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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1962
Page
3
A survey shows area hostels in Bennington Vermont close to full for the Oct 6 and Oct 13 foliage weekends. Motel managers report strong bookings with overflow housing urged from private homeowners to avoid turning away tourists during the Vermont foliage holidays.
More than 100 members joined the Rosary Society of St Francis de Sales parish for the season opener on Sept 24. The group outlined activities including a rummage sale at the K of C hall starting Friday at 10 am and a daily Rosary in October at 7 30 pm in St Francis Church for the Ecumenical Council in Rome.
Missouri cattle breeders vote to use sonoray, a high frequency sound device modeled on naval sonar, to gauge loin eye size in live animals. Trained technicians predict meatiness without slaughter, aiding breeding stock selection.
David A Mackee, formerly with WBTN, named program operations director for WPAT Paterson N J He arrives from WROW Albany NY where he was program director since June 1960 Previously he was assistant program director at WPRO Providence RI He replaces Joseph B Somerset now a vice president of Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp Married to Sylvia Corliss of Lexington MA they reside in Woodside NY with two children
Bette Kovacs, former wife of Ernie Kovacs, has remarried Larry Waltzer in Kingsland Georgia after losing a California custody suit. Edie Adams, Kovacs' widow, was awarded custody of their daughters Bette Lee 15 and Kippie Raleigh 13 in Los Angeles on September 13.
Senator Barry Goldwater accuses President Kennedy of bowing to organized labor and using extralegal methods to aid unions in the aerospace labor dispute. He cites a biased presidential board and says the Taylor board favors compulsory unionism, urging restraint on union power.
Northampton residents show mixed views on fallout shelters with 34 percent undecided and 40 percent opposed to building. The study by Smith College’s Seminar in Social Research found education level religion and demographics influence shelter opinions, and noted funding from a Ford Foundation grant.
U S Marshal Joseph Tierney reports two bank robbers Wayne Johnson 41 and Craig Martin 26 were caught sawing bars in their Cook County jail cell. They had already cut through one bar and were finishing a second when guards intervened. The men were serving 25 year terms. The escape plan relied on the space from the cut bar to slip out the cell window.
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