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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1962
Page
1
President Kennedy's Social Security health care plan for the aged faces a decisive Senate vote to table the measure. A revised version aims to win five Republican votes, but outcome remains uncertain. If approved, the plan would go to the House amid doubts.
Directors of the Weston Community Club set a goal of 100000 to rebuild the Wes ton Playhouse destroyed by an early Thursday fire. The total project near 150000 will be funded by insurance and available funds with about 2000 already donated. A fund drive chairman will be appointed for each area town.
A Vietnamese air force transport crashed near Saigon killing 23 of 27 aboard, including a U S Air Force instructor, during a series of South Viet Nam crashes. In Kontum a U S Army helicopter was shot down with two officers dead and one survivor. A transport missing since Saturday and two more Americans unaccounted for round out the latest losses as authorities withhold names.
Village officials with Secretary of State Howard E. Armstrong inspect signs across Bennington to determine permit violations. Motel signs on U S 7 and center village ads for Paradise Restaurant were cited for lacking state permits. Officials say signs near the road pose hazards and permits must come from state offices until a new local ordinance is enacted.
Sporadic showers aided drought relief but village officials keep water restrictions in force until substantial rainfall arrives. Lake Hancock reserve has dropped 22 inches since early July, raising concern if drought extends into late fall. Authorities warn gardens and lawns remain off limits and lawns hoses sprinklers and soakers are banned.
Research from Ypsilanti State Hospital Michigan reported in JAMA found higher rates of almost complete circles and arched lines in schizophrenic patients compared with mentally healthy controls. Patients also showed a rare tendency toward short broken lines in the center of whorls.
President Kennedy nominates Anthony J. Celebrezze to head the Department of Welfare. The Cleveland mayor, in his fifth term, faces swift Senate action with Byrd indicating no hearings planned and Dirksen predicting easy confirmation. Celebrezze, born in Anzi Italy, would be Kennedy’s second Catholic in the Cabinet. Ribicoff leaves post to pursue the Connecticut Senate race.
At Geneva, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin rejects international inspections on Soviet soil while the United States and Britain push for on site and regional monitoring as part of a proposed nuclear test ban. Negotiations resume after a recess with limited progress and debate over a fixed cut off date for tests.
Eleven trains and 100 buses will greet 10 000 Girl Scouts in Vermont for the 10 day International Roundup marking Juliette Low’s 50th birthday. President Kennedy will send greetings. a commemorative stamp is issued. Button Bay becomes a state park after the event.
Space agency plans a predawn inflation of a giant sphere nearly 1000 miles above the Atlantic. Officials seek brighter viewing than the Jan 15 launch when a sphere tore apart two seconds after full expansion to 135 feet.
About 30 carpenters staged a wildcat walkout at the Pownal race track construction site citing substandard wages and unsafe conditions. Fifty other union members left as talks with Edward DePina and contractor Gerald Morissey stalled with a wait and see stance.
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