Property Owners Challenge Tax Appraisals In Vermont
Vermont residents contest property assessments on Lincoln Street and other parcels. Floyd Rice and wife say a new barn, 75 percent complete, is overvalued after a fire destroyed a larger barn last July. Alden Harwood and sister dispute water supply and a porch and garage addition raising the assessed value. The case notes a 25 percent assessment basis of the fair market value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Gas Corp
Lincoln Street
Floyd Rice
Pownal Road
Alden E. Harwood
Harwoods
Roger White
South Stream Road
William J. Congdon
Oakes St. Sisters
Congdons
Fred D. Harwood
Fillmore St
Basil Caslin
Stark St
Betit
Grant
Listers
Board of Civil Authority
John P. Morrissey
State Tax Department
Fishing party’s overdue boat found after coast guard search
The Carol Lou fishing party left Rye harbor for the Isles of Shoals and were overdue. A Coast Guard search spotted Jones in the water. all aboard wore life jackets. The incident prompted a night-long rescue operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth Hospital
Jones
Walter Eglintine
Ordnance Department
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Schenectady
Carol Lou
Rye Harbor
Isles of Shoals
Coast Guard
Hampton
New England Schools Lacking Rooms and Teachers
In a congressional hearing Maine deputy education commissioner Dr. Kermit S. Nickerson reports New England public schools are overcrowded by 83 197 pupils. He cites 3 740 teachers with substandard credentials 53 075 pupils on half day sessions and a need for at least 2 029 additional classrooms. He backs a four year 1 5 billion grant program to add classrooms and raise teacher pay. He also notes property taxes are increasingly inadequate and local ability to raise revenue varies widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maine
New England
Kermit S. Nickerson
Nickerson
New
Two Vermont Highway Deaths Bring 1963 Total to Fifty One
Two people died in Vermont highway incidents on Wednesday and Tuesday. Arthur J. Hemingway of Randolph was killed in a Northfield crash, and two year old Timothy Raymond died in a Fletcher go cart accident after being hospitalized in Burlington. The 1963 Vermont highway death toll reaches 51, compared with 47 on the same date in 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Randolph
Fletcher
Arthur J. Hemingway
Northfield
Timothy Raymond
Burlington
Police Chief Warns Youths On Rifle Fire
Bennington Police Chief Edward L. Silver warned youths firing small caliber rifles along the Roaring Branch River near County Street that their activity endangers life and property. He cited recent complaints and a past incident where a spent .22 bullet crossed the river into a nursery room, urging parents to supervise rifle use to avoid public danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roaring Branch
County Street
Bennington
Edward L. Silver
Silver
Brooklyn
189 Cases Reviewed By Draft Board
The local Selective Service board reviewed 189 cases including 32 standby reserves and 157 regular registrants. Five physicals were conducted in Albany. two selectees to report for induction August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
van Vechten B. Graves
Victor A. Agostini
Paul W. Bohne
Bennington
I.N. Bartlett
Manchester Depot
Viola Conley
Albany
Thomas Watson
James Guare
Florian Mayer
Richard Rockwell
East Dorset
Maine
David
One Year Later Berlin Still Scarred By Fiery Disaster
Berlin New York marks the first anniversary of a propane truck explosion on Plank Road that killed nine people and leveled six homes and a church. Survivors recall ongoing danger, reopened homes, and lingering bitterness as residents doubt safety improvements will occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Joseph E. Sourcliffe
Sourcliffe Nursing Home
Bennington
Northeast Airlines gains $26 million from Hughes Tool Co plan
Hughes Tool Co approves 80 percent control for Toolco over Northeast and writes off $26 million of debts aiding a solvent turnaround. Toolco to assume $16.2 million of Atlas Co notes and exchange $9.5 million in notes for Northeast common stock. Board to expand to 14 with five Hughes insiders as stockholders seek CAB certificate for New York Miami route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Northeast Airlines
