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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1977
Page
7
United Press International reports a lobster shortage along the New England coast despite active lobstermen. July proved especially poor for harvests offshore, notably Georges Bank, with Rhode Island authorities noting rising concern over the resource.
A legislative study panel says the Chapter 766 special education program aids 147,000 handicapped children but faces big fiscal strains. It proposes saving 25 million to 30 million through audits, external funding, private insurance contributions, and improved access to federal entitlements while emphasizing ongoing support from parents and educators. The report notes gains from the program and urges expansion of auditing to help more districts.
Fifteen Williams College faculty members will take sabbatical this year. Three go to the British Isles: sociology professor Robert W. Friedrichs to Cambridge, English professor Don C. Gifford to England and Ireland, and religion professor H. Ganse Little to London. Others head to Rome, Paris, and other destinations for research in fields ranging from history and politics to mathematics and chemistry. Some stay at Williams for work in town, and several will conduct projects at Yale MIT Stanford Wellesley Sanford University and more.
Vermont Democrats recommended Ronald Duell a sheriff’s lieutenant as next county sheriff after Earle McLaughlin’s resignation to become federal marshal. Maynard lost the party race to Duell for the vacancy. In Burlington police probed a Tiffany Favrile glass theft from the Fleming Museum valued at 7000 to 10000 dollars. In St Johnsbury police recovered weapons at the Community Correctional Center and an inmate assault left Peter Symanski with injuries.
Barre police begin enforcing a 9 p.m. curfew for youths under 16 to curb vandalism. City Council plans to hire more part time officers and draft an ordinance banning street drinking as part of the crackdown. Windsor facility grant funds $250,000 for a dormitory and sawmill. corrections department to contribute about $28,000.
Waterbury report says Dr. Robert Hyde, former chief research psychiatrist at Vermont State Hospital, received CIA funds for LSD studies while at Butler Health Center Providence and Massachusetts Mental Health Center Brookline from 1952 to 1957. Hyde worked at the Waterbury hospital 1971 until his death last year. Dr. George Brooks denies involvement by Hyde or staff during tenure.
In Troy, Republicans push to fire City Manager John P. Buckley after 18 months of conflict with the mayor and council. Buckley refuses to resign, a special meeting is set for Thursday to consider dismissal. Buckley has served since 1972 after 19 years in city government. In Cohoes, officials doubt a municipal power system is feasible though open to study, while Citizens Against Utility Inflation seeks a feasibility review.
Berkshire County grants manager Thomas J. Otto says a scam has spread from central Massachusetts to Berkshire, with a caller posing as a Central Disbursing Office agent in Washington. The con targets public bodies, using the name of a non existent office and a man calling himself David Joseph to claim merchandise earmarked for federal use was not delivered. The only defense is awareness and avoidance, as prosecution cannot be effected.
Cheshire dairy farmer Fred S Balawender reports a family of wolf like animals seen on his farm threatening his herd of cows and heifers. Area naturalists dispute whether the animals are wolves or coyotes. Balawender asked county officials about compensation for livestock killed but County Counsel James Bowes said reimbursement applies only to damage by domestic dogs.
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