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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1962
Page
2
Wallingford Vermont Republican State Chairman Roland G. Seward says Gov. F Ray Keyser Jr defeat reflected a personal issue not the party. He notes seven of eight top GOP candidates won and credits the party with strong showing while blaming turnout shortfall for Keyser’s defeat.
The Vermont highway department announced 34 construction projects totaling 11 million dollars were finished in the first third of the current fiscal year. The work covers 52.7 miles of roadway including 5 miles of interstate, with 15 interstate projects totaling 46 miles in progress.
Eleven year old Gary Thomas Wells died after apparently shooting himself in the temple with a .22 caliber revolver while in the kitchen of his Pittsford home. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Rutland Hospital.
Vermont's Senator George D. Aiken becomes ranking Republican when the 88th Congress convenes in January. He was re-elected to a fourth full term with a 40,000 vote margin after two senior Republican senators, Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin and Homer Capehart of Indiana, were defeated.
Gov elect Philip Hoff’s victory ends 108 years of Republican rule and makes him a national figure. Hoff declines national TV appearances, saying his focus remains on Vermont, unlike former Gov Keyser who sought media promotion to help tourism.
Montpelier AP Commissioner John V Woodhull said the board of Institutions and the Board of Mental Health will jointly urge creating a new Department of Mental Health to run all state mental health activities. An alternative is a separate Division of Mental Health within Institutions.
NAACP lawyers urged New York education officials to end racial imbalances in Glen Cove and Malverne by addressing gerrymandered districts that leave schools predominantly Negro. Albany Citizens Planning Committee received the initial redevelopment map from Charles Crangle and plans a quarterly progress publication.
About 200 professors and school administrators from colleges across New York state gather at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the Effective Teaching Conference. The event, organized by the state Department of Education and RPI’s Office of Institutional Research, focuses on using new technology to raise higher education quality.
Despite a Tuesday setback in support for the Berkshire town manager proposal, organizers plan to place the measure on the March Town Meeting ballot. More than 700 people did not vote on the question, yet promoters believe the reform still has a chance.
Lauris G. Treadway founder of the Treadway Inns chain was toasted at Williams Inn by about 40 Berk shire Innkeepers Association colleagues. A commemorative scroll was presented to him on Wednesday night.
Williamstown Pine Cobble School will serve as a national Secondary School Admission Test center on Saturday December 8. Mrs. Frederick C. Copeland, the school director, announced the event. The exams include a general school ability test and a reading test to assess arithmetic problem solving word usage and comprehension.
Rhode Island's governor race hinges on absentee ballots as final tallies diverge. The Providence Journal Bulletin shows Notte leading by 46 votes from 321000 total, while Chafee claims a 169 vote edge per Providence city figures. About 7000 ballots remain to be counted with rules delaying counting until after November 21.
A premature time bomb exploded near an automobile in Dorchester Boston injuring the car but not people. The blast aimed at Sidney Anderson an ex convict connected to the 1959 murder case of Albert Free land. Police found a timing device and dynamite caps and detained Anderson as a suspect.
Negotiators for the New York Daily News and the New York Newspaper Guild reached a new contract agreement subject to ratification by strikers. The accord followed a seven hour session and was announced by an aide of Secretary of Labor Wirtz, signaling a possible early end to a week-long strike.
Sid Caesar stars in Little Me portraying seven characters while the leading female role is shared by Virginia Martin and Nancy Andrews. The split showcases a fictional screen star’s rise and elder years.
Mrs. Catherine B. Symmes has joined the United Counseling Service of Bennington County as a part time psychiatric social worker to fill a vacancy since June. She is a New York City native with a Bennington College BA and an MSW from Hunter College Rabinowitz School.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and holidays at 425 Main St Vermont. It lists phone numbers for news room display advertising and the Bennington Banner office and provides subscription rates by mail and motor routes with various duration options and a 20 percent discount for servicemen.
Scientific reports linking cholesterol to heart attacks spur a fad of unsupervised dieting. Experts warn blood cholesterol must be measured by labs and diets must be precisely balanced across four food groups to avoid health risks. Long term studies are needed to prove any diet lowers mortality.
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