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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1964
Page
2
Barr Linde and Hubbard of Burlington will design UVM's new 1.5 million life science building set for May 1965 construction. The 50 000 square foot facility will house botany and zoology departments and seek matching funds from a Congressional bill for classroom and laboratory projects.
Robert L. Beattie 29 father of four pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to first degree arson charges after a fire destroyed his home in St. Johnsbury. He was committed to Waterbury State Hospital for examination. state police arrested him after the blaze damaged the one and a half story wood frame dwelling. No injuries reported as the family faced 15 below zero outside.
Ernest Tucker 31 named managing editor of the St Johnsbury Caledonia Record by publisher H Gordon Smith. Tucker, a Beverly native, has worked at multiple papers including New Bedford Standard Times and Daily Missoulian. He succeeds Benjamin M Collins now special assistant to Gov. Hoff. Alden Swett faces charges for using a smoke screen device to evade troopers and for deer out of season after a fish and game check.
The Federal Power Commission schedules an April 21 hearing on two hydroelectric proposals for the Lamoille River Vermont. Vermont Electric Cooperative and Central Vermont Public Service Corp compete, offering 6000 kW at about 2.26 million dollars and 5000 kW at about 2.4 million dollars, respectively, with sites roughly 15 miles above the river mouth.
In Albany fourteen provisional officers including three sergeants were dismissed for cheating on qualifying exams for permanent appointment to the Capital Buildings Police Force. The force, formed last summer to protect the State Campus in Albany, faced the fraud probe by the Department of Civil Service.
Leo Quinn longtime Albany County Democratic executive secretary died of a heart attack in his DeWitt Clinton Hotel suite. He served as second in command to Chairman Dan O Connell and represented the party at state and national functions.
Berkshire report says Williamstown police and state troopers investigate a break in at Mt Greylock Regional High School where between 100 and 200 dollars was taken from a walk in vault after entry via a broken window. Custodians found the break Saturday morning. Police Chief Zoito Jr. cites entry through the window and vault hole. A hearing on renaming Mt Greylock War Memorial to President John F Kennedy Monument occurs Wednesday at the Massachusetts State House. The bill is filed by State Sen. Edmund R. St. John Jr. Northern Berkshire Development Corp directors discuss Acra-Mation Inc funding as they plan to start operations within 15 months with full operations by late winter.
Barbara Keith, 42, Hartford native and famed flying grandmother, died in the Catalina Channel hot air balloon race after the craft fell at sea. Autopsy reported drowning and pneumonia. Ed Zost won the race as balloonists vow to continue next year. Coast Guard recovered Keith eight miles off Dana Point with her body secured by rope to the balloon.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy moved his special Senate subcommittee to Providence for a public hearing on federal state and community services to the aged. A Brandeis University sociologist warned of job losses among the elderly while Massachusetts officials stressed coordinating agencies to avoid duplication and maximize manpower.
Paris sources say President Charles de Gaulle will discuss recognizing Communist China at a January 31 news conference. He will make only broad allusions to the issue, which has fueled months of rumor and speculation.
AP reports Arthur Godfrey marks thirty years in broadcasting with a CBS I Have a Secret tribute featuring actors from radio and soap operas. CBS previews a 1964 65 schedule including fifteen new programs and several departures including routes to NBC for Benny and Thomas.
Former Governor John A. Volpe declared his bid for the 1964 Republican nomination. He will enter the June pre primary convention, aiming to topple Governor Endicott Peabody, whose 1962 defeat by Volpe spurred the comeback. Volpe urged party unity and public support across parties, citing the need for experienced leadership and an energetic statewide campaign.
The Massachusetts Republican State Committee named ten at large delegates to the Republican National Convention in a move seen as favorable to drafting Henry Cabot Lodge for the GOP nomination. George Lodge, son of the U S ambassador to Vietnam, joined the slate amid debate over its uncommitted designation. The list includes Leverett Saltonstall, Joseph W Martin, Christian Herter Jr., John Volpe, Edward Brooke and others with committee officials noting the slate as the official slate while Lloyd Waring weighs contesting district delegates next week.
Lawrence Massachusetts. A distraught investigator said the body of 16 year old Donna Mae St Amand was found along a river bank nearly nude and partially snow covered. Essex County District Attorney John P S Burke called the case a homicide and a sex slaying.
Investigators consider using a computer to link hospital personnel files and local records in the unsolved strangling deaths of 11 women in eastern Massachusetts over 19 months. Boston University’s Law and Medicine Research Institute offers services with Dr. Luongo and Dr. Kenefick aiding the probe as the case widens. Donna St Amand, 16, of Lawrence, was found dead near a Merrimack River pumping station after vanishing January 12. her disappearance connects to a wider search and a missing 14 year old from Manchester, NH.
Salem Oregon offers a year round recreation program for residents at less than 1 dollar per person annually. The city covers half the budget and the school district covers the other half, supplying facilities including gymnasiums classrooms and swimming pools.
The Bennington Banner lists phone numbers for business news and advertising and states its publication schedule and mailing rates. It notes affiliation with the Associated Press and provides subscription prices for Vermont and national delivery, including special servicemen rates.
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