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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1965
Page
2
In Vergennes a couple won 18000 damages from the estate of John H. DeForge for injuries from a November 18 1962 auto collision. Robert and Verna Duprey sued for 40000 in U S District Court claiming negligence and serious operations for Mrs Duprey. Judge Ernest Gibson issued the award.
The City of Rensselaer, cited earlier this month for water pollution, will have a sewage treatment plant and related facilities in operation by February 1, 1970, under an Albany hearing agreement. The plan may update the 37 year old facility or initiate a comprehensive sewage and waste study. Albany pledges full sewage treatment by January 1, 1971.
John P. Fleming of Round Lake ends a 26 year tenure as Watervliet Arsenal security police chief. He joined in 1939 after 12 years with Delaware & Hudson Rail Road Police. He rose from fourth man to lieutenant in 1942 and became chief in 1958, later attending the Provost Marshal General School at Fort Gordon in 1959.
The Scots Guards and Royal Scots Greys regiments will join the Royal Marines Tattoo in a single September 23 show at the RPI Field House in the Capital District. Bagpipers from both regiments will headline with their historic music, while two Royal Marines Bands provide a contrasting musical program.
Timothy Lindblad two month old son of Mr and Mrs Norman Lindblad of Scotia New York died Saturday afternoon after being stricken on New York 2 near Williamstown and rushed to the Williamstown police station where efforts to revive him failed Cause of death not immediately known
Athos D Rossi of Munson bought a former basket factory at public tax sale with plans to resume basketmaking and woodenware production. He will employ eight to ten people and start operations January 1. Vermont Day at the Eastern States Exposition drew 30431 attendees with ski instructor C B Vaughn of Manchester carrying the state flag during the parade. In Berkshire real estate, Dr Henry Field sold his 180 acre estate to Jeffrey Potter of Southampton, while a 250 acre property spanning West Stockbridge and Austerlitz was sold by John Gillies to Henry B Hosmer.
In Boston, defense continued cross examining former executive councilor Edward Cronin who testified he received 2500 in fifties and hundreds from councilor Joseph Crimmins shortly after voting to confirm Anthony DiNatale as state public works commissioner. Other councilors and ex officials face conspiracy and bribery charges, while Cronin's testimony also details a 1960 plan to pressure DiNatale for campaign funds. The weather section notes NE temperatures will run above normal for five days with showers Thursday and Sunday or Monday.
James L. Handley, FBI Boston special agent in charge, told the New England Association of Chiefs of Police that public apathy and lenient courts foster crime. He urged harsher sentences for lower courts and better rehabilitation, saying law enforcement protects the public at risk and deserves stronger support.
Edward J. Powers executive director, speaking to the Advertising Club of New Hampshire, said the New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission is weighing a plan to award bonus prizes to ticket buyers in the coming months as a promotional scheme.
A federal grand jury in Mobile, Alabama refused to indict anyone over alleged police brutality during civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery last March 7. The panel questioned 49 witnesses over six days and did not bring formal charges against seven prisons in five cases, prompting disappointment from jurors and comments from Justice Department officials.
Montpelier Vermont DAR president Mrs William Henry Sullivan of Scarsdale NY warned that left wing thinkers oppose right to work laws and pose a subtler danger to free society than Communists during the Vermont DAR annual meeting. She named opponents of loyalty oaths school prayers and Bible readings as examples.
Moscow UPI reports Monika Gaskene of Vilnius Lithuania visited a doctor for the first time in her life today complaining of a hearing defect. She is aged 118.
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