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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1970
Page
12
The article notes clashes over educational policies and calls for board control of the education commissioner. A group of concerned educators opposes the conservative effort to curb the commissioner's powers, arguing the reorganization would reduce local authority.
The Vermont Environmental Center at Ripton gains $60,000 more from the New England Regional Commission, boosting prior allocations to $150,000 and avoiding a planned relocation of the lakeside treatment center. Davis cited Ripton residents’ opposition and met with Commerce Secretary Stans and federal co chair Lamprey to sign the supplemental appropriation.
At a Bennington town meeting residents clash over village and town unification. Proponents push water system upgrades, park funding, and industrial water line reimbursement, while critics fear loss of local power and tax hikes. Officials cite needed capital of about 3 million for a townwide water system and related extensions.
Washington UPI gov Davis wins promise from Attorney General Mitchell to investigate delays in distributing escrow funds from a three year court fight. Dairy producers challenged a long standing Agriculture Department practice granting nearby farmers higher milk payments. Payment of legal fees to Charles Ryan cited. dairymen would accept a $900000 settlement.
The measure to ease local subdivision regulation faces final action today after preliminary Senate approval. National planner Walter Blucher proposed the rule, allowing towns to pass land tract rules once a transportation plan is in place, amending the 1968 Planning and Development Act to grant local control of land development.
Hoosick Valley Theatre Company presents Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Adams Memorial Theatre Williams Town. Hank Giles directs with David Strathairn set design as four actors grapple with marriage illusion in a grueling three and a half hour study that ends with uneasy, earned applause.
The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp wins Public Service Board consent to issue 20 million in short term notes to finance Vernon plant construction through June 30. Interest set at 1 percent above the existing prime rate. Extension granted due to Massachusetts municipal utilities litigation blocking long term financing.
The House General and Military Committee rejected all efforts to lower Vermont’s legal drinking age. A 5-4 vote sent an adverse report on a bill to set 18 for on premise purchases. Rep James Shea urged sweeping repeal of age limits, saying education beats law, but his amendment failed 6-3. Other amendments sought 19 for beer and wine and 18 for beer wine and liquor.
At the Harte Theatre Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore star in Change of Habit with religious overtones and fewer songs. Showtimes Monday Thursday 8 p.m. Friday Sunday 6 30 and 8 30 p.m. The Arrangement with Kirk Douglas and Faye Dunaway plays at Williamstown Cinema with Ella Kazan directing. Much shouting, little substance. Showtimes Monday Thursday 8 p.m. Friday Sunday 7 and 9 15 p.m.
Local groups report events from Bennington and surrounding areas. Catholic adult discussion, temple sab bath, Elks spaghetti supper, VFW barbecue and dance, senior center card party, Moose Lodge chicken supper with music, Lenten quiet day at St Peter's, Miss Patty Knights touring Williamsburg, Snowgoers snowmobile ride to Heartwellville, Bennington Club square dancing, military promotion at Ft. Knox, Clara's Beauty Shop closure, and housing ad offerings.
Area obituaries recount the death of Mrs Gladys French Daley 82 widow of Clarence A Daley a Norwich University wartime secretary. She lived in Bennington since 1960 with former wartime work in Boston Philadelphia and New Rochelle. Survived by nephews and nieces. Funeral arrangements at Gibney Haynes Kane Funeral Home. burial in Park Lawn Chapel. Also notices for Joseph J Romanowski and Rolf Reiersen with service details and survivors.
Gov Davis and Sen Aiken clash over who will fill the Vermont federal judgeship left by the late Ernest Gibson. Davis backs Burlington lawyer John Dinse, his ally and campaign manager, while Aiken and Prouty back James L. Oakes of Brattleboro, with ousted expectations supported by caucus norms and senior U.S. senators. Davis attends National Governors Conference in Washington.
Donald Webster executive secretary of the Vermont Democratic party will discuss Vermont politics in the 1960s at the Vermont Historical Society seminars. He will cover issues that helped Democrats end Republican control since before the Civil War. Open to the public, 8 p.m. in the Vermont Historical Society library.
The United Counseling Service of Bennington County will show LSD 25 on Monday March 2 at 7 30 p m in the Putnam Memorial Hospital nurses home conference room. Dr Gordon Gerrish chief psychologist will lead a post film discussion. All residents may attend free of charge.
Judge John P. Morrissey of Bennington is among five nominees for a Vermont Superior Court seat vacated by Judge Dale Brooks. Morrissey, a district judge in the Bennington Rutland district, was previously village attorney and former president of the Greater Vermont Association, with degrees from Notre Dame Albany Law School and a Bennington High School education. The Judicial Selection Board also screened St. Albans lawyer Robert H. Brown and others for the vacancy.
Vermont state attorney John T. Carmody Jr said he is contemplating quitting but nothing definitive exists. Two Bennington candidates Keith King and Neil Moss seek the post if Carmody vacates, to be filled by gubernatorial appointment. House and Senate will convene next Thursday to vote, with five candidates listed on ballots.
Governor Deane C. Davis was expected to receive today a plan outlining state actions if St. Albans officials close schools next month. The closure would follow the prior shutdown of two parochial schools last year, affecting about 550 students in the city system.
Hospital notes for Thursday February 26 1970 list admissions William O Dowd Helene F Beaudoin Bennington Margaret J Derrick Buskirk NY Danforth Hoosick Falls Gordon Christopher Woodard Arlington discharges Frances Rudits Diane Fitzpatrick Christian Reeve Hoosick Falls Carolyn Gore Dorothy Stanley Mark Hunter Bennington births Mr and Mrs Fredrick Matheson 103 North Branch St a son Feb 26 Mr and Mrs Earl Weeden R D 1 Petersburg NY a daughter Feb 26 Mr and Mrs Robert Niles Route 1 Shaftsburg a son Feb 26 Mr and Mrs Carl Libardi Royal Pine Villa a daughter Feb 26
James Hartman of Troy a lineman for Niagara Mohawk Power Corp sustained back injuries in a fall from a pole while installing a transformer on Groveside road West Hoosick Thursday afternoon. He was taken to Samaritan Hospital in Troy by the Hoosick Rescue Squad. He reportedly fell about 30 feet as two coworkers watched from the ground.
Funeral services for John H Westfall of West Shaftsbury were held Wednesday at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home in Bennington with Rev H Glenn Payne officiating. Burial will be in spring at family convenience. A lifelong farmer he died Sunday at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington.
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