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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1962

Page

2

Stafford Warns Vermont on Democratic House Victory

Rep. Robert T. Stafford counsels Vermonters that electing a Democrat to Congress would mean signing blank checks for the administration. He blasts Harold Raynolds as a symbol of wild spending, while claiming his own record supports bipartisan programs. In Burlington, two veteran firemen resign over pay, with Chief Richards saying take home pay as low as 45 to 50 dollars weekly drives resignations and rumors of more leaving.

Waterbury Robert T. Stafford Burlington (Ap Burlington Daniel J. Richards Richards

Probers Eye Strikebreak Charges Near Derby Line

Vermont legislators vow to study claims an unnamed highway department engineer aided a strikebreaker on a Derby Line interstate project. Sen. John J. O'Brien says the engineer hurt strikers and helped the contractor on a three mile job halted for a month last summer. Strikers from Fabi and Son Construction sought union status and higher pay, winning raises but not recognition. Sen. James Oakes notes multiple letters urging inquiry.

Sherbrooke Quebec James Oakes R-Windham

Burlington Coach Burke Named Vermont Coach of the Year

Ed Burke of Winooski High School received the Vermont Coach of the Year award from the Vermont Coaches Association. Burke led his teams to three straight Class 1 state titles and was honored at a recent association meeting.

Burlington Ed Burke Winooski Vermont Burke Vermont Coaches Association

Railroad Seeks Tax Suspension in Vermont

The St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad asks the Public Service Board to suspend $6,400 in taxes due within six months. A hearing is set for Oct. 29 on abating taxes owed Oct. 15 this year and in April 1963 under a 1961 law aiding financially harassed railroads. The Rutland Railway Corp. previously won suspension of about $50,000 in taxes.

Cohoes Parish Breaks Ground for $100,000 St Rita’s Church

St Rita’s parish in Cohoes begins construction on a red brick church on Lansing Street near the rectory. The project valued at 100000 dollars aims for completion in early spring, matching the existing rectory.

Cohoes St. Rita’s Lansing Street

McGill Urges Informed U S To Meet Global Tests

Pulitzer winner Ralph McGill told an Albany audience that the United States faces interlocking economic political and military changes requiring informed action rather than slogans or partisan politics. He argued no simple foreign policy can shape the country’s response.

Albany Ralph McGill United States Atlanta

Berkshire Teachers Salaries Lead County List

Williamstown Mt Greylock Regional High School tops Berkshire County with a minimum teacher salary of 4800 dollars. Median minimum is 4200 dollars and the low is 4100 dollars. Graduation is set for June 7, 1963 to ease senior exams. North Adams McCann Memorial Vocational School facilities to be usable by early December. The cafeteria and shops will open then as the school serves over 300 pupils full time.

Williamstown Mt. Greylock Berkshire County Paul McDonald McDonald North Adams McCann Memorial Vocational School James R. Westall

North Adams Obituary for James Boland Ryan

James Boland Ryan of Hingham former North Adams School Committee chair and longtime Williamstown resident died Thursday in Yonkers New York. An engineer for the local electric company and later a WPA coordinator for the Springfield Pittsfield area he lived in North Adams and Williamstown for years before moving to Hingham about twenty years ago. He is survived by his wife and three daughters. A Requiem High Mass will be offered Monday at St Patrick's Church in Williamstown.

North Adams James Boland Ryan Hingham Williamstown Yonkers N.Y The Electric Company WPA Springfield-Pittsfield Ryan St. Patrick’s Church

Adams Redevelopment Authority Seeks Federal Urban Renewal Loan

The Adams Redevelopment Authority voted to apply to the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency for a federal loan to plan and survey the Adams business center under an urban renewal proposal. The $600,000 project covers about seven acres in a small section of the business district.

Adams Adams Redevelopment Authority Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency

CAB Hears Air Service Needs in New Hampshire

Washington AP reports Civil Aeronautics Board hearings on northern New England air service. Laconia advocate Frederic P. Kimball urged service to Laconia itself, opposing a Manchester regional hub under the New England Council plan that would cut service to Laconia and Berlin.

Washington Civil Aeronautics Board New England Air Service Frederic P. Kimball Westport New Hampshire Keene Lebanon Manchester Laconia Berlin

Kennedy Plans Six Political Talks Across Weekend Tour

President Kennedy schedules six Democratic speeches across seven states over a weekend, with a Seattle stop described as nonpolitical. The White House released a timetable detailing travel from Friday to Sunday, including appearances in Cleveland, Springfield, Chicago, Milwaukee, Clayton, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, and Seattle.

