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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1963
Page
2
Edward F. Crane of Burlington has been chosen president at the Vermont Children's Aid Society 44th annual meeting. He succeeds Dr. Bennett C. Douglass after 10 years. The group reported 278 children receiving major casework services, a rise of 50 from the prior year, with 63 in foster care and 55 in adoptive homes.
Lyndon Center trustees vote to fund a 700000 project adding a new gymnasium and auditorium and remodeling the Institute building Groundbreaking is set for next spring Middlebury College to inaugurate Dr James I Armstrong as 12th president with guests from 19 colleges and 39 other institutions Gov Hoff Lt Gov Foote attend Rickover to speak on education at UVM lecture series after dinner with Burlington Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Vermont
Pittsford man Sherwood A. Delong, 24, pulled Wesley M. Rowlee, 37, from the river after a collision sent their car into the Black River in Proctorsville. Rowlee suffered severe fractures and a concussion. his wife Evelyn, 33, and eight month old Dawn escaped injury, with John Canfield aiding the rescue and first aid. The truck driver John J. Mooney, 48, of North Weymouth, Mass., escaped serious injury. Burlington brief notes Vermont University polls elect four presidents for 1963-64 with George Fraser and Don Chioffi among the winners and a list of class officers.
About 120 geologists from Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia plus the United States and Canada will study the southern Taconic region in eastern New York and potential water sources in Rensselaer County near Bennington on November 16 and 17. The two day field trip, led by Dr. John Bird of Averill Park, aligns with the Geological Society of America anniversary events in New York City November 17 to 20.
The Greater North Adams Chamber of Commerce reports a festival profit of 842 dollars added to the chamber’s operating fund after costs exceeding 11 thousand dollars. In Adams, Bernard A. Bissaillon pleaded guilty in District Court to two counts of willful and malicious destruction of Post Office property and five patrons’ property. Bail set at 1000 dollars and case continued for Post Office inspectors’ investigation. In Pittsfield, a Federal Small Business Administration foreclosure sale ends Berkshire Street Railway Co. The buyer, Grossman & Sons of Boston led by Sidney Grossman, paid 91000 dollars for the car barn and East Street offices to store goods and support a future industry. Milon Rhodes of Schenectady bought seven operable buses.
Citizens Utilities Co. of Stamford Connecticut has been licensed to operate hydroelectric facilities on the Clyde River near Newport Rhode Island. The major back‑dated license extends from June 1, 1956 to 1993 and follows an examiner’s finding filed August 29. Fishing interests in northern...
Montpelier AP Vermont Republican state committee executive secretary P. Adams, 71, will remain in his post for two additional years after previously signaling resignation. Since taking the role nearly five years ago, Adams has led fundraising dinners and produced the Vermont Hand book and the Monthly Vermont Republican to boost campaign dollars. Previously he served as assistant to the administrator of Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington and as executive secretary of the Bennington County Industrial Corporation. The article notes controversy over unlicensed power facilities on the Clyde and the typical practice of issuing a 50-year license for such projects, with dams built between 1900 and 1928 covered by the license.
Senator George D. Aiken urged Vermont farmers to diversify land use by merging farming with recreation or industry when advantageous. Speaking at the Vermont Farm Bureau banquet, he warned against hastily reverting land to brush and noted federal programs to aid diversification in conservation, water resources, and credit facilities.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine weighs a 1964 presidential bid to offer Republicans a third option. An announcement is likely at a December 5 speech to the Women’s National Press Club. She would enter only direct ballots in primaries like New Hampshire March 10, avoiding delegate slate contests.
A 26 mile segment of the abandoned Rutland Railway between Ogdensburg and Norwood is expected to be sold before week’s end. The track sells to the Ogdensburg Port and Terminal Authority for 700000 dollars. Rutland Railway president William S. Ginsburg said VP Lloyd Bucklin is in Ogdensburg to finalize the sale.
The Bennington Banner provides daily local news and AP dispatches with home delivery options. Subscriptions within Vermont cover 3 months to 1 year at varying rates, including special servicemen rates, with nationwide options available.
More than 100 detectives search Boston Cambridge and Somerville for 21-year-old ex convict Nicholas R Yasaian tied to a noon hour jewelry store holdup. Det George T Holmes 41 was killed in the line of duty near shoppers. Ramoska 24 captured and jailed on suspicion of murder. two guns recovered. Holmes had helped solve the Daniella Saunders case and was praised by Police Commissioner McNamara.
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