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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1965
Page
11
Washington UPI reports that fewer than half of about 18.5 million eligible seniors have enrolled in the Medicare plan covering doctors' bills. Time is running out as the program remains available to all eligible elderly Americans.
The Protestant merger plan between the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren faces underground opposition from key Methodist leaders. Critics argue the merger is unlikely to pass through Methodist annual conferences despite general conference support, fearing concessions on structure and naming. The push for unity remains contentious in ecumenical times.
In New York Joseph Castaubert of the St Regis Hotel hosted a dinner for famed chefs Rene Verdon of the White House and Maxime Chalnin of the United Nations. The event, by the Association des Maitres Cuisiniers de France, drew high praise from the discerning guests.
Thirty two Americans won Rhodes Scholarships, with ten from Harvard including a Phi Beta Kappa holder and ballet writer. Recipients include Duane Paschall of the University of the South and James Schindler of North Dakota State, both football captains, plus James OToole of USC who led a Watts tutoring project.
UPI poll of New England editors crowns the November 6 blackout as the year’s top news. The Greater Boston gangland killings, tallying 28 deaths in 20 months, ranked second with Massa- is third in the ballot.
The United States plans Plateau Station atop a 13 000 foot ridge in Antarctica. The remote outpost will have no neighbors within 600 miles of the South Pole and could surpass Vostok Station s record cold of 127 below zero. Plateau may approach 130 degrees below zero, aided by its higher altitude. Spring arrives as autumn in the north, with resupply missions starting in October. American scientists will also work on the long 21 mile radio antenna season 1965 66.
Rotterdam transformed after World War II into the world’s largest cargo port aided by harbor technology, inland waterway access, and phased industrial growth. The port handles grain, oil, and petrochemicals, with Europort expanding as a European gateway. Also notes whistler research, Antarctic ice influence on oceans, and other national news items.
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