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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1963
Page
2
The University of Vermont says federal loan funds will be about half of requested. They notified 516 students they cannot offer planned aid and urged seeking private loans or scholarships such as the United Student Aid Fund.
Gov Rockefeller and Mayor Wagner moved to curb racial bias in state and city financed construction. Rockefeller formed a three member board to police contracts for antidiscrimination compliance while Wagner vowed to cancel contracts if discriminations in hiring are found. Nearby, housing officials announced federal aided units for Saratoga Springs Mechanicville and Plattsburgh under the Housing Act. State Police await lab results in the Kinderhook death case where 14 year old Thomas Higgins was killed. driver Charles Williams was fined and given probation after leaving the scene.
In Williamstown confusion rised over a fall opening for a private boys school at Swiss Meadows. Promoters reportedly also seek to buy the Windsor estate of Mr and Mrs Alan M Limburg. The Williamstown Board of Appeals granted permission to three educators to open the school this fall on the Hancock Road property.
The Western Union branch at 51 Spring Street will shut at 5 30 PM and transfer all operations to the North Adams office after approval by the Federal Communications Commission. Declining business and rising costs including rent at Williams College block prompted the shutdown. the 1874 opening once served Williams College sports stories and thousands of words daily.
Gov Hoff appointed three public members to the Champlain Waterway Commission Sen Noel Viens D Grand Isle Esther Sorrell of Burlington and John Dinse of Shelburne. Viens serves on the Lake Champlain Basin Interstate Commission. Earlier six Vermont legislators were named to the waterway commission. Hoff designated Daniel Healey of Colchester as the state representative to work with the U S section of the Champlain Waterway Committee.
Dr Norman Welsh of Boston, AMA president elect, says youths may be injured more easily by smoking than adults. He remains optimistic about a cancer cure and notes genetics study advances. He backs nondiscrimination in medical bodies and opposes broader social security medical care.
Lt Gov Foote and Speaker Billings Jr appoint two study panels on vocational rehabilitation and the University of Vermont agricultural facilities. Appointed members include Senators Fayette, Gay, Dunham, Morse, Eastman, and Eastman. Representatives Landon, Hutchinson, Franklin, Farrell Jr., Thomas. with reports due at next year's special session.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and holidays at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont. It offers home delivery by carrier motor delivery and mail subscriptions within 50 mile radius and Vermont with rates listed for 6 months and 1 year. special rates for servicemen.
Dr Ralph J Bunche was named chairman of the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation board in New York. Mickey Rooney was sued for 75000 by Roger Kahn over ghostwriting his autobiography. Justice William O Douglas urged correct African views on U S racial issues after a tour of Africa. In Tehran Earl Warren met the shah and Empress Farah with Mrs Warren and Ambassador Holmes.
Vermont Chief Justice Hulburd says Oklahoma ruling will not set precedent for Vermont VIP suit. He notes the Burlington federal court will wait for U S Supreme Court decisions on other state reapportionment cases before ruling. The VIP suit seeks reapportionment of both Vermont houses before next year’s general election.
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