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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1968
Page
5
Vermont politics sees Sen George Cook propose dropping the rules suspension requirement from three fourths to 60 percent to curb minority blocking power. He argues a majority should not be blocked by a minority, citing past use of suspension to block majority-supported legislation.
Brattleboro native Army 1st Lt. Jan A. Ulmer 25 was killed in Vietnam on April 18. His death was reported to his parents by the Defense Department this weekend. His widow Susan lives in Berlin New Hampshire.
Dow Chemical spokesman Ellis Brandt told Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students the firm shares concern over the Vietnam war and notes GI letters in favor of napalm. He said Dow supported long term US objectives in Southeast Asia and that directors faced a moral choice before becoming sole napalm supplier. In Schenectady, 450 children moved from overcrowded to new MLK Elementary School in a ceremony near the old Halsey School in a poverty-targeted district slated for urban renewal.
Troy Rensselaer County Democrats meet Wednesday to nominate Thomas J. McGrath of Poestenkill for the 101st Assembly seat. McGrath previously ran for Poestenkill supervisor. voters will face incumbent Republican Neil W. Kelleher this November.
James A. Shepard, a Williamstown based sailor formerly of Bennington, was spotted by his mother on the NBC 6 p.m. news among Pueblo crew members held by North Korea. Shepard’s wife Irma and son Allen live with his mother at 20 Hall Street as his status remains.
Pittsfield General Electric information systems division proposes the city underwrite a $9,500 study to evaluate what a computer could do for the city. Mayor Donald G. Butler said he will ask the City Council to approve the study after a free two-day survey recommended it.
Adams announces a new production unit to manufacture Albaglos for coating quality paper at the Charles Pfizer & Co. plant. The unit will become a standard production item at the Adams plant, according to Manager John Ryder.
A Legislative Council subcommittee in Montpelier will meet April 30 to organize a 12 member panel studying Vermonts role in the national urban crisis. Nine members were named from varied groups with three more to be appointed from the legislature. The effort aims to recommend programs without broad mandate. Vermont officials anticipate focus on equal rights and anti discrimination actions for Negro youths.
A manhunt spread across northern Vermont and New Hampshire after a knife point robbery at Coos County Jail. Officials linked the Monday heist to Sunday night theft of police uniforms in Lancaster as two men in dark raincoats escorted a prisoner into the jail, grabbing a nightstick a blackjack and jail keys.
UPI reports Senator Winston L. Prouty proposes a loan cancellation for graduates who teach five years in severely distressed rural or urban schools. The measure targets breaking the cycle of poverty and ignorance by attracting college graduates to underfunded areas.
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