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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1965
Page
2
The U S Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a 22500 loan for planning and developing a sewerage project in Bethel. Vermont's congressional delegation announced the step, with work expected to begin in 1967.
A Rochester family of seven became homeless after a fire destroyed their Betha Mountain home Tuesday. Merle McIntrye had been away in Randolph hospital with their newborn son born Sunday. McIntrye returned to find their interior an inferno, consuming all possessions after staying with his parents.
Bethel court rules death of 32 year old Mrs Cecile of West Bridgewater an accidental poisoning from barbiturates and alcohol after she was found dead in an apartment on November 14. State's Attorney James Wright said the finding followed consultation with State Pathologist Dr Richard Woodruff.
Northfield Norwich University Outing Club Ski Patrol and ROTC Mountain Rescue announce their fifth annual Circle A Avalanche Course. The free program runs December 6 with class at 8 p.m. and December 11 with a demonstration at 1 30 p.m. in Cabot Hall of Science Norwich.
Copper sculpture by Miss Mary Eldredge, a 1959 Springfield High School graduate and 1963 Vassar alumna, created while studying for an MFA in sculpture at the Pius XII Institute in Florence, will be shown Friday in the Strauss Gallery at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
White River Junction reports major revisions to the $2 million Interstate 91 bridge project. Officials consider widening Route 14 and a new intersection that could require removing houses not in the original plan. Upon completion in about two years, the span would become the state's longest.
An All Masonic Night sponsored by 31 Masonic Lodges from Bennington to Burlington will be held at Green Mountain College. DeMolays and Masons are invited to a roast beef dinner at 7 p.m. and a precision drill by the Rutland Cairo Temple Drum Corps and Patrol, with the program beginning at 8:30 p.m. Reservations are required.
Police and postal investigators continue to probe in Troy after a vacant Lansingburgh shed yielded a large pile of mutilated undelivered mail. An unidentified youth alerted authorities. the opened letters, Christmas cards, and circulars were discarded through a hole in the siding.
Albany legislators filed several bills to extend sales tax exemptions. Textbooks for schools and medical equipment would be exempt, along with cosmetics and cleaning aids. Other proposals seek syringes hearing aid batteries and animal medicines, plus exemptions for fuel and electric power for private homes. Gov Rockefeller warns revenue lags but may approve limited adjustments, with passage unlikely unless revenues rise.
Governor Rockefeller announced a 0.2 percent cut in the unemployment insurance tax for employers next year citing a healthy state economy. The reduction saves more than $25 million in taxes for businesses.
Thirty exchange students from Abilene Texas visit Drury High School hosts in North Adams Massachusetts for a week of planned activities before departing Monday.
Medical Examiner Irving I. Rubin identified the victims as Walter Fulton Jr., 47, a Pittsfield construction worker, and Mrs. Charlotte Harris, 31, of Pittsfield. Their bodies were found Tuesday afternoon in Fulton’s burned car in Balance Rock State Park. The deaths were ruled probably accidental.
Dow L. Young estate sells a 40 acre Williamstown farm to Dr. Arthur E. Ellison whose land borders the farm. Adams County approves plans for a new Bassett reservoir dam in Chesire by the Adams Fire Department and county commissioners.
Local 250 barbers union decided Tuesday to raise adult haircut prices by 25 cents from 1.50 to 1.75 effective January 1. The change affects all union shops under the local.
Phillips Exeter Academy headmaster Richard W. Day told New England Alumni Association that rumors of co educational admission and pulling out of varsity sports are false. He said a faculty group recommended co eds last year but trustees have no plans. Day blamed Phillips Andover students for a fake issue of the Exeter student newspaper after their football game. He noted a fundraising drive of about 20 million dollars for capital improvements including a 2.5 million gymnasium and a 1.5 million library wing.
The Vermont Council on the Arts asks residents to send photographs and descriptions of architecture worth preserving to Executive Secretary Arthur Williams in Fayston. A federal act may provide up to 25,000 dollars to establish an agency and start surveys and planning. Carleton Howe of Manchester is council president. The horns of male buffalo appear as twin bumps on the forehead within two months after birth.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays from 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 08201. It is part of Banner Publishing Corporation with United Press International news use rights. Home delivery rates are 10 cents per day six months 11.70 one year 22.50. elsewhere in the U.S. three months 7.00 six months 13.00 one year 25.00.
In Boston Harbor a Waltham robbery suspect, Walter Connolly, 24, reportedly leapt from a stolen green sedan during a high speed pursuit after a red light violation. Harbor police and Coast Guardsmen scoured 28 degree water. Connolly presumed drowned though escape remains possible. Connolly faced charges of unarmed robbery and assault related to a $300 fraudulent check in Allston. His wife Elizabeth and Allen R. Fenton were in the car.
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