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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1963
Page
2
In Burlington, C. E. Dunton a 32 year veteran sea captain and newly elected co-chair of a Vermont New York committee argues the Champlain Waterway will harm Vermont. He cites pollution, navigational difficulty, and little economic gain, claiming 278 members soon grew to about 400.
Troy detectives arrested Dennis M. McClenaghan and Maryland D. Tyson after a rapid investigation into the Friday morning Pleasantdale restaurant robbery. Both, 27 and 28, were arraigned Saturday and jailed on first degree robbery charges awaiting grand jury action. The victims included waitress Helen J. Case, 40, of Village Inn. Separately Albany judge Melvin Osterman faces trial on obstruction allegations tied to a State Liquor Authority investigation.
The article details the 1962 63 fiscal outlays for mental health agencies and the Division of Mental Health, with 1963 64 budgets set at 265 000 but only 227 000 funded by the state. It notes Gov Hoff’s hold the line stance and warns several agencies may need service cuts without increased state support. It cites local funding gaps and the impact on operations and psychiatric consultation.
A CH 3B helicopter from Otis AFB starts a transatlantic hop to Le Bourget France with three captains aboard. The 3511 mile route, altered to shorten by 500 miles, aims for about twelve to fourteen hours of flight time across Iceland Scotland and from Otis to Le Bourget.
The United World Federalists at their 17th General Assembly approve a resolution supporting Kennedy's nuclear test ban treaty and call for Communist China to join disarmament talks. They reject an amendment favoring Red China’s entry into the United Nations. Elected officers include Paul W. Walter of Cleveland as president and A H Parker Jr of Boston as vice president.
Harvard University plans to donate a two acre lot near the Harvard Business School as the site for the Kennedy Library housing the president’s official papers. The Brighton Boston site lies across Soldiers Field Road from the Charles River and was touched by Kennedy on a Boston visit May 11.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont except Sundays and legal holidays. It is a member of The Banner Publishing Corporation and the Associated Press with AP dispatches exclusive rights for republication.
Norfolk University announces Joel Barlow of Washington will give the commencement address at the 144th graduation exercises on June 9. Barlow is a Norwich trustee, Covington Burling partner, George Washington University lecturer, and director of the U S Chamber of Commerce, chairing its taxation committee.
Rep. Robert T. Stafford warned taxes will not be cut as much as Kennedy sought and few reforms will be adopted. He told a Rutland service club that most taxpayers demand spending cuts alongside any tax relief and that the nation’s debt and government controls worry the public.
Washington AP reports how New England members of Congress voted on recent roll calls. Inter national coffee agreement ratification passed 69 to 20 with Aiken Dodd Kennedy McIntyre Muskie Pastore Pell Prouty Ribicoff Saltonstall and Cotton voting for. Kennedy abstained as not voting on the act. A separate bill to repeal the Silver Purchase Act passed 68 to 10 with the same pattern of supporters. Kennedy did not vote. No other major roll calls noted in the House.
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