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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1964

Page

2

UVM Board Plans Search After Fey Resigns

Burlington report says UVM trustees meet Friday to form guidelines and philosophy for selecting the 18th president after John T. Fey resigns to lead the University of Wyoming. Vermont jobless claims drop to 3 961 last week with 4.6 percent of workers unemployed. Burlington leads in claims with 748.

Burlington UPI University of Vermont John T. Fey Robert M. Tracy Barre UVM Fey University of Wyoming Montpelier State Department of Employment Security Rutland Barre - Montpelier Bennington Springfield St. Johnsbury Newport St. Albans Vermont

Adams weighs housing project at special town meeting

Berkshire selectmen schedule a June 8 meeting at Adams Memorial High School to consider a housing authority and a 45 unit old age development under an urban renewal plan. If voters approve, planning can begin with no direct town cost.

Adams Selectmen Adams Memorial High School

Vermont education board slams press for undercoverage

Harold Raynolds chairman of the Vermont Board of Education criticizes news media for failing to provide adequate criticism and information on public education. He cites local boards clinging to “frills” like art and music and resistance to district consolidation. Attendees include editors from Bennington Banner Brattleboro Reformer Berkshire Eagle and others. Hollywood notes Walt Disney plans Merlin Jones sequel starring Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello.

Bellows Falls UPI State Board of Education Vermont Harold Raynolds Raynolds Bennington Lawrence K. Miller Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield Mass Bennington Banner Brattleboro Daily Reformer Keene, N.H. Sentinel Massachusetts The Eagle North Adams Transcript Greenfield) Recorder Gazette Hampshire Gazette Northampton Hollywood UPS Walt Disney Merlin Jones Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello

Stock Market Opens Firm Amid Mixed Moves Across Rail and Steel Stocks

New York shares begin moderately firm with gains and some declines. Rails rise with Chicago Rock Island and Louisville & Nashville posting gains while Pennsylvania and Chesapeake & Ohio hold steady. Industrials show mixed moves as U S Steel slips and Allied Chemical edges higher amid a broad trading session.

New York UPI New York Central Chesapeake & Ohio Pennsylvania Chicago Rock Island Louisville & Nashville Chicago & North Western Chrysler Ford American Motors Youngstown Bethlehem Steel U. S. Steel Jones & Laughlin Republic Steel Allied Chemical Eastman Kodak Interna Bus Interna Nickel Interna T&t Island Creek Coal Joy Mfg Kennecott Koppers ACF Industries Lehigh Pt Lone Star MGM Alco Monsanto Allegheny Montgomery Ward Motorola National Avia Allis Chalmers National Biscuit American Air American Cyan National Dairy American Metal National Gypsum American Motors North Western North Amer Avia American Optical Olin Mathieson American T & T Pan Amer WA Anaconda Armour Penney JC Atchison Penn Dixie Cem Penn Power Light AVC Corp Wy Pennsylvania Bobbie Erks Pittsburgh Glass I Pittsburgh Steel Boeing Pullman Canadian Pacific Pure Oil Delanese RCA Reading Railroad Coca Cola Yo Republic Steel Reynolds Metals Colgate Ve Richfield Collins R Cola Fir Sears Roebuck Socony Mobil Wy Coal Sperry Rand Consumw Standard Oil Ind Continental Can NJ Crucible Det Edis Ohio Dow Chemical Stewart Warner Swift Dupont Tennessee Gas East Air L Texaco Eastman Eaton M Ly Thompson Tiden Oil Erie Lack Timken Firestone Trans WA Ford Motor United Airc General Dynamics United States Rubber Vo I General Electric United States Steel General Foods Western Union General Motors Westing Air Goodyear Tire & Rule Westing Electric Grace WR Wheeling Steel Great A & P White Motor Greyhound Winn Dx Gulf Oil Woolworth Harbison Walker Vo Xerox Cp Hercules Powder G— Vy Vo Zenith Ingersoll Rand

Mayor Singles Out Gov Peabody’s Mother Over St Augustine Rift

In a TV interview St Augustine mayor Joseph Shelley said Massachusetts Gov Endicott Peabody’s elderly mother did irreparable harm to race relations by joining anti segregation protests this spring. He disputed Mrs Peabody’s claims of crumbling walls and insisted the city’s race relations have not deteriorated ahead of its 400th anniversary plan.

