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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1963
Page
2
A general alarm fire started in the grain elevator of the Ralston Purina Co mill in St. Johnsbury Vermont last night and authorities say damage was limited. The cause remains undetermined as investigators work the scene.
The American Legion National Commander will visit Vermont February 14 and 15 1964 for the Vermont Department Mid Winter Conference in Enosburg Falls. Attendees include Daniel F Foley of Wabasha Minnesota and Emilio Iglesias Montpelier national vice commander. The event is sponsored by Post 42 Enosburg Falls and 25 members attended a Montpelier planning meeting. The department also set dates to hold its annual convention in Rutland this summer.
In Vermont for the week ending December 14, 812 people filed first time unemployment claims. Construction workers led with 341 claims or about 40 percent, while total claims since October rose 54 percent to 1,916. Unemployment weeks claimed reached 4,674, up 16 percent from last year, with women making up 42 percent of claims.
A Troy Common Council letter from the Sycaway Citizens Committee urges correction of a 4 million gallon water tank project and warns a 20 percent tax valuation cut would slash area revenue from 12 million to 9.6 million, reducing tax taken from 840000 to 672000 while noting no link to a Los Angeles flood disaster from a dam burst.
State Supreme Court judge issues show cause restraint order against outgoing Democratic administration. Order bars awarding city supply contracts during the closing days of the term. Dr. James E. McDonald, mayor-elect of the Cohoes Citizens Party, obtained the order.
North Adams received an urban renewal advance of 115268 dollars for its 4 million Southside Project. The plan covers 27 acres on Main Street, widening streets and adding a mall with new municipal and business buildings. completion to start in about 18 months per Paul C. Wilson. Williamstown prepares 1964 budget of 1878596 dollars, up 149091 from 1963, with 1,558,000 to be raised by taxes and 987,000 for three local school systems.
A survey recommends increased street lighting on 13 streets in Pittsfield to city council. Newbold Morris, NYC parks commissioner, will speak at Berkshire Museum Theater on January 18, followed by a hot wine party and preview of Skating in Art with only 300 tickets sold. North Adams man killed in West Main Street crash. wife survived. Williamstown School Committee approves a $476,251 budget, up $54,183 from last year.
In Washington a partisan dispute between Sen. Margaret Chase Smith R Maine and Sen. Tom McIntyre D New Hampshire over the Portsmouth Kittery Naval Shipyard escalates. Each accuses the other of impropriety while both seek Defense Department clarity on possible yard closures and job impacts.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered North Brookfield School Committee to end daily school prayers despite a U S Supreme Court ruling. The decision was issued on Wednesday, with no immediate plan to appeal by some members, while others urged continuing the policy pending court action.
Massachusetts officials seek a $200000 federal allotment and $100000 state funds to extend commuter traffic experiments for ten weeks after January 4. The plan subsidizes carriers like the Boston and Maine Railroad to lower fares and boost service to attract riders. Negotiations with HHFA and Kennedy support continue with a formal request already made.
Archibald MacLeish is named poet in residence at Amherst College and successor to the late Robert Frost as Simpson lecturer in English. He is a three time Pulitzer Prize winner, Harvard Boylston professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, former Librarian of Congress, and Yale and Harvard Law School graduate. He received an honorary degree at Amherst on Oct 26 during a convocation and ground breaking for the Robert Frost Library.
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for Newsroom and Advertising and notes its daily publication schedule. It states address at 425 Main St, Bennington VT, and that AP is the exclusive local news republisher. Subscription rates for Vermont within 50 miles and nationwide are given, including 8 months, 6 months, and 1 year options.
John J Kerrigan seeks a new trial in the 1960 killing of Cambridge Patrolman Lawrence Gorman. A Superior Court judge weighed the request as Kerrigan argued inconsistencies in state witnesses and police acceptance of Edgar Cook’s account of the incident.
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