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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1965
Page
2
State Highway Commissioner Russell Holden reports last fiscal year road maintenance totaled 6.8 million dollars with 35 percent spent in winter. The state spent an additional 400 thousand dollars versus the prior year due to winter upkeep and litterbugs consumed about 112 thousand dollars, roughly 1.6 percent of the total budget.
The $2.1 million Harwood Union High School broke ground on a 30 acre site in Duxbury. Named for Dr. Charles Harwood of Waterbury a physician who pioneered hypnosis in medicine Mrs Harwood and Dr Rupert Spencer of the state Education Department performed the ceremonial shovel. The school will serve 750 students in grades 7 through 12.
A liturgical conference is underway at Roman Catholic St Michael's College in Winooski Park. Lectures and workshops run today and Tuesday as the event continues after beginning Sunday.
The Vermont Welcome and Information Center on Interstate 91 in Brattleboro will be dedicated Wednesday with Gov. Philip H. Hoff leading a delegation of state officials. Construction of the new center is expected to start before snow flies and it will be the first of its kind on Vermont’s portion of the interstate system.
A 13 year old Winooski girl remained in serious condition at Mary Fletcher Hospital after being struck on Main Street by a hit run driver. Police chased the suspect from Winooski toMontpelier over 40 miles as a youth followed honking his horn and the driver fled.Montpelier police searched for a 1962 white Oldsmobile hardtop convertible.
In New York Troy Henry Mantell 52 and his son Henry Jr 28 suffered back injuries when a single engine plane made an emergency landing in a rough field near Red Hook. Passenger John Romeo was uninjured. The pair were taken to Albany Medical Center with satisfactory conditions. state police cited engine failure.
James E. Sloan and John J. Purcell announce that Arthur Levitt will be the principal speaker at the Rensselaer County Democratic pre election dinner at Crooked Lake Hotel on October 25. Sloan notes Levitt, as state chief fiscal officer for 12 years, warns against an irresponsible budget policy that would raise taxes.
Arsenal Watervliet wins final approval for a $161000 water distribution rehab and a $31713000 wastewater treatment plant to curb Hudson River pollution. Both projects, led by the NY District Corps of Engineers, start early next spring.
Dr. Charles R. Keller former Williams College professor and John Hay Fellowship director will be cited by Williston Academy in Easthampton on October 17 for outstanding service to secondary education in the United States. Dr. Fred H. Stocking, chairman of Williams College English, was among the nominees.
ADAM IS a beauty salon in Adams reports at least ten male customers from nearby towns seeking Beatle or Californian hair styles and says it serviced one young man. Men reportedly refuse the regular rates, hindering business.
A Maine survey shows colleges largely ban contraceptive pills for unmarried women. University of Maine Nassan Bates say doctors do not prescribe pills except in pre marital counseling when marriage is imminent. Dr Graves notes pills may be prescribed for counseling and few pregnancies occurred last year.
Boston UPI Hoffa president of the Teamsters Union says the Justice Department has reduced harassment since Sen Robert F Kennedy left the department Kennedy was attorney general during Hoffas jury tampering and related prosecutions Hoffa calls Kennedy a publicity seeker and personal vendetta pursuer He spoke before a regional Teamsters meeting with tracking company reps from New England
Boston pastor Rev. Dr. Jack Mendelsohn harshly criticizes the U S attorney general as disgraceful for not sending a federal observer to the Hayneville Alabama Coleman trial. He denounces the verdict as justice compromised and urges an immediate DOJ shake up amid racial tensions and past civil rights killings.
The Bennington Banner lists contact phones for business news and advertising at 442-6300, 442-2800, and 442-2684. It notes publication daily except Sundays and holidays from 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201 and provides subscription rates for Vermont and nationwide locations.
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