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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1962
Page
2
Democratic candidate Philip H. Hoff urged a vigorous state program to create new and better jobs for Vermonters. He said Vermont must project a dynamic image of opportunity and criticized Republican inertia and development programs tied to the governor personally.
Washington officials report the Community Facilities Administration endorsed a $4,950 interest free loan for planning a sewage treatment plant in Enosburg. The project totals $635,000 and work is slated to begin in spring 1964 per Vermont's congressional delegation.
A late summer cold snap brought frost to Vermont with unofficial readings near 33 to 35 degrees. Waterbury reported 35 degrees while Barre Montpelier airport observers noted about 33 degrees.
The Vermont Department of Industrial Relations counts one industrial death last month and totals six fatal plus 9 025 non fatal accidents in the first eight months of 1962. W Robert Johnson criticizes Meyer in Democratic Senate primary amid Cuba and Cold War policy debate.
Maurice Steward of Barton Vermont was jailed on $2000 bail after police arrested him inside Grappone's Garage on North State Street for breaking entering and larceny. He pleaded not guilty at Municipal Court arraignment, alleged to have stolen $10 cash and some stamps and checks.
State Rep. Franklin S. Billings chairs a 16 member committee to draft the party platform. Public hearings are set for September 13 and 18 in Montpelier before finalizing the UWOP platform with senior Republicans Sen. George D. Aiken Rep. Robert T. Stafford Gov. Keyser and Lt. Gov. Ralph A. Foote among the members.
George Mascott of Wilmette Illinois is named executive director of the Greater Burlington Industrial Corp. Mascott, a Burlington native, previously led the U S Chamber of Commerce state chambers department for a decade.
In Albany area results from the New York primary show Congressman Samuel S. Stratton carrying Herkimer but losing Rensselaer County amid bossism tensions with County Chairman John J. Purcell. Assemblyman Frank P. Cox retains his district seat against George W. Harder, who denounced Cox and pledged to run again.
North Adams Sprague Electric Co. will dedicate its new research laboratory on Marshall Street October 11 with Dr. James R. Killian Jr. as speaker. Avon Construction Co. of Boston wins a 77,265 contract to install 7,100 feet of eight inch sanitary sewer laterals for the South End project.
Adams officials from Indian Head Mills meet with Arnold Finishing Division executives and selectmen to weigh the proposed Adams sewage disposal system and the possibility of connecting the local plant to it.
Mount Greylock Regional High School declares tuition for nonresident pupils at 550 dollars, an increase of 70 dollars over Drury High School in North Adams. The higher rate applies to students from outside Lanesboro and Williamstown.
Barbara Clayton, UVM senior and Bennington native, spent two months as part of 22 volunteers with the American Friends Service Committee. They dug ditches supplying water to 57 Cherokee homes in a North Carolina reservation, aided by six to eight men from Big Y and other Cherokee laborers. The project, under a U.S. Health Department initiative, used plastic pipe and aimed to test cooperative plumbing adoption among residents.
Gov. Keyser opens three day Vermont listers school at Castleton State College with nearly 200 attendees. Speakers include Commissioner Shea and other tax experts discussing listers law, land value, depreciation, and timberland appraising. A Navy sponsored film and round table close the event.
Frank Sinatra Jr who is 18 and a college sophomore will make his professional singing debut October 2 on the Jack Benny television program He will appear in a sketch with Benny and the show will be taped by CBS September 23 in Hollywood.
The Banner Publishing Corporation lists contact numbers and advertising options for display and classified services. It details home delivery by carrier and subscription rates within a 50 mile radius, with longer rates for elsewhere in the United States and special discounts for servicemen.
The November draft call is set at 4000 men, unchanged from October and 1000 below the July August and September quotas. The figure was announced by the Pentagon on Thursday.
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