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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1967
Page
3
Gov. Philip Hoff of Vermont said he wired President Johnson endorsing the proposed civil rights legislation. He urged swift congressional action and pledged state cooperation to enact reforms expanding voting rights and equal protection. Hoff framed the measure as essential to ending discrimination and upholding constitutional guarantees.
Washington UPI Rep Robert Stafford R Vt offers a new military draft plan calling up 18 year olds first with random selection from a national pool while local boards handle classifications. Liability would shift from 18 26 to 18 22 years age to reduce career disruption.
HUD told Senator Aiken that it approved a 43500 public works planning advance to West Rutland Vermont for sewerage facilities to reduce pollution and also a 4200 advance for planning sewerage facilities at North Troy Vermont.
The House Institutions Committee toured five potential sites in St Albans on Monday with City Manager Sterling Morris Mayor Joseph Fountain and city council members. The proposed $2.3 million medium security institution for youthful offenders has spurred over a year of heated debate.
Cuban premier Fidel Castro on television boasted that Cuba will produce more ice cream flavors than the United States, saying the industry has 26 flavors with a goal of 42. He warned of a major bureaucratic shakeup, possible transfers to state farms, and sanctions for not meeting production targets, while forecasting Cuba's sugar harvest as the biggest in six years despite conflicting earlier reports.
Vermont Senator George Aiken led a bipartisan push with 95 dairy farmers to end city-area milk differentials. The group seeks equal payments, citing a DC court order pausing such subsidies in the Massachusetts Rhode Island order, while rural northern New England producers miss the higher 46 percent premium.
Senator George Aiken R Vermont plans to leave Bethesda Naval Hospital Wednesday after treatment for a virus infection. His administrative assistant Lola Pierotti said he is ready to return to work following a 10 day interparliamentary meeting in Mexico City. In Montpelier, Holiday Inn plans a 100 unit motel costing about $1 million.
Gov. Philip Hoff was to submit to the Senate the names of James Cosgrove and Edward Huber to fill vacancies in state boards. Cosgrove, a Democrat from St Johnsbury, was appointed to the Public Service Board. Huber, a Republican from Springfield, was renominated for a six year term on the Employment Security Board.
President Johnson appealed to the 17 nation disarmament talks for an early pact to curb nuclear spread. The message arrived as delegates resumed discussions at the Palais Des Nations in Geneva. The U S and USSR have draft agreement but quarrels over controls on nonnuclear powers linger. Washington said it will share peaceful nuclear information with West Germany and continue supplying Bonn with nuclear materials to ease Bonn’s nonproliferation concerns.
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders will meet in Boston May 7-8 to discuss the role of religious conscience. Sponsored by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches and the Synagogue Council of America. Five workshops will apply religious traditions to five areas, focusing on practical application rather than theology.
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