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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1976
Page
7
Shaftsbury residents learn the skating pond under the overpass north of Herringtons Store will open this Saturday. Mrs William E Elliott thanks the William E Daily Company and the Boy Scouts for providing the pond and a warm up shed in the nearby shack. Hockey practice hours will be posted next week to avoid conflicts.
North Adams Mass. The National Teacher Examinations will be offered at North Adams State College on February 21. NTEs are used for teacher certification by states, for school system selection and leadership identification, and by colleges for graduation requirements. About 100000 candidates sat last year. Educational Testing Service prepares and administers the tests across 27 subject areas. Registration bulletins and forms are available from James Salzman or the NTE office, Educational Testing Service, Box 911 Princeton NJ 08540.
Local groups schedule gatherings at the Pownal Recreational Community Center and town facilities including Girl Scout troops 489 391 and Boy Scout troop 347 along with Alcoholics Anonymous and Wesleyan Class activities. Also town petitions and reports deadline January 21 for articles in the town warning and town reports.
Hoosick Falls Mayor Donald Bogardus announces sand stored at the village waterworks is available to merchants and residents for sidewalk use to combat icy downtown conditions. Pickup is allowed during daylight hours to help reduce slips and falls. Kathy Pierce, daughter of Frank and Mrs. Pierce, will enroll in a two year secretarial science program at SUNY Cobleskill this fall.
Paul Elisha of the Rensselaer County Council of the Arts announces spring arts and crafts classes for adults and children with brochures available. New Bicentennial Costume Workshops and Introduction to the Recorder join the schedule, plus evening Indoor Gardening. Also listings for other RCCA courses and a training contact.
In Hoosick Falls area a 1965 Ford Maverick owned by William Thurber was burned beyond repair beside Hill Road. The car was found with its gas tank cap missing and a burned book of matches nearby. Thurber says he left keys in the car and does not know who started the blaze. Sheriff investigators from Rensselaer County are handling the case.
The Greater Hoosick Association hosts a Gay 90s Benefit Dance at the State Armory on Church Street in Hoosick Falls Saturday January 24 at 8 p.m. with the Larry Gilbert Quartet from Pearly Gates Saloon Pittsfield MA providing music to raise funds for the town rescue squad and a new ambulance.
Hazel Hill of Walloomsac is hospitalized at Mary McClellan Hospital with pneumonia.
Morrisville lawyer Bruce Graham hints he will run for the U S Senate after previously bowing out to avoid splitting the conservative vote. Vermont Conservative Party backing Rutland attorney John Welch prompted Graham to exit, but with Welch reconsidering, Graham appears to rethink his candidacy. In a separate update, state corrections officials clarified false inmate escape reports, confirming Richard Newman of Marshfield escaped from a transport car near Lyndonville but was recaptured within hours after being taken for medical care.
The Vermont State Colleges press their case before the Senate Appropriations Committee after being left out of Gov. Salmon's supplemental budget. Chancellor William Craig will be invited to present as the panel reviews a $2.5 million request. Salmon had intervened in a labor dispute last year and ordered a 7.2 percent teacher raise, but the supplemental budget lacks $124,000 to fund the raise.
In Montpelier the House sustains Gov. Salmon’s veto of a bill to end straight party voting, with 64 voting to override and 81 in support of the veto. Rep. Mary Maher of South Burlington sponsored the measure. In Ludlow, GE plans to lay off 43 at its aircraft engine plant, reducing staff from about 440 to 250 as orders decline. the plant will move to Rutland later this year.
Senator Birch Bayh campaigned in Troy and Colonie criticizing Ford energy policy as inequitable and pledging to end energy policies influenced by oil executives. He drew sparse crowds but earned Saratoga Springs Mayor Raymond Watkin’s endorsement amid GOP-leaning comments. Bayh vowed a Federal Energy Administration freed from oil industry cronies.
A Williams College student collapsed while jogging in 13 below zero weather. Local physicians warn against extended exposure to subzero temperatures and advise warming the air breathed. The jogger was warmed at the infirmary and released. Sahara roadhouse fined for liquor tampering after fruitflies found in bottles. Club chose a $1,980 fine over 24 day license suspension.
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