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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1963
Page
2
Snow blanketed Vermont with four inches in southern towns and lighter amounts in the north as the storm eased. In Burlington and St Johnsbury snow continued this morning before tapering. officials forecast clearing later.
Recreators from Maine New Hampshire and Vermont gather for the 16th annual Recreators Week on January 11 and 12 at the Woodstock Inn Woodstock. Vermont director Theresa S Brungardt announced the event with discussions on maintenance equipment facilities board relations public relations finances programs for adults girls and women registration personnel standards and state society meetings. Richard Tapply of New Hampshire will present the personnel standards committee report. Saturday luncheon features Dr Robert F Mines director of Mental Health speaking on new developments in mental health planning for the recreation profession.
In Cohoes New York outgoing Democratic Mayor Andrew H Santspree defended his 1964 service contracts and a $50000 note. Incoming mayor Dr James E McDonald sought to restrain honoring the note or contracts via a State Supreme Court affidavit. Also in Cohoes a vending machine at Mohawk Paper Mill reported stolen with $56 in cigarettes and cash taken. Two other machines were tampered with but not opened.
Detectives probe five basement storage room fires at the Livingstone Apartments. The fires forced about 50 occupants to evacuate the building.
Down in Berkshire, the Country Restaurant opened in June but will stay closed until April. The cause is the lack of an all alcoholic, all year license. It was funded by 80,000 in capital contributions and 70,000 from the Small Business Administration. Officials note Williams College students inflate local population, affecting license quotas.
The state covers 40 percent of the East Consolidated School project totaling $379,200, leaving North Adams to fund $568,000. The Kemp Park site will host the new school as part of a broader overhaul of the city’s school system.
Adlai E. Stevenson says he will not seek the Democratic nomination for vice president unless President Johnson asks him and it is compatible with his health and other considerations. He notes Johnson has not asked him and the decision will come at the Democratic convention after the Republican ticket is set.
Boston AP report: JFK will filed in Suffolk County Probate Court names Jacqueline Kennedy and their children as primary beneficiaries. Executors include Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy. a $25,000 initial bequest to Mrs. Kennedy precedes two equal trusts for her and the children with distributions possible from principal.
A Williamston North Carolina Community Relations Committee announced steps to ease racial tensions in town. Merchants agreed to hire clerks without regard to race, creed or color, and visitors from Williamston attended a memorial for Kennedy in Brookline. Massachusetts Governor Peabody welcomed them as they sang civil rights songs.
Northeast Airlines wins Civil Aeronautics Board approval to lease TWA jets for weekend winter flights from New York to Florida through April 27. A U S Court of Appeals stayed a CAB order removing the route as of last Nov. 15, delaying the effective date to at least April 30. The will notes Kennedy family charitable contributions and a trust plan involving John F Kennedy.
Five Harvard students were expelled and five more placed on probation after a party in Cambridge last week. The disciplinary action followed an investigation into student conduct and campus policy violations related to the event.
The ALA reports higher drunken driving risk at Christmas than New Year with many households serving punch and egg nog. Harvard declines comment after Radcliffe girls’ party expulsions tied to parietal rule violations. both schools on Christmas vacation.
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