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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1963
Page
2
Area residents weigh a federal Area Redevelopment Act designation for Grand Isle County with five towns voting on the recommendation. Senator Noel Viens backs the plan citing high unemployment and local economic decline worsened by railroad and dairy losses.
Three Atomic Energy Commission members support a $28.5 million plan for a private sector center in New Olean that would reclaim uranium from spent fuel. It could recover about 2,200 pounds of pure uranium for reactors and submarines.
Adams-Ewart Callahan defeats Fred J. Koczela and J Edward Godek for the vacated Berkshire selectman seat. Callahan 2321 votes to 1573 for Koczela and Godek, with 3924 total votes cast from 6866 registered voters. North Adams report notes low campaigning and no issues debated. Lawrence Vadnais Jr. from North Adams named a John Hay Fellow for humanities study in 1963-64 at Mt Greylock.
Ernest J. Scarpa of Lee testified before a Massachusetts House committee that he sold his Hancock Raceway stake in 1960 for 22000, a loss on a 47000 investment, after bids for racing dates failed repeatedly from 1957 to 1960. He said the Berkshire Fair was steered to Berkshire Downs Raceway to chase dates. Francis and Perry figures appear in the purchase and management shifts with Salvatore Rizzo owning 85 percent and Sinatra and Friedman holding the remainder.
A series of Social Recreation Leadership Workshops will be held March 11 and 19 in Montpelier. Co sponsored by the Vermont Federation of Women's Clubs and the State Board of Recreation the sessions target adult leaders from Scouts 4 H clubs schools and various organizations. Mrs Priscilla R Urner of Alexandria Virginia will conduct the workshops. The Southern Vermont meeting will be March 12 in Rutland from 3 to 5 pm and 7 30 to 9 30 pm with Rutland Recreation Department hosting at the Rutland Community Recreation Center.
Dr. Charles Furcolo testified in Suffolk Superior Court that Hancock Raceway officials falsified financial statements. An accountant testified the track is about 183000 in the hole with assets 1 213270 against liabilities of 1 400000. Furcolo said profits were claimed only in the track’s first year and questioned who supplied Mr. Rinebolt’s figures.
William G. Saltonstall 57 resigns as Phillips Exeter Academy principal after 17 years to become director of the Peace Corps program in Nigeria. The Saltonstall family has long ties to the school since 1796. his niece Suzannah Saltonstall is a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal and cousin Sally Saltonstall works at Peace Corps headquarters in Washington.
Moscow dispatch from AP via Tass states Bulgaria created Atrota bak cigarettes advertised as aromatic and harmless. The agency claims the product satisfies fastidious tastes and may aid ulcers asthma high blood pressure and other disorders with ongoing research into curative effects.
In court Furcolo battles to recover 50 shares of track stock claiming Charles R. Carson acted as a straw buyer. Carson says the stock belonged to him and sold it to Rizzo for 150000. Furcolo senior testifies he received no favors from his son and would have been removed if his link to the track group had been known.
On Town Meeting Day Vermont voters faced bond issues and mayoral contests in cities from Burlington to Montpelier. Major items included a $790,000 urban renewal proposal in Burlington and a $200,000 Montpelier sewage bond, with multiple mayoral races in Burlington Rutland Montpelier Winooski and Barre and local government questions on city manager form tax policy and redevelopment aid.
Dorothy Gish agrees to appear in Otto Preminger’s The Cardinal after a 17 year film hiatus. She will portray the mother of a young priest who ascends to high office. her last film was Centennial Summer directed by Preminger.
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sunday and holidays from 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. It is a member of the Associated Press which holds exclusive rights to local news republication and AP dispatches. The notice lists subscription rates by mail and motor route for Vermont and other U.S. destinations with special serviceman rates.
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