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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1968
Page
5
Republican Deane C. Davis endorses a $1.60 minimum wage in Vermont while noting a potential 20 cent rise to meet federal standards could harm marginal industries. He calls for tighter spending controls amid misgivings about economic impact.
Northfield The Russian School of Norwich University conferred Master of Arts degrees in Russian Language and Literature to 11 graduates during Saturday exercises in Dole Auditorium. Norwich President General Barksdale Hamlett USA Ret delivered the graduation address and handed out the degrees.
Dr. Ward A. Goss a 43 year old veterinarian perished from suffocation and smoke inhalation when a pre dawn blaze gutted his home around 3 a.m. An unidentified couple and their young child in a basement apartment escaped unharmed. Authorities investigated the fire.
Fire at Schenectady City Hall damaged papers and file cabinets on the third floor storage area. Officials cited an electrical storm and said arson was not indicated though investigators involved police, while a late grand jury report on gambling and corruption loomed. A separate town case reported a youth killed by a rifle bullet during target practice near Canaan.
Berkshire news reports a move to form a central council to speak for Negro residents in Pittsfield with two delegates from each local organization. The body would convene when issues arise and relay Negro community positions to the relevant agency. Williamstown man Daniel V. Bryant, jailed in New York, posted bail and awaits a burglary hearing after Vermont arrest. North Adams housing authority offers veterans project homes at 10 000 to 12 000 dollars. 38 houses remain available in Greylock section.
Six people died in Vermont weekend incidents including five traffic fatalities and a drowning. In Plymouth two fatal crashes on Saturday night killed James L. Scorrozzo James Darrow both of New Britain Connecticut and Gregory A Ellison 20 of Chester New Hampshire. Ellison died at Mary Hitchcock Hospital after his car hit two others on a curve on Vermont Route 100. Ellison’s wife Lina was in fair condition at Springfield Hospital along with two other CT passengers Frederick and William Webber. A third car’s occupants George Scofield 33 of West Newbury Massachusetts his wife and two children had minor injuries. In St Johnsbury Ronald Brown 29 died in a three car crash on U.S. 5 Friday while Stanwood Brown 47 of St Johnsbury and Mrs Lurlene Burnham 58 of Pittsfield Massachusetts were hospitalized with head injuries. A 16 year old St Albans boy Richard A Nichols died Saturday night from injuries on Route 7 Swanton. He was a passenger in a car driven by David Webber 26 of St Albans which struck a utility pole and flew about 40 feet. Mrs Orpha Holt Atkins 83 of Peacham was found drowned in an unnamed pond Sunday after missing from home about an hour and a half. death ruled accidental.
A bomb exploded at the doorway of a Liberal Party Headquarters on Broadway between 84th and 85th Streets in New York. Two patrolmen nearby escaped injury as glass shattered. no one was hurt. An anonymous caller claimed the attack was against the liberal government, alleging Cuban Secret Party involvement.
In Gilbert Iowa the Bannister family accepts 10 year old Mark Painter's wish to live with his California father Harold Painter. The Iowa Supreme Court had previously favored the grandparents in 1966, and the case drew wide attention. A Gilbert minister reported Mark wished to stay in Brookdale California with his father, prompting the Bannisters to honor the boy's choice.
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