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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1969
Page
5
The Vermont Highway Department will add personnel to ease overworked maintenance crews after heavy snowfall. Highway Commissioner John T. Gray said an emergency pool of trained department staff will operate equipment as relief workers, with supervisory teams training crews across garages and related units to improve safety amid extensive overtime.
Former Vermont Lt. Gov. John J. Daley, a 45-year-old Democrat defeated in November for governor, was hired Tuesday night by the Rutland School Committee as a social studies teacher at Rutland Junior High. He will earn 8750 dollars annually, about 750 dollars more than his prior lieutenant governor salary. The Vermont Corrections Board plans to ask Gov. Davis to back a penal program favoring Windsor Prison abandonment, proposing alternatives due to cost constraints on a new maximum security facility.
Voters defeated a $1.60 city school tax increase, a 50 cent general city tax hike, and a $4.8 million school bond. Officials warned rejection could cut about $700,000 from public and parochial school services. In Vermont, Huntington Town Clerk Sheridan Coveau was freed on 5000 bail after a district court judge entered a guilty judgment for embezzling 7000 while treasurer.
Washington report states the Health, Education and Welfare Department approved a $206,708 grant for Vermont Technical College in Randolph Vermont to fund construction of classroom and laboratory facilities.
Chancellor Samuel Gould asked for a full report on demands agreed with Albany State University President Dr. Evan Collins and the Black Students Alliance while Collins said the new department would resemble other academic units and be led by James Lockhart teaching Negro history beginning second semester. In Albany, a Capitol space battle heated as Democrats accused Republicans of better rooms for GOP members, with a potential boycott not materializing.
In Williamstown fifteen people were arraigned in the district court on charges tied to a raid exposing drugs. Janet Burns, 47, her son David M. Burns, 21, and 13 others plead not guilty to being present where narcotics were kept. Sentences range up to five years or 24 years plus fines. The cases were continued to February 25.
Williamstown officials approved Mt Greylock Regional School Committee plans for kinder garten through Grade 12 regionalization with Williamstown, sending a letter to William B. Black, administrator of the School Building Assistance Bureau, requesting support.
Boston official bid to stage Expo Boston 76 on interconnecting harbor islands near the Tea Party site. Event theme The Interdependence of Man. Needs approval from the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and sanction as first category by the Paris BIEx. Competition looms with estimated $1.5 potential impact.
In Montpelier eight Democratic senators agree to delay stance on Gov. Deane Davis 4 percent general sales tax until the fiscal 1970 line item budget is revealed. They debate reform options with criticism of tax shifting and propose education tied property tax or targeted changes to income tax as alternatives.
Former Vermont Governor Philip Hoff warns at a Augusta housing conference that failure to address national housing problems could be disastrous. He notes Vermont has identified needs and that gains require execution by his successor. Hoff, now Urban Action consultant, cites limited solutions and ongoing problems.
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