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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1965
Page
2
The editor of the American Scholar Dr Hiram Haydn began a three day stay at the University of Vermont as Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. He will lecture Thursday night on the humanities in 1984 and previously served as executive secretary of Phi Beta Kappa the national liberal arts honor society.
Rep Charles O Greene 62 D St Albans was stricken with a heart attack after a House session Tuesday. He was reported resting comfortably at Heaton Hospital and described as improving after Tuesday night being in fairly good condition. His nurses said he was improving today.
Gov. Philip H Hoff signed four bills in Montpelier, approving a food stamp pilot for Franklin, Grand Isle and Lamoille counties with fraud penalties, transferring Pittsford tuberculosis sanatorium to health, and enabling Springfield to require leashed dogs. The Social Action Committee backed a House resolve urging federal civil rights action in Alabama.
Chester A. Cleveland, 33, of Morrisville, remained in serious condition at Mary Fletcher Hospital after an accidental self inflicted 22 caliber rifle shot. He underwent emergency surgery Sunday night and was placed in the special care unit as doctors reported the bullet nearly passed through his body.
ST JOHNSBURY residents seek word from Fairbanks Morse Scale Co on a proposed new scale plant to replace the aging operation. After promising offerings of funds and a 133 year old facility, the company delays the project due to ongoing delays in New York and has postponed the decision month by month.
Springfield pattern making at Jones and Lamson Waterbury-Farrell has been sold to the O'Brien Co of Providence Rhode Island. Eight men are employed in the shop and production will continue in Springfield.
Albany reports the state assembly will weigh two Senate approved bills allowing regents scholarships to be used outside New York. Gov Rockefeller is expected to veto if they pass. The measures, one with 14 sponsors, faced Republican opposition in the Senate. Rochester notes Porter Homer, longtime city manager who guided Rochester through last summer’s riots, will become Dade County Florida manager May 1. His Rochester duties include drafting the 1965-66 budget and delivering a final riots report.
In North Adams the East School project trails two to three weeks behind, but architects Freeman French Freeman assert the 12 room Greylock addition will be ready for classes next September. In Pittsfield Bishop Weldon tours St Luke's Hospital urging facility expansion to serve the community. Williams College raises room and board for 1965 66 by 50 dollars each, keeping small group living in campus houses.
New York prices show firm early trading with notable moves. Companies such as Allied Chemical, Bethlehem Steel, U.S. Steel, and Jones & Laughlin advance, while Republic and IBM slip and RCA drops. Volume remains moderate as many blue chips post small gains or declines.
London authorities detained British Army sergeant Peter S. Allen, 33, attached to the War Office, after he was arrested Tuesday on charges of passing secrets useful to an enemy. He appeared in court for about a minute and was ordered held for further investigation.
The Bennington Banner lists telephone numbers for business news newsroom and advertising. It is published daily except Sunday and legal holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. Subscription rates are 50 mile radius Vermont 3 months 6.30 6 months 11.70 1 year 22.50. Outside Vermont 3 months 7.00 6 months 13.00 1 year. Second class postage paid Bennington Vermont.
Boston students picketed the Federal Building urging federal intervention in Alabama. About 100 more from other cities joined in Washington after leaving Brandeis and downtown Boston. SNCC member Claude Weaver said eastern cities would converge to protest racial violence and seek federal troops to maintain order.
NASA marked the 39th anniversary of Robert H. Goddard's first liquid fueled rocket with a space age demonstration honoring the Worcester native. Officials and space leaders joined Goddard's widow in Worcester as President Johnson proclaimed Goddard Day.
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