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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1966
Page
10
Mary Wright, a 29 year old married truck driver from Hopkinton Massachusetts, claims sex discrimination in the trucking industry. She argues men control the opportunities and she is barred from driving tractor trailers despite her interest in forming a husband wife team.
Expo 67, slated to open in Montreal to mark Canada's centenary, is funded by the federal and Quebec governments and Montreal city, but its public financing has become a political issue in Ottawa. The Progressive Conservative opposition chaired by John Diefenbaker has criticized Expo financing and spending practices, mirroring past World’s Fair concerns.
Former White House adviser Arthur Schlesinger Jr urged that U S involvement in Viet Nam is a tragedy noting no clear national stake and criticizing renewed bombing in the North. He spoke at Providence College on the Kennedy era.
The Population Reference Bureau reports a 56 million increase in world population in a 12 month period ending mid-1965, with birth rates rising and death rates falling. If trends continue, world population could double by 2000, placing 100 million near famine lines per the bureau’s warning.
Comedian Dick Gregory and two Native American men staged a fish-in on the Nisqually River near Olympia to challenge Washington state fishing laws. They fished with nets in defiance of a state prohibition seeking to uphold a 1855 Medicine Creek treaty claim. State wardens observed and warned of possible arrests.
Washington report describes a future car feature with red yellow and green signals on the car ahead. Red means braking, yellow slowing, green accelerating. Aims to extend reaction time and reduce crashes on busy highways. Senator Ribicoff leads a Senate subcommittee study on auto safety amid broad proposals.
A mayoral task force urges sweeping reforms for New York City's police of 27 000, including civilian dominated oversight, ending nepotism in promotions, and a reevaluation of patrol and detective assignments to curb inefficiency and outdated practices. The report notes controversies ahead but stresses improved service and public trust.
In Powell Wyoming UPI reports a two week old fire in a storage bin created a bubbling bean soup smell as firefighters keep adding water. Residents joke about the odor with a town sign reading Entering Powell This Town Is Not Dead It Just Smells That Way.
Legal notice from Pownal Vermont calling qualified voters to Town and School Meeting at Pownal Center Firehouse on February 28 1966 at 730 PM and at Town Hall on March 1 1966 from 10 AM to 7 PM for election of officers and ballot articles. Articles include reports of officials grand jurors constable tax collector listers overseer of the poor tax collection method salaries and wages and a funding for the plant.
The town votes on general expenses highways and protection measures including appropriations for fire departments ambulance insurance humane society and planning. Ballot voting held March 1 1966 from 10am to 7pm at Town Hall with articles covering liquor licenses audits holidays and regional planning.
A dated town meeting agenda lists regional planning participation, road sidewalk projects, tax exemptions for livestock and transient horses, and veteran memorial construction. It also covers fireman poll tax exemptions, school district reports, borrowing powers, officer pay, grand list funding, and ballot votes for School Board seats and a $500 school support allocation.
A block of notices and ads from Bennington area publications dated February 1966 includes school district budget prompts for United Counseling Service and a grade school kindergarten proposal, a Citizens Caucus warning for Bennington Village to nominate candidates, a Granite Barre Guild display notice, and local bowling promotions offering moonlight bowling and free weekly draws.
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