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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1965
Page
2
Residents of Groton Ryegate and Wells River will get a new $700000 union elementary high school after a move to rescind a Yes vote failed. Voters returned the proposal with 83 percent turnout and a narrow 436 to 107 approval.
Gov Hoff opened the second annual Consumer Day Conference at the University of Vermont outlining Vermont consumer problems. Rev McEwen of Boston College spoke on how other states tackle consumer challenges while Esther Peterson prepared to address who should speak for the consumer. Hoff warned he may sue New England Power Corp for failing to develop recreation facilities at Somerset Dam and Whitingham Reservoir after a federal order.
Cambridge based St Johnsbury Trucking Co Inc said gross revenue for the first nine months of 1965 totaled 14,208,325 compared with 12,212,822 for the same period in 1964. The firm also announced a quarterly dividend of 20 cents per share payable November 30 to stockholders of record November 16.
Warren hosts the third annual encampment of glider pilots from the East United States. The Sugar Bush Valley is praised by sailplane enthusiasts as the best soaring area east of the Rocky Mountains, and the event is expected to draw international competitors and many U.S. enthusiasts.
Paul Lazzaro of the GSA announced the completion of the United States Border Patrol Sector Headquarters in Swanton Vermont near the Canadian border. The one story building cost 303,048 dollars and will house staff of the Immigration and Naturalization Service under supervision of the General Services Administration.
Bernard J. Kolenberg, Times-Union photographer, buried with military honors after a Viet Nam plane crash. Nine-man National Guard and NY State Police detachment attended. widow Mary and eight-year-old Kevin received an American flag. Solemn Mass at St. Jude's Church and services at St. Mary's Cemetery followed by a Bernie Kolenberg Award announced by AP Newsphoto Contest. CARE fund to Viet Nam Emergency Relief. Also report of two armed men binding and gagging Dr Giordano's wife and children during a burglary in Luzerne- South Glens Falls. no money taken.
Purchases by Watervliet Arsenal from small business firms in the Greater Capital District during the three months ending Sept 30 totalled 342 901 dollars, nearly double the 177 523 dollars spent in the same period in 1964. Expenditures covered repair and maintenance and operating supplies, including metals raw materials tools machine parts and electrical plumbing hardware and other industrial supplies.
Pittsfield man David Peck was ordered by Judge John B. Barry to 35 days observation at Northampton State Mental Hospital after being accused of burning a car and then letting it roll down Mount Greylock. The case was continued to November 19 with no plea entered. In a separate Pittsfield note, Col. Arthur D. Budd's will filed for probate details estate distribution to the Massachusetts Trustees of Reservations and West Point, with widow Dorothy granted life use of houses, Smith College to use the main house, and provision for wines and personal property.
The Rev. Canon Robert Radclyffe Carmichael of Williamstown died Saturday in North Adams. He was rector emeritus of St. John's Episcopal Church in North Adams and was buried today in Eastlawn Cemetery, Williamstown after services at St. John's Church. Donations may be sent to Rector Lafayette H. Sprague Jr. for a memorial scholarship at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina.
MARSHFIELD A Republican rally heard Richard Snelling criticize Gov. Hoff not enough Republicans in the Legislature to guide a January special session. He said the session would be futile unless three conditions are met: it limits action to genuine emergencies, lasts no more than six weeks, and considers all reasonable proposals rather than just those from the governor's office. He cited Hoff and aide Ben Collins as makers of public statements.
UNH Health Services director says birth control pills have been prescribed for married coeds or those planning marriage, with care to treat information as a professional matter. Unmarried coeds not planning marriage soon have not been prescribed pills.
In New Haven fifteen year old Roger Beaudry Jr and fourteen year old James McCann were scheduled for psychiatric testing in connection with the rifle slayings of Beaudry’s mother Ella Beaudry 42 and sister Roberta 11 in Cheshire. The coroner inquest was continued and will decide if juvenile or criminal court handles the case. The two were arrested in Chester and later at Beaudry home after rerun reenactment of the killings. Their attorney Irving W Pasternak said psychiatric testing will occur at the juvenile detention center. The unrelated New Haven home reference is not connected to the inquest.
A 16-year-old boy, who allegedly confessed to starting 24 fires over the past year, was placed in the custody of the Mass Youth Service Board. Judge William J. Luby ordered tests after arraignment on one arson charge tied to Sunday's Pratt and Forrest Co. lumber yard fire. Case continued to Nov. 3. Police said the youth, from a broken home, caused over $1 million in damage. He was found by detectives lying in tall grass near the lumber yard.
NORTH BENNINGTON residents heard a James H. Morgan Memorial Conference on science education. Leaders from Bennington College Williams College Bennington and Salk Institute discussed improving teacher inquiry and college school collaborations while warning against early specialization in science and stressing curiosity.
The Bennington Banner lists telephone numbers for business news newsroom and advertising. It is published daily except Sundays from 425 Main St Bennington Vermont with UP I affiliation and home delivery options. Subscription rates vary by distance and duration.
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