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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1963
Page
2
Special counsel John D. Carbine will meet Governor Hoff to discuss reviving service on the Rutland to Bellows Falls line. F Nelson Blount of Walpole New Hampshire proposes a five year arrangement where the Public Service Board owns the trackage and leases it to Blount’s firm. He expects 10 to 15 weeks to ready the route.
Dr Sidney Hook warned at Union College convocation that parochial schools are educationally and democratically unsound and could fuel religious prejudice if expanded. NYU philosophy head fearing Bible-reading ruling bolsters the system.
Massachusetts Governor's Council stalls action on William L. Putnam's appointment to the Mt. Greylock Tramway Authority after a heated TV attack by Councilor Sonny McDonough. Adams and North Adams groups seek a new nominee as Putnam cites indictments of two council members. Williams College trustees pledge over one million dollars toward a 175th anniversary fund as the college targets twenty five million. North Adams workers fix a 90 year old water main leak on Main Street using the make do ethic.
A mongrel named Chameli at the University of Oregon Medical School Farm gave birth to 14 puppies. Chameli had one kidney that had been removed and stored for eight hours before being returned, proving the organ's viability for pregnancy and birth.
The Senate approved a two-price dairy bill to curb milk surpluses with a 45 33 vote led by Sen William Proxmire D Wis. The bill moved to the House where lawmakers voiced dim prospects as the dairy industry weighs in.
Dr Olga Nestupska at a Royal Institute of Public Health conference urged lowering Britain's marriage age to 14 to curb teenage promiscuity. She cited Israel where 14 is allowed and illegitimacy fell. in Britain marriage at 16 requires parental or magistrate consent.
Montreal AP reports four St Lawrence ports' longshoremen, 3800 workers, called to meet for a noon session to study a settlement proposed by Judge Rene Lippe with ILA and Shipping Federation. If accepted, the week-old strike could end. details described as small changes to prior recommendations. Empress of Canada failed to sail upstream due to strike disruption despite a court injunction.
Boston AP President Kennedy will headline a sellout Democratic fundraising dinner on October 19 kickoff of the 1964 campaign. Governors Peabody Hoff and King join Democratic National Chairman Bailey in touting support and regional fundraising plans across states as Republicans schedule a rival event with Barry Goldwater.
Boston AP State Crime Commission chairman Alfred Gardner denies investigators tapped the telephone of Executive Councilor Patrick J. McDonough or anyone else. Gardner says a court order is required to tap lines and any tapping would follow the law. McDonough had charged the commission with tapping phones during a discussion of Gov. Endicott Peabody’s appointment to Mt. Greylock Tramway Authority. He cited an editorial praising the commission for investigations that led to indictments of two councilors. He noted an indictment is not a conviction.
Beagle Boukey owned by Dr and Mrs Schweikert will fly from Idlewild to Afghanistan to reunite with their children Roy Robert 10 and Violaye Lyn 7. The couple, formerly of Goddard College, have been in Afghanistan on an educational project, and Boukey will travel Saturday on a $150 ticket.
Washington D C coffee shop at 1658 Columbia Road NW known as Pot ter's House mixes nonreligious visitors with church members to discuss faith. Opened in 1960 by Rev. Gordon Cosby to resemble warm tavern fellowship, a concept explored in Elizabeth O'Connor's Call to Commitment.
The Bennington Banner lists newsroom and display advertising numbers 442-2800 and 442-2684 and notes daily publication at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont by the Banner Publishing Corporation. It confirms Associated Press rights for local news and AP dispatches and mentions home delivery by carrier.
Mrs Adelaide Hooker Marquand, 60, former wife of late author John P Marquand, was found dead in a bathtub at her Cambridge home on Reservoir Road. Police said death appeared natural and an autopsy would confirm the exact cause. She married Marquand in April 1937 and they divorced in 1958.
A 1962 insurance claims roundup highlights the car as a comic culprit. Incidents include a horse nibbling paint, a bull charging a car’s reflection, a tribal tavern crowd damaging a vehicle, a hitch causing a runaway impact, and a pelican snatching bait before release at Key West.
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