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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1964
Page
2
The Vermont Development Department seeks winter and summer rental listings for its 1965 Camps and Cottages booklet. More than 200 contacts, a Sept 18 deadline, a nominal listing fee, and 13 500 booklets for out of state planners. Publication mid November to aid ski season and next summer vacations.
In Lake George teens and college students joined a Labor Day afterglow that ended with a police led circle dance. Forty seven were fined for public intoxication and thirty one for disorderly conduct. A restaurant fracas was denied by the attorney for Three Way Restaurant. A bee sting proved fatal for Vincent Foley at Warner's Lake camp near East Berne.
In North Adams and surrounding towns a record 380 children enroll for kindergarten as classes begin this week. Total district enrollment tops 3,400, with Drury High crowded to 900 students requiring daily library space to be repurposed. Nearby, neighbors assist in harvesting a 24 acre corn field after a lightning strike injured Douglas Phelps. Evening classes at North Adams State College draw big interest with 30 courses starting September 14 and crowds expected 3 to 5 pm and 6 to 9 pm. Labor Day weekend sees no major accidents as Mount Greylock, Windsor Lake, and forests attract visitors. IVE Local 255 picnic spurs large food consumption in Pittsfield.
Holden argues modernization is a Vermont school problem and that control of education is too powerful to be distant from the people. He calls for larger school districts to address the quality education issue for every Vermont student.
Traffic accidents, drownings, fires and other incidents killed at least 42 people across New England over the Labor Day weekend. Massachusetts led with 17 fatalities. Maine 10. Connecticut seven. New Hampshire five. Rhode Island two and Vermont one. Highway crashes caused 10 deaths in Massachusetts and 5 in Connecticut, with other states reporting multiple losses.
Police report orderly crowds after two Maple Leaf Gardens shows and a near riot at King Edward Hotel as fans learned of Ringo Starr inviting everyone to his room for tea. Beatles say Toronto trip faced less trouble than other North American stops. The Oswald case overlaps with Marina Oswald hiring a writer for a yet unnamed book.
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