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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1967
Page
2
Vermont officials report 3878 unemployment insurance claims filed last week, up 89 from the prior week and 760 above 1966's corresponding week. The insured unemployment rate slipped to 3.7 percent, the first time in 1967 it exceeded last year's rate. Layoffs in winter recreation boosted new claims to 538. four industries accounted for most of the increase.
In Bristol and five towns the Union High School District 28 bond measure passed 817 to 331. Officials note turnout was under half, with construction set to begin and occupancy expected by September 1968 for a 750-student facility serving grades seven through twelve. Total project cost is 2.9 million with 861 thousand from the state.
Vermonters are reminded by James E. Malloy commissioner of motor vehicles that all trucks trailers and motorcycles must be registered and plates attached by May 1. Applications should be sent to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Montpelier promptly to avoid delays.
Harold Galusha, 22, of RD Bennington, who posted $10 bail for open container charges, was rearrested Sunday night by Sgt. Donald Harrison on petit larceny. Judge Shiland fined $50, but Galusha could not pay and received 20 days in Rensselaer County Jail. Five others arrested over the weekend were set for arraignments Tuesday, including three on open container charges.
Roy Ottman announced the start of the no grazing period for diverted acres under the 1967 feed grain program from April 1 to October 1. Diversion participants must not graze diverted acres during the six month period or cut hay from diverted land. Participation totals show 337 county farms and 18,400 farms statewide signed up for corn and grain sorghum diversion programs and Conservation Reserve options.
Lawrence M. Scott, 23, of North Adams Massachusetts, appeared at a preliminary hearing Wednesday night on an alleged stabbing of Thomas Baldwin, a Five Flys parking lot attendant. Attorney Joseph Daley requested an adjournment to study the case. The defendant had earlier engaged another North Adams attorney who declined the case citing unfamiliarity with New York law. Assistant District Attorney John Sweeney led the prosecution before Town of Hoosick Justice Thomas G. Restino.
The National Academy of Sciences has leased Elm Tree House at Mount Hope Farm in Williamstown for a summer conference center. The lease runs from June 1 to September 30, confirmed by Williams College President John E. Sawyer. The NAS is a private society advancing science and engineering research for public welfare.
Stockbridge Broadway producer Hillard Elkins gave 25000 dollars to the Berkshire Theatre Festival to adapt William Gibson's drama Two for the Seesaw into a musical titled Gitter or Gittle. Gibson, festival president, plans the transformation and possible Stockbridge premiere.
Daniel S. Klein of Brookline praises the city owned Harriman Airport operated by Mohawk Valley Aviation, calling it a magnificent facility and key to regional development. Andrew S. Flagg of North Adams State College will remain acting president until a permanent leader is chosen, with a new president expected this spring.
Burlington reports the University of Vermont marks its 175th anniversary with a three day schedule. Exhibits from 46 states and Canada run Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. in Patrick Gymnasium with registration and information available. A 3 p.m. state day convocation features Dr. John Fey and Dr. Carl Borgman, plus Dr. O Meredith Wilson of Minnesota. Monday’s Honors Day convocation at 10 15 a.m. includes speaker Dr. John Millis, former UVM president and current head of Western Reserve University.
Officials in Ludlow say unrest over a proposed youth rehabilitation center jeopardizes a broader community development package. The plan, led by Dr. Sol Cheneles, includes a community college, retraining programs, and new industry, with the center as its first phase. Boston papers had reported the center as the project’s core before local briefing.
Gov Philip H Hoff re appoints 10 members of the state Manpower Advisory Committee and adds a new member to the agency to serve two year terms. Reappointed: Sheldon Dimick Randolph Center chairman. Philip Grime St Johnsbury. John Page Bennington. John Goss Brattleboro. Lynford Wells Newport. Dwight Clark Burlington. Walter Herlihy Rutland. Harold Curtiss East Middlebury. Kathleen Piche Montpelier. John Callaghan St Albans. New member: Henry Hicks Perkinsville.
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