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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1970
Page
5
A UPI survey and Gallup poll show only small shares of American women quitting the Pill after Senate hearings on side effects. Doctors report mixed reactions, with some adopting IUDs and many continuing use with medical monitoring.
In UPI report Judge Samuel B. Sterrett of the U S Tax Court says gifts to a spouse for groceries cannot be deducted. He notes three Maryland residents underpaid taxes in the 1960s due to the consult ant's advice, and dismisses the deduction as nondeductible despite sympathy for the theory.
Maine Gov. Kenneth M. Curtis signed two pioneering environmental laws aimed at protecting the rockbound coast from oil spills and industrial pollution. One law imposes strict rules on petroleum shipments through Maine and a half cent per barrel tax to fund a $4 million spill clean up. The other law gives the Environmental Improvement Commission veto power over locating potentially damaging industries. The measures take effect 90 days after adjournment and may face constitutional challenges.
Police seek identity of masked robber at Pascack Valley Bank and Trust Co in Old Tappan Bergen County. The gunman wore a likeness of President Nixon and fled with less than $1,000 after a staged traffic accident call earlier.
The Vermont Supreme Court will hear a motion to disbar Burlington attorney John Harrington for alleged professional misconduct after his 1968 extortion conviction. Assistant Attorney General Louis Peck argues Harrington failed to uphold legal ethics. Harrington and his attorney Eric Schuppin deny the charges.
About half of more than 400 strikers at General Electric in Burlington have returned to their jobs. On the first day after a 15 week walkout ended, 223 employees were back across three shifts while 226 remained unaccounted for. The company had asked strikers to return on the midnight shift Wednesday, following the Burlington local ratifying a new contract by a two to one margin.
Three Essex Junction men died early today in a two car collision on U S 2 in South Burlington. Dennis Stearns 23 Mark Daley 23 and Christopher Touts 69 were killed. Three others Donald Hathaway 22 Ray Vandow 26 and Lous Toulis 38 were hospitalized in serious or critical condition.
Former Vermont Governor Philip Hoff, a likely Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, will be guest of honor at a February 19 dinner at the Federal City Club in Washington D C.
ALBANY The board of directors of the Albany Catholic Inter-Racial Council voted unanimously to support the substance of the Siena College students demands urging changes in methods and curriculum after a meeting with the Liberation Committee and Siena president Rev Brian Duffy.
Troy Hudson Valley Community College will trim about 29 of its roughly 225 faculty members as an economy move for the 1970-71 academic year. President James J. Fitzgibbons said costs are rising and the probationary staff reductions aim to hold expenditures.
Albany Democrats push to repeal the state constitution gift and loan prohibition that bars the state and municipalities from funding private economic development. Senate Minority Leader Joseph Zaretzki and Assembly Minority Leader Stanley Steingut say the change would let governments invest in survival, creating industries, jobs and tax revenue with new funds.
U S marshals bring Vincent Teresa from Lewisburg to Berkshire House of Correction for a Monday Superior Court trial hearing. Indicted on 58 counts in the 1967 stolen car sales racket. central figure in the case. He already serves a 20 year federal sentence for interstate transportation of stolen securities from Baltimore. In a separate note, Agawam shop owners John L. McLean and Michael J. Albano wore acceptable short wigs to Army Reserve drill after Army officials noted the wig idea came from the Army and a local shop donated them. they argued long hair is vital to their business.
The Mt Greylock Advisory Council formed an executive committee to handle winter recreation and resolve snowmobile use conflicts on the 10 000 acre reservation as Berkshire County officials rank road projects including the Coltsville intersection in Pittsfield with the Williamstown bypass deferred due to local opposition while a Lenox Bypass to the city line remains active.
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