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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1971
Page
14
Dr Julius H Manes criticizes public confidence in Bennington YMCA pool efforts and calls for open plans. He urges a broad ad hoc committee and a publicity drive to show voters they benefit, arguing completion could boost recreation and attract industry while noting debt and unfinished work.
Vermont law remains unclear on snowmobiles as a sport or vehicle. Sgt Mooney notes many own machines while enforcement varies by land, road, and private property. Collinson cites public trails booklet. fines up to 100 dollars for violations.
A University of Vermont study led by Rev. John Perry Jr reports lower drug usage among students than at many Eastern schools. Of 922 replies from 1,900 surveys, 38 percent used marijuana, 12 percent used amphetamines, 6 percent barbiturates, 5 percent LSD, and under 3 percent heroin. Perry calls the results encouraging.
Stephen Hickok, 26, of Bennington, released Monday from Albany County Jail on a $1,000 bail bond after being charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition without a New York State permit. The District Attorney’s office may reduce the charge to a misdemeanor. NY State Police found the investigation complete. Hickok also denied involvement with third degree grand larceny case assigned to David Weeks. He and his wife planned to meet with attorney Arthur J. O’Dea about an impending receivership auction for the Bennington box shop on Jan 29, citing $1,300 in back taxes paid Friday. A correction noted a typographical error misstating Richard H. Brodeur’s status at the airport project.
Catamount-Brookside PTA meets tonight at 7 30 in the Catamount cafeteria with Drugs and the Elementary Child as the program. Bennington Emblem Club 368 holds its regular meeting Wednesday at the Elks Barn. Friends of the Bennington Free Library invite visitors Thursday 4 to 6 p m to wish John Rothrock well. coffee served. Watsons note: multiple civic and library events and meetings announced with locations and times.
Admissions list include Donald E Vadakin Bennington Mrs Eleanor Sheridan Eagle Bridge NY Mrs Ruth A Chatfield Alton R Holmes Hoosick Falls Mrs Barbara C Potter Woodford Joseph A Wilson Sr Shaftsbury Discharges Master Raymond Bailey Shaftsbury Mrs Verda Philpott Valley Falls NY Miss Janis L Powell Bennington Births mention a January 16 baby boy Peter Joseph Hall in Plainview NY born to William Hall and Betty Daigneault weighed 10 pounds with a surprise conference call to grandparents and relatives. other newborns include Christopher John Frazier January 14 in Merritt Island Florida daughter Dita Ann LaVallee Winchester NH and daughter born to Anthony LaVallee and wife in Winchester NH.
Walter M Keough 74 longtime Arlington resident and WWI veteran dies after long illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Former legislator and town official, survived by wife Barbara, sons Stuart and Austin, eight grandchildren and two sisters. Funeral at Hanson-Walbridge Arlington with Requiem High Mass. Eva E Daniels 60 Shaftsbury resident dies after long illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Wife of Herbert L Daniels, mother of three, two sons and three daughters. Services planned with Rosary and entombment at Park Lawn Cemetery. donations to United Counseling Service.
Investigators found no prosecutions after a near riot at a University of Vermont rock concert in Burlington last fall. Dozens tried to force entry at Patrick Gymnasium, injuring a security guard. Two students were identified. others face university discipline this week. A committee is reviewing security procedures for future events.
Rutland Vermont militia Vermont Welfare Rights Organization member Mrs Caron claims harassment by the Vermont Social Welfare Department in a federal case filed Monday in Rutland. The action seeks relief over alleged intimidation linked to her activism with the group.
Springfield UPI report notes Striking Local 218 of United Electrical Workers appealed for aid to cover nearly 6,800 in fines after contempt of court for violating an injunction limiting picketing at Jones and Lamson Machine Tool Co. in Springfield. Six other locals loaned about 4,000, to be repaid as the union enters the eighth month of the strike.
Roland E. Burke of White Creek New York faces arraignment in district court February 1 on careless and negligent driving resulting in a fatality and operating a truck in excess of its registered weight. Burke was driving a company truck on Route 7 near Manchester when a head on collision killed 46 year old Constance Jordan of East Arlington. The truck carried an excessive sand load. Burke was uninjured.
A summary of proposed Vermont education measures includes allowing out-of-state vocational courses at state and local expense, removing released time religious education from public catalogs, creating a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year for districts, requiring professional credentials for all educators, limiting school board membership to 21, granting supervisory unions transport duties, and prohibiting candidacy for relatives of current board members or supervisors. The reforms are tied to the Vermont Religious Education Foundation and Bennington's BREF program.
Albert drive also was under way but with no prospect of immediate action. Senate reformers will concentrate on their semiannual drive to amend Rule 22 which says a filibuster can be closed off only by a vote of two thirds of the members. Threatened leadership fights on both sides of the aisle in the Senate still were in the possible category.
The UAW demands a retroactive wage increase to November 2, matching Ford’s recent agreement, while Chrysler proposes the first pay period after ratification. Chrysler also resists a union demand to match General Motors salaried workers’ 13 percent rise granted after the strike. The GM and Ford raises applied to nonunion salaried staff.
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