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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1964
Page
2
Authorities investigate two separate post office burglaries in Springfield and Putney seen as unrelated. A locked window was pried at the Springfield Post Office, a bag of mail taken, but contents found nearby along Route 5 three miles away. Most mail to businesses rifled, suggesting checks or cash sought. other mail left untouched.
Frederick L. Fowler of Plainfield secured a $26,500 contract from the UPI Post Office Department to construct a new Plainfield post office. The structure will be leased to the department for five years with option for another five year renewal, with completion anticipated by December.
A late Saturday night fire swept an unoccupied three story dwelling at 98 King St Troy destroying the building after two hours and forty minutes. Four nearby families were evacuated as the structure burned for hours following a prior blaze three weeks earlier. In Nassau Village speed limits on Route 20 will rise from 25 to 35 mph and other streets to 30 mph under a state Traffic Commission order drawing a sharp response from Village Supervisor Earle N Cooper who vowed actions after every accident.
In Pittsfield and the Berkshire region about 4,500 travelers left Grand Central Station on a special train for summer camp trips to upstate New York and New England. About 5,500 boys and girls in the Berkshires will spend the season in bunk beds cabins and avoid poison ivy.
The school committee approved a new 16 car parking lot for the upcoming school administration building on East Main Street. The measure passed 4 to a amid opposition over site planning and city plans for the former St Francis Rectory. Rev Dr Paul C Klose began as pastor of First Baptist Church in North Adams Sunday joining wife and four children.
Lenox town selectmen and Boston Symphony Orchestra and Berkshire Hills Conference officials announce a traffic plan to ease post concert traffic. State police cars with two way radios will guide vehicles at the gate and town monument. A plan to clear roads for emergency vehicles was approved.
Walter T. Bogard of Weybridge condemns Republican leader Derr ick V. Webb for saying reapportionment is for the legislature to decide. Bogard argues the Vermont Constitution makes apportionment explicit and the legislature cannot override it.
London report says Princess Margaret, 3% year old, rode behind a motorboat piloted by Lord Snowdon when she struck submerged logs and toppled into shallow water. Snowdon jumped in, freed her, and hauled her aboard. Photographers captured the incident, following prior ball photos.
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