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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1962
Page
2
Vaughn, 19, of Falmouth Mass survives Stratton Mountain weekend but dislocates a knee Sunday while performing The Twist in a Jamaica diner. Dr. Otis of Townshend treated him with general anesthesia to reset the knee.
Governor Keyser praised Vermont’s Department of Administration for new procedures that increase taxpayer value. He cited the Budget Management Division and Central Data Processing Department as key programs expected to boost ongoing government efficiency and productivity.
Troy Junior Chamber votes to poll opinions on whether to raze Lansingburg's historic Lansing Home for a supermarket or convert it into a museum. Results go to Troy Common Council which may act Thursday night.
Berkshire NAACP events highlight Peter G. Arles accusing banks and real estate agents of a coordinated effort to bar Negro buyers from white areas. He asserts cooperation exists to guide Negroes to restricted neighborhoods despite means or character. Also in Berkshire, MIT physicist George E. Valley Jr. joins Sprague Electric as research consultant after leading SAGE defense work. Valley’s roles span MIT labs and the U.S. Air Force, with World War II radar bombsight leadership.
Weekday timings list physical education classes at North Bennington Red Brick Shaftsbury and Vermont Bank venues plus boxing and conditioning groups. Wednesday features boys bowling baton twirling wrestling and industrial development group at various sites. Weekend offerings include Junior Rifle Club, YMCA Basketball League, and daily ice skating pool table games reading and gym facilities for members.
Gov. Wesley Powell dodges whether he will seek a third term and hints at a “team” with Mrs Styles Bridges and State Rep. John Pillsbury for the Republican primary. Bridges has opened Senate campaign HQ across from the State House while Pillsbury is ready to announce a GOP gubernatorial bid. Powell previously named Maurice J. Murphy Jr. to a temporary Senate seat, sparking party controversy.
Two Dracut men Stanley Bogochow and Ernest Bouchard were ice fishing on Lake Winnisquam when the ice broke under their car. The front end submerged and a reef collapsed, sending the vehicle 85 feet to the lake bottom as the men jumped to safety.
Rev. Frank W. Grippin of Bennington joins Methodist pastors at the Ministers Fellowship of the New York Area in Buck Hill Falls Pa from today through Thursday. Bishops Wicke and Ensley, architecture experts Harold Wagoner and Henry Willett, and several pastors participate.
Hazel Wills of Bennington led the Vermont Association for the Crippled through 25 years of growth from a small effort to a statewide program serving hundreds. The group established clinics, a Rutland Children’s Rehabilitation Center, and permanent offices, with ongoing fundraising and community support.
The Army says it will release an undisclosed number of reservists who were mobilized by mistake during the Berlin crisis. Misinterpretation of policy kept some men in the ready Reserve despite eligibility for transfer to inactive status. Officials say no figures exist for those affected.
Montpelier Vermont AP Highway Commissioner William Poeter says a projected 100000 deficit in the state garage account has been averted by curtailing proposed equipment purchases. The Highway Board ordered cutbacks and some equipment will stay in service longer than planned.
Framingham Massachusetts AP reports a possible 25 million apartment house center near Shoppers World. The shopping center seeks a zoning variant to allow a proposed 24 acre Route 9 development extending to Route 30 and near the Massachusetts Turnpike interchange. Plans show multi story buildings pools tennis courts and penthouse apartments.
Francisco J. Orlich, backed by the United States Alliance for Progress, steadily widened his lead in Costa Rica's presidential election returns. He held a comfortable margin over rival Rafael Calderon Guardia and former president Otilio Ulate of the National Union party.
About 815 people in 177 families receive federal surplus foods monthly through a program run by Selectmen’s Agent Alma Langlois. Recipients must reapply quarterly, with distributions including meat, rice, beans, flour, oatmeal, peanut butter, powdered milk, and 2 pounds of flour per person each month.
West Addison Vermont state police investigate theft at a general store where about $600 in guns and ammunition and $29 in cash were taken. The proprietor says it is the third robbery at his store in 15 years.
Former Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov returned to his Moscow apartment after more than a week in a local hospital with the flu. An attendant said he is in good condition. No official word on his future.
William M. Stone, 19, of Bennington, pleaded not guilty in Municipal Court this morning to two charges of leaving the scene of an accident and operating while under suspension. The incidents occurred on Union Street January 31. Stone posted $100 cash bail.
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