Vermont Tourist Traffic Surges at 28 Booths
Vermont Development Department reports a 48 percent rise in vehicle registrations at 28 information booths last week versus 1964, lifting seasonal gains to 24 percent. Canadian arrivals up 37 percent and Ohio up 30 percent. Swanton 68 percent, South Hero 54 percent, Island Pond 112 percent above 1964. Over 200000 people have received literature at the booths.
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Montpelier
Canada
mid-West
Vermont Development Department
Gordon W. Hall
Ohio
Hall
Swanton
South Hero
Island Pond
South Burlington Selectman Declares Candidacy for Reapportioned Seat
South Burlington Democrat Ralph B. Goodrich announced his bid for one of the three reapportioned legislature seats. He joins Stephen Whittlesey and former town Rep Leo O'Brien as the third Democrat to enter the race. Goodrich, in his fifth year as selectman, runs his own construction company.
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South Burlington
UPI
Ralph B. Goodrich
Stephen Whittlesey
Leo O’brien
Goodrich
Vehicle crash costs Berkshire teen his arm in river plunge
Frederick Krout, 20, of Thompsonville Conn., survived after his car left Vermont Route 105, sank in the Missisquoi River near Richford Berkshire. Surgeons amputated his arm. he is in satisfactory condition at Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington after emergency surgery. The Sunday accident occurred between Richford and Berkshire.
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Berkshire
UPI
Thompsonville
Conn
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Frederick Krout
Vermont
Missisquoi River
Richford
Tragic crash ends in death of Poughkeepsie boy in Albany area
A year old Poughkeepsie boy, William A. Salay, died in his father's arms after a car with a 24 foot house trailer crashed on Route 22, plunging over an embankment and striking a tree. Deputies freed the family after about an hour. others were treated and released, except Mrs. Salay who was hospitalized. In Albany, Mrs. Olive Morey, 48, former Bennington resident now in Troy, was jailed on charges related to a stolen U S Savings Bonds case in Philadelphia. She waived extradition. two male companions refuse to waive and stay in Philadelphia. Police say bonds belonged to Gene Budini, owner of an Albany restaurant. Also, a concert version of The Merry Widow will be performed in Conkling Hall, sponsored by the Rensselaerville Library with Eastman School of Music soloists.
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Hillsdale
Poughkeepsie
William A. Salay
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office
Columbia Memorial Hospital
Albany
Olive Morey
Bennington
Troy
Albany County
U.S
Philadelphia
Morey
Stephan G. Shaughnessey
Watervliet
Rensselaerville
Franz Lehar
Conkling Hall
Rensselaerville Library
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
Stock Market Opens Firm as Stocks Show Mixed Moves
New York UPI reports a steady start with steels near Friday close, autos easing, electronics rising, and aircrafts higher. Major shifts include U S Steel at 49%, Bethlehem 37.25, GM up 99.54, Ford 53.54, Kodak 96.14, and Gemini 5 astronauts altering their in-flight menus, cutting snacks.
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UPI
Schenley
Dow Chemical
Dupont
Schering
Eastern Air L
Sears Roebuck
Eastman Kodak
Simmons
Eaton M
Sinclair
Fed Mag
Firestone
Standard Oil
Ford Motors
General Dynamics
Ohio
General Elec
Studebaker
General Motors
Swift
General Tel
Tennessee Gas
Texaco
Goodyear Tire & Rub
Grace WR
Ye Thompson
Great A & P
Vy Tiden Oil
Greyhound
Timken Rb
Gulf Oil
Trans WA
Herc Powder
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
Ing Rand
IBM
United Air L
Harvester
United Fruit
Nickel
United States Smelt
Tel & Tel
United States Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Warner Bro Picase
Va P&p
Joy Mfg
Kennecott
Western Union
Koppers
Westing Elec
Ptc
Wheeling Steel
Lehigh Val Ind
White Motor
Lg Lof Glass
Woolworth
Lone Scm
Xerox Cp
Lorillard
Youngstown ST
Mack Trucks
Zenith
MGM
Monsanto
Motorola
National Biscui
National Dairy
National Dist
New Jersey
National Gypsum
New York Central
Norfolk & Western North Amer Av
Olin
Owens CF
Fy Owen Illinois Gas
Panawa
Paramount Pictures
Parke Davis
Penney Stores
Penn D CM
Pennsylvania RR
Pepsico Phillips P
Pittsburgh Plate
Pittsburgh Steel
S/ Procter Gamble
Pullman
RCA
Reading
Republic Steel
Reynolds Met
Reynolds Tobacco
Richfield
Bennington Banner telephones and mailing rates notice
Public notice lists the Bennington Banner contact numbers for business newsroom and advertising and provides subscription rates for Vermont and U S mail service. The notice identifies publication frequency, staffing, and postage details for subscribers and servicemen special rates.
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Vermont
U.S
Bennington
Hassett Dies at 85. FDR Era Secretary Remembered
William D. Hassett, 85, longtime correspondent and secretary to presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, died of a heart attack at his Northfield home. A newspaperman since the 1920s, he joined the NRA in 1933 and moved to the White House in 1935, later serving as press secretary and announcing Roosevelt’s death in 1945. Funeral at St John the Evangelist Church in Northfield at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
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Pittsfield
Victory Hill
Northfield
UPD
William D. Hassett
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Hassett
New Deal National Recovery
White House
FDR
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Truman
St. John the Evangelist Church
Savings Bond Sales Increase in July Across Series E and H
Washington reports public holdings of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds rose by 100 million in July. Sales for July totaled 487 million, up 0.3 percent from the previous July, while outstanding E and H bonds surpassed 48.8 billion for a new high. Total E and H sales have grown by over a billion dollars in recent years.
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Washington
United States Savings
U.S. Treasury Department
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Douglas AC
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
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Thic
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Max Perrotta
Ben Mont Ave
Dial
North St. Shopping Plaza
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Stay Press
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