Ogdensburg Port bids for Rutland Railway line
Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority may buy Rutland Railway facilities in New York if the Interstate Commerce Commission approves Rutland’s bid to abandon the strikebound line. Authority chairman Lee W. Keyes said a port without a railroad is useless and the $2.3 million purchase could be leased to another railroad. The authority took an option on Rutland tracks and buildings between Ogdensburg and Rouses Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg, N.Y
Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority
Rutland Railway
New York State
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rutland
Authority
Lee W. Keyes
Ogdensburg
Rouses Point
Keyes
Old Village Moves Toward Zoning Ordinance Update
Old Bennington voters will attend a special meeting Monday at 8 p.m. at the Church Barn to begin legalizing a zoning ordinance. Trustees seek to form a new executive body and a three member zoning commission to draft a comprehensive plan and present a final ordinance for voter approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bennington
Hamilton L. Shields
Howard E. Armstrong
Shields
Zoning Commission
Two Oklahoma Farm Officials Admit Estes Bribes
Two mid aged Oklahoma farm officials testified before Senate investigators that they lied about taking 1640.80 dollars in a Billie Sol Estes cotton allotment deal. They also admitted failing to report the funds on tax returns and said they resigned from the Agriculture Department after more than 25 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
Louis N. Dumas
Arthur Daniel Stone
Agriculture Department
Dumas
Bennington GOP to aid Keyser in selecting new judge
Governor F Ray Keyser Jr requests the Bennington County Republican Committee to name a replacement for Municipal Judge Eugene V Clark who will resign to pursue a state senate bid The committee plans a meeting within 10 days chaired by Dr Clifford B Harwood with recommen dations awaited The governor stresses qualifications above all and the move to consult local party leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Bennington County
Republican Committee
Eugene V. Clark
State Senate
Keyser
Clifford B. Harwood
Manchester
Harwood
Mass Doctor Exodus Feared as Saskatchewan Girds for Medicare
Saskatchewan faces a potential mass exodus of doctors as the province battles a compulsory medical care plan. About 700 physicians are reportedly missing or on vacation with 20 leaving in 24 hours. Some have registered in British Columbia Alberta Manitoba and Montana while others face threats. Shortage of physicians nationwide complicates permanent replacements.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Billings
Mont
Britain
Jack Kinzel
Medical Care Commission
U.S
Regina
Miss Chandler Corrects Report of Accident
The Banner corrects an earlier report about a Wednesday night collision between Gerald Splas of Rutland in a car and Miss Luella B. Chandler of Bennington driving a horse van. Chandler says two people were present, contests timing note, denies notifying her mother at 10 20 p.m and denies chest or leg pains while admitting a limp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Splas
Rutland
Luella B. Chandler
Bennington
Grange Women Feed Neighbors Help After Fire Loss
On Mt. Anthony slopes near Old Bennington Vermont neighbors led by the Grange cut hay on Dr. Girard W Campbell’s 70-acre farm to feed Floyd Rice who lost his barn and hay crop in a fire. More than twenty men worked long hours on shares, Rice retaining 60 of every 100 bales.
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Mt. Anthony
Vermont
Old Bennington
Girard W. Campbell
Floyd Rice
Bennington Village
Campbell
Rice
Giraud W. Campbell
Pleasant Valley
U.S. 7
Bennington
Trac
Louis Dondero
North Bennington Water Officials Urge Water Savings
Water users in North Bennington and Shaftsbury are urged to conserve water and avoid automatic sprinklers as officials warn conditions are becoming serious due to drought and reduced underground supply. A similar warning was issued by Bennington Village water department.
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North Bennington
Shaftsbury
North
Fred Welling
Water Commissioners
Bennington Village
Desert Floor Blast Opens Huge Crater at CAMP MERCURY
The United States fired a massive hydrogen bomb type device in Yucca Flat Nevada, creating a crater about one third of a mile wide and 200 feet deep. The shot produced a 7,000 foot cone of earth, a 30,000 foot smoke plume, and a dust ring lifted to 12,000 feet. The test, part of the Plowshare program, explored peaceful nuclear uses while releasing 100 kilotons of energy and generating offsite negligible radioactivity.
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Camp Mercury
Nev
United States
Yucca Flat
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Rutland Railroad Wins Tax Suspension Approval
Rutland Railway Corp won final approval to suspend 46 000 dollars in state taxes as Gov Keyser backs the Public Service Board finding suspensions justified The PSB will seek withholding of tax collection pending the Interstate Commerce Commission decision on Rutland abandonment If abandonment is allowed the taxes become due immediately If rejected the line would gain funds to help restore operations
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Montpelier
Rutland Railway Corp
Keyser
Public Service Board
PSB
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rutland
Three Alarms Reported in Drought as Firemen Respond
Firefighters encountered three alarms over two days amid a dry spell. A clothes dryer at Dr. and Mrs. Donald F. Shea’s home smoked and flames erupted when opened. A false alarm occurred at Ben Mont Paper Co shipping. A grass fire behind Cora B. Whitney School scorched an old dog house. Officials warn dry weather makes grass ignite easily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Shea
Cora. B. Whitney
Woman Injured in Shaftsbury Car Collision
A Shaftsbury Flats crash at U S 7 involved Estella Gerich 39 of Windsor Locks Connecticut and Percy Foster 59 of Shaftsbury Vermont. Gerich sustained a bruise and shock and was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Foster was uninjured. Damages to both cars described as minor.
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Shaftsbury
U.S
Estella Gerich
Windsor Locks
Conn
Percy Foster
RFD
Southern Vermont
Gerich
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Foster
Village Tax Bill Climbs While Town Rate Drops
Bennington village residents face a 19 cent increase to 17.65 for village tax plus 5 dollar Old Age Assistance, reaching 17.65. Town residents pay 15.47 after discounts with a 21 cent decrease. Full payment before Oct 31 earns discounts. bills mailed in August.
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Bennington
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Greater Bennington
Hogan
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RR Line
Old Village
New Zoning Group
Estes
Bennington Gop
Eufala
McIntosh County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Stone
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Department
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
Sen
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Pecos, Tex
Miss Chandler
Grange
Charles Read JR
Norman Greenberg
Howard Johnson
N. Bennington
Mile Crater
Moscow
Foy D. Kohler
Kennedy
Soviet Russia
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