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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1966
Page
2
The Mt Anthony Union School Board did not approve selling land to Central Vermont Public Service. Voters will decide at a district meeting if one acre may be sold for a 1000 dollar power sub station and if an easement on another acre for power lines is allowed.
President LBJ announced new measures to aid hospitals, patients, and small businesses affected by the strike. SBA loans up to 20 million were proposed for crippled revenues, with EDA and OEO studying direct loans for individuals and firms. The Labor Department partnered with New York State to process unemployment claims by mail, removing local office visits.
U P D reported Rep. Robert Stafford warns that Vietnam costs could reach 5 billion by year end and potentially 10 billion if escalation continues into 1967. He urges cuts in domestic spending, except education, and targets farm price supports including wheat and feed grain.
Addison County Sheriff Allen J Chandler resigns effective Feb 1 for personal reasons. He cites lack of sufficient help to run the county jail and says the sheriff must run the jail and county office, seeking at least one full time deputy. Chandler, first elected 1960, has a long public service record. He and Mrs Chandler have three sons and plan to stay in Middlebury.
In December unemployment fell to 4.1 percent, the lowest since May 1975, with 72.74 million Americans employed. Experts warn a 1966 labor shortage looms as heavy industry centers struggle to fill skilled positions, prompting calls for hiring standards reform and retraining programs. The report notes regional gaps in teens and nonwhites, plus ongoing labor-relations activity in Bennington area plants and statewide manufacturing growth.
Ben Mont Inc transferred the former Flint plant on Ben Mont Avenue to the Bennington Friends of Retarded Children for use as the Red Brick School annex. Officials at signing included Lee Shoemaker Walter Lapham Craig Smith for Ben Mont and Dr William Worthington Rev Earle Forman for BFRC. The Red Brick Annex will provide two classrooms two lunch kitchens offices teachers rooms and a room for speech therapy with Linda Towart and Lorraine Eastman named to lead the trainable and educable classes respectively.
Sgt. Frank A. Edson U S Air Force son of Mr and Mrs A Sidney Edson 203 Grandview St left Thursday for service in Viet Nam He has been stationed five years in Greensboro NC His duty there included testing North Carolina high school students prior to enlistment His older brother Richard also served in the 13th Army Air Task Force in the South Pacific and was transferred in October from General Electric Pittsfield to the GE planning office in Cincinnati
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 05201. UPI provides local news republication and dispatches. Home delivery by carrier or motor service 10 cents daily. Subscription rates outside Vermont vary by location and term with three months six months and one year options.
U.S. Denies that a time limit exists on suspension of raids in the North after a session with the President. Mike Mansfield told newsmen he expects no resumption soon and that the President is personally overseeing efforts to shift the East West confrontation from battle to bargaining. He emphasized no timetable on bombing as the President decides as commander in chief.
Ernest Walter Flanders 60 of Hillside Street North Bennington died Friday morning of a heart attack while walking toward North Bennington village. Born Craftsbury January 1 1906 he was a custodian at Bennington College since 1955 and a member of North Bennington Baptist Church and Local 170 AFL CIO. Survivors include his wife Fannie, son Robert and daughter Nina both of North Bennington, a brother Curtis of Hudson New Hampshire. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Bennington with burial in Hinsdillville Cemetery in the spring.
The Gold Star Mothers will gather in the VFW Room at 7 30 p.m. Monday. Iron Kettle Weekend Special offers a baked Virginia ham pineapple complete dinner for $1 75 ADV.
The note shifts west to Rigel in the Hexagon and explains Orion names. It cites Orion's Left Foot Arabic translation and visualizes Orion facing the viewer. It adds translations for Betelgeuse Bellatrix and Alnilam as imaginative interpretations.
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