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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1964
Page
2
Five mail sacks reported stolen from Waterbury Post Office were located in a wooded area near Wilmington. The sacks contained Burlington Free Press copies dated July 7. Waterbury postal workers noted the bags went missing before dawn on July 7 as usual.
Richmond residents will delay the September 8 vote on joining the Mount Mansfield High School district to allow more time for consideration. School Board Chairman Wesley S. Carpenter said the postponement gives the board and voters time to review every detail of the merger, with a new vote likely toward the end of September.
Essex Junction residents will vote October 20 on buying 18 acres of land adjoining the high school for athletic fields. The measure failed previously by 31 890. Officials cite the IBMs expansion bringing 1 000 new jobs and many children as reasons the time is right.
A five year old from North Adams reportedly drove a car that rolled over an embankment near the B and M Railroad tracks in Petersburg New York. The car was sideswiped by a two engine seven car train causing extensive damage. Milton Sprague Jr pleaded guilty to intoxication and was sentenced to 10 days in Rensselaer County Jail by Justice Arthur Smith. The youth reportedly borrowed the vehicle from his father.
In Adams Massachusetts lack of funds stops acceptance of Whispering Fountains at Spruce Mobilehome Park for public display. Separately overcrowding prompts transferring 133 pupils to balance teaching loads as School Supt Rolland G. Duval aims to reduce class sizes from 36 to 25 per teacher.
In Williamstown District Court Judge Samuel E. Levine fined Gary Benedetti and David Daunais ten dollars each and placed them on one year probation after they pleaded guilty to vandalism that damaged five signs and 11 mail boxes on August 18. Probation requires remaining out of Williamstown and returning home by 10 p.m. plus surrendering their licenses. In North Adams, School Superintendent Robert N. Taylor urged students to finish high school noting a 1963 survey showing one in four Drury High freshmen would drop out before graduation, with war on poverty funds potentially aiding retention.
UPI reports a mixed opening with many blue chips moving in slight gains and losses. Major movers include Texas Gulf Sulphur, International Telephone, U S Steel, General Motors, and Du Pont with varying percentage changes. In Vermont, Lorraine Crawford, 61, of Montreal died when her car overturned on Route 15. daughter Carol, 17, survived.
Boston reports the coldest August since 1903 with an average 66 degrees and only 1.75 inches of rain. Across New England pastures weaken, storms hinder sailing trials for America's Cup contenders, and lifeguards warn of sharks near Nantasket. A Rhode Island farmer loses a padlocked snow plow blade to thieves as preparations shift to autumn.
Cardinal Cushing urged forming a corps of well trained laymen to aid missionary priests in Latin America to combat communism. He said lay volunteers should be well paid perhaps ten thousand dollars yearly and noted the need when priests are in short supply. He also praised Bobby Kennedy as a strong NY Senate candidate.
The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham re dedicated after a 1963 dynamite blast killed Denise McNair Diane Robinson Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. The rebuilt church cost 200000 funded by insurance and donations with Rev. John Cross calling for forgiveness. Only a parent of one victim attended the rededication.
Local notice lists newsroom and advertising contacts for The Bennington Banner at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. It outlines daily publication schedule and subscription prices for Vermont service and U S deliveries with 3,6 and 12 month rates and special serviceman rates.
Boston report that six million dollars has been raised toward the ten million dollar drive for the John F Kennedy Memorial Library. James V Lavin said the goal may be reached by mid November and praised donations from the Kennedy family and AFL CIO while noting youth fundraisers.
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