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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1974
Page
2
A tanker with home heating oil collided with the ore ship Baune near Pilottown Louisiana and burst into flames. Five crew members are missing from the two vessels, while others were rescued or jumped overboard as fire spread and firefighting craft moved in.
Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says he received some unauthorized White House reports but labels them trivial leaks from an overzealous clerk. He denies running a spy ring and says the material from Navy Yeomanist Charles E. Radford was useless and not investigated.
Central Vermont Public Service Corp and the Vermont Public Service Board together with Dartmouth College and the University of Vermont have earned a 444263 grant from the National Science Foundation to study demand management. The three year project will limit peak loads and improve energy use by customers. PSB coordinates the effort with Deputy Commissioner Richard V. DeGrasse as overall coordinator. Lee G. Senecal leads the lead restraint program. Gene E. Laber of UVM heads economic assessment. Alvin O. Converse of Dartmouth leads technical evaluation. The program follows the 1970 load management experiments begun by CV. The test system will operate automatically during peak periods and can be manually controlled to curb demand during energy shortfalls or outages.
Peter Martin of Burlington based Channel 3 reports progress bringing the station to Bennington via Mt Equinox. Leases are signed with Carthusian Foundation and University of Vermont, with final negotiations pending. Installation hinges on weather and mountain access, and service will reach Bennington cable customers first.
The Cole-Layer-Trumble Co. may not be in Bennington next week to defend its reappraisals as 52 appeals move to the state Tax Board and eight to Chancery Court. Dyer cites work commitments. Latham NY staff may assist but not guaranteed. Chancery Court and Tax Board set hearings for Monday through Wednesday on properties in Fillmore Farms, Bentry Corp., Myron Greene, Corcorans, and DeMarco cases.
The Bennington Welcome Wagon Club held its January meeting at Mrs. Timothy Parker's home. New officers installed include President Mrs. Steven Noyes and vice president Mrs. Martin Brown. Mrs. Chenail was omitted from an earlier article about adult education sewing courses.
The coalition cites AEC documents showing nonexisting procedures and sloppy handling at the Vermont Yankee plant. Safety questions include emergency core cooling and radioactive waste disposal. The AEC fined Surrey plant $38,000 for defective welding. An accident caused a steam line break and two worker deaths. Vermont Yankee received an insurance refund of $224,356 from Aetna Life and Casualty due to construction dividends since 1966.
Rep. Wilbur Mills said that if the House Judiciary Committee recommends impeachment, he would urge President Nixon to resign. He called resignation preferable to partitioning the country and stressed he was not urging resignation now, only if impeachment is recommended.
Recreation Commissioner John Lyons said the $800000 rink bond will not appear on the March Town Meeting ballot as proponents abandon the plan due to an energy crisis and rising operating costs. The idea was to have a pay as you go facility with an ice rink and auditorium enabling free skating, hockey, and large events. A smaller private rink is still a possibility only if energy costs stabilize.
Edna M Lamp 73 died Friday afternoon at Mary McClellan Hospital Cam bridge NY. She was born in Brooklyn Oct 22 1899 daughter of Peter P Lamp and Catherine J Moore. A stenographer for New York State Character and Fitness Committee she was an Order of Eastern Star member. Survivors include one sister Mrs Max Helen Weck of North Bennington and several cousins. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Bennington Rev Leo Hourihan officiating. Burial Cedar Grove Cemetery Flushing NY at a later date. Contributions may be made to North Bennington Baptist Church through the funeral home candor program.
The Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial was offered at Sacred Heart Church by Rev. Henry Bourgeois for Miss Lillian M. McDevitt of 263 Union St Bennington who died Jan 15 at Berkshire Medical Center Pittsfield after a long illness. Entombment was in Park Lawn Chapel Vault with spring burial in St Jerome's Cemetery East Dorset following a wake at Mahar and Sea Funeral Home led by Rev. Joseph Quinn.
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