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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1962
Page
2
Democrats push for an independent audit to challenge Gov. Keyser's claim of a 900000 dollar year end cash balance. Hoff calls the surplus a monstrous hoax and urges a neutral review, while Anderson and Hoff criticize state cash accounting. Keyser challenges Hoff to specify tax plans.
Vermont plans a major modernization of a 7.5 mile section of U S 7 between Middlebury and Salisbury under its four year arterial highway program. Highway Commissioner Russell Holden notes the route has not been upgraded in over 20 years. The project includes smoothing several curves and building one new bridge.
AP reports roving wolves blamed for a cow’s death on a Colchester area farm after mangled remains were found. A farmers’ hunting party planned to pursue wolves in the hills outside Colchester, following sightings by a state policeman. Corporal Iverson said he saw a pack about 150 feet from his tractor while examining the cow remains.
In Springfield the Bryant Chucking Grinder Co plant rejected representation by Local 218 of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America in a national labor relations board election. The plant employs 333 workers and Bryant is a subsidiary of Ex-Cell-O Corp of Detroit.
In Troy last night officials announced the United Fund drive raised 521 098 dollars, surpassing the 521 037 dollar goal and supporting 38 social welfare health and recreational agencies in the area. In Schenectady, Marilyn Pellach 30 died from injuries after a car she rode in struck a concrete underpass on the Albany Schenectady Road. Her husband Rafael 31 was treated for cuts and bruises. their daughter Tamar 20 months also suffered minor injuries. Pellach was a native of Brooklyn.
Two veteran Air Force pilots Capt. Russell Johansen of Plainville Connecticut and Lt. Col. Carl Colson of Cocoa Florida were killed when their T33 trainer crashed in dense woods about 30 miles west of Kingston during a local training mission. The jet took off from Steward Air Force Base near Newburgh and the cause was not determined.
Two old Ashland Street dwellings in North Adams, not condemned, are being razed by a private crew. One building burned badly last spring. Both properties owned by Stanley Taskin. Meanwhile Mt Greylock Regional High School adopts a tentative 1963 net budget of 599 544, down 298 from 1962, with final adoption by December 1. Over time pay for McCann Memorial Vocational School custodians discussed. proposal of 2.75 per hour explored. Harriman Airport runway expansion eyed with 650 feet. funding requires city council approval for 8000 surplus transfer and 25000 bond, with surveys aimed before winter and engineering by April 1. Adams reports Utah Park City ski project loaned 1 232 000 by federal Area Redevelopment Administration. Greylock Tramway projected at 8 million with 400 direct and 4000 indirect jobs.
Robert Pickus national coordinator of Turn Toward Peace visits Bennington with a full day plan. He speaks at 8 p.m. at Bennington High School on Peace in This Nuclear Age Can We Get It. Early events include an informal coffee at Dorell Farm host F Ellwood Allen at 10 a.m. a taped WBTN interview at 11 30 a.m. and a noon bring your own sandwich session at Old Bennington Schoolhouse for questions about Turn Toward Peace.
The 171st Old Farmer's Almanac forecasts a notably chillier winter from November to April with above average snowfall. It also notes varied content from geomagnetic storm studies to poems and local profiles, highlighting cultural pieces and upcoming events across several states.
Three Vermont newspapers weighed candidates with two backing the full Republican ticket and a third endorsing two Democrats and two Republicans. The Rutland Herald praised incumbents Aiken Ford Keyser Foote, urging voters to judge progressiveness. The Times-Argus backed the Republican slate, praising Medicare and redevelopment while criticizing Hoff as noise. The Brattleboro Reformer endorsed Democrats Raynolds and Larrow, calling out Stafford’s smear tactics and defending Raynolds.
Miss Diane Carver daughter of Mr and Mrs David E Carver 126 Washington Ave. to marry Jan 19 was honored at a surprise personal shower Saturday night at her aunt Mrs Raymond Clifford 128 Washington Ave. Twenty five friends and relatives attended a pink and white gift basket and cakes reception was served. She will wed Leo Kellogg son of Mr and Mrs Frank Kellogg Minerva NY with guests from Kingston Hoosick Falls Minerva NY and Pittsfield MA.
Dade County officials plan a fall door-to-door check for unlicensed dogs after a county manager said only 20 to 30 percent of the city’s canines are licensed. The effort aims to fund the animal control program becoming self sustaining through additional revenue.
The Bennington Free Library offers 16 mm color Canadian travel films about Enamel art in Alchemy of fire, Family Fishing featuring Montreal sights, and Banff and Lake Louise aboard the Canadian train. Films run ~15 minutes, free to churches, schools, and groups. reservations via call 29051.
The Catholic Daughters of America will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday with a 6:30 p.m. supper hosted by co chairmen Mrs. Eleanor Harvey and Mrs. Ruth Holden. The 8 p.m. business session will follow. officers should confirm member attendance with Mrs. Loretta Amadon at 2 6654. Members are reminded to invest their $1 and contribute proceeds by the December meeting.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays at 425 Main St Vermont. It lists contact numbers for advertising and editorial offices and provides subscription rates by mail and motor route with regional pricing and serviceman discounts.
California agriculture officials note a vast range of elevations from 2716 feet below sea level to 14 498 feet above, with some commercial farming at up to 9 000 feet. They say areas experience winter and summer cold beyond Alaska in places and heat surpassing the Sahara in others.
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