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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1961
Page
2
Bethel Town Manager Bert Moffatt says survey work by Camp, Dresser, and McKee of Boston will define sewer plant needs with completion expected in January and a $13,500 budget for the project.
Lloyd D. Schoonmaker II, 16, of Burlington admitted setting the Nov. 19 fire at Woodbury Lumber Co. He was committed to Weeks School in Vergennes as a delinquent minor after a sequence of pleas and a failed insanity defense. He was initially arrested Nov. 22 and later examined at the State Hospital in Waterbury.
Jeffrey Lee Murphy two, son of Aldean D. and Mrs Murphy of Hartland, died Saturday morning when the car he rode in struck a tree on a back road near Windsor. The driver was his mother. Doctor Michael Daley, regional medical examiner, said death was instantaneous due to extensive head injuries. In Poultney Stephen Vargish son of Andrew and Mrs Vargish of Poultney was named a Rhodes Scholar at Swarthmore Pa. He will study two years at Oxford University. Vargish, a Columbia University senior and Fair Haven High School graduate, is joined by his brother Thomas, Rhodes Scholar two years ago now at Oxford.
Barre native Frank W. Cayia a 40 year old Green Mountain Power Corp line worker from Barre is listed in fair condition at Mary Fletcher Hospital after a Saturday accident in Northfield. He suffered first and second degree burns when 33 000 volts arced through his body and hurled him ten feet to the ground leaving him unconscious for eight hours.
William E. Kenney of 626 Pinewoods Ave Troy argued before Judge Abraham C Goldstein that the light was amber not red citing a 1955 manual The judge released him warning him to study the latest laws Troy Man Killed By Auto In Troy Thomas P McGrath 51 of 3330 Sixth Ave Troy died after being struck while crossing Second Ave Police named driver John A Kearney 45 of 26 Sunset Ct Cohoes Coroner Anthony E Matera withheld verdict pending investigation
Patrolman Earl H. Borden filed a petition with the state Civil Service Commission arguing his five day suspension was wrongly imposed and requesting a hearing to determine why the penalty should be set aside. In Berkshire another ski season opens with Bousquet's area first to operate amid light crowds.
Post master James E. Workman Jr. asks residents to pen dogs until after Christmas to protect temporary carriers handling heavy holiday mail. He notes last December 16 postmen needed medical treatment for dog bites during bite the postman season.
Rome now has 500000 telephone lines, equating to about 39 phones per 100 residents, according to the AP report. The figure reflects growing communications infrastructure in the Italian capital.
Democrat Graham B. Purcell leads with 8,935 votes and faces Republican Joe Bailey Meissner in a runoff to be set between January 22 and February 6 after Saturday's special election in Texas. Gov. Price Daniel will fix the date. 120 votes remain uncounted.
Vasco Leitao da Cunha, Brazil's top diplomat, will depart for Moscow next February to serve as Brazil's first ambassador to the Kremlin since 1947, following the restoration of diplomatic relations last month.
Purcell and Meissner advocate a clear Democratic Republican choice for voters in the runoff as Ikard resigns to join the American Petroleum Institute as executive vice president.
Linda Harrington is in her third year at Molly Stark School majoring in biology algebra Latin English reading civics and physical education. She excels in sports especially hockey and basketball and enjoys music dancing and experiments with food. Girl Scouts started Nov 30 at the Molly Stark Jr High homemaking room 7 to 8 30 pm led by Mrs Glenn Ayer and Mrs Donald Bourgeois. FHA notes report a tea for faculty mothers with a floral Future Homemakers of America display and centerpiece by Mrs Berry.
The five day outlook for northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island calls for near normal temperatures with a slight rise Tuesday then cooler Wednesday and Thursday and a warmup Friday. Precipitation is expected to exceed three quarters of an inch with rain mainly, some snow in northern Maine Tuesday, snow flurries in mountains Wednesday, mixed rain and snow in parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and snow elsewhere.
Senior secretarial students at St. Joseph Business College received Gregg Company awards for stenography and typewriting proficiency. Recipients include Sally Letourneau and Maureen Unavich for 120 wpm shorthand, Rhodajean Connell and Helen Roy for 80+ wpm typewriting, Jo Ann Cross Elizabeth Scarey and Barbara Jean Kipp for 100 wpm shorthand, and Sally Letourneau Jo Ann Cross Phyllis Stratton Brenda McCart for 60 and 50 wpm typing.
The Department of Administration announces that former Vermont Personnel Director Norman Davis has been retained as special consultant. Commissioner Frank Freean makes the disclosure in Montpelier.
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