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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1964
Page
2
Fire caused by an overheated woodstove in the basement leveled the Star Dust Room in Newport late yesterday. No injuries. the Hugh McNeal family operated the hall and their dog died in the blaze.
Bernard Woodmansee, 28, was found guilty of burglary and attempted arson tied to a Nov. 16 blaze at Bob's Spaghetti House in South Burlington. In the case, three co‑defendants were arrested including Ralph Ciocca, Edmond Bessery, and Joseph Cabrera for alleged insurance fraud through arson. The other item notes the FAA designating Montpelier as a flight service station to switch to remote control within two years.
More than 1500 physicians are invited to the Cardiovascular Teaching Day at Albany Medical College on Thursday February 6. The 10 30 a m program in Huyck Auditorium is co sponsored by the Heart Association of Albany County and the Medical College.
Dr. Donald L. Farrell of Delmar will become the first resident physician at Taconic Valley Medical Center in Stephentown and begin duties around April 1. The center, built with the Sears Roebuck Foundation medical department, serves Stephentown Berlin Nassau Cherry Plain New Lebanon and Hancock Mass.
Fred Potter of Massachusetts Avenue is named chairman of the North Adams Planning Board succeeding Norman E. Ott of Overlook Terrace who had led the board since January 1962.
The Williams College petition to build four dormitories and a dining hall at Main and North Streets was approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals after a hearing on January 23 with no objections. Pittsfield hosts the Berkshire Interscholastic Championship Ski Meet, the Winter Carnival’s 19th year, starting Friday with cross country and downhill at State Forest, then slalom and ski jumping Saturday.
Investigators questioned two men in connection with eleven unsolved stranglings in eastern Massachusetts. One man, an eccentric from a Back Bay rooming house, allegedly could access victim homes as a door to door shoe salesman. The cases span June 16 to December 5, 1962, with related lines to New Hampshire killings.
Representatives of multiple Vermont electric utilities oppose Gov Hoff's bill giving the Water Resources Board power to regulate minimum stream and river flow. They warn of higher generation costs passed to consumers, while Commissioner Reinhold W Thieme argues the measure is needed to protect water resources.
East Boston unloads spill wheat as 1 470 freight cars carry Soviet bound cargo. Port authority tallies over 3 8 million bushels with La Pintada and Venadu as first ships to sail for the Black Sea region. Six million plus bushels expected through Boston this period with about a dozen ships planned.
The Bennington Banner prints daily except Sundays and holidays at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont. It is a member of the Associated Press and uses AP content for local and dispatch news. Rates: 3 months 4.25 6 months 8.00 1 year 15 by mail in Vermont. elsewhere 3 months 4.75 6 months 9.00 1 year 17.50 with special serviceman rates.
Searchers resumed at dawn for four missing Syracuse University students atop Mt. Washington as clouds and snow limit ground efforts. Winds reached 60s mph with temperatures near 14 above. an air search proved impossible, and officials warned above-tree-line rescue would be too dangerous.
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