calls and letters from leaders and many lawmakers.
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Henry Griffin
Associated Press
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Griffin
Car Leaves Bridge Drowns Two Women in Piscataqua River
In Portsmouth New Hampshire two women drowned when their car plunged 40 feet from the Memorial Bridge into the Piscataqua River early today. The vehicle smashed the guard rail and landed in ten feet of water as the tide was low. Divers attached chains and hauled the car about 50 feet to shore before police pried the doors open to retrieve the bodies.
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N.H
Piscataqua River
Memorial Bridge
Kittery
Maine
Mother and Baby Killed in Burlington Railroad Crash
Five year old Katherine Davis remains in serious condition after a rain storm railroad crossing crash that killed her mother Theresa Davis age 25 of Albury Springs and her four month old sister Donna. The car was struck by a Canadian National freight train as engineer Ralph Easton reported seeing the car swerve. the sedan was carried about three tenths of a mile along the tracks. Mrs Davis leaves husband Orval and a son.
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Katherine Davis
Katherine
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Theresa Davis
Albury Springs
Donna
Swanton
Canadian National Railroad
Ralph Easton
Brockville
Ont
Davis
Bennington Banner Contact and Subscription Details
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. Rates for mail subscriptions within 50 miles and Vermont range from 4.25 for 6 months to 15.00 for 1 year with U S rates higher.
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Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Radius
U.S
Wisconsin birthplace of many circuses noted in Baraboo
New York report states about 90 circuses began in Wisconsin including Ringling Brothers and the Circus World in Baraboo has a large collection of circus memorabilia gathered there by enthusiasts and historians.
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New York
Cool Air and Rain Set for Week in Boston
The forecast calls for a cool weekend with temperatures 2 to 6 degrees below normal. Saturday and Sunday are mild, then a cooler turn Tuesday night or Wednesday. Rain totals over half an inch with lingering showers in the mountains, and more showers possible Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Boston
U.S. Weather Bureau
Backward swim observed in butterfly fish study
St Paul report from the Minnesota Department of Conservation notes that the butterfly fish often swims backward, giving the tail the appearance of a head as it moves.
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ST. Paul, Minn
UPI
Minnesota Department of Conservation
Body Of Woman Found In Tremont Street Basement Trunk
Police found the badly beaten body of a young woman aged 18 to 24 stuffed in the bottom trunk of a three trunk stack in a Tremont Street basement rooming house. An anonymous tip led officers to 792 Tremont Street after a three hour search across 25 buildings.
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Tremont Street
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