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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1966
Page
1
In Bombay a collision of two suburban passenger trains near Matunga station killed at least 57 people and injured about 100 as heavy rain disrupted signaling. Authorities say about 2,500 were aboard and many victims were women and school children. An immediate investigation is ordered.
Eighty three Bennington Catholic High School graduates heard commencement speaker Rev. Gerard Brennan urge them to carry their education into life by bringing Christ into the marketplace. Brennan, a U S Air Force captain chaplain stationed in Medford Massachusetts, was BCHS principal for six years until 1962 when Rev. Vincent Spinelli succeeded him.
Paul Feeley, renowned avant-garde artist and Bennington College teacher, died Friday afternoon at Memorial Hospital New York City of acute leukemia at age 55. He was celebrated for simple abstract forms and clear color in painting and later sculpture, with a career spanning the Tibor de Nagy and Betty Parsons galleries and a 1964 Kasmin London show. Feeley served as a U S Marine in World War II and drew on experiences in Japan Spain Greece and North Africa to forge a universal language of form. His works reside in major collections nationwide and influence younger artists through teaching and practice.
Extra squads patrolled after nightlong street fighting left a policeman and two others wounded, 13 others injured, three police cars damaged, and 36 arrests. Canine units, rocks and bottles sparked clashes near Damen and Division as officers and fire crews faced mob violence.
Gov. Philip H. Hoff urged a new partnership between public and private groups to meet society’s goals during Middlebury College commencement. He called for higher personal involvement and for universities to foster a questioning spirit among students preparing for citizenship. Several degrees were awarded, including two honorary doctorates.
Alfred J. Rau, 90, lecturer, writer, artist, and financier, died Sunday at Fairview Nursing Home after a long illness. Born in Nuremberg in 1875, he worked with Goldschmidt & Co in New York, advised Manchurian finance, published in Shanghai, and later painted and wrote. He moved to Arlington then Bennington, led the Bennington Forum and United Negro College Fund chapter, and authored The Candle of the Lord. Cremation in Troy, N.Y., private interment.
A Massachusetts youth died and two others were injured in a single vehicle crash on NY 2 west of NY 22 early Sunday. The car, traveling east, failed to negotiate a curve, left the road, hit a rock embankment and overturned. John A. Kolodziej 19 Sun derland MA died at the scene. Bryce D. Thomas 18 and Thomas S. Pacilorek 23, both of South Deerfield MA, were listed in fair condition at Samaritan Hospital Troy.
Page 3 reports arlington commencement exercises awarding 63 graduates with honors and citations.
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