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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1962
Page
2
Vermont jobless rolls rose sharply as 469 new workers filed for benefits, bringing insured claimants to 3 676. Initial claims jumped 45 percent to 920, while overall joblessness remained 616 below 1961 levels. Ten of eleven areas showed higher unemployment.
Chairman Roland Q. Seward announced the Vermont Development Board will ask the 1963 Legislature to approve about a $600000 annual operating budget for the next two years. The increase would fund expanded industrial development programs and enlarge the state's advertising budget.
Receipts from Vermont state-operated liquor stores totaled 3.6 million for the first quarter, with tax revenues rising five percent to 175 226 over the same period last year. The Liquor Control Board said the quarter yielded almost 900 000 to the state treasury.
New York voters head to the polls with Gov. Rockefeller seeking a larger margin over Democrat Robert Morgenthau. Analysts expect Rockefeller to win by 600,000 to 800,000 votes, while Democratic chair William H. McKeon forecasts Morgenthau by about 100,000.
The Troy Housing Authority seeks a rapid settlement after a labor dispute stopped construction on the $600,000 Griswold Heights housing addition. A picket by the Troy local of the International Electrical Workers, AFLCIO, protested ERA Electric Co. of Kingston hiring non recognized New Jersey locals.
Lake George State Comptroller Arthur Levitt, seeking re election as a Democrat, said county sales taxes are the most regressive, weighing hardest on those with limited means. He called for higher per capita aid to communities to remove the need for such taxes.
Berkshire selectmen plan further attempts to raise mobile home taxes in licensed trailer parks. They seek to lift the $4 monthly standard fee but report no Beacon Hill activity. In North Adams, police sharpshooters begin annual New England Pistol Revolver League matches with two teams of 10 at the local firing range.
North Adams fires report shows 380 alarms in the first ten months of 1962, up 94 from 1961, yet building fires fell to 65 from 67. Fire Chief Arthur A. Girard cites more grass and brush fires and more inhalator calls as reasons for the rise in total alarms. Campaign drive for United Community Fund reaches 107,334.97, topping the $106,916.24 goal by 418.73 with more donations expected.
North Adams voters participate in North Berkshire elections with a notable contest for the Second District Berkshire seat where Republican Edward S. Zelazo faces Democrat Paul De Gategno. The sheriff race pits North Adams native Charles Pevenick, Republican, against Williamstown Police Chief John D. Courtney, Democrat.
One million Connecticut voters faced a tight election as Abraham Ribicoff, a Kennedy supporter, ran against Rep. Horace Seely Brown Jr. for the Senate seat. Ribicoff highlighted a non rubber stamp pledge while Seely Brown accused his rival of shifting positions. Governors race included John N. Dempsey against John Alsop with six congressional seats debated amid a close forecast for party gains.
Boy Scout Troop 55 led by Paul Jones and Scoutmaster Robert Reynolds completed a second class hike in the Woodford Mountain area. Eleven scouts, including Tommy Crowe Allen Hollister Garry Jones Mike Welch John Rogers Gary Hamilton Bob Hoffman Bob Welch Mike Wilson and Benny Wilson, cooked meals meeting the badge requirements as snow fell atop the Long Trail.
The U S Weather Bureau foresees five days of below normal temps from Tuesday to Saturday in northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Expect 2 to 8 degrees below seasonal normals with cold midweek and a warming trend into Friday and Saturday.
Albany reports Republicans aim for a Rockefeller win by 800000 to 1000000 votes or more to boost his national prospects in 1964 while Morgenthau argues the race is turning. Javits also expected to defeat Donovan as Donvan negotiates with Cuba over invaders.
Actor director producer Robert Montgomery is convalescing at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York after an emergency operation Sunday to remove his gallbladder.
Ver mont Old Cemetery Association re elects Leon W. Dean of Burlington as president and John A. Benjamin of Vergennes as vice president at the fall meeting in East Charlotte. Rev Don H Sears becomes secretary and Mrs Charles D Townsend gains genealogist duties. Donald C Billings is named treasurer with Milo H Reynolds in charge of the slide collection. The Charlotte Grange hosts a meeting noting 350 plus members across 50 organizations.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and holidays at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont. It is a member of the Associated Press and reserves republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. Subscription rates are listed for mail within Vermont and elsewhere with various 3 month 6 month and 1 year terms and a servicemen discount.
About 300000 to 350000 Rhode Island residents vote in a hot election dominated by Governor Notte seeking a second term and Republican John Chafee. Congress seats go to Fernand St Germain vs R Butler and John Fogarty vs John Kennedy with issues on economy taxes and law enforcement highlighted.
The Harvard archaeologist widow Mrs. A Kingsley Porter left the university more than a million dollars in her will filed in Cambridge. She died at 86 on September 19 and left Harvard her Lowell home. The will also provides five thousand dollars to each of Adlai Stevenson III, Jr. and two other Stevenson descendants plus 168000 to relatives and friends. Harvard is to receive eleven hundred thousand dollars to endow a chair named the A Kingsley Porter professorship. The sum closely matches a recent 1.1 million gift from the Astor Foundation.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, seriously ill in New York, cannot vote today even by absentee ballot. A family spokesman said no absentee ballot was requested after she fell ill at the end of September and went to hospital. The 78 year old former First Lady is listed as resting quietly.
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