Washington UPI St. Augustine Fla Massachusetts Endicott Peabody Western Hemisphere Joseph Shelley Malcolm Peabody Shelley Peabody

Cub Scout Impressions From Boston Trip Travelogue

A Paterson New Jersey Cub Scout group visiting Massachusetts State House shares a boy's travel notes from the trip. The 99 year old lost notebook details Boston travel to a Navy base, visits to the Mass hall, aircraft sightings, bunk sleep arrangements, a blimp hangar description, and a final return to Boston with a city full of houses.

Boston UPI Paterson N.J Massachusetts State House United Press International State House

Figure in Subversive Probe Gets 1 Year

Hugo DeGregory a 49 year old Hudson office worker was sentenced to one year in jail for contempt of court after refusing to answer if he has been a Communist He plans to appeal to the state Supreme Court. He was released on $1000 bail and has appeared 14 times since 1954 in New Hampshire subversive activities proceedings.

Concord N.H UPI Hugo DeGregory Hudson DeGregory State Supreme Court Superior Court Martin Loughlin New Hampshire

Four Maine children die in Calais stove blast fire

A stove explosion sparked an upstairs fire in Calais killing David Corbett seven, Mark Anthony five, Tammey four, and Todd Michael one. Parents escaped. the father injured trying to save them, mother in shock. Horse saved from barn fire as roof collapsed.

Calais Maine UPI David Ross Corbett Mark Anthony Tammey Todd Michael Ross Corbett Milltown Corbett Todd

Bennington Banner Publication Details and Rates

The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. It lists contact numbers for Newsroom Advertising and Telephones and shows subscription rates by mail within Vermont and nationwide with special serviceman rates.

Bennington Banner Main St Bennington The Banner Publishing Corporation United Press UPI Vermont U.S

Boy dies from glue sniffing linked to model airplane glue

Portland Maine death is blamed on chronic inhalation of toxic model airplane glue by 12 year old Merle Dockendorff of Limerick over six to seven years. Doctors say glue exposure lowered his bone marrow reducing red and white blood cell production leading to fatigue anemia infections and death. Parents urged public awareness of glue hazards.

Portland Maine UPI Merle D. Dockendorff Limerick Keith A. Buzzell Dockendorff Osteopathic Hospital Kenneth W. Dockendorff

Ex Governor Del Sesto in Critical Condition After Heart Attack

Former Rhode Island governor Christopher Del Sesto, 57, is in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital after a severe heart attack. The 1958 to 1960 Republican leader collapsed Wednesday night in his Industrial Trust Co. law office.

Providence R.I UPI Christopher del Sesto Rhode Island Hospital del Sesto Industrial Trust Co

Woman Injured In Hospital Explosion At Jamaica Plain

A thermostatically controlled incubator exploded in a Veterans Administration Hospital room in Jamaica Plain injuring a visitor, Mrs. Jean Sullivan, with minor facial and leg lacerations. The patient Leo Sullivan and his wife Nancy were unhurt. Investigators from the hospital and fire department searched for a cause.

Boston Wpi Veterans Administration Hospital Jamaica Plain Jean Sullivan Leo Sullivan Roxbury Nancy

New Hampshire Editors Back Johnson in November

Twelve New Hampshire weekly editors say they believe President Johnson could carry the state in November over any Republican rival. In a Manchester column, editors from papers across the state express confidence Johnson would win in their areas. New Hampshire has traditionally backed the Republican candidate.

Manchester N.H UPI New Hampshire Johnson

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