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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1968
Page
5
Vermont GOP leader Elbert Moulton appeals to Rockefeller supporters to back Nixon and Agnew, arguing party unity and predicting Humphrey as Democratic nominee would be disastrous. The letter targets Vermonters for Rockefeller and The New Majority, urging endorsement of the GOP ticket.
Burlington region reports eight Windsor State Prison inmates failed to win release in habeas corpus petitions under the 1966 Post Convictions Relief Act. Dennis E. Murphy of East Fairlee, serving a 15 to 30 year term for second degree murder starting December 19, 1967, was among them. Franklin dispatch notes state Rep. Merrill F. Magnant, a 64 year old cattle dealer and former farmer, was struck and killed crossing a street by Richard W. King, a 20 year old from Richford, with Magnant’s death confirmed by St. Albans Hospital staff. White River Junction coverage records 17 year old Dianne Johnson’s no contest plea for painting the 20 Mile Stream bridge in pink with red and blue hearts, resulting in a $25 fine plus costs, as her attorney explained she confessed the bridge color was “horrible.”
Northeast Legion No 92 comprised of New Hampshire Maine and Vermont lodges selects Barre to host a weekend super ceremony October 12 13 honoring Earle W Horton grand herder of the Legion of the Moose from Mooseheart Illinois.
A Democratic candidate Orlando Potter plans a Kennedy style canoe expedition down the upper Hudson to inspect an Adirondack dam site slated to flood 14500 acres. Potter challenges NYC water plans and cites wilderness invasion while contesting Rep. Carleton King in Saratoga Springs. In Albany, Kenneth Keating leads as Kennedy successor candidate after meetings with Gov. Rockefeller amid Kennedy death timelines. In Troy, a $200000 health lab will be built at the Troy Industrial Park, a 12000 square foot prefabricated facility housing NYS Dept. of Health research units.
Down in Berkshire Local 78 of the United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union officially struck the Peter J. Schweitzer Mill. The union represents about 500 workers and joined roughly 4,000 papermakers at five other Kimberly Clark mills who struck at midnight. The two year contract expired August 1 and Local 78 rejected a company offer of 46.5 cent package. Pittsfield weather station to close September 1 under federal economy drive. Albany to cover weather and provide data to papers and stations. Andrew S. Flagg plans to retire as North Adams State College president by September 1969. NASC board seeks replacement by next spring.
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