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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1963
Page
2
Voters may approve a 146500 bond to expand Dana Elementary School described as antiquated and overcrowded. Plans include a modern kitchen, boiler room, and a 50 by 60 foot multi purpose room to serve as lunchroom auditorium and gym.
In Hoosick, New York, an overheated motor to a cellar furnace started a fire that destroyed much of a two story duplex on Pine Valley Road Saturday night. Frank Wilwol and family returned home to smoke, two fire units responded, and mutual aid brought further help. The fire stayed confined to the Wilwol side. the other half was unoccupied. A nearby barn door burned a month earlier, its cause undetermined as investigators continue.
At a Monday public hearing the Berkshire Board of Appeals accepted a petition by Lawrence Bienick to place three double-width trailers on Bieniek Avenue Extension, despite objections from Edmund R. St. John Jr. and about 30 residents. The case goes to advisement after legal review. Opponents argued trailer units lower property values. abuttor Robert P. Livsey spoke for objectors.
In 1929 two Ayshire cows named Alice and Tomboy trekked 1200 miles from Brandon to St. Louis for the National Dairy Show. Accompanied by three men, they promoted the breed while averaging 40 pounds of milk daily to the final mile. The trek included ox-shoes and a support truck for gear.
Boston homicide detectives, probing a wave of strangling murders since last June, released a detailed description of a man linked to a recent assault on Erika Wilsing, a German-born waitress. The 32-year-old, 5'9" to 5'10", 160-pound suspect with light brown hair allegedly posed as a roofer to gain entry and attacked Wilsing before fleeing.
UE Local 295 president Fayette Colvin says unions will push for changes in Vermont law. He and other union reps meet Gov. Hoff to seek reforms including higher weekly benefits, shorter waiting period, and unifying occupational disease provisions to improve administration.
The Education Department said 49 fatal highway accidents from 1960 to 1962 involved alcohol in 38.7 percent. Ages 21 to 29 accounted for 29.8 percent of alcohol related deaths, with 60 percent 30 or older. Officials argued for re evaluating intoxication thresholds and urged lower blood alcohol standards.
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