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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1967
Page
2
Vermont lawmakers will consider an added 440000 for a new state office and court building in Burlington after bids exceeded the 1965 appropriation. A one acre site was bought in October for 60200, withRutland work also planned on the current women’s reformatory site.
Raymond Barber, 42, of Rutland, has waived extradition to Littleton New Hampshire to face charges of stealing 625 pounds of copper wire from a parking lot. Barber pleaded guilty before District Court Judge Richard Sullivan to fugitive from justice and was ordered held for New Hampshire authorities. The theft occurred Jan 11 in the New England Telephone Co. lot in Littleton. The wire was valued at 262 dollars.
UPI reports Senator John O'Brien D Chittenden Grand Isle was listed in satisfactory condition at Bishop DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital after a mild heart attack Friday in Montpelier. The 69 year old chairman of the Senate Highways and Bridges Committee received initial treatment from his personal physician before hospital care.
Dolores Dembus Bittleman of Eagle Bridge presents Fifteen woven pieces in a Schenectady Museum Gallery exhibition with a 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday reception. Works range from small sketches to the eight by fifteen foot Gemini wall hanging. The artist blends modern art impact with traditional weaving techniques and studied painting in Paris under the Fulbright program after Columbia University graduation. The show runs through February 25 with hours Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday evenings 7 to 9, and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon.
Albany Majority Leader Moses Weinstein urged Gov Rockefeller and Mayor Lindsay to intervene in a wage strike by about 1,700 cemetery workers across 39 cemeteries. He said he was appalled by the walkout and condemned public officials for a shocking failure to resolve the dispute. The strike began January 3.
Gregory L. Riello Jr. 19 of Lanesboro pleaded guilty in District Court to contributing to the delinquency of a child in the Mt. Greylock Regional High School bomb hoax case from Oct. 28. He received a $250 fine as the charge of making a false report of an explosive was dismissed. His Juvenile Court case was continued to April 4 after denying the explosive report. In Williamstown, J Frederick Walden said he will retire and sell his half of the College Pharmacy, with partner Joseph Gleason continuing in the firm. Walden, 83, opened the shop in 1844 and began working there in 1896.
The North Adams School Committee voted to support legislation freeing building aides from state Civil Service jurisdiction. It refused to reconsider rehiring seven recently discharged aides and stated it will not hire aides while Civil Service coverage remains.
University of Vermont researchers report Lake Champlain holds 902.2 billion cubic feet of water. The estimate, presented at a one day Conference on Scientific Studies of Lake Champlain, comes from Dr. Allen S. Hunt and Craig C. Boardman, aided by the UVM Computation Center and U.S. Army Corps charts.
President Johnson asked Congress for 19.59 million dollars for US Army Corps of Engineers projects in New England for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The request includes 1.676 million for advanced design of the Dickey Lincoln School power project in Maine and 299 thousand for a basin survey of the Connecticut River basin in four states. Connecticut receives about 9.92 million of the total, with numerous flood control and navigation projects in cities such as New Haven, Derby, Stamford, and Ansonia, among others.
In dense fog off the Maine coast the fishing vessel Alice M. Doughey II sank after a collision with the 710 foot British tanker Emerillon. All four crewmen aboard the dragger were rescued by the Emerillon and later by Coast Guard vessels near Portland. The tanker’s crew, from Hamilton Bermuda, reported hearing the fishing boat’s horn just before impact. The accident occurred ten miles south of the Portland Light Vessel. The Alice Doughey, about 82 feet long, was shrimping. its four crewmen included Captain Manuel D. Silva and three others.
Rep. John Alden of Woodstock says he sold his 250 shares in Taconic Racing and Breeding Association, owner of Green Mountain Park in Pownal, to avoid potential conflict over relief legislation. The Vermont House Ways and Means Committee plans a bill to evenly split the 18 percent pari mutuel tax between track and state, with eight percent to the state.
Washington reports Congress urged to grant 135,700 for fiscal 1968 to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, covering six New England states and New York. Johnson budget proposes larger sums and outlines allocations for New England and New York and other states with modest increases.
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