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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1974
Page
16
Outgoing Lt. Gov. John Burgess may issue a ruling on January 9 whether a roll call vote is legal for selecting statewide officers after no candidate won a majority in the November 5 election. Some legislators seek a joint House Senate vote by roll call, while others cite constitutional use of written ballots.
Regional Transportation Planner Edward R. Lamb notes formal urban area in Bennington including Bennington Village Old Bennington Route 7 flats and North Bennington. Janet Henry urges action to stop sidewalk plowing to save funds but board keeps regular plowing schedule and she will petition to put it on Town Meeting ballot. Saunders says a board decision on seeking federal Community Development Program funds is due by end of January with Campbell and Corcoran to meet Saunders to discuss projects.
Banks report little local demand for gold while brokers in Albany and New York outline purchase options. Merrill Lynch will accept 50 percent deposits on orders with final pricing tied to London fixing, and storage arrangements offer certificates with gold staying in vaults. Intergold promotes mail orders for bars. experts warn gold is risky without income but may suit inflation or currency uncertainty.
The Catamount Gadabout Square Dance Club hosts a New Year Eve dance at Molly Stark School from 9 to midnight with Mike Ancora calling. A marriage encounter meeting is set for Sunday Jan 5 at 8 pm at St Francis Parish Convent. Katharine Chapman wins Grammy Square Afghan at Bennington Convalescent Center enabling a new wheelchair. A veterinary group meets at Dr Glanzburg’s office at noon Thursday to examine a horse. Mid Town Bowl offers daily 1 pm play during school vacation, 50 cents per game. Various ads for Napolitano’s pizza spaghetti sauce and Bennington Lanes New Year’s Eve/Day hours and Frosty refrigeration services.
State Police Sgt Gordon Mooney, commander at Shaftsbury sub-troop, receives orders to become investigator at Green Mountain race track from February. Heffernan replaces him as sub-troop commander after serving at Shaftsbury barracks.
Supt. George A. Sleeman rejects Vermont Education Association allegations of major certification problems in the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union after state review found all 371 teachers fully qualified. VEA executive director Charles Ochmanski counters with evidence suggesting serious certification issues, citing a November letter from Robert Vail to Sleeman requesting rapid clearance of 40 to 60 missing or incomplete items.
Bennington planners approved 28 total lots to be developed by the Greenberg family, 18 by EDS Realty and 10 by Edward Greenberg, with conditions on water and sewer lines, drainage, road paving, and a right of way to Howe property. The Edward Greenberg project won unanimous approval. EDS faced questions on infrastructure and Act 250 review, with a 4 to 1 vote at the commission. A related rezoning petition and sign regulation tweaks were also discussed.
Mt Anthony Union School Board faces a decision on a new senior high English curriculum featuring an expanded track to emphasize basic English skills. At a curriculum committee meeting, plans to reduce electives and intensify basic skills were discussed, with a counter proposal aligning with Pelkie's ideas but retaining more electives. The program aims for fall 1975 adoption and includes two summer reading and curriculum planning workshops for teachers.
Windsor State Prison will close by June 30 after a $615,000 budget cut. Warden Paul Cavallou and Corrections Commissioner R Kent Stoneman say inmates and guards reacted with fear and upset, but many staff will be offered jobs elsewhere in the system and most inmates will transfer to other Vermont facilities.
Admissions include Jean Stone Rosalea Wright Lara Campbell Bennington Linda Morse Arlington Stanley Towslee East Dorset Lisa Dollard Petersburg Phillip Johnson Argyle NY Discharges William Blodgett Bennington Tiara Mattison Arlington Francis Flynn Hoosick Falls Birth: a son to Mr and Mrs Jerry Viault Manchester Center
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