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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1965
Page
8
In Montpelier, an administration bill for a medium security youth prison moves toward a special session. It seeks 1.25 million dollars for construction and leaves site selection to the Board of Institutions. The measure faces GOP opposition over cost and scope. Hoff frames it as part of a broader youth rehabilitation plan including treatment centers and more staff.
Requiem high Mass for Mrs. Mary E. Cassano at St. Francis de Sales Church. Interment at Park Lawn Cemetery with Msgr. Flanagan officiating. Also funeral services for Mrs. Eleanor Nash Pelsue conducted at Hanson-Walbridge with committal prayers at Park Lawn Cemetery. Grand gathering from Connecticut to Albany attended. Surviving Cassano: seven children and 12 grandchildren. Lena B. Phorenburg buried in Chestertown Md after long northern travels with husband Thomas R. Phorenburg. Survived by daughters Dorothy Berry and Martha Jett and other relatives.
State police investigated three automobile accidents Tuesday afternoon and early this morning. All cars involved were operated by unidentified drivers, with authorities noting no further details available at this time.
The YMCA notes a busier Christmas workshop than before with over 2,500 items produced by more than 200 workers and 100 donors. Special thanks go to Harry Eddington Pat Randall Jim Bullard Kendall Adams Kenneth Giles and various groups including Empire Cleaners Catholic Daughters and the Community Welfare Committee.
Harriman lands in Warsaw aboard a presidential plane with 17 aides to pursue peace overtures in the Iron Curtain arena. The White House stays silent while speculation swirls that he may seek Viet Nam peace talks with Peking. State Department experts on China travel with him as Washington and Peking continue lone contact through Warsaw and Thant is briefed.
Obituaries from East Dorset South Cambridge Hoosick Falls and Walloomsac note Bessie Brophy Stone 79 of East Dorset died Tuesday in Granville New York after a long illness. Surviving family includes husband Henry G. Stone two sons two daughters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral set for Friday at East Dorset Congregational Church with entombment in South Village Cemetery. Other notices include Leon Galloway 66 Hoosick Falls Miss Mary B Thompson 86 Hoosick Falls and George H Lovell 75 Walloomsac with services in Hoosick Falls and Walloomsac area.
Dudley R. Moulton Jr. pleaded guilty to fraud by check for $25 in Municipal Court. Judge George M. Fienberg imposed a suspended 4 to 6 month sentence with restitution to be determined by the probation officer. Other fines: Clifford A. Sweet $25 plus costs for speeding 55 in a 30. Malcom G. Blodgett $15 plus costs for 65 in a 50. Fred M. Rogers pleaded guilty to careless operation with accident, fined $35 plus costs.
The noon report shows the Dow Jones averages with Industrials at 961.85 up 3.89, Railroads at 246.06 up 1.46, Utilities at 161.87 up 0.57, composing a 338.61 overall rise of 1.55. Volume traded totals 3,210,000.
The Interagency Committee on Natural Resources approved nearly 1.3 million dollars in recreation projects from the Department of Forests and Parks. About 646 thousand dollars comes from federal funds. Another 200 thousand dollars in projects was postponed to fiscal year 1967 awaiting more federal funds. Most money goes to Vermont beach and camping improvements and park shelters.
Stratton Mountain Ski Area reports a 7 to 13 inch packed powder base this morning with a trace of new snow. The weather is cloudy. The upper mountain offers fair skiing while lower and novice slopes are fair to good. Mrs. Laura Webster is visiting her son in Hartford. The First Annual Alumni Ball is tonight at Bennington Catholic High School auditorium. Alumni contact efforts continue. overlooked alumni may attend, tickets at the door. Dress is formal or informal.
Admissions list includes Jennie L Sherwin Arlington John F Flood North Bennington Thomas A Pendergast Albany N Y Discharges Catherine Nimons Buskirk N Y Births report a daughter to Mr and Mrs Albert Watson Bennington a son to Mr and Mrs Calvin G Snide Bennington a son to Mr and Mrs Bernard R Gavock Hoosick Falls a son to Mr and Mrs Harold Bowen Bennington another daughter born to Mr and Mrs George Jepson Stamford Katharine Cahoon of Albany VA Hospital home improving Old Academy Library hours Monday 3 15 to 5 15 Librarian Miss Margaretta Renssalaer Van Schuyler VFW Barracks 1955 meets Thursday 7 30 Knights of Columbus cribbage Jan 4 7 plan annual tournament Brother Edward Pinsonneault chairing CVPSC and Banner collecting for Clarence Briggs family Bennington Lanes open New Year’s Eve Dr J H Manes no hours Dec 31 Ads Christmas items half price Corner Shop Bennington area notes and events summary
Washington UPI reports House un American Activities hearings resume Tuesday to probe Ku Klux Klan violence. Louisiana’s United Klans of America Inc. branch to be spotlighted first, with Mississippi Alabama Florida to follow as eight to nine weeks of inquiry unfolds nationwide.
NORTH HOOSICK N Y Peter F McArdle 45 bank cashier was slightly improved at Mary McClellan Hospital after a four car crash on NY 22 near Top Hat Restaurant that hospitalized nine. His son Brian 14 and other passengers from St Marys Academy Amsterdam were involved. Several teens reported improved or stable conditions while others remained serious or fair. A priest's car involved in the crash and a 2600 gallon oil truck were also part of the sequence.
Planning in Manchester for 1961 1982 saw half of the 9000 cost covered by aid from the U S Housing and Home Finance Agency. Zoning ordinances to implement the plan failed in three votes with the second by a narrow margin. Zecher and Hayes of the planning commission were appointed to future ad hoc regional planning meetings in Arlington, with a third observer to be named. The next regional meeting is Jan 4 in Arlington. Attending were Selectmen Bongartz Stanford Zecher Beattie and planning commission members Zecher Hayes Shaw Campbell Woodard and town manager. In Vietnam, a separate item notes five divisions moved into the district capital Quang Ngai in the Mekong Delta and three bridges were blown along the main north south highway. Communist raids on government outposts near Saigon were not pressed, suggesting movement of a large unit through the area.
Proctor Vermont Marble Co will test stains on a John F Kennedy memorial marble relocated from Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza. A NYC Parks lab blamed iron in the marble for staining, but the spokesman doubts exposure caused rust or stain, suggesting an outside element caused the damage.
Ted Bird, chairman of the merchants division of the Greater Bennington Association, announced Tuesday that most member stores will close at 5 30 p m Friday New Year s Eve and will remain closed New Year s Day. Closing the stores will give employees a chance to participate in holiday programs. The GBA noted most merchants division stores will not be open any evening this week.
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