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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1963
Page
3
Britain’s former confidence man Stanley Rowe delivered flowers and a note of thanks to Wandsworth prison saying their support helped him turn honest. Rowe, 41, credited the jail for guiding him toward his longest period of freedom.
In Providence Rhode Island signs bearing Merry Christmas in Lithuanian and Greek begin to appear in downtown as city workers place messages. Appeals for Rhode Island's United Fund drive will cover the greetings later and be removed after the campaign ends in late November.
The U S Weather Bureau expects a five day period from Tuesday to Saturday with average temperatures near seasonal normals. Cooler days Tuesday and Wednesday, then little change. Precipitation likely total between one and five tenths of an inch with scattered showers Tuesday and again Friday or Saturday.
A non Soviet source says a world conference of Communist parties will be convened soon with likely expulsion of China from the movement. Moscow will probably call it, with invited supporters including Albania North Korea Japan and New Zealand. If China attends they may oppose the program and expulsion steps would start amid broad backing for Russia.
The Strategic Air Command and North American Air Defense Command will run Top Rung I on October 11 over the Eastern Seaboard and northeastern Canada. Bombers tankers and B58 Hustlers will operate from outside the U.S. with supersonic speeds and brief overflights. NORAD interceptors will practice tracking and interception as the first northern region exercise of this type.
In Ellsworth Kansas an AP report notes conflicting mileage signs. One sign reads Lyons 25 miles while a Lyons sign claims Ellsworth is 27 miles away highlighting a navigational mix up.
A satirical Washington AP column imagines a defense plan with a full civilian and military support system. The spoofed dialogue jokes about cost, logistics, family moves, schools, housing, and morale, ending with a quip on an elaborate golf course.
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