Kennedy Washington Congress Midwest Pacific Coast White House Democratic National Committee Salinger Seattle Cleveland Ohio Springfield Ill Chicago MecCormick Place West Coast Milwaukee Wis Clayton St. Louis University of New Mexico Albuquerque N.M Las Vegas Nev

Australia records record livestock and people totals

Australia reported record livestock numbers on March 31 with 157 715 000 sheep and lambs and 13 021 000 beef cattle. Dairy cattle reached 5 046 000 and pigs 1 653 000 while the population stood at 10 660 750.

Canberra Australia

YMCA conference shapes YMCA youth program plans

John Riddle of Bennington YMCA led about 45 secretaries at Jug End Barn South Egremont Massachusetts for a two day gathering. The group held business meetings addresses and workshops focusing on developing purposeful program content and strengthening Christian influence and value education in YMCA youth work.

Ymca Association of New England John Riddle Bennington YMCA

Small Business Federal Booklet Now Available

Montpelier SBA office at 79 Main Street offers copies of the Federal Handbook for Small Business. The 101 page booklet, issued by the Senate and House Small Business Committees, the White House Committee on Small Business, and the SBA, compiles programs from 12 government agencies including Defense Commerce Labor Interior Agriculture Treasury Justice and TVA.

Montpelier The Small Business Administration Main Street Gordon W. Morris SBA Senate House Small Business White House Morris General Administration Federal Trade Commission Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Authority Export Import Bank

Police Advise How to Prevent Getting Lost

Vermont state police advise hunters and woods users on avoiding being lost. Do not panic walk downhill toward streams avoid circling and seek open clearing to signal searchers with sunlight reflections or a mirror.

Commissioner of Public Safety William H. Baumann Baumann

Skull Discovery Costs Men Jobs

In Cambridge Massachusetts two workmen lost their jobs after discovering a skull in Holliston in a rubble pile near a sand company. Police were alerted sparking a search for more bones and speculation tied to the disappearance of Jan Risch. Detectives say the men admitted they merely rediscovered the skull.

Cambridge Mass Holliston Jan Risch Lincoln

Deadline set for overseas Christmas gifts mailing

The Defense Department designates November 1 to 20 as the mailing window for gifts to military personnel overseas. Families are urged to send gifts early to reduce the risk of non delivery before Christmas Day.

Washington Defense Department

Vermont Children's Aid Society Elects Five to Director Board

The Vermont Children's Aid Society elected five new directors for three year terms at its 43rd annual meeting in Burlington on Oct. 17. New directors include Mrs Irving Blackwell North Hero and Mortimer R. Proctor Proctor, with re-elected three-year terms for Mrs Eric Barradale Brattleboro, Carleton Howe Dorset and Donald L. Smith Jr. Barre.

Burlington Vermont Children’s Aid Society Vermont Irving Blackwell North Hero Benjamin Collins St. Johnsbury Jeremiah K. Durick Mortimer R. Proctor Proctor Dean Rowe Johnson Lillian Proctor Blackwell Eric Barradale Brattleboro Carleton E. Howe Dorset Donald L. Smith Jr Barre Burlington Community Theatre Nora Stirling Child Welfare League of America Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies Frank Goldstein Jan Goldstein Barbara Emerson Ken Wolvington Marjorie Howard Julia E. Hatch Maurice C. Cuthbertson Gordon Jones Vermont Catholic Charities Vermont Department of Social Welfare Bennett C. Douglass A. R. Gifford Oak Bluffs Mass CAS

Brattleboro Girls Found Safe After Night On Mt Wantastiquet

Three Brattleboro Vermont girls Shirley Buzby 15 Jean Ann Dyke 15 and Karen 13 were found atop Mt Wantastiquet near a campfire after a long search by more than 100 police and firefighters from Hinsdale Brattleboro Greenfield and Turner Falls. They were cold but in good condition. The girls went into the woods yesterday with picnics and became lost.

Chesterfield N.H Brattleboro Mt. Wantasiquet Shirley Buzby Jean Ann Dyke Karen Hinsdale Greenfield Mass Turner Falls Mt. Wantastiquet

Bennington Banner Publication and Phone Contacts

A listing for The Bennington Banner includes mailing address 425 Main St Bennington Vermont, telephones 442-6300 newsroom 447-2800 display advertising 442-2684, and AP rights notice. It also notes home delivery while varying subscription rates by radius and duration with special serviceman discounts.

Bennington Banner Main St Bennington Vermont Banner Publishing Corporation Associated Press Radius U.S

Fillmore Farms Calf Patience Sold in Louisiana

Fillmore Key Patience a calf from the Ayrshire herd at Fillmore Farms Bennington was part of 23 Ayrshire calves sent to the Tangipahoa Parish Fair Amite La. under a promotional program by the Ayrshire Breeders Association Brandon. Wilton F McDaniel Kentwood La purchased Patience and several other heifers from the exhibit.

Patience Fillmore Farms Bennington Tangipahoa Amite Ayrshire Breeders’ Association Brandon Wilton F. McDaniel Kentwood

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