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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
2
Vermont's Supreme Court begins its January term on January 2 with 49 cases listed for oral argument. Twenty one cases are on the docket for the first time, underscoring a busy start to the term.
Winooski reports the General Services Administration will assume custody of the deactivated Ethan Allen Air Force Base shortly after January 1. The agency plans to offer the land as surplus property at a January public sale, earlier than previously expected.
Brattleboro area resorts anticipate a strong turnout as Mount Snow reports 10 to 12 inches of new powder and six of eight lifts ready by weekend. Stratton to run lifts on a token basis after inspection. Magic Mountain opens Friday with 12 inches new powder. Hogback schedules Friday opening.
The Vermont Highways Committee resumes hearings at the State House Friday to probe a 1961 act raising maximum truck weights. Highway Commissioner Poeter will testify again. he warned the bill could strain bridges and asked Gov. Keyser to veto it. He also said tracking interests pressured passage despite prior weight data.
Vermont's unemployment rate rose 5.5 percent last week with about 6 000 idle workers. The Department of Employment Security reports 309 new claims lifting joblessness to 2.5 percent above the 1960 level with 914 initial claims, down 75 from the prior week.
New York State Police asked Governor Rockefeller for 740 additional personnel at an estimated cost of 4 million dollars a year to reduce the work week from 60 to 40 hours. The force's authorized strength is 1719, but current staffing is 1609. trainees entering in January would achieve full strength.
Berkshire firm Sprague Electric Co founder Robert C. Sprague predicts sales will exceed 73 million dollars this year in a Christmas message published in the Sprague Log. Last year sales reached a record 64.5 million with 1959 at 56.3 million. In Lanesboro a home on Bridge Street burned due to spontaneous combustion. Fire Chief Joseph Speth reported combustibles under a cellar stairway ignited and spread to the kitchen door. Mrs Towart saved her two year old Jeffrey and her puppy by tossing them into a snowbank. The family’s loss is estimated at 12 thousand dollars for the home plus 4.5 thousand for contents.
Edward E Barber son of the late Frank Barber of North Bennington completes a five year Bolivia mission with the Methodist Church He and his wife and two children will move to Evanston Illinois to study at Garrett Biblical Institute and then return to Bolivia subject to assignment.
The U S Labor Department reports October hiring in New England factories exceeded separations by five per thousand payroll workers, resuming a favorable hiring trend after September. Durables layoffs fell to eight per thousand, the lowest since September 1959.
Shafts bury Animal Shelter announces pets for Christmas with cats and dogs available. The shelter on U S 7 in North Shaftsbury opens daily 8 30 a m to 12 noon and 4 to 6 p m and will stay open Sunday December 24 to prevent early surprises.
The Benhi Harmonettes performed their first concert of the year at the First Methodist Church on December 15 directed by Esther Kissling. The 14 member group included Deanne Weaver, Carol Cumm, Connie Killian, Judy Manes, and others with Karen Killen as accompanist. They sang Britten Ceremony of Carols and featured solos by Killian, Hurlburt, Manes, and Cumm, plus a violin duet by Jane Peck and Judy Manes. They are part of the Bendi Mixed Chorus and will appear at a senior high concert tonight.
Philadelphia AP reports more than 80 wooden paddles were placed in roadside drums of salt to aid motorists blocked by ice or snow. Streets Commissioner Davis Smallwood noted the paddles are disappearing faster than the salt.
In Granby and Victory Vermont, two once-thriving logging towns remain without public power. Residents rely on candles and stoves as they await a hopeful Santa Claus donor to fund $100,000 for power lines, while they keep Christmas lights alight with makeshift measures.
U S helicopter crews in South Vietnam will shoot back if fired upon, according to Pentagon sources. Forty helicopters and 400 men have been sent to fly missions delivering supplies and Vietnamese troops to isolated battle zones with Viet Cong rebels.
Edmund C. Richter, a former Bell Telephone traffic manager and Yale graduate, was ordained an Episcopal priest in Sanborville New Hampshire. Bishop Charles F. Hall conducted the ceremony. Richter studied at Berkeley Divinity School and teaches while pursuing graduate work at Yale.
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