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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1965

Page

1

Brandon Man Dead Mistaken For a Bear

SHREWSBURY VI A 25 year old Brandon man was shot to death by a hunter who mistook him for a bear. James Wesley Giddings was accidentally shot by Billy R Johnson of Rutland in a wooded area. The regional medical examiner said Giddings was shot in the chest with a high powered hunting rifle and died instantly.

Shrewsbury UPI Brandon James Wesley Giddings Billy R. Johnson Rutland William Powers Giddings

Ky Vows New Society For Viet Nam

Gen Ky announces a government shakeup to create a new society in South Viet Nam with a rural reform ministry led by Brig Gen Nguyen Huu Co. He says the war is won and peasants will gain from social revolution as U.S. pilots report another two aircraft shot down over North Vietnam, raising total Viet Nam losses since August 1964 to 621.

Saigon UPI Nguyen Cao Ky Viet Nam Defense Nguyen Huu Co of War and South Viet Nam U.S North Viet Nam Ninh Binh Hanoi

Sukarno Reported Safe Army Leadership Shifts

Tokyo radio said Sukarno was toppled by a palace guard council and placed in custody before Nasution crushed the coup. A 45 man army leadership council led by Maj Gen Suharto claimed control as calm urged. The broadcast claimed Indonesia had been liberated and Sukarno and Nasution safe, though uncertainty remained about Nasution.

Tokyo UPI Radio Jakarta Sukarno Abdul Haris Nasution Armed Forces Indonesia Nasution Shuharto Washington CIA U.S

Mt Anthony Union Board Rejects Double Sessions Plan

The Mt Anthony Union School Board met in executive session and decided no double sessions will be held in area high schools next school year. It reaffirmed plans to take over administration of grades 7 through 12 in the union district by July 1 and will arrange use of existing facilities with other school boards for next year.

Mt. Anthony Union School Union Union High School Marian Taylor Bennington South Supervisory Union Board Mt. Anthony 3Ennington High School

Troy Record Executive Dies at 50

Walter J. Kane, 50, vice president and treasurer of The Troy Record Co. and business manager of The Record Newspapers, died suddenly of a heart attack at his Green Island home. Kane joined in 1946, became business manager in 1954, director and treasurer in 1962, and vice president in 1963, coming a week after Frank L. York’s death.

Troy Walter J. Kane Troy Record Co Record Newspapers Frank L. York Kane Green Island Trey Record Co

Lockheed Wins C5A Contract For Giant Air Transport

Lockheed won a $2 billion Air Force contract to build the C5A jet transport. The Marietta, Georgia plant will produce a plane capable of carrying 600 troops or 250,000 pounds of cargo, with a civilian version possible for 700 passengers. Analysts expect Boeing to develop the fastest companion aircraft, the LST, and note potential low operating costs could drop transcontinental fares to about $50 and transatlantic fares to around $75.

Washington UPI Lockheed Aircraft Boeing Air Force Lockheed Boeing Co Douglas Aircraft Marietta

LBJ to Sign Immigration Bill Near Statue of Liberty

President Johnson will sign the immigration reform bill outdoors near Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor. The measure ends the national origins quota and establishes a world quota of 170000 annual immigrants with a 120000 cap from the Western Hemisphere, as Moyers notes. Johnson will fly to New York, stay overnight, and meet Pope Paul VI.

Washington UPI Johnson White House Bedloe’s Island New York Harbor New York Pope Paul VI Bill D. Moyers Statute of Liberty Sen Ted Kennedy Sen. Kennedy

Vermont Army Reserve units dissolved amid Viet Nam plan

Washington announced the Pentagon plan to dissolve 751 Army Reserve units including six infantry divisions to field 135,000 National Guard and 15,000 organized Reserve members. Vermont’s Fifth Howitzer Battalion and 618 Transportation Company were dissolved, while the 131st Engineer Company and 146th Transportation Detachment were placed on increased readiness.

Washington Organized Army Reserve Pentagon Viet Nam Defense Robert S. McNamara Army Reserve National Guard George D. Aiken R-Vt Vermont Aiken 131St Engineer Winooski 146Th Transportation Montpelier McNamara

Editorial Attacks Crowded Fund Drives in Bennington

Inside page four an editorial criticizes the proliferation of fund drives in Bennington. On page five the Mt Anthony Union School Board and the Bennington Little League reach a settlement. Page six notes county forest landowners receiving tree farm awards.

Bennington Mt. Anthony Union County Forest Owners Tree Farm

U S Stays Quiet Over Indonesian Government Upheaval

U S officials offered no immediate comment on a reported coup in Indonesia allegedly backed by the CIA. Indonesian radio claimed a planned takeover prompted arrests of generals and a new revolutionary council formation. State Department staff reviewed puzzling reports during the night.

Washington UPI United States U.S Central Intelligence Agency CIA Revolutionary Council State Department

Educators Memorials Planned in New Mt Anthony School

Mt Anthony Union School Board approved naming parts of the new union school to honor four educators killed in a plane crash on Mendow Mountain on Sept. 20. Spinelli Field bears Rev Vincent J Spinelli C S C. Kates Gymnasium honors Ralf S Kates. Walker-Morgan Auditorium honors W Philip Walker and James H Morgan. family approvals awaited.

New School New Union School Mt. Anthony Union Spinelli Rev Vincent J. Spinelli C.S.C Kates Ralf S. Kates Union School Walker-Morgan W. Philip Walker Molly Stark James H. Morgan Ford Foundation Mendow Mountain

Wage Hearings Set On Vermont Minimum Hikes Oct 7

The Vermont Industrial Relations Department will hold a mandatory public hearing on October 7 in Montpelier to consider proposed changes to the states minimum wage law. The reforms aim to raise wages for laundry and dry cleaning workers to 1.25, apprentices to 1.10, and reduce apprenticeship periods while tightening deductions for meals and rooms.

Industrial Relations Department Louis Lavin Philip H. Hoff

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