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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1964
Page
2
The Department of Employment Security will relocate part of its equipment records and 65 staff from the Redstone Building to the former Crossroads store on April 1. A two year lease at $400 per month was signed with Overseas Veterans Inc. The move includes the communications bureau due to space limits at Redstone.
The General Services Administration selects Barr Linde and Hubbard of Burlington for the Swanton Vermont border patrol headquarters. The one story flat roofed building will be stone with over 11000 square feet of floor space as announced by Vermont's congressional delegation.
Viggo A. Hendricks chief of the tax processing branch and Robert Woods head of the accounts and records division visit Burlington Vermont for one week to study the District Internal Revenue Office operation invited by the Internal Revenue Service.
Winooski Police Chief Joseph Sprano resigned after 15 years on the force in a hurried city council session. Mayor Edward Dupont appointed Capt. Donald Savard, a 13 year veteran, as temporary replacement. Separately, UVM debate team qualified for national championships at West Point joining Harvard and others.
Robert Bly a Newport High School junior was chosen president of the Vermont Association of Student Councils as its three day twelfth annual meeting concluded in South Burlington.
Windham College walking team has covered about 200 miles of a 260 mile planned trek to prove students are not soft. They spent Monday night in Woodstock, 60 miles from Putney, after starting last Thursday in Derby Line on the Canadian border with Athletic Director Edward Dorey overseeing the journey. In a earlier leg they walked from the Massachusetts Vermont state line to Brattleboro to show full state travel. Norwich University juniors depart for regional plant tours in Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts visiting Cone Automatic Machine Keene Miniature Bearings GE West Lynn and Brayton Point.
In Albany the Senate sent to Gov Rockefeller a Republican bill making parents financially responsible for their children's vandalism. The measure passed 38 to 19 amid Democratic opposition. In Troy three local hospitals earned national accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
The body of Dennis Zinzow, 13, missing since January 24, was found Monday in a small creek behind his South Bethlehem home. State police say the cause of death is under investigation.
A 143 foot WMNB tower on the Mohawk Trail summit enables a 6000 square mile broadcast area and was installed in 10 days by two men. In North Adams testing begins April 6 for underage children entering public kindergarten with Oct 1 birthday cutoff. Cassius Clay case draws draft board scrutiny as DoD reviews standards.
A 61 year old janitor Joseph Flaherty who lived near Plympton Elementary School is believed killed in a general alarm blaze that leveled the tinder dry 100 year old landmark. Police report he failed to return home or report to work and was last seen about 1 am by a taxi driver. Fire crews tore down walls to check for him as a 40 foot roof section ripped away and collapsed into the second floor and cellar narrowly missing firefighters.
The regional emergency planning coordinator briefed Windsor Caledonia and Franklin County officials on federal disaster aid. An initial 105000 dollars is available for bridges roads water systems and debris removal, with potential for a permanent bridge if completed within a year. Also mentions a school fire in Woburn and related damage.
Hartford Vermont reports a temporary White River bridge will be built to replace the washed out structure. The Miller Construction Co of Windsor bid $46 237 to replace the bridge, with the state Highway Department pledging a permanent replacement as soon as possible to restore river traffic.
The $10 million John F. Kennedy Library fund drive nears the halfway point after a Harvard Club dinner with Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Donations include Cardinal Cushing $100,000 and Red Sox owner Thomas Yawkey $50,000 plus others. Groundbreaking is expected in about a year on the Charles River shore.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. It lists contact numbers and AP affiliation. Home delivery options and mail subscription rates are provided for various regions and durations.
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