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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1969
Page
5
In Montpelier the Miller formula revising the education funding method is set for Senate debate Thursday at 9:45 a.m. The measure, a special order, faces amendments from the Appropriations Committee, proposing a two year life and a fixed appropriation for fiscal year 1970.
Senate panel marks the bill as vital for broad PSB powers to approve electric generating or transmission facilities. Amendments require regional planning input and assess impact on aesthetics environment and public health. Separate note: divorce case details reveal Arthur Addison filing for desertion with reminiscence of marriage date as long ago, wife left in 1921.
Vermont House Judiciary Committee will postpone action on Senate approved crime control measure to allow more study during the summer. The bill drew opposition from sportsmen who said it amounts to gun control and would require gun dealers to keep records, ban sale of long guns to under 18 and hand weapons to under 21, and bar concealed carry.
Vermont state party officials expect to name a new executive secretary next week. State Chairman Frank Esposito said Tuesday the candidate list has narrowed to three and a final recommendation may come at a weekend meeting. The appointee will earn 15000 to 20000 dollars annually as a fulltime organizer ahead of the 1970 elections.
The Vermont Senate approved a bill by 22 to 7 to shorten the redemption period from six to three months, aiding lenders in foreclosures. Some amendments sought to protect farmers or exclude federally guaranteed loans, while official notes that out-of-state mortgage sales now take about a year to complete.
Bethlehem history teacher accuses police of turning a lawful arrest into a force out of the law as Joseph Harrington’s charges for possession of marijuana and narcotics are dismissed for insufficient evidence. Justice Rezzimini had issued a warrant based on informant details later ruled invalid by a Supreme Court decision. Harrington alleges an aggressive home search and questions the informant's existence.
Albany Assembly Minority Leader Stanley Steingut moved to oust Charles Stockmeister of Rochester and Albert Hausbeck of Buffalo from the Conservation Committee and the Local Government Committee after they joined Republicans for a sales tax hike. He urged replacements and proposed that their votes be tabulated separately in future party votes. The 78 to 72 outcome stood with the party split.
A five resident steering committee formed in Clarksburg to oversee building a new five room three bedroom house for the Charles Mattimore family after a March 22 fire destroyed their home and killed his wife and five of six children. Architectural plans donated and land offers noted.
Commissioner Edward J. Ribbs of the Department of Public Works announced top priority to reconstruct Route 7 in the Holmes Road West Mountain Road area. It is not known when construction can begin.
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