Deadline Approaches for Junkyard Licensing in Town
Junkyard operators outside the village in town must obtain state license by July 1 to comply with Vermont law. Selectmen cite license authority and enforcement powers under the statute, requiring junkyards to be kept out of public view where topography and buildings permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selectmen
Vermont
First
Leon R. Eldred
Eldred
Bennington Village
John H. Williams II
Williams
R. Marshall Witten
Fire Insurance Rates See Shifts Across Building Classes
NEFIRA filed a 15 page report with 104 recommendations for fire protection improvements. Rate changes hinge on construction type occupancy and fire protection ratings from A to F for residential and 1 to 10 for commercial. Bennington Village holds C and G ratings. upgrades could lower base rates while declined services may raise them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nefira
Bennington
Rating Association
Bennington Village
Profumo resigns amid false denial and royal audience confusion
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan faces a political shock as John Profumo resigns after admitting he lied to Parliament about his relationship with Christine Keeler. Labor leaders warn of grave risks of Soviet blackmail while a Buckingham Palace audience signals ongoing duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Profumo
Macmillan
House of Commons
Miss Keeler
Valerie Hobson
Buckingham Palace
Commons
Elizabeth
Governor backs streamlining plan for mental health department
Hoff discusses a consolidation proposal with the governor aiming to create a mental health department. He notes duplicating personnel but provides no job cut or savings estimates. Lt. Gov. Foote endorses the bill and Hoff will support a rewritten version potentially delaying full setup by one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Kearns Jr
Hoff
Senate
Ralph A. Foote
Buddhists pursue freedom of religion in South Viet Nam
Monks demand religious and social justice aims in South Viet Nam's Buddhist movement. They vow non violent fight until victory while American diplomats warn a government collapse could plunge the country into chaos with the Viet Cong likely to seize power. U.S. officials refuse to deploy troops or let the Vietnamese army use U.S. air transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Hue
Rescue Squad Opens To Women Members In Bennington
The Bennington Rescue Squad voted to admit women as members joining the all male unit. The budget for the coming year totals about 5000 dollars with major items including equipment 900 dollars ambulance operation 520 dollars and building rental 2300 dollars. Vice President Edward Gardner announced fundraising letters have been sent to area plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Hoosick
N.Y
Edward Gardner
Army Reserve Battery B Begins Summer Camp at Camp Drum
Battery B of the Fifth Howitzer Battalion opens its 15 day summer field maneuvers at Camp Drum New York. Under WO Frederick Williams of North Adams MA the unit departs from the local restaurant for 7 30 am trucks. Captain Virginio Perrotta and 1st Sgt William Carroll have moved ahead to establish camp HQ and arrange bedding and supplies as the unit shifts from quartermaster to artillery training focusing on aiming and firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Camp Drum
N.Y
Frederick Williams
North Adams
Mass
Virginio N. Perrotta
William C. Carroll
Vermont Senate Confirms Cummings Bank Commissioner
The Vermont Senate confirmed attorney Robert E. Cummings Jr. of Bennington as the new Banking and Insurance commissioner, succeeding Albert D. Pingree. Other nominations approved included trustees for Vermont State Colleges and University of Vermont boards, plus Forests and Parks Board appointees.
Myron McDonald Celebrates 82nd Birthday in Shaftsbury
Friends and relatives honor Myron McDonald of South Shaftsbury on his 82nd birthday. A retiree from Eagle Square Mfg. Co, he and wife Lena have lived in Shaftsbury 58 years. He received a gold watch at retirement. They have nine living children Georgianna Mary Cora Ava Elizabeth Charles John Lester Fred. 14 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Myron McDonald
South Shaftsbury
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
McDonald
Lena
Eagle Square
Georgianna
Mary
Cora
Ava
Elizabeth
Charles
John
Lester
Fred
Free Admission Lifts Attendance at Vermont Race Track
Pownal Green Mountain Park reported sharp attendance and betting gains after adopting free admission. Thursday draws reached 3,122 attendees and $133,482 wagered, roughly double weekday figures but below daily goals. Next week brings a 430 p.m. twilight start on weekdays. Saturdays and holidays stay 2 p.m. starts. A North Bennington parking incident injured a car when struck by a stake bed truck driven by Paul Rivard Sr. and owned by Olin's Feed Store. car owner John LaFontaine. Damages estimated at $40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Green Mountain Park
North Bennington
Paul L. Rivard Sr
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Olin
County St
John J. LaFontaine
LeBlanc Ave
Berkshire Town Rejects Track Sign
LEE MASS Green Mountain Park race track in Pownal Vermont failed to win approval for a directional sign. James Wolfe of North Bennington proposed a 4 by 8 billboard directing motorists to the track, but the Lee Board of Selectmen rejected the request saying the track is not in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Mass
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Lee Board of Selectmen
James Wolfe
North Bennington
The
Selectmen
Rt. 7
Wolfe
Page 1 PLC
Vermont
Pittsfield
Springfield
Hard Nose
Berkshire Downs
Massachusetts
Smith
Cuba Poland swap science exchange planned through 1968
