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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1962
Page
3
The Greater Bennington Association unveils leaders for festival events with Bernard Winslow heading the parade on Oct 4 at 6 30 p m and David Hayden directing the beauty queen contest at Bennington Catholic High School after the parade.
Claude F. Church announces all meetings Friday to Sunday are cancelled as local delegates attend the semiannual ministerial assembly at Convention Hall Saratoga Springs New York. About 600 ministers from 17 congregations in northeastern New York and western Vermont will participate with Lyle E. Reusch as featured speaker delivering a Sunday public discourse on survival.
Governor F. Ray Keyser Jr spoke at Bennington High School urging students to finish high school and pursue college or technical training. He praised Vermont schools, noted need for more funds, and backed educational television. He discussed state economics, tourism, dairy and skiing, and cooperation among New England publicity offices to attract visitors.
Capt. Francis S. Jones, son of Franklin P. Jones, has been named chief of the production planning and control branch at Watervliet Arsenal. He has served there since January 1961 and will oversee weapon orders, tooling design, and work schedules. He is a Middlebury College physics graduate and ROTC member who served in Germany with the 7th Army Support Command. He and his wife Margaret Dodd have three children.
Senate subcommittee released censored testimony by William C. Foster head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He told top U S experts expect Red China to possess some nuclear devices within a year to three years. Foster justified U S acceptance of cheating risk by the Soviet Union to curb unlimited testing.
County Court Judge William Blanton, a keen hunter and fisherman who issues thousands of licenses annually, has no license himself. He notes that at 71 he is exempt since those over 65 require no license.
Dr. Ben W. Armstrong, retired American Baptist mission secretary to the Congo, will headline the Shaftsbury Baptist Association gathering at North Bennington Church. The program includes exhibits, a 3:35 p.m. business session, a 4 p.m. sermon by Rev. Roger A. MacDonald, and an 8:15 p.m. talk on Jesus Christ, Lord of All.
Mayor Charles Pastore and three councilmen were reelected in Miami suburb Sweetwater after a lack of opposition. Pastore credited public satisfaction with the administration as the slate faced no challengers.
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