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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1966
Page
1
In Warsaw a Roman Catholic celebration Sunday night spiraled into an anti government demonstration. Police clashed with protesters as tensions rose during the event in the Polish capital.
Vermont governor race dispute widens as Hayes assails Snelling for opposing the highway program funded largely by state money. Hayes calls the plan long overdue and essential, arguing federal funds will not cover all needs and GOP credit should follow good legislation.
A large crowd endured broiling sun as Bennington area exhibitors won nearly all prizes in the four Morgan horse classes at the fifth annual Bennington Catholic High School Horse Show. The event featured spectators watching Morgan horse competition with top trophy awarded as the highlight of the day.
At the Vermont Bankers Association annual session in Manchester National Life Insurance Co. of Montpelier offered to finance residential loans for Vermont buyers if the bank recommends the applicant and would fund the loan. Terms include up to 25,000 dollars, 6 percent interest, 75 percent loan-to-value, and a 20 year maximum. The program aims to cooperate with banks without competing.
Senator Thomas J. Dodd requests the Senate Ethics Committee bar Senator Wallace F. Bennett from judging him amid misconduct charges. Dodd's lawyer accuses Bennett of bias. chair John C. Stennis rejects the disqualification request as hearings resume with Dodd and his wife to testify on the Klein matter.
Frances F. Gibney of 234 North Street withdraws from the Bennington School District board race to accept a nursing school appointment in Hanover New Hampshire. She had 12 years as a district nurse and cites the need to earn a living while noting unfair treatment by the merger’s joint board over a critical personnel matter.
Columnist Alan Sophrin applauds a commencement speech as Hoosick Falls Central School graduates a class of 70. Arlington gains approvals for additions to Fisher Elementary School, advancing district plans.
French President Charles de Gaulle nears the end of a 5,000 mile swing through the Soviet Union. Crowds cheered him in Leningrad where he attended Mass and laid a wreath at the World War II memorial. He witnessed two rocket launches at Baikonur and planned visits to Kiev and Volgograd before returning to Moscow.
James Merediths Mississippi march culminated in a four hour trek from Tougaloo College to the state capital where about 15 000 people gathered for Negro freedom. The event, marked by tense exchanges and heavy trooper presence, boosted Negro registration and voting strength in Mississippi.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard ends 165 years of operation with a noon ceremony, the Defense Department order to close 291 acres, and about 9,500 workers affected. Notable ships built include the Arizona, Missouri, Bon Homme Richard, Independence, Constitution, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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