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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1964
Page
2
Maj. Chester M. Kirby retires from state service after more than two decades with the Vermont State Police. Kirby began in 1941 as an inspector, rose to Captain in 1954, then Major in 1963, and also served as a Williston representative in the General Assembly.
In Albany Schenectady County Republicans face a rare primary choice with a party insurgent challenging State Senator Owen M Begley who has a cross endorsement from the county GOP. In Altamont nine year old Lisa Capetti died after a horse incident on a farm.
A two car collision on Route 7 near the Vermont line killed Mrs. Rena Gilly 41 and her nephew Charles Gilly 21 of Adams. Four others injured two critically including Robert and William Gilly. Casualties transported to North Adams Hospital.
New York trading opened firm with several notable moves. Stocks such as New York Central up 14 to 37 14, American Tobacco up 1/2 to 32, Boeing up 1/4 to 49 1/2, Johns Manville up 1/4 to 57, Youngstown Sheet down 1/4 to 47, Union Carbide unchanged at 124, Dow Chemical down 1/4 to 71, Eastman Kodak down 1/4 to 134 1/4.
Mrs Edward M Kennedy four months pregnant suffered a spontaneous miscarriage at Georgetown University Medical Center at 3 a.m. Her doctor said she is in satisfactory condition. Kennedy had cancelled a speaking engagement to return to Washington.
A Connecticut highway crash raised Memorial Day weekend fatalities to 27 across six New England states. Massachusetts led with 14 deaths, followed by Connecticut seven, Maine three, Vermont two, New Hampshire one, and Rhode Island with none. The worst incident occurred in New Fairfield, Conn., a four-death two-car crash Sunday night.
Boston Cardinal Cushing blasted the Massachusetts Crime Commission as overblown, saying public corruption can be exposed by existing law agencies. He blamed credit buying for pushing people toward dishonesty and urged better pay for public officials to attract higher quality leaders.
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