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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1962
Page
5
St. Joseph Business College will stage its 35th commencement at 8 p.m. Sunday in the Bennington Catholic High School auditorium. The graduating class comprises 24 students, the largest in the college’s history.
A Shaftsbury area mother, Mrs. Justin E. Mamis, leads Women’s Strike for Peace efforts from local roots to international action. She spoke of disarmament aims, Geneva protests, and plans to visit Accra, Ghana, as part of a broader peace mission with 3500 women marching to the United Nations.
Luella Hennessey quits her 11 year post as head nurse with Walpole Visiting Nurse Association at President Kennedy’s request to provide full time care for Joseph P. Kennedy who is recuperating in New York after a stroke. Hennessey has served the Kennedy family for 24 years and helped deliver 18 of the 19 Kennedy babies.
The article recalls the 1862 fall of Corinth to Union forces on May 30 and related Union advances in the West. It notes Memphis occupation on June 6 after a gunboat battle and cites Beauregard’s withdrawal, Halleck’s cautious pursuit, and Grant’s demoralization before Sherman urged him to stay. Includes biographical note on Wilson of Rockport and redevelopment themes.
Syracuse New York AP reports Cornell is the pick of a majority of coaches to win the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championship this Saturday. Cornell was favored in 1960 and 1961 but California under rookie coach Jim Lemmon won the honors both years.
Vietnamese forces with U S helicopters hunted Communist guerrillas for a second day in a 40 mile arc north of Saigon. The operation destroyed a large food depot and captured five Communist vehicles with light casualties reported. A Nashua, New Hampshire sergeant died of wounds from a mortar attack during a separate mission near the Laotian border. Additionally four liaison agents were captured south of Saigon and a night patrol near Long Thuong reported a guerrilla killed.
Washington AP reports the House approved a bill to raise the debt ceiling to 308 billion dollars with Democratic lawmakers Roland Burke Daddario Giaimo Lane Macdonald Monagan O Neill St Germain Bates Conte Garland Keith Morse Seely Brown Sibal Stafford Tupyer voting for. Kowalski recorded for but not voting while McIntire recorded against but not voting.
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