12 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1971
Page
1
A Brattleboro audience of under 35 heard Charles C. Crewe outline the East West highway study, calling most corridor suggestions speculative. The session, co sponsored by regional planners and the chamber, drew locals from Bennington with hints on a northern New England route.
At the San Fernando Veterans Hospital a rescue team uncovered Frank Carbonara, 68, alive beneath rubble after 58 hours. The hospital chef escaped with broken bones in his hands and a bruised chest and was declared in good condition by physicians. He recalled feeling dead and not sleeping for 58 hours.
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Stuart A. Roosa and Edgar D. Mitchell returned to a boisterous Houston welcome and thanked flight controllers for averting serious mission problems. They remain in quarantine at Ellington after landing from Pago Pago ending a 14 hour flight, while scientists inspect rocks from the moon and study the primitive crust.
Ellen Cronan Rose explores the fine arts of cooking with library research revealing fresh perspectives. Sam Ogden grills Vermont's planning czar on development issues. Vermont faces a controversial deer cull described as the nation’s worst, sparking policy debate.
A House Natural Resources hearing in Montpelier heard Rep. Frank Bunting and Rep. Ralph LeDuc push a bill to ban non-returnable bottles and cans. Grocers and bottlers argued Americans are too affluent to bother, while supporters urged time for industry recycling research and public education to curb litter.
A state auditor’s sharply critical report targets University of Vermont administration and a Waterbury State Hospital patients’ funds case. The UVM audit cites breakdowns in authority and control with recommendations on payroll, student work programs, and safe-keeping of securities. The Waterbury case, prepared by Donnelly and McCormick, found checks cashed to hospital staff and a $1,679 shortage, with one employee released. Acebo used the findings to press for higher funding and warns of widespread accountability gaps across state government.
Vermont lawmakers entertain a compromise on state aid for schools to resolve the impasse between Gov. Deane C. Davis's 27.2 million plan and a 31.8 million coalition. A possible addition of 2.5 million plus a 10 percent floor for rich towns under the Miller formula would ensure no town receives less than 10 percent of education costs, broadening support among rich towns and educators.
Moss and Moss-Lamb-Fox plan adopted to expand Bennington police over five months adding four patrolmen three dispatchers and one clerk-typist at 227000, an 84 percent rise from last year. The move aims to cover outlying areas now patrolled by State Police, with July 1 for full staff under unification.
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