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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1965
Page
2
In St Albans Vermont Horace A Powers is chosen to succeed Probate Judge John Mulvey as president of the Franklin County Bar Association Mulvey who has led the group for over four years steps down Powers who previously served as an attorney for the Central Vermont Railway and is now in private practice
New England Telephone Co. will invest over 600000 to enhance lines between White River Junction and Springfield Massachusetts. The project includes five microwave repeater towers capable of handling about 600 calls simultaneously and is due for completion by mid 1966.
Elena Horton executive secretary of the Free Public Library Service accepts invitation to serve on the New England Library Association Regional Planning Committee which will foster ideas and large projects benefiting libraries across New England. Harold T. Fitskey named Vermont Railway vice president and general manager, previously with Raritan River Railroad for 23 years and a Stevens Institute of Technology graduate.
Postmaster A J Wirmusky in Hoosick Falls warns handwriting legibility worsens at Christmas with rising mail volumes. ZIP codes speed processing but many parcels delay or go undelivered due to poor packing. He urges tight stuffing, single sided addresses, and interior address visibility with a contents list.
In Glens Falls the capital campaign kickoff drew about 150 attendees at the Queensbury Inn on December 1 with a goal of 175000 as J Walter Jackett chaired the event. Gen Ernest N Harmon spoke as the featured speaker, a Bulge hero and ex Norwich University president. Across the region in Rensselaer County residents will find 28 license plate issuance sites in early January starting January 3 with locations at Buskirk GLF Store Berlin Petersburg Hoosick Falls and times shown.
Pittsfield School Committee approved a plan by a 47 to 1 vote to implement double sessions at Pittsfield High School starting in September. The change requires about 10 additional teachers and will raise operating costs by roughly $65,000, bringing total high school expenses to about $1,135,151.
The School Committee unanimously approved transfers totaling 19,600 from other accounts to the salary fund to avert a deficit that could have led to no pay for teachers and staff later this month.
Pittsfield commissioner says most community replies urge converting the post office building into a city hall. The current post office will be abandoned when a new facility opens next year.
In Hampton New Hampshire UPI reports a survivor, Aleta D Styers of Niles Michigan, praising Captain Charles J White who died saving another aboard the Eastern Airlines Constellation and Trans World Airlines crash over southern Connecticut. White 42 of Rye New Hampshire was buried at Arlington National Cemetery as his wife and three children attended.
John Finney of Cambridge Massachusetts a self styled freelance writer arrived in San Juan as a stowaway in the cargo hold of a New York to San Juan jet liner. He had been in the hold over 12 hours since boarding at Kennedy Airport. Finney said he studied at MIT and RPI and lived with the Salvation Army in New York. Federal agents questioned him. cargo handlers described him as frozen and purple. He said cold New York motivated the risk to reach a warmer climate. Capt White who died saving a passenger in the crash was praised for his act and remembered by survivors.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey pledged that the Johnson administration will fight in the Senate to repeal section 14 B of the Taft Hartley Act. He said AFL-CIO wage laws unfairly depress living standards and that inflation harm workers and business alike. Johnson, speaking by phone, urged restraint to curb rising costs.
Washington officials press to free U S farmers to raise output to feed starving populations worldwide. The World Food Crisis committee campaigns against tight production controls, backing McGovern's phasedown bill with grants loans and technical aid to underdeveloped nations to accept distribute and grow more food.
Boston reports the Johnson administration is weighing a Viet Nam war declaration and a possible congressional vote of support, with a reassessment described as very serious. The Monitor notes a potential build up beyond 350000 to 400000 and hints at a new vote of confidence being considered. Nearby, Boston users can dial a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory line for satellite pass predictions and Echo II status.
Worcester residents learned that James E Kennedy a Worcester native using the alias Paul Johnson has been living in the city for six months. Kennedy escaped from an Ohio jail last year and is now listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. He reportedly fled Worcester Thursday night after a radio broadcast announcing the alert. Kennedy previously served as a bartender at the Silhouette Cafe and faces charges including breaking and entering and bank robbery. Police said he is armed and dangerous.
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