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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1962
Page
1
More showers and cloudy skies with scattered snow flurries or showers tonight and tomorrow. Low temperatures tonight in the upper 20s, with little change expected tomorrow.
Western sources say the United States and Britain abandon Kennedy’s idea for an international on the spot inspection system to curb Soviet secret nuclear tests. Rusk and Home favor limited spot checks in known testing areas as talks continue ahead of the 17 nation disarmament conference.
Six year old Donna Hathaway of 86 Oakes Street was blown by high winds into the side of a passing 1960 Ford sedan driven by Ronald Hall of Hoosick Falls near Broad Brook Press on Main Street around 3 PM. Police report minor injuries with no serious harm.
President Kennedy formally sent a 4.8785 billion foreign aid request to Congress for fiscal year 1963. He insists every dollar is essential to combat communism and chaos abroad, urging hearings begin Wednesday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
A weekend storm delivering wind heavy snow sleet and rain knocked out phone service and disrupted power across southwestern Vermont and neighboring Massachusetts and New York. CVPS crews rushed from Rutland Chester and Windsor to restore lines. The longest outage lasted 92 hours in Manchester from Monday afternoon to early today.
A weekend storm battered Bennington with gale winds up to 80 mph bringing rain sleet and snow. Eight CVPS crews fought outages while repairs continued with nine hours of restoration. No serious injuries or fires were reported as police managed downed wires and debris with generators in use.
In Hoosick Falls the wind storm toppled the old Colasta Building on Mechanic Street, damaging the roof and wall. The two story brick structure, owned by Specialty Insulation Manufacturing Co Inc Simco, was being torn down to become a one story facility. A Simco spokesman said renovation plans are pending Kenneth Lester the wrecking contractor is on vacation in Florida. Power lines were briefly knocked out and a fire alarm sounded before service was restored. The World War II era building housed plastic manufacturing and finishing processes.
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