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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1963
Page
2
Gov Phillip H Hoff announced the Agricultural Conference will be held Friday in the House of Representatives. Vermont farmers will meet him to discuss state agricultural problems with a focus on the dairy industry's decline.
Highway Commissioner Russell A. Holden ordered field crews to wear protective hard hats with employee name insignias and a Vermont silhouette. Flag men directing traffic must wear bright red safety vests. In St Albans a Franklin County jury awarded Milton and Marjorie Smith $38,250 in a land damage suit against the state highway department over property along U.S. 7 and a motel under construction.
Rev Roger MacDonald from Rutland reports from Williamstown North Carolina where he joined a civil rights protest. He walked with two Negroes when a truck swerved into the wrong lane and narrowly passed over their former position. The minister said he did not see the truck but a companion shoved him aside.
Morrisville AP reports preliminary construction started and a dedication today for SOS Children's Village the first of its kind in the United States. Vermont children needing long term care will live in family like homes led by a mother with a structured foundation drive to follow in spring led by state director Frank J. Lo Sasso of Barre.
In the week ending November 9, 731 Vermonters filed first unemployment claims, down 36 from the prior week. Total unemployed rose to 4,403, up 111 from the prior week. Weeks of unemployment claimed reached 3,672, up 147. Women filed 53 percent of the claims.
Troy Housing Authority unveiled a 21 story circular exterior model for elderly housing with bids due around February. Albany State University seeks 140 million for its 30 units and 12.7 million for 28 community colleges in budget estimates, up 40 percent. Troy former city manager Joseph M. Mitchell says he applied for city manager post, part of a large field.
In Adams the number of active milk pasteurization plants has fallen to five after suspensions in recent years. Vincent St Hilaire of Sunlite Dairy has halted pasteurization in Adams, now moved to North Adams. NORTH ADAMS plans to discuss a library addition with architects. the main library remains at Monument Square. Representatives from Freeman-French-Freeman of Burlington will meet the board Tuesday night.
A collision 10 miles off Cape Cod between the Norwegian freighter Fernview and the coastal tanker Dynafuel left Dynafuel sinking with all crew rescued to the Fernview. Coast Guard cutters General Greene Leguere and White Sage, plus aircraft, responded. Flames aboard the Dynafuel and a fire on the Fernview were brought under control. Fernview was en route to Boston with cargo from the East Indies.
Honolulu AP report says Mormon Bishop John H. Vandenberg objects to a twist at the Latter Day Saints College of Hawaii but approves the Tahitian shimmy and traditional Hawaiian Fijian Tongan and Maori dances at the Polynesian Institute event.
The Navy ordered two units after tests of a Raytheon pilot showing a Doppler shift based sonar system. The device emits sonar in four directions and a compact computer analyzes echo frequency changes to drive a pen on a navigation chart indicating the ship’s course.
AP reports Chief Justice Earl Warren rejected a House proposal to inscribe In God We Trust above the Supreme Court bench. South Carolina Democrat Robert Ashmore led the bill, citing the court’s decor should not be altered for beauty, while Warren argued ornaments must follow original plans.
Providence AP report notes 15 year old Chris Schumann born without arms is the regular place kicker for Classical High School. President Kennedy sent a letter praising his determination and value to the team after a touchdown.
Federal milk market administrator Richard D. Aplin announced that Boston area producers will receive 31 cents more per hundredweight in October, with the blended price at 5.04 a hundredweight. Springfield Worcester and southeastern New England regions also report higher per hundredweight rates for 3.7 percent butterfat.
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