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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1965
Page
12
Washington reports show favorable conditions for the administration's immigration reform bill to clear the Senate quickly. UPI notes confidence in swift approval as lawmakers debate provisions and potential amendments.
A simple Presbyterian service was held at Fourth Presbyterian Church for Marshall Field publisher and civic leader who died Saturday at age 49 from congestive heart failure. He will be buried at Graceland Cemetery after a graveside ceremony. Field led Field Enterprises and edited the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News, succeeding his father as editor in 1950 and later purchasing a controlling interest in 1959 from Knight Newspapers.
Manchester publisher William Loeb told a SEA gathering in Concord that attracting new industry to New Hampshire would raise voters pay by improving wage levels. He urged the state Department of Commerce to campaign for industry, arguing tax and living conditions push firms away. The meeting also installed Damon A. Russell as SEA president and elected Dorothy Breene as first vice president. The speech touched on curbing sales and income taxes via growth and taxable property. Other political notes covered tariff talks and a large public works package pending House action.
Vermont lawmakers prepare to review proposed changes to House and Senate rules amid reapportionment. Subcommittee seeks 11 members on key committees and 9 on others, reduce total members, and limit a legislator to one committee per session while considering salaries and data processing study. Also noted is tea consumption in Turkey and rail industry labor talks.
Open WIBC meeting tonight at 7:30 at Bennington Lanes. Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington reports Bud Young undergoing major surgery, room 535. VanDale daughter Lennora enrolled at University of Rhode Island Kingston. Bennington Catholic High School graduate. VFW Post 1332 to meet at 7 on North Street to pay last respects to Richard Cardinal. Children’s Story Hour returns Sept 22 at 10:30 a.m. Volunteer storytellers are Elizabeth Gillette and Paul Benjamin. Marine Pvt. Wallace Harrington, son of Des Moines natives, graduated recruit training and assigned to Camp Lejeune for combat training. Fireman Richard LaFlamme aboard USS Midway completed visits to the Philippines and Hong Kong after 41 days in South China Sea. Claude Sumner of Portland visiting Bennington relatives. WWI veteran. Navy Commc. McJean Ratelle arrived in Callao Peru aboard USS Atule for Unitas VI anti-submarine exercises through December. Final phase to include Atlantic naval units with neighbors Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil. Ceil’s Beauty Shop closed Sept 22 due to family death. County National Bank and Tax Clubs forming. first payment due Sept 27 1965. Bennington Synagogue sale Sept 23 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. One cent to $1.00 all items, nothing higher.
The United Counseling Service approved a budget of 68331 for 1965 66 and discussed a fund drive beginning October 4. Evangeline Wilcox organized teams for Bennington drives, while Madelaine St Amand, the new social worker, coordinates hospital and clinic assistance and follow up. Mrs Daniel R Sargent seeks clothing donations to restock the Thrift Shop, which earns about 3000 annually. Father Frederick B Wolf and Marshall Witten organized canvassing efforts, with board members and UCS staff in attendance.
Mrs Harley Hill Kidder widow of Harley Kidder dies at Monroe Park Nursing Home after two years as another obituary notes Dorothy Hayes of Tilghman Maryland previously ran Yarn Shop in Manchester Survivors include multiple nieces nephews and brothers Interment in White Chapel Cemetery for Kidder and Washington DC burial for Hayes with services planned or completed in Manchester and Tilghman respectively
The Vermont Personnel Board meets Wednesday to decide on overtime pay policy. An agenda item requests a progress report on a survey recommending cash overtime payments. Departments vary between 40 and 48 hour weeks, with straight time or compensatory time. Miss Lesley Bell supports cash overtime and a pay fix for recent general raises gaps for short-tenure state workers.
The Bennington Area YMCA board meets tonight in the YMCA board room to set fall and winter programs. Ladies of the Auxiliary serve dinner at 6 p.m. and the business meeting follows. Reports on summer activities and future growth recommendations will be presented for action by the executive committee and board. James F. Davis, president, presided at last night’s session and will chair tonight’s meeting.
The United States accounts for about 6.2 percent of the world population and 6.7 percent of land area yet holds 57.1 percent of global automobiles and 40.7 percent of trucks. Tyrex reports world auto total near 120 million with U S total around 69 million.
New York report shows Bennington County Vermont residents derive about 19.2 percent of net income from government payments in 1964. The Tax Foundation study cites $10.734 million of $55.904 million in personal income from public sources, with Washington providing roughly 11 percent and state/local 8.2 percent.
Vermont headmasters impose limits on high school basketball players forbidding more than four quarters per evening except for overtime. Tournament participation requires official Vermont Headmasters Association sanction. Also notes U S and international art exchange with Romania and a Bucharest display from Oct 1 to 20.
Ground fog and haze slow air search for Kates. Volunteers from Bennington and nearby towns fly multiple sectors while pilots report limited visibility in the Rutland and Manchester areas. A North Adams and Cambridge coordination unit adds depth as Rutland CAP notes weather delays and plans to widen the search if conditions improve.
Berkshire Downs race track in Hancock Massachusetts announced it would not charge admission for the rest of its meeting this week to compete with Green Mountain Park Raceway in Pownal Vermont, about 20 miles away. Both tracks run thoroughbred races each afternoon starting at 2 p.m.
A list of hospital admissions includes Miss Linda Bailey Mrs Al den LaCroix Master Robert C Knights Master Richard C Pembroke Jr and others from Hoosick Falls West Dover Bennington and Manchester Depot Births noted for Mr and Mrs Neal Choulinard of Manchester Depot a son born September 20.
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