Hughes Tool Co
Toolco
Northeast
James W. Austin
Hughes Board of Directors
Austin
Atlas Co
Howard Hughes
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York
Miami
Northeast Stockholders
Carriers Board of Directors
Hughes
New England
Obituary of Hoosick Falls Restaurant Proprietor Bartholomew Butkus
Hoosick Falls resident Bartholomew Butkus 32 Mechanic Street died at the Veterans Administration Hospital Albany after a long illness. A Lithuania native and World War I Army veteran he owned a restaurant and block on Church Street and served as a St. George's Society trustee. Survived by nieces nephews and cousins. wife Marcellus died 1959. Funeral 9 a.m. Saturday at Leo J Mahar Funeral Home 43 Main Street and 9 30 a m at Church of the Immaculate Conception burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call Friday afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bartholomew Butkus
Mechanic St
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Albany
Lithuania
France
St. George’s Society
Funeral rites for Flora Parker and Elizabeth Byers observed
Funeral services for Flora Burgess Parker of Union Street were held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with Burial in Shaftsbury Cemetery. A Christian Science service followed at Mahar Funeral Home. Separate services were held for Elizabeth Byers, longtime Western Union office manager, at First United Church in Hoosick Falls with interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. Attendees included regional relatives and officials from the Hoosick area. Bearers named for Byers included Harvey Baker and Ralph Bullock among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Flora (R Burgess) Parker
Union Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Frederick B. Wolf
Mahar
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Elizabeth Byers
Western Union
First United Church, Presbyterian
Wesley P. Miles
Maple Grove Cemetery
Women’s Republican Club
Hoosick
Robson Home
Harvey G. Baker
Ralph S. Bullock
George A. Eckweiler
Howard E. Haynes
George S. McKearin
Benedict A. Nowik
Move to Curtis Island Feasible for Nauruans
Washington dispatch describes 2800 Nauruans seeking a new homeland off Australia's coast. Curtis Island near Gladstone chosen for climate soil and sheltered waters with a deep sea port. Move to Curtis could begin in about five years with autonomy anticipated but not full independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nauru
Pacific
Equator
Pleasant Island
Germany
Australia
United Kingdom
New Zealand
League of Nations
Commonwealth Nations
League
United Nations
Curtis Island
Utah Highways Buys Beads To Sparkle Main Roads
The Utah Department of Highways purchases 500000 pounds of tiny beads to mix with line paint. The crystalline beads reflect headlights, adding a sparkly effect when sprayed into fresh road markings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
UPI
Utah Department of Highways
Rabbi Kaufman to speak on Religion and Mental Health
Bennington brief notes Rabbi Sigmund I. Kaufman of Temple Beth El will discuss Religion and Mental Health on WBTN at 8 45 a m Friday. Knights of Columbus urge ticket returns for the annual fair to Thomas Donovan or Gerald Morrissey at St Francis de Sales schoolyard tonight or tomorrow night. Food donations to Mrs Anne Cummings tonight or tomorrow near 6. Fair opens tonight. Former Navy and Sea Bee personnel may add service time and pension credits. details from William H Stuchel Jr Lyons District. Bennington Rescue Squad meets tonight at 7 30 at the Putnam Hose Company firehouse River Street. Charles Becker of Shaftsbury Fire Department to instruct resuscitation. Bennington Rural Fire Department meets July 29 at 7 30 p m Willow Road firehouse. Chief George DesLaurier called meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmund I. Kaufman
Temple Beth el
WBTN
Knights of Columbus
Thomas Donovan
Gerald Morrissey
St. Francis de Sales
Anne Cummings
Bennington
Putnam Hose Company
River Street
Charles Becker
Shaftsbury
Municipal Court Arraigns Two In Dui Cases
