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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1963
Page
8
The Hoosick Falls community holds a three day Christmas Bazaar at Immaculate Conception Parish Hall with card party tonight and takeout chowder on sale. An Eagles 18th anniversary dinner with a staff of speakers and dancing follows on December 14.
A bipartisan push in Congress calls for scrutiny of alleged anti Jewish actions in the U S S R while the State Department distances itself and negotiates with Moscow. Reports cite synagogue closures in Minsk and Lvov, arrests for alleged crimes, and bread rationing as evidence of growing discrimination against Jews.
Shaftsbury Methodist Church hosts a Friday Dec 6 workshop at 7 30 p m all booth managers and donors should attend and bring items. The annual WSCS Bazaar follows Saturday Dec 7 from 2 to 7 p m with Mrs Mildred Millington as general chairman and stalls like Snack Bar and Santa’s Bag. A Dec 10 Christmas Party at 6 30 p m invites all women to bring a dish and a gift. In Washington AP Interior Sec Stewart Udall reports 31 whooping cranes arrive in Texas with seven fledglings the best year since 1958 59.
A UPI report notes that six nations in the Common Market have reduced trade barriers, boosting commerce from $8 million to $13.4 million since 1958. With customs duties slated to end by 1967, German Dutch and Italian products saturate markets, boosting jobs, design, and cross border travel as everyday life changes for about 170 million people.
The North Bennington Congregational Church hosts a couples night with wreath making and games, followed by World Bible Sunday services led by Rev. Charles Parsley. Local moves include Harold and Mrs. Baker relocating to Bank Street Extension and the Shays moving into the Crocks’ duplex. A Christmas party for North Bennington Fire Department families is set for Sunday 2 to 4 p.m. and a racial justice meeting at the church features a Ku Klux Klan recording and supper at 6:30 p.m. The London costume sale of Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra outfits raises two salaries of 30.80 for two costumes, with Judy Britton purchasing one for 5.60.
Reverend James H Bagley announces Bible Sunday topic The Experience and Reality of Bible Language. Youth Fellowship meets Sunday 7 pm. Gifts for boys and girls to aid Methodist Children's Home Williamsville NY. Choir rehearsal Thursday Dec 12 8 pm. Wesleyan Class Friday at Henry J Bassen home. Christmas church and Sunday school party set for Friday Dec 20. Two holiday bazaars open tomorrow in town First Baptist Church 9 30 to 4 and Pownal Center Community Church 1 to 5. Boy Scouts Troop 47 plan Christmas candy sale to fund Camp Sunrise fees. School Board chair John Foster attended district steering committee meeting to study teacher salaries and new scale. Miss Susan P Colliano graduated from McCann School practical nursing and will take state board exam in Boston.
About 600 demonstrators gathered at the West 100th Street police station to protest the killing of two youths, Victor Rodriguez and Maximo Salerno, arrested for molesting tenants. Five demonstrators were arrested for disorderly conduct. no injuries were reported. Patrolman James Edmundons said he shot after Rodriguez fired at him during the arrest.
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