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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1964
Page
2
Around Vermont Goddard College begins classes with 295 students from 32 states and seven countries. Admissions estimates 25 transfer students. The experimental college grants BA degrees and runs a two month winter work term between fall and spring semesters. Students disperse nationwide and internationally for varied work during this term.
The Greater Vermont Association and the Vermont Farm and Labor Council with the Arts and Crafts Service present Vermonts largest wholesale craft show at Green Mountain Park Club House Pownal from March 3 to April 1. Bennington County participants include Charmion Rhodes Arlington needlework David Gil Bennington Potters Marlene Walsh Affington knitting Tom Weakley Highland Candles East Arlington candies. Swanton residents lose water after a flood valve break cuts 3000 from supply. National Guard assists while repairs occur near Interstate Highway construction by the Missisquoi River.
Vermont highways added two fatalities over the weekend raising the yearly death toll to 23. Leonard Doody Jr., 23, of Keene New Hampshire, died near Guilford when his car sideswiped a guardrail, a companion was critically injured. Leon Gross, 29, of Burlington, perished when his car struck a bridge in Essex.
Randolph McNamara a 21 year old Middlebury College student is in satisfactory condition at a Burlington hospital after being struck by a spinning airplane propeller. State police say he and Bristol Airport Manager Levi Sturdevant taxied a plane around the field, then McNamara stepped out and was hit as he approached the front of the aircraft.
The State Colleges Board announced bid invitations for two dormitories and a dining hall at Castleton State College, a dormitory at Johnson State College, and a dormitory and dining hall at Lyndon State College. Construction is to be completed by fall 1965 with emphasis on Vermont contractor participation.
In Petersburgh New York an elderly woman Theresa M Palmer 75 is found dead after neighbors report her home had 25 hungry dogs that blocked state police from entering Saturday noon. Police say she likely died Thursday bread scraps on the doorstep led a bakery salesman to call and prompt investigation. Nearby Albany Gov Rockefeller met Assembly Speaker Carlino and Senate Leader Mahoney to discuss education aid in a two hour session signaling potential moves to increase state aid despite prior revenue concerns.
Mayor Francis C. Florini asks North Adams City Council to create a special commission under state law to study and address problems faced by the city's aging population. The panel would oversee programs for the elderly.
Rockefeller enters final hours of the New Hampshire primary staging a stronger, still-underdog bid. He vows to aim for a plurality of one and tours 4000 miles of the state while facing Goldwater and Lodge as Nixon looms in the field.
undecided Republican voters in New Hampshire shape a tight primary race with Goldwater Rockefeller Lodge Nixon among contenders. The outcome hinges on final ballots as rivals position for June California payoff and party leaders seek momentum amid a crowded field. In Georgia Catoosa County Democrats ban speeches for March 10 primary candidates.
Malcolm X announces defection from the Nation of Islam in New York to lead an independent mosque pushing active self defense against white supremacists. He says he remains Muslim and will work among America's 22 million non Muslim Negroes while advising Muslims to stay with Elijah Muhammad. He rules out Cassius Clay joining his new organization.
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for its Newsroom Advertising and general information. It notes publication days, address at 425 Main Street Bennington VT, and subscription rates for local and national delivery with special servicemen rates.
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