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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1967
Page
2
The Vermont House Ways and Means Committee may raise the bonded debt ceiling from 150 million to 200 million early next week after the panel was told debt already reached 155 million. Chairman Emory Hebard asks recommitment as new information arrives while Rep. Fred Westphal keeps a petition to push House action regardless of committee moves.
The Vermont legislature elected Peter Giuliani Montpelier Ellwyn Miller Putney and Democrat George Sloan Rutland to six year terms on the University of Vermont board of trustees. All three were House members and needed two ballots. Miller 109 Sloan 89 Giuliani 70. Arthur Nerola Burlington withdrew after the first ballot. Other candidates included Reps. Frank Stiles Fair Haven John Lindley Springfield Frank Davis Burlington James Loundsbury Pownal.
Vermont unemployment claims for last week totaled 4155, down 38 from the prior week. Volume was 163 higher than the 1966 week, with the insured unemployment rate steady at 4.1 percent. New claims fell to 486, while four industries supplied over two thirds of total claims. Only one local area, Middlebury, showed a 15 percent rise.
Vermont Senate gave final approval to a measure appropriating 1 million dollars to develop and expand 20 state forests and parks, to be matched by 1 million federal funds. The plan would raise total decade forest and park spending to 6 million. The Senate also backed a House measure allowing the Fish and Game Board to limit migratory fowl shooting during hunting seasons under federal rules.
Albany reports that the Hospital Association of New York State opposes A Blueprint for the Education of Nurses in New York State by the New York State Nurses Association. The plan would abolish all hospital and practical nurse schools by January 1, 1972 and shift nursing programs to colleges. There are 86 hospital schools of nursing and 79 practical nurse schools in the state. The Nurses Association proposed transferring all programs to colleges and prohibiting new hospital diploma or practical nursing programs as of January 1.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Borden longtime Eaton residents and civic leaders will mark their fifty years of marriage with a Sunday celebration at Burton Hall from 2 to 5 pm invited to attend The Bordens active in grange Washington County Extension Service and county and Schaghticoke fairs Borden served as county supervisor town board justice of the peace former president of Easton Cooperative Fire Insurance Company Farm Bureau director and organizer of the Washington County Soil Conservation District
Albany Gov Rockefeller proposed a bill allowing farmers to provide unemployment insurance for agricultural workers on a voluntary basis. Current law forbids employers of agricultural workers from offering such coverage, even voluntarily, and he noted only two states share that restriction.
A 26-year-old man wearing dark-rimmed glasses in Berkshires Pittsfield hoodwinked a teller by repeatedly changing a $100 bill and departed with his own $100 plus the bank's $100. Police report notes he had dark hair and eyes and wore a black parka.
Miss Mary Earle Gould of Worcester, author of six early Americana books, gifts a 1200 piece collection to Hancock Shaker Village. The donation includes 150 Shaker boxes and is about 70 percent of Shaker origin, as noted by Eugene M. Dodd, the village curator.
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority won one of eight highway departments cited for excellence in beautification at a White House reception honoring Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. The awards recognized efforts east of Lee to preserve Berkshire Mountain views and a lake along Interstate 90.
Sprague Electric Co and Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp announce a non exclusive cross license agreement. Both firms may use each other patents in designing and fabricating semiconductor devices including integrated circuits and transistors.
Brig. Gen. Reginald M. Cram of South Burlington won a special legislative election as Vermont adjutant general, defeating Adj. Gen. Wayne H. Page of Hyde Park by 91 to 82 on a secret ballot after a bitter feud that began when Hoff ousted Cram as acting adjutant. Cram, 52, and Page had lobbied intensively since Jan 4, with Page resigning from Ruberoid Asbestos Co. and Hoff declining comment on the result. Cram takes over Feb 28 after a career spanning SHAPE service and joint chiefs of staff duties. Page, 44, pledged continued duty as adjutant until then.
ANN ARBOR Mich Residents report a new rash of unidentified flying objects over southeastern Michigan Thursday night with multiple witnesses describing a slow moving dark object near downtown Ann Arbor It had two flashing white lights and a central red light Some attribute sightings to swamp gas while Rex Berger of Detroit Metropolitan Airport suggests the objects were planes noting Ann Arbor lies in the flight path
The Interagency Committee on Natural Resources reviews a study on creating a national recreation area along the Connecticut River basin. Roland Hanley Northeast regional recreation director discussed ongoing coordination between federal, state and local administrations to assess viability.
The Boston Globe cites NSA representatives who escorted six Soviet editors on a 1958 U S visit and filed a 167 page CIA report. Editors Yuri Voronov Anatoly Valyuzhenich Mikhail Khaldeyev Alexei Grechukhin Vladlen Troshkin Vitaly Voitko documented hobbies marital status and more. The report aims to improve future exchanges and is marked strictly confidential.
The Vermont Association of Realtor Boards rejects a House Judiciary fair housing compromise as overreaching and discriminatory against single family homeowners. They oppose measures excluding owner occupied apartments and some rooming houses, while supporting a human rights commission concept without broad housing exemptions. The panel plans public hearings after broader study on recreation and resources, with field offices set and cooperation offered if the governor pursues hearings.
Washington awaits swift action on at least two of President Johnson's consumer protection proposals. He urged 10 items, aiming to curb fraudulent lending, substandard medical tests, and major power outages while seeking honesty in mutual funds and power grid reliability. Senate action already launched two measures by Senator Magnuson, including a natural gas pipeline safety bill and a national product safety commission.
In Yokohama Japan UPI reports Vu Vinh Tung North Vietnamese Red Cross president urged pacifists aboard the Phoenix not to enter Haiphong harbor due to intensified bombing risks in Tonkin Gulf. The Quaker group planned to deliver 20000 dollars in medical supplies and sail at noon Saturday via Hiroshima and Hong Kong.
1st Lt. Don J. Egan, a St Michael's College Vermont graduate, was killed in action in Vietnam Sunday. The Defense Department reported the death and listed his next of kin as Mrs. Donald J. Egan of Oceanside California. The Pentagon confirmation follows prior investigative hearings by Magnuson on related measures and amid potential hearings before Senate action. Johnson pushes truth in lending but faces Senate Banking Committee resistance. a Douglas measure remains bottled up.
The Vermont Commission for statewide Planning for Vocational Rehabilitation Services began an 18 month study to draft a long range plan for handicapped residents. Harbridge House Inc will provide management consulting services while estimating the number of disabled people and evaluating services. The project, funded by the federal DH early of Health Education and Welfare, aims to set goals and action through 1975.
Senator George Aiken of Vermont 74 entered Bethesda Naval Hospital for a general physical checkup on the advisement of the Capitol physician after returning from a 10 day Mexico trip as a delegate to a U S Mexican interparliamentary meeting. His staff said he complained of not feeling well.
Albany New York State Insurance Superintendent Richard Stewart proposed a 150 percent increase in minimum required coverage for about three million motorists. The plan would raise annual premiums by 6 to 39.50 dollars while raising the minimums to 25000 for a single injury or death 50000 total personal injury and 10000 property damage. Insurance company spokesmen warned higher coverage would lift settlements and push premiums further.
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