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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1962
Page
2
Georgia AP reports farmer John P. Finemann burned out for the second time in five months. A $15,000 fire last night destroyed a barn he bought in September, costing a tractor, milk tank and other equipment plus one calf. He previously lost a large barn last July in Swanton due to an electrical storm.
ST. ALBANS AP Sen elect Laurence W. Mike Hinds of Franklin County died yesterday at St. Albans Hospital after a heart attack. He was 59 and had served in the House since 1955 and won November 6 in his first Senate bid after defeating incumbent Mildred Brault in the Democratic primary. Funeral services will be held Sunday in St. Albans.
U S Sen Winston L Prouty of Vermont, out for over a month with a back ailment, refused to comment on speculation he will not run again in 1964. He underwent surgery to remove two ruptured spinal discs and returned to hospital on November 7 for further care. An aide had previously stated there was absolutely no doubt he would seek a second term.
In Burke Vermont Ralph Gaskell, a Democrat, topped Republican George Cahoon 166 to 131 after a runoff. The two had tied at 117 each in the Nov 6 voting, triggering the postballot rematch nine days later in the northern town.
Dr. Rupert Chittick, superintendent of the Vermont State Hospital, asks the 1963 Legislature for 300000 in additional yearly funds to hire more personnel at the Waterbury facility. He seeks money to house staff and to add nurses, physicians and psychiatric aides, and proposes selling hospital-made products with profits returning to a revolving fund for equipment purchases.
In Rensselaer County Court Judge DeForest Pitt reserved judgment on John G. Calkins after state psychiatrists and hired experts clashed over his mental ability to stand trial for the June 27 fatal shooting of Albany cab driver William Gallagher. Calkins, 46, of Averill Park, is indicted on murder charges.
A New York Supreme Court order to show cause blocked disciplinary actions against Sgt. Alfred F. Matuljak of Cobleskill. He was found guilty at a departmental hearing for firing a warning shot during two felony arrests and violating custody and order rules. A public hearing before Justice Russell G. Hunt will be held next Friday.
The New York Public Service Commission authorized railroads to retain the interstate fare component that previously funded taxes. Riders will pay the same base fares, while railroads keep the tax portion to bolster revenues.
Berkshire town committees will discuss but not touch Mount Greylock Regional School budget of 599,529 at a November 26 meeting. The plan includes teacher pay up to 9500 beyond master’s level, extended sick leave from 60 to 90 days, and potential half pay sabbaticals. Superintendent McDonald says increases add 3800 to the salary total. The Greylock schedule, the highest in the area, is blamed for teachers leaving to Williamstown.
President Eugene L. Freel said enrollment at North Adams State College will more than double in five years. Capacity is 475 full time students with current enrollment at 446, requiring about 5 million dollars for new buildings to meet the upcoming demand. He cited classroom shortages as the main future challenge.
Williams College trustees backed a plan to provide meals and housing for all fraternity members as well as nonaffiliates. Zeta Psi, Williams President John E Sawyer’s fraternity, approved a New York resolution supporting the trustees' policy.
The district has mailed letters to 99 residents outside its boundaries asking them to sign petitions for annexation of their territories. The district may extend water and street lighting services if a fed grant is approved to fund the extension project.
John C. Hitchcock named director of the Petersburg Pass ski school, the Taconic Trail area between Troy and Williamstown. He brings decades of ski teaching, writing, and patrol leadership from Berthoud Pass to Dutch Hill and Jiminy Peak, plus Alpine competition in Austria and three Winter Olympics coverage. Hitchcock plans fulltime staff, special courses, and Austrian technique as the base, with individual instruction focus. He is a Williams College graduate and has been North Adams bureau chief for the Springfield Union since 1961.
Akron Junior Chamber members checked 82 downtown clocks against Naval Observatory time signals. Thirty six clocks were off and tagged red. Accurate clocks received green tags, guiding passersby to dependably synchronized time.
Ted DeMarco lists numerous deer kills across Glastenbury Shaftsbury Manchester and surrounding towns with names such as Gage Green John Guile Oliver Harris Sr Albert A Willard Saul Miller William Sausville Jr Gary Lewis Mrs Albert France Lawrence J Szymczyk Ranson Jenks Jr Robert Cardimino James Falvey Robert Jablanski Joan Giroux Howard Brophy Burton Campney Raymond Carlson Walter Hayes Kennedy Hews Jr Francis McLaughlin Ken Stacy and others in early November statewide totals and locations. Town clerks Mary Hodeck Mrs Rachel Mason Clara May Hemenway and Ralph Fleming Jr report additional kills in Manchester Dorset Aldan Adams Pittsfield Conn Stratford and adjacent towns.
William Telford Sr of Eagle Bridge underwent an emergency operation at Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge on November 7. His condition is improving. Family updates and social visits include Hoag and Robertson relatives, with Joyce Hoag set to appear on Town and Country on November 18.
Vermont Secretary of State Howard E Armstrong calls for new procedures to protect ballots ahead of the January recount. He notes earlier informal shipping in 1958 with varied and unsealed containers and warns that security exists only once ballots reach Montpelier under lock and key.
Rutland reports Vermont Multiple Sclerosis Campaign has $9,500 this week toward a $13,000 target. Chairman Finley J. Shepard will urge county chairs and workers to boost efforts to secure the remaining $3,500. Of the goal, $5,200 goes to national funds for research and services, $7,800 stays with the Vermont Chapter, and the Patient Aid Program has a $4,000 appropriation. The annual meeting is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in Rutland.
Vermont hunters reported 6,517 deer killed in the first five days of a 16 day season, 846 more than the same period in 1961. Windsor County leads with 1,324 kills followed by Orange 1,113 and Rutland 885 among others.
Mrs. Ralph Washburn and her son Richard Powell of Marion Massachusetts were at their camp over the long weekend and closed it for the winter months. Peru Mabel E. Whitney Tel VA 4 6691.
About 15 members attended the Baptist Ladies Aid Society meeting led by Mrs. Louis Adams to plan the Christmas sale for December 5. Committees were named for fancy work gifts food aprons and more. The Women’s Association of the Congregational Church also met, receiving acknowledgments for Seoul and gifts to the Red Cross. Albert Robichaud spoke for the Lions on prescriptions of tomorrow at the Skyline Restaurant.
The Bennington Banner lists its mailing address at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont publishes daily except Sunday and legal holidays. It provides newsroom and advertising phone lines and notes AP membership and exclusive republication rights for local news from AP.
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