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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1962
Page
2
Public Service Board Commissioner John D. Paterson reports no substantial progress after talks with New York Power Authority officials over cutbacks in Vermont’s St. Lawrence project energy. NY claimed they can cut Vermont to 70 percent of peak load, while Paterson hopes last winter’s 30 percent allocation will not recur.
Two University of Vermont men James E. Bugbee 21 Bellows Falls and Howard M. Solomon 20 Bayside along with Solomon’s date Judith Zola 20 White Meadow Lake N J were killed in a two car collision near Montreal. Two Quebec youths were injured.
Waterbury AP reports 23 year old mental patient John Shoaf from West Haven escaped by leaping from the second floor of Waterbury State Hospital. A 17 state manhunt focuses on the Waterbury area after witnesses sighted him over the weekend. He wore only a shirt pants and one shoe when he fled into the woods Thursday.
A new course for 30 machine tool operators will open at Troy High School under the Manpower Development and Training Act with federal approval and Troy Board of Education cooperation. The class begins November 26, runs 16 weeks, totaling 30 hours per week. The Troy budget of 5.7 million, includes a 1.68 tax rate increase over 36.40, presented by Mayor Neil W. Kelleher to the Common Council.
Forty year old man abducted Truman Benz, 14, at gunpoint near Menands. The boy was driven in his father Ryan Renz’s station wagon to Watervliet where he was ordered out and the kidnapper fled with the car. The abandoned vehicle was found later in Cohoes.
Berkshire residents weigh town manager form on ballot No. 5 after a 1960 study committee chaired by Frank J. Kruszna. The proposal gained state approval and reaches voters March 20 1961 amid community debate.
President Kennedy plans to vote in Boston for Ted Kennedy and depart for Washington. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. platform appearances and polls show Ted favored but Lodge calls it a horse race. The fight spans Kennedy and Lodge families with contests for governor, Congress, and a new state legislature as Massachusetts eyes a close election.
The icebreaker Glacier led a five ship convoy from Lyttelton bound for McMurdo Sound, schedule to reach the U S Antarctic base November 12. Poor weather blocks flights from New Zealand to the Antarctic.
Birmingham based Rocky Ridge grammar school officials faced a potential problem as four sets of twins registered for the fall term. To reduce mix ups they assigned each twin to different classrooms, hoping to ease confusion for teachers and students.
The Vermont Development Department will sponsor an Industrial Development Seminar on December 8 at Woodstock to align local and state efforts. Gov. F. Ray Keyser Jr. will open the event, the first of its kind in Vermont, with discussions of case studies and new methods that have attracted new industries to the state. Other speakers include VDD Commissioner Roland R. Vautour and VDB Chairman Roland Q. Seward.
The Bennington Banner lists home delivery by carrier at 7 cents per day. Subscription options include mail within 50 mile radius and Vermont prices for 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year, plus motor route rates. Rates for elsewhere in the US and servicemen discounts are also noted.
The Fall Christian Education Conference in Burlington uses You as a Christian as its theme. Sponsored by the Women of the Episcopal Church, it is open to all. Rev. Roswell O. Moore of Christ Church Exeter will lead. Registration begins 1 15 p m Wednesday at Rock Point School. Three workshops will run: You as a Christian in your family, You as a Christian in your daily job, and You as a Christian in your neighborhood and community.
The Army conducted a successful test shot at White Sands Missile Range New Mexico of the fast firing Sergeant missile. The weapon will be in overseas troops hands early next year and met all test objectives. It can propel a nuclear warhead about 75 miles.
A new healing substance called Bio-Dyne used in Preparation H suppositories and ointment reportedly shrinks hemorrhoids, relieves itching, and eases pain without surgery. Case results claim actual reduction while easing discomfort.
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