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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1964

Page

2

Vermont Race Driver Dies After Crash At Hinsdale Raceway

Clarence A Lovely Jr 32 a race driver and blacksmith at Hinsdale Raceway died early Sunday in a single car crash on Vermont 5 when his car struck ledges. He was thrown from the vehicle with a fractured skull. Also injured were Roxanna Wiles 34 Bernardston MA Charles Dill 44 Brattleboro and Herbert Pike 37 Hinsdale. Dill and Pike race at the track. Lovely leaves a wife two daughters two sisters and one brother. He had worked at Hinsdale Raceway and with his father a blacksmith there for about four years.

Guilford Clarence A. Lovely Jr Hinsdale Raceway Vermont 5 Roxanna Wiles Bernardston Mass Charles Dill Brattleboro Herbert Pike Hinsdale Dill Pike the Raceway Lovely

Mobile radio ties up snowplows in Rensselaer County

In New York the Rensselaer County Highway Department completes mobile radio installation in most snowplows with strong operation and reception. Aimed at preventing losses like last winter when two plows got stuck on the Taconic Trail and Plank Road. Main control station at North Greenbush with auxiliary at Cropseyville. transmitter on a 120 foot tower south of Grafton on South Road. In Castleton Robert L. Van Heusen faces grand jury action in the county jail for alleged slayings of his wife and two daughters and their burial in an abandoned well Labor Day. He reportedly quarreled over his wife's departure, then shot her and allegedly poisoned the children. Bodies found by state police in Stuyvesant, Columbia County. Officials call it the era’s most gruesome case.

St, Johnsbury UPI Caledonia County Hardwick Robert Rachlin Edward Chabot Jr Norma Chabot Troy Rensselaer County Highway Department Taconic Trail Petersburg Plank Road Berlin Poestenkill New County North Greenbush Cropseyville Grafton South Road Castleton Robert L. van Heusen Rensselaer County van Heusen Stuyvesant Columbia County

Walkout by 44 GE employees in Berkshire plant

In Pittsfield Berkshire a walkout by 44 workers in the General Electric Co ordnance department guidance plant was announced Monday afternoon by Arthur G. Melikan manager of employees and union relations. The protest targets company actions to curb time away from work stations during working hours. In North Adams city solicitor Bernard Lenhoff ruled the License Commission cannot arbitrarily ban pinball machines, saying the board must consider all 1965 license applications. Commission chair Edward J. Fallon noted further study is needed. In Williamstown S Lane Faison Jr the Amos Lawrence professor of art and director of the Williams College Museum of Art announced a new Random House book Art Tours and Detours in New York State describing 78 museums galleries and historical societies outside NYC.

Pittsfield General Electric Co Ordnance Department Arthur G. Melikan Melikan North Adams Bernard Lenhoff License Commission Commission Edward J. Fallon Williamstown New York State S. Lane Faison Jr Amos Lawrence Williams College Museum of Art Random House Empire State New York City Faison New England

Stock Market Opens Lower Amid Modest Trading Slide

New York stocks moved modestly lower at the open with Bristol-Myers down 1 to 63 and U.S. Rubber slipping 4 to 65 1/4. Others such as May Department Stores, Montgomery Ward, Sperry Rand, Pan American World Airways, and Gulf Oil showed fractional declines or gains as broader indices tested early levels.

NEW York UPI Bristol-Myers May Department Stores Montgomery Ward U.S. Rubber Sperry Rand Pan American World Airways Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Phillips Petroleum Texas Gulf General Dynamics Reynolds Tobacco Johns Manville Sunshine Mining Coca- Cola American Telephone Gulf Oil Heinz Cerro Standard Oil N.J Xerox Chrysler Ford General Motors Studebaker U.S. Steel Republic Jones & Laughlin Youngstown Sheet Canadian Pacific Penn Chesapeake & Ohio Penn PL Penn RR Champ Paper Phillips P Coca Cola Pitts Plate Glass Colgate Pittsburgh Steel Commonwealth Ed Pullman Con Edison RCA Republic Steel Continental Can Reynolds Met Copperweld Steel Crucible Schenley Curtiss Wright Xd Sears Roebuck Douglas Aircraft Dow Chemical Simmons Simonds S DuPont Sinclair Eastern Airlines Socony Mob Eastman Ve Southern Railway Erie Lackawanna Standard Brand Firestone Calif Indiana Vy Ford Standard Oil NJ General Dynamic Ohio General Electric General Foods Swift Tennessee Gas Goodrich Texaco Goodyear Thompson RW Great A & P Tidewater Oil Greyhound Timken Roller Trans World Airs Harbison Walker United Aircraft Illinois Central United Air Lines ACF Industries Ingersol Rand United Fruit IBM United Gas Imp International Harv le US Rubber International Nickel US Smelt Allegheny Ve International T & T US Steel Allegheny Power Vy Jones & Laughlin Voly Allied Chemical Glass Warner Bros Pic Allis Chalmers Westinghouse Air American Airlines Lone Star Xerox Corp American Metal Motorola American Optical National Aviation Youngstown S&t American T & T Zenith American Tobacco National Daily National Dist Armour New York Central Atchison Norfolk & Western Wy Bendix Bethlehem Steel Boeing Parke Davis Bvd Co Penney

N H and Maine Act on Jobs for Portsmouth Workers

New Hampshire and Maine officials moved to find work for workers left unemployed by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard closure. A 10 year phasing out was ordered by Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara. Gov John W. King proposed a six point economic plan to aid the area and would seek legislation to raise the Industrial Park Authority guarantee from 5 million to 40 million for full financing of factory facilities.

Portsmouth N.H UPD New Hampshire Maine Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Defense Robert S. Moe Namara John W. King John H. Reed Donald Bradford Defense Department Office of Economic Adjustment King Industrial Park Authority Park Authority Development Authority Seacoast Reed

King Will Seek Meeting With Hoover On Civil Rights

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said he would not engage in further public debate with J. Edgar Hoover and would seek a private meeting to discuss law enforcement in the South. He announced plans to contact Hoover after speaking at a Stamford event honoring his Nobel Peace Prize.

Stamford Conn UPI Martin Luther King Jr J. Edgar Hoover FBI Hoover South King Chicago New York City Rev. King Stockholm

Vets Get Early Christmas Checks From GI Dividends

President Johnson ordered the Veterans Administration to speed payments of GI insurance dividends totaling 224.5 million dollars to about 4.725 million veterans. The first dividends will arrive January 1. Last year 229 million was paid in eight days to WWI and WWII veterans. This marks the third year of accelerated delivery.

Washington UPI Johnson Veterans Administration White House

Springfield Armory Accuses Of Superior Cannon Inrow

A Boston lobby cites Springfield Armory tests claiming a new rapid fire cannon surpasses a German 20 millimeter model Defense Secretary McNamara plans to replace. union leaders and local officials press for keeping the armory open amid a $50 million contract decision and unemployment fears.

Boston UPD Springfield Armory Defense Department Kenneth T. Lyons National Association of Government Employes Massachusetts Defense Robert S. McNamara Lyons Aberdeen Proving Grounds Springfield West Germany Chamber McNamara

Bennington Banner telephones and advertising lines listed

The Bennington Banner posts contact numbers for business newsroom and advertising. The note lists delivery 10 cents daily and subscription rates for local Vermont and U.S. mail, with special serviceman rates and postal information.

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