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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1964

Page

2

Drownings and a fatal beach shooting reported in Vermont

In Shelburne a 49-year-old Burlington man and two others died after a fishing boat capsized in 30 feet of water in Lake Champlain. Paul P. Lavallee was recovered at Horseshoe Bay, with Roland Palmer found nearby. search continues for John Cross. In Charlotte a man was found shot on a beach, ruled accidental self-inflicted 22 caliber wound. William W. Wicker, 48, was reportedly aiming at a rabbit silhouette when he shot himself. In Montpelier the Reapportionment Committee narrowed redistricting options to about six plans, favoring registered voter figures over census data. In Shoreham a 72-year-old Edward Stowe died when his car hit an elm and rolled. In Montpelier, Sen. Prouty criticized a Democratic leadership stance on boosting annuities for retired civil servants. In Winooski Park, St. Michael's College reports record enrollment of 1,261, up from 1,181.

Shelburne UPD Burlington Lake Champlain Paul P. Lavallee Horseshoe Bay Shelburne Point Roland Palmer Hinesburg Lavallee John Cross UPI Charlotte Richard Woodruff William W. Wicker Montpelier Commission Sanborn Partridge

Rockefeller official buys Petersburg Mountain acreage for vacation cabin

Dr Detlev W Bronk president of the Rockefeller Institute acquires over 750 acres along Petersburg Mountain after a skiing weekend. The area stretches west from the Massachusetts border as Bronk plans a vacation cabin and serves on national science advisory roles. In Syracuse, a car driven by Jesse Sweet 27 with a seizure kills three pedestrians and injures three others as it crashes through a street, hitting stores. Sweet is hospitalized and had prior seizure history per DMV records.

Petersburg Detlev W. Bronk Rockefeller Institute Petersburg Mountain New York Syracuse Jesse Sweet Sweet St. Joseph’s Hospital State Motor Vehicle Department

Public hearing on Berkshire bypass stirs Pittsfield area

Nearly 1000 residents filled Pittsfield High School auditorium for a Public Works Department hearing on a proposed Berkshire bypass including Lenox Lanesboro and Dalton. Officials voiced concerns over business loss and homes as associate commissioner John D. Warner said the plan was not yet decided with six months before any decision.

Pittsfield State Public Works Department Lenox Lanesboro Dalton John D. Warner Westfield Public Works Warner

Stock Market Opens With Modest Advances And Declines

New York stocks opened steady in moderate trading as several names moved. American Broadcasting rose to 50.1. U S Rubber advanced to 60.14. Texas Gulf Sulphur to 6 1. Gen Foods slipped. Polaroid climbed to 169.12. Boeing gained 1 to 64.14. American Telephone fell to 68.14. Xerox up 7 to 111. Du Pont fell after gains. Eastman Kodak up to 130.54. Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors mixed. U S Steel slipped to 61.54. Union Carbide rose. Republic and Youngstown Sheet improved modestly.

New York American Broadcasting U.S Texas Sears Roebuck Kennecott Copper New York Central Railroad American Tobacco du Pont Eastman Koedak Union Carbide Chrysler Ford General Motors U.S. Steel Bethlehem Republic Youngstown Sheet Columbia Gas RCA Con Edison Republic Steel Cons Coal Reynolds Consu Power Reynolds Tobacco Continental Can Copweld Steel Schering Y Crucible Curtiss W Simonds S Douglas Ac Iy Sinclair Dow Chemical Socony Mobil East Air L Sperry Rand Eastman Standard Oil Firestone Ford Motor Ohio General Dyn Stewart Warner Elec Studebaker General Foods Tennessee Gas Texaco Goodrich Tire & Rub Tiden Oil Goodyear Tire & Rub Timken Grace WR Great A & P United Aircraft Gulf Oil United Air L Harbison Walker United States Rubber Central United States Smelt Ing Rand United States Steel IBM Warner Bro Pic Int Harvester Western Union Nickel Westing Electric White Motor Island Creek Coal Woolworth Jones & Laughlin Xerox Cp Joy Mfg Youngstown ST Kennecott Zenith American Ptical New York Central American T&t Norfh Western North Amer Anaconda Olin Armco Steel Owens C F I Armour Owen Atchison Penney Bethlehem Steel Penn

Humphrey Heads to Boston Campaign Swing

Democratic vice presidential candidate Hubert H. Humphrey plans a two day Boston visit starting with an airport rally and a major speech at the Associated Industries of Massachusetts dinner. He will meet privately with Sen Edward Kennedy and Cardinal Cushing before a gala at the Boston Arena and a stop at the G G Delicatessen in Dorchester.

Boston UPI Herbert H. Humphrey Edward M. Kennedy Richard Cardinal Cushing Young Citizens For Johnson-Humphrey Statler-Hilton Citizens For Johnson-Humphrey Committee Humphrey Associated Industries of Massachusetts G&g Delicatessen Dorchester

DeFacto Segregation Case Resumes in Massachusetts

Springfield Massachusetts hears testimony in New England's first court case seeking to end de facto school segregation. Mayor Charles Ryan testifies that white and Negro students moved freely and records on student races were not kept until recently. NAACP suit claims arbitrary attendance zones created a segregated system, with nine schools housing most Negro students and imbalanced demographics. City solicitor argues imbalance due to living patterns. school officials deny illegality.

Springfield Mass UPI New England Charles Ryan Ryan U. S George C. Sweeney National Association For the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Robert L. Carter Carter James L. Allen Mary M. Lynch T. Joseph McCook

Psychiatrists Numbered at 16,863 in U.S.

Washington report shows 16,863 psychiatrists actively practicing in the United States. The figure, based on National Institute of Mental Health and American Psychiatric Association statistics, accounts for 6.3 percent of the nation's 267,950 physicians.

Washington UPD United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare Department National Institute of Mental Health American Psychiatric Association

Massachusetts ADA backs longer governor term curbs council powers

The Massachusetts chapter of Americans for Democratic Action urged support for a four year gubernatorial term and limits on Executive Council powers while opposing three other referendum questions. The group urged defeat for certain measures.

Boston UPI Massachusetts The Americans For Democratic Action ADA Supreme Judicial Court

Sociologists Warn U S Girls View Of Life Warped

A woman anthropologist based on a survey of 12 colleges told social workers the majority of American college students have had premarital sex. Dr Ethel Alpenfels said this behavior creates a warped outlook and risks illegitimate births if education on motherhood and marriage is neglected.

Boston UPI Ethel J. Alpenfiels New York University Florence Crittenden Association Aspenfels

Bennington Banner notices costs and contact lines

The Bennington Banner lists telephones for business, newsroom and advertising and gives newspaper address at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. It outlines subscription rates by mail within a 50 mile Vermont radius and nationwide rates, with three months six months and one year options and special servicemen rates.

VIE Bennington Banner Main St Bennington The Banner Publishing Corporation United Press International UPI Vermont U.S

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