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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1962
Page
2
Former U S Senator Ralph Flanders of Vermont agrees to head the Northern New England Passenger Railroad Conference. Smith College President T C Mendenhall announces the appointment as the committee studies rail passenger service improvements in the region.
Governor Nelson Rockefeller endorsed a Diefendorf committee plan allowing countywide one percent retail sales tax for school funding. He argues it eases property tax burden while acknowledging local taxation remains essential. The proposal also ties to broader home rule revision giving towns and villages new powers, including local lawmaking and joint ventures, with milk dating among potential changes.
Massachusetts lawmakers heard opposition from the Citizens Tramway Advisory Committee and the Northern Berkshire Area Redevelopment Committee to a bill repealing the Mt Greylock Tramway Authority. The sponsor of the repeal measure is Rep. Sidney Q Curtiss. Solons Get Forest Preservation Plan in Albany proposes forest preserve use by classifying 30 percent remote wilderness 10 percent near roads for recreation and 60 percent for in between uses including hunting and fishing with sponsors Sen Warren M Anderson and Assemblyman Richard J Bartlett.
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown opens a new silver room Thursday showcasing 54 items from 1706 to 1807. Highlights include seven pieces by Paul De Lamerie and a George II tea tray. the exhibit traces evolving styles and silversmith techniques.
Vermont readies for the annual liquor referendum as towns decide on sale of liquor beer and wine. WCTU led dry campaigners in four dozen undecided towns while dealers push for wet voters amid a long simmering 60 year struggle.
In Oneonta New York firemen join a trading stamp drive to fund a waffle iron and suds stock for sale next. Fireman Anthony Leo Grande cooking for on duty crew says stamps are saved for the gadget. Polls closed before Grande could vote leaving the town dry by one more year.
Dr. David H. Gray, 34, is named chronic illness control director for Vermont State Department of Health. He will head the new program emphasizing prevention in cancer and heart care with federal and state funding. Gray, a Harvard MD graduate, Burling-ton physician, sails on weekends and writes a weekly Burlington Free Press column Saillore.
Vermont legislative highway department probe resumes to conclude garage operations review. Sen James Oakes says contractors may be subpoenaed to testify on private contracts versus state projects and investigate the Baslow New Haven settlement of 40000 dollars.
The Clark Institute notes a 1953 De Lamerie silver solo exhibit as the first in the United States. Since May 1955, it has drawn over 300 000 visitors across prints sculpture paintings furniture and porcelain. The museum resumes a six day schedule Thursday with free admission 10 am to 5 pm except Monday.
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