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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1965
Page
2
UPI reports a mixed opening on Wall Street with steels mixed oils easing metals fractionally lower chemicals softer electronics mostly down motors steady and airlines lower. Lukens Steel fell 4 AR 34 points amid the early session volatility.
Fire officials searched the Harold Butler farm ruins after a Sunday blaze swept a large dairy barn. The Butlers saved 92 head of livestock but 36 000 bales of new hay were lost in the fire.
Addison Vermont UPI reports the state toll for the year rose to 75 after a Sunday crash in Addison killed Ernest D. Rogers 22 of Ferrisburg who rode in a car that struck a tree and overturned. Two others were seriously hurt. John A. Hagan 23 of Burlington the driver and Richard Larrow 23 of Vergennes were listed in critical condition at Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington.
Gov. Hoff praised Vermont Pacific Corp. for buying unused Bethel and Rochester plywood plants. The Bethel veneer plant, closed in March by Indian Head Plywood, will be rebuilt to produce heavy industrial veneers. It is expected to employ 35 people by mid July.
State Pathologist Dr Richard Woodruff said 29 year old Robert E Landry likely died of a heart attack before plunging from a 45 foot pole while assisting with lights at Pine Street Park. Autopsy at Mary Fletcher Hospital revealed severe coronary disease unknown to Landry. He suffered a fractured skull brain hemorrhage broken ribs and a punctured lung in the fall.
A 19-year-old Milton resident, Robert P. Jones, broke from Grand Isle County Jail June 20 and eluded police for a week. He called troopers from his mother's home Sunday and surrendered without a struggle. He faces charges of driving a car without the owner's consent and operating without a license.
Five year old Jeffrey Kerry Jones of Wyantskill died Saturday after riding his bicycle from a blind driveway into the path of a vehicle driven by Andrew Waterman 19 of Wyantskill. The accident occurred on a residential street near his home.
North Adams teachers face a new directive from the local school committee restricting public criticism of the board. The order, issued to 165 district staff late last week, was drafted by the committee but its rationale was not explained. The move aims to curb debate within the public school system.
Guatemala police investigate the suspected death of actor Steve Cochran whose decomposed body was found aboard his drifting yacht Rogue off Champerico. Three Mexicans including two teens were detained for questioning after claiming Cochran fell ill on June 3 and died ten days later while the vessel drifted at sea.
In Boston Mary Gardiner Jones of the Federal Trade Commission warned that extravagant advertising claims are conditioning consumers to disbelieve all claims. She said the intense sales competition has muddled and confused consumers.
Helen Keller marked her 85th birthday with a simple family gathering at her Easton Connecticut home. Surrounded by relatives and her housekeeper, Keller remains alert despite blindness and deafness from early life illness, enjoying cake, champagne, birds, and flowers in retirement with her companion dog Tinker.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont except Sundays and legal holidays. It is a Banner Publishing Corporation member of United Press International with exclusive rights to local news republication and all UPI dispatches.
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