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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1965
Page
2
Travelers Insurance Co seeks a court ruling in Burlington Vermont to determine which passenger in a March 13 accident is covered under the policy. Claims have been filed by Thomas M. Walsh as administrator of Ronald S. Reed of Brandon Vermont and by Mary Louise Billings of Vermont. Reed was killed and Billings injured.
Mechanicville youths shifted to Prospect Mountain in Woodford, Vermont after snow shortage forced an early cancellation. Deputy commissioner Anne Messore arranged for about 60 beginners to travel for safe snow conditions, with the program running through Saturday.
In North Adams, Adams Lawrence Hull, 23, of North Adams died when his car hit a tree stump on East Road. Police say he lay in a ditch for 40 minutes before discovery. he worked as a mathematician for Sprague Electric Co. In Walnut Street, a three-year-old playing with a cap pistol frightened away a gunman who demanded money from a mother, Mrs. Carl D. Field, as a man knocked on her rear first floor apartment door. The incident followed within 24 hours of an armed robbery of 79-year-old Edward Kells in which $169 was taken.
Dr. Daniel B. Dorman, local obstetrician and gynecologist, is named new chief of staff at Pittsfield General Hospital. He succeeds Dr. Ralph Zupanec, a local surgeon who this week completes five years as chief of staff, the maximum allowed by hospital by-laws.
Six of seven structures at the west end of Main Street will be razed this spring. James F. Campbell, president of North Adams Futures, Inc., says the buildings were purchased for 195000 dollars with a possible shopping center plan in mind.
Russell H. Ireland, 48, was named Director of Vacation Travel Development by the New England Council to promote tourism across the six-state region. A Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce executive secretary since 1961, he aims to fuse urgency into regional marketing and broaden advertising, package tours, and joint publicity to attract tourists and business.
A public hearing on automobile insurance rates in Rutland has been postponed to January 24 at the request of the National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters. The bureau cited scheduling issues with its New York law firm Donovan and Waters. The December 1 hike hit Rutland hardest with a 25 percent increase for new policies. renewal rates may be addressed before February 1.
The Vermont Liquor Control Board reports higher operating expenses in the year ending June 30, 1965, but records a net income of 156,154 dollars, surpassing fiscal 1964 by over 42,000. Salaries and retirement costs rose by 40,163 dollars, while total sales reached 16.7 million dollars, up from 15.1 million dollars.
The 171 year old Poland Spring hotel in Maine will be repurposed as the largest women's job corps center under the anti poverty program. Operated by Economics System Corp for $6.3 million per year, it will train about 1000 girls ages 16 to 21 in skills they lack.
Rep-elect Lyman C. Hunt of Essex says a bill would amend education aid laws and help 80 to 90 towns. He notes towns with low wealth per student yet high per student taxes would receive extra state aid without penalizing other districts.
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