A special Municipal Court session arraigned Raymond S. Kuchesky of Watervliet New York and Raymond S Hoag of North Bennington on separate driving while intoxicated charges. Kuchesky pleaded not guilty and was released on 250 bail. Hoag also pleaded not guilty and posted 200 bail as a Vermont resident and husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond S. Kuchesky
Watervliet
N.Y
Raymond S. Hoag
North Bennington
Kuchesky
Old Bennington
Vermont
Hoag
Ford Motor Co Has Record Quarter Earnings
Ford Motor Co reports a June quarter record with net earnings of 155.9 million or 1.41 a share on sales of 2.3399 billion, up 15 percent from 1962. first quarter among Big Three to publish results for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ford Motor Co
Hospital Notes Lists Bennington Area Names and Births
A hospital notes section lists residents and nearby towns including Raymond White Pownal Betty Harrison Hoosick Falls Anna Lippert North Hoosick Joseph Harrington Manchester Glenda Stone East Arlington Ton ia Boyd Whitingham Mary Morse Bennington Kathleen Lane Bessie Ellet Donna La Flamme Elaine Anderson and son Keith Letourneau Master Edgar Harrington Master Milton Harrington Jr Bennington Joanne Kron East Arlington Deborah Burdick North Pownal Judith Burns Hoosick Falls Mr and Mrs Richard Sumner 326 North Bennington Road a daughter on July 24 Mr and Mrs John White of Dorset a daughter on July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond White
Pownal
Betty Harrison
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Anna Lippert
North Hoosick
Joseph Harrington
Manchester
Glenda Stone
East Arlington
Tonia Boyd
Whitingham
Mary Morse
Bennington
Kathleen Lane
Bessie Ellett
Donna LaFlamme
Elaine Anderson
Keith Letourneau
Edgar Harrington
Milton Harrington Jr
Joanne Kron
Deborah Burdick
North Pownal
Judith Burns
Richard Sumner
North Bennington Road
John White
Dorset
Dow Jones Industrial, Rail and Utility Averages Report
The noon Dow Jones report shows Industrials at 693.114 with a 2.23 rise, Railroads at 167.18 up 2.11, Utilities at 138.38 up 1.13, and the Composite average at 249.71, up 41.61. Sales total 1,890,000.
Injured Bennington Boy In Serious Condition After Brattleboro Crash
Nelson Brownell sixteen of Bennington is in serious condition at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital after his right thigh was amputated in the Brattleboro bridge crash. Surgeon Dr. Philip H. Wheeler cautions infection risk but notes progress, while passenger Howard J. King eighteen is improving and could be released Friday. Brownell, a Bennington High football player, was among two boys riding in a 1963 Volkswagen station wagon when forced into the guardrail early Wednesday on U.S. 5 near Vermont 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Brownell
Bennington
Brattleboro
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Philip H. Wheeler
Wheeler
Howard J. King
Volkswagen
U.S. 5
Vermont 9
King
Brattleboro Hospital
Brownell
Bennington High School
Military chiefs seek fuller hearings on pact testing clause
Sen Henry M Jackson warns a draft escape clause allows any of three nations to renounce the pact if tests by outside nations threaten security. Chiefs cautious but some accept omission of underground testing may render pact militarily acceptable. In Maine a father Carle Garton and daughter Norma Jean died in a home fire while Kathy survived with mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Falmouth, Maine
Carle B. Garton
Norma Jean Garton
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Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
South Viet Nam
Hoffa
Nashville, Tenn
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
U.S. District Court
N.E
Vickers Ltd
General Dynamics Corp
Vickers
General Dynamics
Flora Parker
Beady Highways
U.S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Ronald Elwell
Herbert Mattison
William Nash
Steve Hansen
Christopher Williams
U.S. Navy
Bennington Briefs
William H. Stuchel Jr
Lyons District
Joel Whittemore
Rutland
Flying Farmers’ Auxiliary
The
Flying Farmers
Rapid City
S.D
VFW Rooms
South Street
Bennington County Humane Society
Lloyd
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash
Judy
Lesley Gore
al Martino
Peter, Paul & Mary
the Essex
Andy Williams
Surfaris
Brenda Lee
Porterhouse
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