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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1966
Page
2
In Montpelier the University of Vermont vice president addressed 215 Class of 1966 graduates urging not to ignore student demonstrations nationwide. Lyman S. Rowell called Berkeley and similar actions a way to press for continual appraisal of American education and urged graduates to write their own commencement addresses reflecting their plans and education.
The Vermont Department of Mental Health sponsors a three day conference at Bonnie Oaks Lodge on low mood and death by own action in adolescents and young adults. Dr James M Toolan from Bennington presents a paper on the topic this evening. About 60 participants from Vermont New Hampshire and Maine attend with planned follow up conferences next winter and in spring 1967.
Stowe Lions from 30 Vermont clubs gather for their 11th annual convention at the Lodge and Toll House. Speaker will be Tris Coffin, former international director. Saturday banquet features Dr. M Henderson Rourk of Lions International as guest. District Governor-elect to preside at Sunday luncheon. In Montpelier Hoff urges St Michael's grads to seek self identification and note progress against hunger and disease. In Pittsford, 14 year old Robert Mazza remains missing after a fishing trip. state police and fire department search Furnace Brook as family notes his Woodsman skills. father is a former probation officer and current Brandon Training School official.
Pfc. Denton W. Crocker son of Dr and Mrs Denton W Crocker of Saratoga Springs was killed by enemy fire in Vietnam while on a combat mission. An honor student at Saratoga High School he had accelerated his education to enlist. Earlier he had been wounded near the Cambodian border. Police seek missing three year old Russell Stearns of Caroga son of Mr and Mrs Pearl Stearns who disappeared while playing in the back yard in a heavily wooded area. The New York Senate approved a constitutional amendment to allow state funded ski center construction at Hoffman Mountain Adirondacks. bill awaits 1967 legislature approval before voter decision.
North Adams Housing Authority won state approval to sell 65 single unit Greylock homes. Veterans in the project get first purchase rights. Prices range from 10000 to 12100 dollars. Pittsfield and North Adams are removed from the Federal Economic Development Administration needy list, changing eligibility for funds.
In Bayeux France Catholic and Protestant services marked the final day of elaborate D-Day commemorations recalling the June 6 1944 landings. French minister Pierre Messmer praised Franco British American friendship as veterans remember Utah Beach battles and the Allied push at Normandy. Similar rites were held at Saint Laurent Vierville Omaha Bayeux with regimental flags in a march past.
UPI reports Tropical Storm Alma formed from a tropical low in the northwestern Caribbean Sea with 55 to 60 mph winds. Forecasters expect possible strengthening toward near hurricane force within 12 to 18 hours as it moves north at about 7 mph, remaining offshore with no land threat but heavy rain to the Honduran Peninsula and Swamp Island.
New images from Surveyor show the lunar bump is a 500 foot crest rising above the horizon. JPL scientists identify the feature as part of an ancient ghost crater about 60 miles wide in the Sea of Storms.
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