Bennington Banner Adopts First New England Web Offset Press
The Bennington Banner converts from letterpress to web offset in a $150000 modernization, printing today’s edition on a 16 page press for the first daily run on new equipment. A fire days earlier and a redesigned nameplate accompany the shift, with emphasis on local landmarks.
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Bennington Banner Today
New England
Bennington Battle Monument
Mount Anthony
State Banner
Enoch Davis
Thomas J. Tiffany
Bennington Banner
Frank E. Howe
Banner
Reformer
Bennington Evening Banner
Lawrence K
Donald B. Miller
Berkshire Eagle
Daily
Lawrence K. Miller
Robert Murphy
Joseph Lis
Goss Co
Chicago
Hagerman
Judge Advises Spanking Man Over Remarriage Plan
In Memphis a judge told J A Carraway to paddle his 50 year old son Melvin if he misbehaved while addressing his plan to remarry. The 81 year old father sought a peace bond against Melvin who objected to the marriage. The judge fined Melvin $25 for disorderly conduct instead.
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Memphis
Stratton road delayed by severe weather and contract rules
The four mile Stratton access road in Vermont faces a longer delay beyond the December 1 deadline due to severe weather. A new target date may slip into mid December or early January as meetings with the Stratton Corp and state engineers are planned. The delay also holds up testing of the new double chairlifts which require 440 volt power along the road right of way.
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Stratton
Vermont
General Assembly
North Haven Construction Co
Bondville
Taylor Hill
Carrol Ford
Winhall Board of Selectmen
Stratton Corp
State Engineers
The
Selectmen
Brook Diversion Agreement Is Refuted By Association
North Branch Association members denied a Brattleboro Reformer report that Stratton Corp. and the group agreed to divert Styles Brook water. They warned impoundment creates health hazards and rights violations for riparian owners, citing Pearl Buck’s protest telegram to Gov. Keyser Jr. and urging Stratton to stop diverting water.
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Stratton
North Branch Association
Styles Brook
Stratton Corporation
Brattleboro Reformer
George Breen
Stratton Corp
North Branch
Breen
Pearl S. Buck
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Buck
Keyser
See Brook
18YearOld College Girl Dies From Crash Injuries
Elizabeth Adele Brown an 18 year old Bennington College sophomore from Port Deposit Maryland died from a fractured skull after a two car collision on Route 2 near the Adams Memorial Theatre in Williamstown. Boltres a Williams College student faced charges including driving under the influence and leaving the scene of the accident.
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North Adams
Mass
Elizabeth Adele Brown
Port Deposit
Bennington College
Williamstown
Brown
Frank Brown Jr
Mt. Ararat Farm
North Adams Hospital
John B. Dighton
Ossining
N.Y
Adams Memorial Theatre
Miss Brown
Boltres
Public urged to build fallout shelters nationwide
Washington AP The Pentagon Civil Defense chief urges all who can to construct shelters Stuart L Pittman assistant secretary announces a nationwide survey to identify buildings suitable for public shelters He says those with yards basements and means should proceed with minimum shielding to help a number of people despite private shelters not solving the entire problem
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Washington
Pentagon
Civil Defense
Stuart L. Pittman
Highway Probe Finds Deficiencies Not Corruption in Vermont
Vermont lawmakers say the Highway Department probe shows serious administrative deficiencies in rights of way but no evidence of corruption after the first three months. Senate leaders note possible perjury in sworn testimony and plan further action.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Highway Department
James Oakes
R-Windham
John J. O’brien
Dchittenden
O’brien
Oakes
Department
Bennington College Girls Aid UCS In Creating Big Sister Program
Five Bennington College students began volunteer duties in the Big Sister project, an adjunct to United Counseling Services of Bennington. The program, based on a State Mental Health Division demonstration, pairs each girl with a child ages 5 to 14 for 90 minute sessions of play therapy, trips, and activities supervised by UCS.
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Bennington College
Girls Aid
UCS
United Counseling Services of
Bennington
Montpelier
UCS Personel
Richard McDowell
Jeanne Nicholas
Denver
Colo
Bennington College Community Service Committee
McDowell
Ruth Douglas
UCL
Babs Jacobson
New Hope
Patty Sheahan
Portland, Ore
Linda Tolbert
Annapolis, Md
Alice Adler
Rosalind Heights, L. I
Holbrook
Four Unions Accept Goldberg Plan in Rutland Rail Dispute
Spokesmen for four railroad brotherhoods accepted but Rutland railway management rejected Labor Secretary Goldberg’s plan for final and binding arbitration to settle a two month old strike. The railroad cites funds and impracticalities while the union group backs arbitration to resume service.
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Washington
Rutland Railway
Arthur J. Goldberg
Vermont
New York
Goldberg
Rutland Railway Corporation
Ginsberg
Rutland Railway Corp
Labor Department
National Arbitration Board
Brotherhoods of
Locomotive Engineers
Soviets Said Ahead On Anti Missile Tech
Dr Walter Dornberger a former German army guided missile expert told an aerospace education symposium at Louisiana Tech that the Soviets will intercept and shoot down satellites within a few years while the United States will not be able to shoot down theirs He based his forecast on the Soviet faster development rate compared with America’s.
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Ruston
Walter Dornberger
Louisiana Tech
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Peiping
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U.S
U.N. General Assembly
Valerian A. Zorin
Taiwan
Tingfu T. Tsiang
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