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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1967
Page
2
In Rutland UPI report union and management representatives meet today to resolve a new contract for Howe-Richardson Scale Co. The existing treaty expired last Friday and a five day strike notice remains. union spokesman says 600 workers would strike if no agreement by Thursday.
UPI reports Burlington attorney John Dinse was named chairman of Vermont s newly formed Judicial Selection Board created by the 1966 legislature to screen and advise on appointments to the superior and district court benches. The panel will review this month candidates for ten district court judgeships as Gov Hoff has interim judges serving until March. The board includes three Vermont Bar Association lawyers, three House members, three Senate members, and two governor appointees.
Burlington UPI reports Champlain College will host Erwin D. Canham as commencement speaker for the 89th graduation on June 3. Canham, editor in chief of the Christian Science Monitor since 1964, was Rhodes Scholar in 1926 and hails from Auburn Maine. A separate Boston federal court verdict awarded Robert W. Cross 77158 for burns from a 1962 sawdust plant explosion in North Stratford New Hampshire.
Arthur Hyde 27 of Royalton was killed in a single vehicle accident on U S Route 4. He was pronounced dead on arrival Monday evening at Ottaqueechee Health Center. Hyde was Vermont’s fourth highway fatality of 1967.
Watervliet Arsenal awards Bethlehem Steel a record eight million eighty five thousand six hundred and ninety six dollar contract to supply 676 rough machined alloy steel forgings for the 175mm self propelled gun. Delivery targeted by October and the weapon serves with U S forces in Southeast Asia. Albany police close Dunn Memorial Bridge after a bomb threat. no device found after a half hour search. Carl Gage of Oneonta is sentenced to three years for failing to report for civilian duty, seeking reclassification as a minister.
Vincenzo Giudice of Pittsfield was found mentally ill and not fit for trial in the 1966 Veterans Day slaying of his grandnephew Vincent Velez. The 74-year-old faces a $30,000 civil suit by the grandnephew estate, with any damages going to Velez’s heirs if plaintiff wins. In North Adams, college leaders interview candidates to appoint a new president before September retirement. Poorvy Construction Co. starts a $1,395,800 dormitory project at North Adams State College, a seven story building for 216 women.
Berkshire Superior Court filings total nearly 1.5 million with Pittsfield General Hospital leading a 620000 action against Markus and Nadia Inc of Boston alleging breach of contract by the architects.
A blizzard pounded New England with snow at rates over half an inch per hour, closing schools and stranding traffic from Connecticut to Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Temperatures in the teens, winds up to 45 mph, and heavy drifting created near zero visibility. Public works crews, plows, and shipyard workers faced disruptions as coastlines warned of high tides and coastal flooding.
Rep. Francis Esposito introduces in the Vermont House a bill to create a state labor relations board within the Industrial Relations Department. It would protect workers rights to join unions and bargain in good faith while requiring employers to honor contracts and maintain wage and work condition agreements. The board would hear unfair labor practice petitions, with a $50,000 biennial appropriation proposed for startup.
NORTHFIELD The Society of Colonial Wars will join Vermont patriotic groups in a Washington Birthday celebration at Norwich University on Feb 22 after its annual business meeting. The group honors veterans of American Colonial Wars and high civic officials from the era. Brig Gen Reginald M. Cram is nominated for a third term as governor and is the society's only living veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict with multiple medals and honors.
Dr Lucien M Hanks of Bennington College will lecture on the aborigines of northern Thailand at Windham College on Wednesday at 8 pm in Stone Hall lower lounge The event opens the second semester Windham Evening Lecture Series includes past speakers and related academic activity in Putney Vermont.
Montpelier bills would let liquor licensees sell alcohol on Sundays with Liquor Control Board approval, aiming to aid tourism. Other measures include higher retirement benefits for state employees and police, plus increased state aid to municipalities for sewage projects, with planning funds and higher grant ceilings.
Vermont lawmakers schedule hearings this week at the statehouse on junkyards and dumps, ionization radiation injury time limits, and district court duties. The House Judiciary Committee leads sessions on three bills including overruled side-judges and district court implementation.
The FDA banned a Spencer Gifts product line of tie clips and key chains that fire blank cartridges due to burn and injury risk. The company recalled the items from 30 retail outlets and its mail order division after agency findings.
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