Poland and Cuba agree to swap scientists and information with Cuban scholars studying in Warsaw for a year while Polish researchers lecture and work in Cuba. The program runs through 1968 and aims to boost scientific collaboration between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Cuba
Hospital Notes and Births for Bennington Area
Admissions include Nina Flanders Jennifer and Pamela Viereck and others in Bennington and Arlington. Discharges list Master Joseph McLenahan and others. Births note a Wilmington couple’s son born June 6 and a Utica NY birth to Robert P Cullinan and Jeanne Shanahan, with familial ties to Bennington and Shaftsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Flanders
Jennifer
Pamela Viereck
North Bennington
Tommy Cross
Arlington
Anna Towslee
Diane Whitney
Anna Jordan
Bennington
Faxton Hospital
Utica
N.Y
Robert P. Cullinan
Cullinan
Jeanne Marie Shanahan
William T. Shanahan
Hunt Street
Herman Cullinan
Shaftsbury
Bennington BCHS Baccalaureate Urges Justice and Charity
Bennington Catholic High School honors 68 seniors at a Baccalaureate Mass in St. Francis de Sales Church. Rev Ambrose Burke of Williamstown urges graduates to live by justice and charity, guided by love of God and neighbor, aiming to reach their best. Class Night plans include scholastic and athletic awards and announcements of college scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Catholic High School
Ambrose Burke
Williamstown
Mass
Father Burke
St. Francis de Sales Church
Leo Gorman
C.S.C
Anthony Brackett
Donald Whipple
BCHS
Conclave to Elect Pope John XXIII's Successor Scheduled
Cardinal Mindszenty remains in the U S legation in Budapest as cardinals gather in Rome for the interim church administration. The College of Cardinals rose from 32 to 35 members at daily meetings as it plans its conclave opening June 19 and voting June 20.
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Westchurch
Rome
College of Cardinals
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
U.S
Legation
Vatican
Hungary
Mindszenty
Pope John
Bennington Briefs and Upcoming School and Local Notices
Bennington daily notes visitors Col John B Scott and Mrs Scott of Birmingham Michigan have returned home after visiting Mrs Scotts parents in Bennington. Local schools set final days with several ending June 12 and others June 14 including graduation at Bennington High School with ticketed entry only. VFW Auxiliary meets Tuesday at 8 pm. awards given for state history and Carnegie contest prizes announced. Massachusetts National Guard convoy travels to Camp Drum New York.
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John B. Scott
Birmingham, Mich
Scott
Arthur Rickert
Gage Street
Bennington Southwest
North Bennington
North Pownal
Woodford Hollow
Pownal Center
Oak Hills
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Greater Bennington
North Bennington High
Bennington High School
VFW
North Street
Helen Hall
Marion Charest
Vermont
Massachusetts National Guard
Bennington
Camp Drum
N.Y
Bennington court fines two defendants in separate cases
Municipal Court judge fined Francis J. Carter 25.10 dollars after he pleaded guilty to failing to stop at a stop sign on Vermont 67A in Shaftsbury. Robert J. Nolet received a 30 day jail sentence suspended and probation after pleading guilty to illegally possessing beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Carter
North Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Carter
Atty. R. Marshall] Witten
Shaftsbury
Robert J. Nolet
Dorset
Bennington County
Fienberg
Nolet
Daniel Holland
Scouts Plan Rain Dance at La Junta High Field
Ti Koshares, a group of Boy Scouts studying Indian tribal dances, announce a special rain dance at La Junta High School football field on Sunday. If weather turns inclement, the dance will move to the college gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Junta
Colo
Koshares
Bennington officials blame misread memo for mistaken bill
Two Bennington Village trustees admit a procedural error caused a memo from Fire Chief Richard Hollister to be mistaken as a bill for services during the Veterans of Foreign Wars parade policing. The note listed 16 firemen and three hours each, but was meant as a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Fire Department
Henry Mallory
David Carver
Richard Hollister
Hollister
Mallory
Edward L. Silver
Silver
Carver
Lawmakers Consider Reapportionment Shift In Senate
During a summer special session the plan would remove two seats from Addison and Orleans counties, reducing their counts to two each. Support came from Senate leaders Dunham Cook and Delaney, while Eastman and Lawson opposed. A second bill would extend the current Senate apportionment for two more years before the Dec. 31 expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chittenden
Addison
Orleans
Marshall J. Dunham
D - Franklin
George W. F. Cook
Rutland
Charles L. Delaney
Irving Eastman
George Lawson
Senate
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Wallace Mook
Jay Crozier
Buckler
Army Reserve
Cummings Bank
Berkshire Town
Joseph McLenahan
John Tomlinson
Thomas Dimke
Teresa Borden
Frank Macumber
Lensey Cole
Wilmington
Lou Smith
Jane Dailey
M. J. Dailey
Grandview St
Jane Leahey
Maynard Leahey
Sal Man
Terrence Dermody
Marcel Lettre
William Haynes
Vincent J. Spinelli
Bennington Briefs
Dale Carnegie
Henry McLenahan
Dean Mertrude
Robert Myers
Nicholas Carbonaro
Esperance Ratelle
Johnsonville, N.Y
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge, N.Y
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J.C. Armstrong
M.E. Rudd Co
South St
ADV
Coolidge Avenue
Ideal Family Home
Eve A
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Walker
James B. Gibney
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
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