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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1966
Page
2
UPI reports Vermont unemployment insurance filings for the week totaling 1,532, down 202 from the prior week. The insured unemployment rate dropped to 1.5 percent from 2.3 in 1965, a yearly low. New claims reached 1,318, down 207. eight of eleven local areas showed changes over 10 percent, led by Brattleboro minus 35 percent and Newport minus 32 percent.
A head on collision on Route 15 killed two people identified as Ronald Fuller of Underhill Center and Bernard Quinn, both in their late teens or early 20s. Police said Quinn may reside in Massachusetts. Injured and transported to Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington were Dennis Beaulieu 14 Philip S Thomas 14 Homer Fuller 28 and Larry Machia 38 all from Underhill or nearby areas.
Norman Runnion a veteran Washington and foreign correspondent is appointed director of development at Windham College announced by President Eugene Winslow. A 36 year old with 13 years at UPI he now heads the Washington writing staff and is a Northwestern Medill graduate. Also Burlington police probe after a night break at the city health officer office finding a 400 pound safe pried open with $1000 taken and possible entry at Blue Cross Blue Shield office.
The Vermont Federation of Woman's Clubs will host the 57th annual New England Conference of State Federation of Woman's Clubs in Woodstock. The meeting runs September 27 through 29 with featured speakers Gov. Philip Hoff former Miss America Marilyn Van Derbur and Mrs. E.D. Pearce president of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs.
In Pittsfield District Court Thursday thirteen of fifteen arrestees from a gambling raid at 21 Imperial Ave were fined 30 dollars each, with two defendants, including Nicholas Mele, pleads not guilty and bail set. Mrs Gamari had case dismissed. Mele continued until Aug 24. In Williamsown, Stratton Development Corp formed for a 137 acre housing project. Also, Massachusetts first regional Dept of Education office opened in Pittsfield and Esther Jaffe Ryan dress shop to close Sept 1.
A shaggy haired teen sprinted the homestretch at Suffolk Downs and reached the Beatles during the final song before being tackled by a bodyguard and handed to police. He escaped, then was recaptured as police and fans surged near the stage. Kennedy family members, including Joe and Kathleen Kennedy, were among 35 in attendance as the Beatles prepared to fly to Memphis after a Boston stop.
Six days of closed hearings in Carson City failed to prove reports that casino profits fund underworld activity. The Nevada Gaming Commission plans to resume in Las Vegas August 26 27 with testimony from Reno Lake Tahoe area casinos and a Las Vegas establishment.
Washington lawmakers clashed over the handling of attorney Arthur Kinoy after he was forcibly removed from a House Un American Activities Committee session. Reps. Ryan and Scheuer condemned the ejection as near choking and eyes bulging while Rep. Cederberg defended the action as Kinoy provoking the scene. A separate House subcommittee then deadlocked on an admin proposal to finance rural electric cooperatives.
The Vermont Nursing Home Association warned the congressional delegation that thousands of Medicare beneficiaries may be denied care unless Social Security's pay formula is revised. Executive director Berkley Bennett said the denial of returns on private facilities risks an inadequate bed supply as most Vermont nursing homes are privately owned.
The Senate confirmed acting postmaster Frank J. Varricchione for Burlington Virgin Islands duties on Thursday. The final commissioning rests with President Johnson who is expected to sign within three weeks. Varricchione has served since June 30 and received Democratic Party backing.
The U.S. Government, planning an intensive search for native gold, silver, platinum and other metals, will focus on coastal beaches from Alaska to Oregon, the Appalachians from Maine to Georgia, and the upper Great Lakes, per Chemical and Engineering News citing Geological Survey and Bureau of Mines.
New England Power Co studies Hinsdale Chesterfield in New Hampshire as a potential site for a 450,000 kilowatt pumped storage plant on the Connecticut River. The plan, part of a 10 to 15 year program for the Federal Power Commission, also considers Bellows Falls Vermont for the project. The utility already operates a 28,000 kilowatt station atop Wantastiquet Mountain. Across the river in Vernon Vermont, the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Co. plant is planned.
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