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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1964
Page
2
More than 2,500 Odd Fellows from six New England states gathered in Burlington for their ninth annual meeting with Gov. Hoff reviewing a downtown parade. Rep. Robert Stafford attended Friday's banquet as guest.
In Albany, a 17 year old boy, Gary B Kennedy, used a bed sheet to hang himself while detained on a charge of attempted grand larceny. He was found Monday morning as inmates were awakened for breakfast. Kennedy had previously attempted to escape.
Albany County suffers severe drought with crops losing about $800,000 in hay. Agricultural Agent Norman Kidder notes no rain and no clouds. An application to release soil bank acreage for local farms has been filed as a relief effort.
Most Rev. Christopher J. Weldon announced plans for St Mary of the Assumption parish in Williamstown. A $400,000 drive funds a parish complex including daily chapel sacristy two story rectory overflow chapel and parish center. In nearby towns students outperform national averages on achievement tests with higher scores across reading vocabulary language work study and arithmetic.
New York stocks show narrow gains and losses at the opening with Delta Air Lines up 1 4 to 85, Pan American World Airways up 4 to 37, and American Smelting up 1 to 4814. Bethlehem Steel and Republic ease while Southern Pacific and Celanese slip. A Nottingham builder reports a customer returned 100 bricks borrowed 26 years ago for a temporary cold storage shed.
Coast Guard launches final Atlantic search off Long Island for Britt Sullivan missing since Sunday night during a solo attempt to swim from Montauk toward Europe and England. A former Navy Wave, she faced sharks, resumed after being pulled, in a suit with gear and markers.
Bermuda coast search for ten Air Force crewmen from two planes that collided while filming space rescue procedures. Seven survivors among 24 aboard and seven recovered bodies noted as rough seas and sharks hinder rescuers. Survivors named include MSgt C Tobert and T Sgts R C Brownley H E Monk plus S Sgt R S Weddel and Airmen T M White R A Martin and S Posy.
Newport Rhode Island producer George Wein says the Newport Jazz Festival has purchased rain insurance from Goodwater Inc. The policy covers 4000 dollars per hour of rainfall between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. over the four day event, costing 2000 dollars total. The festival has never canceled due to rain in ten years.
The $127,272 deathbed will of author Grace Metalious is upheld, cutting out her husband and three children in favor of British journalist John Rees. Probate Judge Carroll W. Stafford ruled the will valid as no evidence showed improper execution. Rees had renounced inheritance earlier, while her family plans an appeal. Her physician noted she remained mentally alert as a dying woman.
Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, on an unofficial visit, says he has invited President Johnson to visit Australia during its autumn season next year after talks in Washington.
A twin hull drilling ship with at least 42 aboard exploded and sank in 186 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard reported 27 survivors and two dead, with 13 still missing. Survivors were taken to Lakewood Hospital Morgan City. many badly burned. Rescue teams and ships from Grand Isle, Morgan City, Biloxi, and New Orleans joined the hunt.
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