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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1965
Page
2
The Vermont Civil Defense Department gains 14500 dollars to purchase four miles of aluminum piping for stockpiling to deliver water during emergencies. Droughts in recent summers prompted use of pumped water to farming counties.
Vermont Senate to review a resolution urging the state delegation to oppose a federal bill prohibiting mail order firearm sales. Sponsored by Sen. Noel Viens and Sen. Donald Smith, the measure denounces the proposed limits as severe and unreasonable for reputable citizens. The Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs backs the resolve.
Burlington report from three state legislators on the 1965 general assembly session to date. Sen Harold Raynolds D Windsor County and Rep Emory Hebard R Glover and Rep Sanborn Partridge R Proctor slated to speak at the Vermont League of Women Voters annual meeting.
Albany reports a 47 to 9 Senate margin moving to end capital punishment with Assembly action anticipated as excellent by Richard J. Bartlett. Gov Rockefeller avoids a stand but notes the bill would allow electric chair for guard or police killings while priests or rabbis would face life in prison under the measure. A spring festival in North Troy May 22 features Pocassett Indian Dancers German Youth Band Punch and Judy Ukranian Dancers.
Williamstown Berkshire Prospect Lounge hosts a public talk at 7 30 p m with speaker John W Jackson of West Point Mississippi a businessman civic leader and anti poverty program coordinator for central counties in Mississippi The talk is sponsored by the chapel board Newman Club Williams lecture committee Civil Rights committee political science and religion departments and the Williams town Associated Ministers.
Dr. Norman B. McWilliams of Williams town is named medical consultant for North Adams Hospital’s building program. He has practiced medicine in the area for more than forty years.
Connecticut Air National Guard officers Captain Carl E. Beck of East Granby and Second Lieutenant Robert E. Raeder of Millbrook were killed when their E-100F jet fighter crashed into woods near New Marlboro. The aircraft disintegrated on impact. Raeder’s wife Mary Bell Raeder witnessed the crash, with Raeder’s grandmother-in-law, Mrs. J. Macy Willets, living on Cassilis Farm. Beck had taught in Danbury before joining ANG in August, Raeder had served since 1963 and earned his pilot’s rating last October.
New York stock prices opened mixed amid moderate trading. Motors stayed firm with Chrysler up 1 to 52 percent, Ford up 1 to 59 percent, and General Motors up 1 to 107 1/4. Bethlehem Steel rose while U S Steel fell 4 to 51 3/4 and Motorola slipped 1 1/2 to 130 1/4.
More than 200 students and faculty from Vermont and New Hampshire colleges will attend a 14 hour teach in at Goddard College starting at 1 30 p.m. The event links 100 colleges via closed circuit to discuss Viet Nam with Johnson administration spokesmen. Key figures include McGeorge Bundy and Dr George Kahin with Vermont and regional faculty panelists. Registration is 1 dollar for faculty and 75 cents for students.
Senator Norris Cotton warns the 89th Congress risks becoming a rubber stamp as he cites the 700 million Viet Nam emergency appropriation backing his view. He notes overwhelming votes yet argues opposition is essential in a democracy. Meanwhile, film crew for Arabesque places a cardboard mail box prop at Waterloo Station and is treated by passersby as real mail.
Five dangerous escapers from Waterbury State Hospital, including two convicted murderers, fled Monday night. Three were captured at a Hardwick roadblock after luring attendants and driving off in a staff car. two surrendered in Richmond, saying they were tired of running.
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