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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1963
Page
2
The Vermont House gave final approval to a bill raising lawmakers pay by 10 dollars weekly, sending the measure to Governor Hoff for signing. The bill also boosts mileage allowances from 20 cents per mile for two trips to eight cents per mile for each week of the session.
A garage at Wilbur's Auto Sales in Essex Junction burned Tuesday, causing about $10,000 in losses. Firefighters battled the flames from 3:20 p.m. until 5 p.m., gutting the building, destroying two cars and equipment, damaging four vehicles, and causing gasoline drums to explode. Chief Douglas Holland cited an electrical outlet as the probable cause.
A Vermont House bill would exempt retired people and workers laid off four weeks or less from extended jobless benefits after four weeks of 7 percent unemployment. Rep. Moore sponsors. other measures seek Jay State Park funding, medical consent rules for injured, and a life sentence rule affecting marriage or estates.
FHA girls mark 18th anniversary in 11 000 high schools nationwide. Bendi’s Chapter affiliated in 1959 under Mrs Barbara Houle. This year they weave shak ers for football games, plan a faculty dinner, hold a bazaar and a dance, sell cookbooks and notepaper, and decorate Mt Snow for the State FHA Convention April 26 27 with the theme The World of a Girl. Officers include President Joy McCoy and others.
Massachusetts Parking Authority chairman candidate for bribery tied to a sham firm and a straw man. Maurice A. Broderick testified a Granite State Realty and Construction Co. was used to channel funds, with The Foundation Co. arranging a $150,000 finder's fee to Edward A. Plourde. The case includes Triad of defendants facing larceny and conspiracy charges tied to the $9 million Boston Common garage.
The Troy Common Council unanimously passed a 6.3 million bond ordinance to finish the water improvement plan. Funds will build a filtration plant a 4 million gallon storage reservoir and extend transmission and distribution lines. In Albany enrollment by Democrats rose slightly to 3,402,170 with 2,986,334 Republicans a margin of 415,836.
Workmen began removing the old Richmond House at 29 State St in North Adams after the owner Antonio Farmnan failed to finish demolition. The city will bill him $375 and place a lien if unpaid. Also in Berkshire County, the Massachusetts Conservation Council protests a $400,000 DDT spray plan for gypsy moths, while North Adams records a 1962 birth rate climb past 400 for the first time since 1958, signaling rising school-age arrivals.
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