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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1963

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Supervisory Union Reorganization Hinted By State Officials

State education officials signaled sympathy for a one year postponement of the Bennington South and Southwest Union reorganization following a Rutland hearing. Arlington would move to Bennington-Rutland Union and Southwest members to Bennington South. Local directors urged delay to study effects before July 1, 1963, with postponement plausible to July 1, 1964 pending state board decision.

Bennington South and Southwest Union State Board of Education Rutland Arlington Bennington Southwest Union Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union Bennington South Supervisory Union Bennington Union High School District No. 14 Shaftsbury North Bennington Greater Bennington, Inc Woodford Pownal North Pownal State Department State Board Northern Supervisory Union

Keyser Doubts He'll Run For Governor Again

Vermont Republican Gov. F. Ray Keyser Jr. says he doubts he will run for governor again, though he leaves political doors open for other public offices. He recalls a controversial two-year term marked by clashes in the Vermont Senate and opposition from Rutland Railway workers.

Chelsea Rutland Keyser Congress U.S. Senate Hoff Frank P. Free Frank Free United States

Vermont Legislature to Convene with Speaker Election in Spotlight

The 47th Vermont Legislature opens Wednesday with House and Senate elections. Howard E. Armstrong will oversee the House as it selects a speaker to replace Leroy E. Lawrence. Likely candidate is Franklin S. Billings Jr., while Lt. Gov. Ralph A. Foote presides in the Senate for the president pro tem vote.

Vermont Senate Keyser Asa S. Bloomer Rutland Franklin S. Billings Jr Woodstock John D. Masterton Goshen Philip H. Hoff Billings Ralph A. Foote Foote Bloomer Committee On Committees House

Poet Frost Finds Prize a New Reason to Live

Boston AP reports 88 year old poet Robert Frost, recovering from abdominal surgery at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, called Yale Bollingen Prize for Poetry a new lease on life. He praised doctors Harrisson Thorn and Hickler and noted the prize coinciding with his recovery. The hospital said he is doing well after surgery to remove a urinary tract obstruction and a heart attack during recovery.

Boston Robert Frost Yale Library Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Frost J. Hartwell Harrison George W. Thorn Roger B. Hickler Yale University Library

Stock Averages Report From Dow Jones Albany Noon

Stock averages at noon show the Industrials at 662.39 with a .16 drop, railroads at 148.36 down .85, utilities at 131.324 down .31, and the composite at 234.74 with a .44 rise. Total sales reached 2,040,000.

Katanga Leader Ponders Fate In UN Occupation Plan

President Moise Tshombe weighs inviting a bloodless UN occupation of Kolwezi and other Katanga towns to guarantee his political role. UN buildup continues as diplomats say Tshombe may have up to a week to comply with demands for freedom of movement and disarmament. Bunche and UN aides arrive in Elisabethville to plan reunification with Congo proper.

Moise Tshombe U.N Kolwezi Congo Tshombe U.S Air Force Elisabethville Katanga U Thant Cyrille Adoula Leopoldville Ralph Bunche Sakania Dilolo Angola

Oklahoma Governor Becomes U S Senator After Kerr Death

Oklahoma Governor Howard Edmondson resigns to join the Senate succeeding the late Robert Kerr. Lt Governor George Nigh, 35, will govern a week until Republican Henry Bellmon takes office. Edmondson, 37, a Kennedy ally, gains solid support as Kerr's funeral elevates the party’s Oklahoma stake.

Oklahoma City Okla Howard Edmondson Kennedy Oklahoma U.S. Senate Robert S. Kerr George Nigh Edmondson Nigh Palm Beach Fla Henry Bellman

Battle of Meaningless Words Continues Between Russia and China

Moscow reports the Soviet Union and Red China trading editorials accusing each other of betraying communism. Pravda says Albania breaks with Marxism and China over Cuba, while Red Flag attacks Khrushchev and denies nuclear war aims, urging restraint.

Moscow Soviet Union Red China Pravda Soviet Communist Party Red Flag Chinese Communist Party China Fidel Castro Cuba Peking Khrushchev

U.K. Denies Mock H bomb Attack Report

London papers claimed British Vulcan bombers reached U.S. targets in a mock strike. NORAD and the Air Ministry dismissed the reports as nonsense and said such attacks were not the plan or practice.

London U.S North American Defense Command New York Washington Chicago Los Angeles Britain Daily Express Sketch Telegraph Herald Express Air Ministry Denver Ford Dawson NORAD

UVM Names Clinton Cook Dean of Faculties

Burlington AP reports the University of Vermont appoints Dr Clinton D Cook to a new post as Dean of Faculties. The move formalizes leadership amid university restructuring.

Burlington University of Vermont Clinton D. Cook

Inside Skiing Guide and Local Honors

This page captures three features: a primer on skiing from Inside Learn to ski, Judge Waldo Holden discusses the community's duty to aid law enforcement, and a notice that Hoosick Falls honors a retiring mailman.

Waldo Holden Hoosick Falls

Congress Opens Wednesday The Rules Fight Looms

The 88th Congress arrives in Washington amid a liberal versus conservative clash over the House Rules Committee and Senate filibuster reform. Democrats hold large margins but Southern lawmakers may thwart liberal aims, signaling a quick showdown Wednesday with caucuses and presidential implications.

Washington Kennedy Senate House House Rules Committee

Meredith will not attend Ole Miss second semester

James H. Meredith, 29, announced he will not register for the university of mississippi second term unless conditions improve. He stressed he has not abandoned his effort to gain educational training but will skip next semester under current circumstances.

Oxford Miss James H. Meredith University of Mississippi

Board Opens Probe Into New York Newspaper Strike

A three jurist board begins an inquiry to see if the public’s interests are being served during the month long shutdown of New York City’s nine major newspapers. They aim to crystalize public opinion and pressure to settle the printers’ strike.

New York

Five Die as Wallingford Central Hotel Fire Rips Through

A major fire in Wallingford destroyed the three story Central Hotel. Five men died in the ruins and seven others were hospitalized at Meriden Hospital with injuries. The historic building was reduced to a skeleton.

Wallingford, Conn Central Hotel Meriden Hospital

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Department of Administration Long 47Th State Leroy E. Lawrence Stamford Poetry Prize Dow-Jones—Bache & Co Albany Republic Atlantic Ocean Central African Republic The Congo's Capitol City Republic OF the, Congo Northern Rhodesia Sudan Uganda Kenya Tanganyika United Nations Elizabethville Customs Offices Bunche Associated Press Adrian Porter Mokambo Robert K. A. Gardiner Ghana U.N. Congo Kebbede Guebre Ethiopia Kerr Robert S. Kerr Jr Oklahmans Lyndon B. Johnson U.S.S.R U.K Dwight Eisenhower Harry S Truman Miguel Aleman Mexico Hallmark Kansas City Aleman UVM Rules Committee
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