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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1976
Page
7
Shaftsbury selectmen approved buying a 6,000 gallon fuel tanker trailer for 400 dollars to store spent motor oil from area service stations during winter. The trailer will be checked by a selectman before purchase and loaded at the landfill to reduce summer oil shortfalls and dust control salt use.
Arlington area newcomers may register at the high school and Fisher Elementary on Tuesday August 17 from 9 to 12 and 1 to 3. Town Clerk’s office closed Monday August 16 for a state holiday. Primary election applications to join the voter checklist due by August 21.
The House passed the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act by a 270 to 125 vote to compensate towns for tax-exempt federal land. Vermont would receive about $95,000 more, with payments rising under a new rate up to 75 cents per acre. Rep. James M. Jeffords cited decades of strained tax bases from Forest Service, BLM, and NPS lands and predicted Vermont payments would substantially increase.
Francis Moriarty, Rutland district office director for Congressman Jeffords, will hold office hours Friday in Arlington 10 am to noon at the town clerk’s office and in Manchester 1 to 3 pm at the town office building. Residents may raise problems or suggestions about federal agencies. The Vermont towns with Forest Service land face higher municipal costs, and a proposed bill would boost county payments.
At the Annual Battle Day Barbecue at Park-McCullough House on Sunday August 15 Walter Lapham will auction a brand new wicker lunch basket donated by Linda and Richard Zacher of Rock Maple Gift Shop. Contents include wicker plate holders napkin rings placemats salt and pepper shakers cheese two Rock Maple items plus a Bennington Potters pieces and a mystery gift. Tickets cost eight dollars, basket priced at sixty dollars, with napkins included. Proceeds support preservation of the Park-McCullough House collections.
Rep. James Jeffords of Vermont urged the Republican Platform Committee in Kansas City to adopt a plank advocating a national program to restore soil health. He cited topsoil thinning from three feet at settlement to about six inches now and noted ongoing erosion despite government efforts. Jeffords and Rep. Fred Richmond, a Democrat, co-founded the National Soil Fertility Program.
Secretary of State Richard Thomas says a federal postcard voter registration program would require a legislative amendment to Vermont law. He notes that voting in Vermont requires the Freeman's Oath, which cannot be done by mail. If the federal bill passes, a special session could be needed to alter state election law. Washington may resolve the issue, but a veto is likely and override votes are uncertain.
A joint venture by the Vermont Office of Aging Vermont Legal Aid Inc. and Area Agencies on Aging will offer expanded legal services to seniors this fall. Pearl Somaini says priorities include Social Security guardianship taxation housing and consumer protection. Six first year attorneys have been named and will operate through aging offices senior centers meal sites and other convenient locations.
Barre UPIDemocrat Lt. Gov. Brian Burns says as governor he would seek federal permission to test a pilot workfare program for welfare recipients. He notes current federal rules ban mandatory work, but would pursue special authorization for a trial. BRATTLEBORO UPI An arrest warrant is issued for former Superior Judge Dale Brooks after he failed to appear in court for embezzlement charges. Brooks, 57, resigned in 1970 for health reasons and is accused of taking 973 dollars from a Brattleboro firm in 1972. He was arrested in New York last year, pleaded not guilty, and was freed on his own recognizance with no bail pending. Jury selection was scheduled two weeks ago when he did not appear.
In Nassau village, about 70 residents met to vent over alleged harassment by the part time police force. An officer, a father, was accused of stopping two 16 year old girls and asking if they were soliciting sex. A black youth may sue after an arrest for trespassing while he says he was buying cigarettes. The board will form a committee to draft police guidelines. In Cohoes officials argue over an 11000 dollar mayoral pay raise, challenged as illegal without a referendum. Canestrari converted the post to full time and says funds are in escrow and would be returned if rulings oppose him.
Berkshire County faces rising Hoosic and Housatonic rivers with widespread outages. A Coltsville supermarket complex built a dike of bags to block floodwater. In Adams 25 feet of land washed away by the Hoosic. A Lanesboro firefighter was swept through a 30-foot drain but survived with a head bruise. In Great Barrington a pilot Laszlo Ferencz, 35, crashed at the airport and sustained a skull fracture per hospital updates.
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