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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1963
Page
12
Village trustees remain divided despite pressure from Village Atty John H Williams II over merging town and village sewer systems. A comprehensive legal review submitted two months ago has yet to spur action as residents of both communities previously voted to combine sewer lines.
Attendance and handle at Green Mountain Park in Pownal have risen since night racing began. Memorial Day drew about 7,000 spectators and $313,000 wagered, with other days showing strong activity. Berkshire Downs in Hancock, Mass., trails with declining attendance and smaller handles.
Donald E. Greene of Shaftsbury was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the left forearm and a compound fracture after his .22 rifle apparently discharged while training dogs. Dr. John M. Mook treated him. Verbal disputes between village trustees and town selectmen delayed the sanitary sewage program as they disagreed on ownership and maintenance of the lines and road. The village authorized a process to accept Division Street for village ownership and to add it to the town highway system for maintenance.
The Bennington Rescue Squad will operate over the holiday weekend and into next week as President Andre Betii says. It has 18 members now but needs at least 30 for full-time work and runs three-man crews daily 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. An oxygen unit from the Bennington Fire Department will aid resuscitation or inhalation, with instruction from former ShaftsburyFire Chief Charles Becker.
The report lists admissions including William E. Gorman Hoosick Falls and Mrs Louanne Stevens Peters burg among many others. It notes multiple newborns with birth announcements for July 3 and 4 to families in Hoosick Falls North Pownal Buskirk and nearby towns.
The Banner announces Saturday morning publication will continue with the Weekender edition while the business office closes Saturday mornings in July and August. News and advertising offices have operated with a Friday evening press run to deliver before weekend shopping and vacations. Office hours: business 8:30 to 5, Monday to Friday. news 7:30 to 4, weekdays and 7:30 to 10:30 Friday evenings.
Premier Khrushchev signaled Moscow’s willingness to conclude a broad ban on atmospheric, outer space, and underwater tests but left underground testing and inspection to later negotiations, widening the path to a comprehensive agreement.
Funeral services for Thomas J. Murphy were held at St Francis de Sales Church with Msgr. Flanagan officiating. Burial was in Old Bennington Catholic Cemetery. Relatives came from several states including N.Y., Conn., Fla., N.J., and Towson. Birdella Buck and Leale H. Towsey had private and military tributes, with American Legion honor guards and prayers by local clergy. Mrs Mary Jane Russell’s funeral followed at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home with out of town relatives from Dalton and Pittsfield attending.
Village President James B. Gibney and the Board of Trustees criticized the Bennington Village Police Department over the low monthly ticket totals and selective enforcement. Atty. John H. Williams II was praised for clearing a backlog of nearly 300 unpaid 1962-63 parking tickets amid ongoing concerns about enforcement, especially around schools and church areas.
Kreedom Medal Edwin H. Land 54 inventor of the Polaroid camera in Cambridge Massachusetts. Rudolph Serkin 60 pianist and director from Brattleboro Vermont Bohemian-born. Edward Steichen 84 photographer of Ridgefield Connecticut. E B White 63 North Brooklin Maine author editor for The New Yorker for decades. Thornton Wilder 66 novelist and playwright of Hamden Connecticut. Edmund Wilson 68 author and literary critic from Wellfleet Massachusetts.
Kennedy warns of possible new legislation if no agreement by the bargaining deadline. Unions involved include three AFL-CIO groups and two independents, with rules set to take effect July 11. An emergency board was appointed to probe a separate wage hour dispute involving the Sleeping Car Porters and Pullman Co.
One thousand seven hundred Vermont Army National Guardsmen embark for Camp Drum New York for two weeks of summer field training. Major General Francis W. Billado and Brigadier General William A. Stebbins lead units including Co A and Co C 2nd Tank Battalion from Bennington. The reorganized guard now operates under the 86th Infantry Brigade, no longer part of the 43rd Division, with headquarters in Burlington supplying logistics.
Bennington highlights include Miss Donna Pray on Champlain College Dean's List for the June semester. a fire at 323 Silver St triggered by alarm 45 at 10 19 p.m. caused no serious damage per resident Chester Stockman. Holiday guests, trips, and YMCA conference reports follow with family visits to Northfield and Bellevue.
Miss Margaret Deas aged in her 90s died Thursday afternoon at the home of her nephew in Ottawa Canada. A Dundee Scotland native she came to Bennington in youth and lived there until about 15 to 20 years ago. She is survived by a nephew and niece.
Dr. Blake and others were among those arrested Thursday as white protesters accompanied Black demonstrators seeking park entry across the Baltimore line. Co-owner James Price defended economic motives for segregation as some detainees posted bonds while clergymen stayed jailed for hearings.
The YMCA starts a second two week period of swimming instruction at the YMCA Pool after the first two weeks with 103 beginners 30 intermediates 25 swimmers and 12 lif savers. Intermediates meet 9 to 9 30 a.m. swimmers 9 30 to 10 beginners 10 to 10 30 and 11 life saving 11 30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Beginners report at 10 a.m. Monday and will be assigned to one of three groups. Registration forms are available at the YMCA office on Main Street or at the pool and should be returned soon.
Mt Greylock superintendent Paul J. McDonald has been named Weston High School principal in Weston Massachusetts. The move pays $14 000 and starts August 15. McDonald previously led Mt Greylock since 1960 and was Williamstown High School principal before the regional high school period.
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