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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1965
Page
2
Officials in Milton plan 8000 seats for Catamount Stadium to be used at President Johnson's inauguration in Washington. After events, stands will be moved to Vermont for auto racing and possibly football at an 8000 seat venue.
Troy man Matthew J. Cavanaugh, 59, was sentenced to 20 years to life at Clinton Prison after pleading guilty to a reduced second degree murder charge in the August 21 stabbing death of Albany resident Miss Marcia Holt, 32, with whom he had been acquainted for about six years. In another item, two Hoosick Falls residents are defendants in an $11,000 lawsuit opened in Rensselaer County Court over a March 5 1963 collision on New York 22 involving Robert J. Luskin and John T. Percy. Albany coverage notes AFL-CIO chairman Raymond Corbett opened a two day legislative conference opposing a statewide sales tax proposed by Gov. Rockefeller.
Funeral services were held today for Whiting Newton Shepard Sr., 54, of Montclair New Jersey who died Saturday of a heart ailment. A 1932 Williams College alumnus he led the 1963 alumni fund drive raising a record 28,671 dollars, surpassing the goal by 56 thousand. He was a sales manager for Allied Chemical.
New York stocks opened with a steady-to-mixed tone as several blue chips posted gains while others fell. Texas Gulf Sulphur rose to 57, Coca Cola up to 143, Merck to 525, and General Motors to 971, while IBM and Motorola weakened and Pacific Light slipped to 321.
State tax receipts for the first half of the current fiscal year totaled 17 489 million, up more than 3.14 million from 1964. Commissioner Shea predicted year end receipts at 35 million, aided by a 1.6 million windfall from faster withholding. Gains came from income tax, franchise tax, rooms and meals, liquor and wine, while cigarettes and electric energy lagged. The treasury is 735 000 poorer due to tax evasion. Eight U S astronauts began a lava beds study on Hawaii led by scientists comparing to the moon. The crew includes Conrad Jr Williams Scott Aldrin Bean Eisele Chaffee and Gordon.
The Ripon Society urged dramatic measures after a 1964 setback blaming Goldwater Miller and the Bircher network. It called for formal apology to Martin Luther King, disavowal of extremist groups, and a civil rights focused shift to regain GOP strength in the North and South. The report cites 43 House losses, two Senate seats, and over 500 state legislative defeats as fallout.
Vermont Administration Commissioner William F. Kearns reports a 150 percent rise in state government costs over the past decade. The biennial figures show employment growing from 2,600 to 3,680, payroll from 9.5 million to 20.86 million, revenues from 45 million to 113 million, spending from 49.3 million to 126.8 million, and bonded debt from 9.3 million to 67.9 million. He warns demands on government are increasing rather than diminishing.
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