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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1964
Page
8
Lansing Michigan attorney general Frank J. Kelley disclosed that a man posed as a medical doctor for four years and earned between 30000 and 40000 dollars annually.
Levelland Texas police report Justin Terry Sisco a 41 year old Denver cowboy and pilot died when his light plane struck a power line while landing over the Yellowhouse Cattle Co ranch house. He had flown from the Gulf Coast for a vacation and is survived by three brothers and his mother in Jasper Wyoming.
Navy Lt. Charles F. Klusmann’s escape from a Communist prison in Laos is under intensive Pentagon study to aid future escapes. The case highlights the Defense Department code of conduct urging prisoners to stay positive and to make every effort to escape.
Arizona crash test by FAA and FSF used a Constellation to study fire after impact. Dummies and dolls aboard 21 adults and three children, with gelled water tanks designed to prevent fuel spray, showed limited fire in a controlled crash. Interior remained largely intact, suggesting fire prevention could save lives in real crashes.
The U S Bureau of Prisons reports twenty one executions by civil authorities last year the lowest since 1930. Texas led with four followed by New York Ohio Mississippi Arizona and Georgia with two each. Federal and Missouri each carried out one first in six years.
The 72nd annual American Psychological Association convention heard that increased Russian desire for consumer goods may reduce the risk of full scale war with the United States. Dr. George Katona of the University of Michigan said consumer comforts spreading to Europe and other regions could promote peace and reflect influences from American living standards. He warned even Communist nations are affected by the appeal of mass consumption. The discussion tied consumer demand to international stability and to the broader spread of material well being.
In Meridian Mississippi 11-year-old Ben Chaney and 23 other Negro children were refused transfers to white schools. Police guarded Meridian schools as principals denied entry and transfer permits were retracted or not issued. five children obtained permits but faced further rejection at Chalk School.
Fred Clark Scribner Jr. of Portland Maine is named regional director for Middle Atlantic states covering Delaware Maryland New Jersey West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Richard Cooper of Rochester New Hampshire is named assistant regional director.
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