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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1965
Page
2
Vermont education officials approved a $22,690 Title I remedial reading project for Fairfield Town School District benefiting 88 public school children and 35 private school pupils. An additional $874 reading project was approved for the Holland School District.
Burlington Mayor Francis Cain says the new Legislature will be asked to pass enabling legislation granting the city authority to impose a special tax, likely on personal income.
Springfield reports Seaboard Finance Co has opened its third Vermont office in a shopping plaza. Separate items note Rutland DPW work on water pressure, unemployment compensation totals in fiscal year 1965, Montpelier snow and weather impacts, and William Davis named district superintendent for Central Vermont Public Service in St Albans.
The Stowe Playhouse begins its first full winter season on December 23 as part of Stowe Ski Capital's inaugural year of full-time professional theatre. The Fantasticks opens the holiday run, followed by The Knack January 7 in the winter repertory.
Albany announces the 11th annual Handel Messiah performance at Chancellors Hall on December 17 at 8:30 p.m. Judson Rand directs the chorus with Allen Mills of Schenectady on organ. Soloists Lee Dougherty Virginia Harms Richard Krause and Terance Hawkins join from New York City. Tickets from music stores society members or at the door. free parking at nearby state lot.
State police investigate a bizarre scene outside a suburban market where a big black bear sat in a telephone booth with a receiver to its ear. Investigators suspect the bear may have been killed by hunters and placed there, though the exact cause remains uncertain.
Robert C. Felter 23, a Marine and Troy Record columnist figure, was killed in action Saturday in South Viet Nam. Felter had publicly defended U S efforts against Viet Nam protesters, saying the troops sacrifice keeps others free to attend college. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Felter.
Chester D. Hansen Jr., 38, of Danvers, died in St. Luke's Hospital from injuries after a one car crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike at Stockbridge on Saturday night. His four year old son Mark was thrown from the car and unharmed. Hansen wore a seat belt.
John J. Donna of Pittsfield has been named president of the Berkshire Bar Association succeeding James J. Scullary who received a standing ovation from 82 members at the 1896 House. In Pittsfield an equal time broadcast will be arranged over a local station for Richard Tenneson talks, with Joseph Riley coordinating and Thomas E. O Connell moderating at 7 35 tonight.
The Supreme Court refused to hear a case by New York City parents seeking daily voluntary prayers in a Queens public school. The dispute centers on offering children ages 5 to 11 a chance to pray, after a school principal banned two morning and afternoon prayers. A federal judge ruled for the parents, but the Second Circuit reversed.
United Nations Security Council members met in New York to consider sanctions against Rhodesia after Kenya's President Kenyatta urged urgent action. He warned the white minority regime’s declaration of independence risked a global racial war and urged measures under Chapter 7 of the UN charter.
Moscow officials said Newcomb Mott age 27 of Sheffield Massachusetts received 18 months in prison for illegally crossing the Russian border and will appeal Thursday before the Soviet Supreme Court. His Soviet attorney Boris Zoltukhin will argue the case in Moscow.
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