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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1968
Page
5
Rep. John Hancock, R Hardwick, said a bill to recall Education Board members is bottled up in the House Education Committee and unlikely to pass in the 1968 session. The measure, signed by 75 House members, would allow removal if a petition by 20 percent of legislators requests a vote. the governor would fill vacancies.
State police report an 8-year-old West Addison girl, Deborah Paulman, died after a .22 revolver hanging in a clothes closet discharged as she attempted to hang up clothes. She died en route to Vergennes doctor Donald S. Bicknell's office.
Gov Philip H Hoff spoke at a Burlington interfaith service praising the Boy Scout movement for producing many civic and business leaders and contributing to the nation's welfare through Scout experience.
A Colonie man, J Kenton Wright, 24, escaped a sinking car after it broke through 20 feet of frigid water off Assembly Point north of Lake George Village. He had driven onto thin ice around 1:30 pm while crossing from Long Island to Assembly Point amid recent cold snaps. The sheriff warned against driving on the lake ice as dangers from weak patches persist.
Schine Corporation negotiates sale of Queensbury Inn to a Glens Falls syndicate of two major firms. Separate notes report a shift in Schine stockholdings at Ten Eyck in Albany and a 1950s takeover of Glens Falls Hotel with a large parking lot added.
In Berkshire a large investiture Sunday crowned Andrew Sinclair Flagg as the sixth president of North Adams State College. Williams College president Dr John E Sawyer praised Flagg for expanding the college program and horizons based on 30 years of teaching. Trustee chairman Dr Kenneth R Fox administered the oath. Academic dean Dr John J Komorek and faculty chair Edmund K Luddy presented the gown of office. Massachusetts State Colleges director Dr Francis X Guindon presided. Delegates from 84 colleges and societies attended as honored guests.
Vermont Education Commissioner Harvey B. Scribner criticizes educators on WCAX TV for lacking future plans while promoting regional district consolidation and K 12 union school ideas. He stresses cooperation over coercion and cites Teaneck integration as a model. Rat intrusion halts parliament work in Colombo.
Gov Philip Hoff urges 1968 Legislature to adopt a plan to normalize school property taxes across Vermont. The proposal establishes a $2.10 rate on each community’s grand list, creates a state cooperative education pot, and shares funds to cover average per pupil costs. If a town spends above the average it loses 50 percent of its share. below average, its share is cut by 50 percent. The plan aims to curb rising education costs and taxes, pending 1970 start if approved.
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