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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1963
Page
3
The union school presents a Q and A on transportation costs. It explains the budget is grounded in past experience of Union Board members who set up and run the rural district transport system, supporting a planned 3.3 percent share of operating costs.
Sister Hilary of Sacred Heart School urged Parishioners at a Bennington supper to view sacrifice as a life strength. She warned against overprotecting children and emphasized the purpose of parochial education to preserve the faith, with questions from parents answered and a gift given in appreciation. The next St Anne meeting is March 13 and Community Sunday is March 17.
Green Acres 4-H club met March 2 at the Bruso home with five members and two visitors Richard Vallee was welcomed as a new member. After roll call a flag purchase was proposed and the order to be mailed by Clarence Decker. Unit 3 of the automotive project demonstrated safe and unsafe ways to pass another car using model cars by Robert Carpenter and Bruce Bruso. A mock accident featured Decker as violator and Fred Wilkins as trooper. Leon Jacobs of the National Riflemen's Association explained firearms safety classes starting March 9 at 1 pm in the armory with a hoped-for state police presence at the April 6 meeting at 9:30 am.
Benhi's freshman class held a record hop Saturday from eight to eleven p m in the school multi purpose room. Paula Hoyt served as Chairman for the dance and a Decoration Committee included Evelyn Hathaway Charles Hier Peggy Kennedy and Henry Van Orman. Diane Hanson Steve Mattison Cheryl Preston and James Shea were on the Ticket Committee. Pat Arrison Janice Burt Diane LeBlanc and Linda Mattison on Refreshment Committee. Joe Allard Charles Harvey Bruce Howe and Pete Lanfair on Clean up Committee. Mrs Mary Louise Plumb Mr and Mrs Robert Howe and Mr and Mrs David S Jareckie were chaperons.
The Screen Producers Guild honored Irving Berlin with its Milestone Award at a Hollywood ceremony. The 75-year-old composer thanked organizers and presidents John F. Kennedy Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower sent greetings. Berlin sang God Bless America during the event.
Four Birmingham Airmen killed during the 1961 Cuba invasion left widows in Birmingham and Nashville who receive $225 every two weeks from a trust fund set up by their employer. Bankers Trust Co. of New York handles the payments, which continue until remarriage, while the exact account remains undisclosed. Attorneys say the fund was created for surviving spouses of the Central American anti Castro operation linked men.
Governor George Romney of Michigan stated he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1964. He told reporters while presenting Detroit's bid for the 1964 Republican National Convention that his focus remains on Michigan's problems and not on future campaigns beyond 1964.
A Stratosphere II balloon mission reported infrared evidence of water vapor and carbon dioxide on Mars. The preliminary analysis says life would be marginal at best depending on water content. astronomers led by Dr Martin Schwartzchild of Princeton recovered the 30 foot telescope after the high altitude flight launched near Palestine Texas and landed 10 miles north of Pulaski Tennessee.
Tokyo AP reports Communist China accuses U S leaders of cowing before Maoist theory that the United States is a paper tiger. The Red Flag journal mocks those fearing the enemy and lauds Soviet policy amid tensions over Khrushchev and the Cuban crisis.
Johannesburg critics note two New York comedies in the current stage season. Sunday in New York stars Marylou de Guingand, while Come Blow Your Horn features Sarah Sylvia Gordon Mulholland and Faival Zygelbaum, enjoying strong box office.
Senator Norris Cotton proposed a bill to allocate 1 percent of each state's federal income tax receipts to education. He argued the plan avoids religious and racial objections to federal aid, gives states control with no strings, and requires no new bureaucracy. The estimate suggests $460 million nationally and about $1.2 million for New Hampshire.
Municipal Court in Bennington sentences Nelson A. Barney 18 to Weeks School for remaining minority after probation violations. He also receives fines and jail terms for three traffic offenses. The court orders two sentences concurrent. Additional pleas include Lawrence Anderson 60 Peru for careless driving and Tyrone Gaudette 19 North Bennington for license suspension driving. Bail set for William Murphy and Gerald Bartell. car theft case involves Bennington Village Police.
Two road productions of A Man for All Seasons are planned for next season in New York. Sponsors Robert Whitehead and Roger Stevens will send one company on a national tour of major cities, and a second troupe will visit smaller communities.
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