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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1961
Page
2
Charles V. Muldoon, a Brockville Ontario native, will retire Sunday after 41 years as a conductor on the Central Vermont Railroad. He joined the railroad in 1908 and has spent over half a century serving passengers and crews.
Vermont Education Commissioner A John Holden Jr says overcrowding in elementary schools has declined over four years. He notes a rise this year in overloaded rooms but maintains the long term trend is slightly downward. The department supports 25 pupils per class with 30 as the max. 274 teachers have more than 30 pupils up from 251, and 63 exceed 35 up from 51.
Albany reports the State Board of Regents requests $120 million over the next decade to expand vocational education for high school students dropouts and unskilled adults. The program aims to enroll about 286,000 learners with new buildings and equipment. In Troy, a Civic Budget Group targets tax exempt property incl fraternity houses after a $500 Christmas tree theft from a cemetery plot prompts action.
Ten Berkshire men filed for Civil Service postmaster examination in North Adams led by Acting Postmaster Raymond L. Merrigan and former Acting Postmaster Thomas A. Hosty along with four current Post Office workers. Crompton and Knowles Corp will absorb James Hunter Machine Co with plants in North Adams Greenville SC and Los Angeles. James Hunter founded the firm in 1848 and employs 265 here. president James H. Hunter says little change in operations but the fate of the foundry may be decided later. Both textile machinery makers plan no competitive clash and have historically supplied plant equipment together.
The State Department approved Anatoly Fedorovich Dobrynin as the new Soviet ambassador to the United States succeeding Mikhail Menshikov. Dobrynin, 42, is an experienced diplomat who speaks English and French and has spent years in the U.S. and the United Nations. Menshikov will return to Moscow next month after nearly four years in Washington.
Home Demonstration Agent discusses defining good management by using available resources to meet a family's valued goals rather than chasing perfection. The piece stresses individual family standards, personal resources, and unique priorities, then offers wool care tips and directs readers to a county office leaflet at 310 Main St.
Baton Rouge police used tear gas December 15 amid a 1500 person protest against racial discrimination. CORE official Rev B E Cox from High Point North Carolina asked President Kennedy to allow Negroes to buy surplus gas masks after his jail release and says the request was sent by telegram. Cox faces a January 3 trial on charges of inciting to riot and conspiring to incite riot related to the demonstrations.
The Anglican bishop of Bloemfontein, Rt. Rev. Bendysche Burnett, 47, was stabbed four times during a Wednesday picnic with his wife in Grahamstown. He was wounded in the legs and stomach, and his wife was knocked down as two Africans fled. police launched a manhunt for the attackers.
New York AP report quotes Hayden Planetarium official James S. Pickering calling Hindu astrologers warnings of a February catastrophe nonsense. Hindu priests in India conduct rites to avert disaster as astrologers warn of a planetary alignment in Capricorn leading to a world war, plague, and earthquakes between February 3 and 5.
Mrs John F Kennedy may delay her January journey to India and Pakistan due to the illness of her father in law Joseph P Kennedy The White House says a decision will be made within days and the health of the elder Kennedy will be a definite factor The trip was to include New Delhi for Republic Day on January 26.
Anastas I. Mikoyan, the Soviet Union’s first deputy premier and troubleshooter, will visit Guinea next month to smooth relations after rumors that Guinea's President Sekou Toure accused a Communist plot directed by an East European embassy of attempting a coup.
Elizabeth Connors filed for divorce from Chuck Connors in Los Angeles accusing him of extreme cruelty and disregarding marriage vows. The complaint was filed on Wednesday and notes his past as a baseball player with the Bennington Generals in the Northern League.
Three young men attended the first session of Vermont s new driver retraining program at Central Junior High School in Burlington. The two hour class marked the act passed by the 1961 General Assembly as the first statewide program in the country. Commissioner Robert Schwartz observed the opening conducted by Burlington Auto School Inc, the first sanctioned organization to administer the course.
Guaranty Savings president John H. Martin aims to showcase a $1 million note display during opening week January 2 to 10 at a new San Jose branch. Wells Fargo will source the funds from the Federal Reserve, count and guard the cash with armored transport. Lloyds of London insured the display. Visitors receive a penny sample.
Senator Mike Mansfield called for re examining the U S position in Laos and questioned continuing foreign aid after Laotian faction leaders abandoned coalition talks. He noted aid since 1954 exceeded 350 million dollars with no evident gains for a friendly government or aid to the people.
Henniker New Hampshire college favorite Bill Gardner a be whiskered 90 year old man who lived in a chicken coop on campus is evicted but will be moved to a new site within the same campus. President Danforth arranged the relocation with the college paying moving costs. Bill a longtime woodcutter and conversationalist has never left the town and is celebrated as possibly the oldest man living on a campus.
Lawyers for Irvin C. Scarbeck a former Foreign Service officer convicted of giving U.S. secrets to Polish agents have filed a motion seeking a reduced sentence of 30 years calling the term harsh and unjust. He is married with three children and was connected to Ursula Discher a Polish girl during his service in Warsaw.
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