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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1963
Page
2
A 45 year old auto mechanic from Milton, Vermont, Howard Roque, was killed yesterday when the car he was under slipped off a jack. He died of a skull fracture as the car apparently rolled backward off the jack.
An eighty pound fish led off a Cohoes children’s fishing contest at the reservoir. Nine year old Kenneth Lonczak forgoes the glory after a hook removal at Cohoes Memorial Hospital, then returns to compete with about fifty youngsters. His brother Larry, ten, netted four fish. The day was accident free aside from the mishap.
Mayor Francis C. Florini asks the city council to appropriate 1970 for updating North Adams master plan to qualify for federal urban renewal and low rent housing aid. He cites River Street slum razing and inspector Gattuso’s housing work as aiding progress toward blight elimination and prevention. In nearby Williamstown, selectmen consider highway and water issues and call a July 29 special town meeting to discuss cemetery expansion Stratton Road and other projects. Water softeners for two auxiliary wells are proposed with a 50000 cost to improve hard water affecting home and industrial plumbing.
Rudolph Morse of Montpelier says Vermont likely has the nation’s lowest delinquency rate for ages 10 to 16, with 167 delinquents in a 1960 census group of 54 000 but warns the 16 to 26 group commits 47 percent of crimes. He urges a medium security facility and work training to address persistent youth offenders.
In Argentina the Radical party led by Arturo Illia with 2,367,154 votes or 25 percent, while the Intransigent Radical party headed by Oscar Alende had 1,525,348 votes or 16.3 percent. Illia needs 51 percent in the Electoral College and Alende could help.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and legal holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. Rates listed for mail subscriptions within 50 mile radius Vermont and elsewhere in the U S with 6 month and 1 year options. Special rates for servicemen are noted.
A last minute agreement averted a strike at Gilman Paper Co Local 119 union members accepted a five cent wage and pension package for the coming year The pension age was lowered from 65 to 62 and shift differentials were raised The sixth man on papermaking crews remains optional while 250 Local 41 members have not yet agreed on a new contract with no serious dispute on wage issues
Two Rhode Island men William Moynihan and Dennis Green fled the Belknap County Jail after overpowering a guard and locking him in his cell. They were last reported at large near Laconia as New Hampshire recovers from a spate of jail breaks.
Severe drought in eastern Massachusetts ended with a heavy downpour and violent storms. Downpours flooded streets and cellars. lightning struck Annisquam Village Church in Gloucester damaging the roof and belfry in a two alarm fire with estimated losses of 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. Firefighters aided from Beverly Manchester and Rockport amid power outages in several communities including Beverly Danvers and Weston. Arlington saw flooded cellars and 15 damaged streets with 200 cellars flooded.
Prime Minister Nehru delivered a rare public farewell to U.S. Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith at the Punjab Agricultural University ceremony in Ludhiana. He praised Galbraith for inspiring Indian growth and industrialization and thanked the United States for aid, noting the ambassador would depart soon and expressing hope for future ties.
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