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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1966
Page
2
Vermont drivers may someday carry windshield report cards tied to their traffic records. Commissioner James W. Malloy sketches six colored licenses to reflect a driver's record, saying current inspections protect equipment but not public safety.
The state Department of Liquor Control revoked Charlie's Grill in Rutland and suspended Burlington licenses for Hotel Breton and McGrath's Food Market after reports they sold alcohol to minors. Suspending actions took effect at the close of business Monday.
A Middletown Springs fire, aided by ten volunteers, obliterated a barn, a silo, a woodshed, and 96 cattle owned by Robert Johnson Jr. The blaze lasted nearly four hours with the Johnson family asleep nearby. No injuries were reported and damage estimates were not yet available.
National Life Insurance Co led by President Deane C. Davis reports a near decade high rise in investment earnings for 1965. Davis cites sales of 402.5 million, insurance in force at 3.9 billion, assets of 1.1 billion, and unassigned surplus of 64.5 million in his stockholders’ annual message.
Joseph Founatin, who withdrew from the St Albans mayoral race, says he will re-enter the campaign after reconsidering. A retired Central Vermont Railway PR director, he left last week when he said he would not run on the Democratic ticket if another candidate existed. Democrat Dr. Larry Larrow had joined the race, prompting the withdrawal, and independent Irene Irish also remains in the contest.
A Rutland County auto insurance rate hearing adjourned with no decision. State Banking and Insurance Commissioner James Hunt noted a 25 percent rise in Rutland County and 1.5 percent elsewhere, with a Friday resumption planned. The National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters had no local counsel, delaying the case.
In Saratoga Springs New York Skidmore College invites the public to view its new Woodlawn Park campus residential complex in Greenfield Town The facilities opened January 2 to accommodate 528 students returning from Christmas vacation The open house runs Sunday from noon to 2 pm.
Dr. Kenneth A. Nesbitt, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Nesbitt, a 1940 Albany Medical College graduate, will become Saratoga County pathologist March 1 with a $30,000 salary. He resides in Lynnfield Mass. The Albany report also notes Empire State Chamber of Commerce estimates Johnson budget taxes for 1966 totaling 98,966,944 for Rensselaer County and a New York State tax burden of about 15 billion, 13.28 percent of the federal total.
In North Adams Acra-Mation, Inc. has been dissolved after shareholders voted the dissolution effective Jan. 14, nearly a year after the firm failed for financing. In Pittsfield the state approved a new passenger station on East Street for the New York Central Railroad with Union Station to be replaced for Jubilee Urban Renewal. New speed limits on Route 8 across the region were set from 20 to 50 mph. Adams plans for Mt Greylock war memorial top include taxing the current 90-foot monument and a meeting to discuss construction will occur in Adams or Williamstown.
Boston based electric utilities announce a plan to invest 1.5 billion dollars over seven years to improve service and cut rates across the six-state region. The move is viewed as a response to the Dickey Lincoln project, which Congress and President Johnson approved, while Vermont faces a setback to Hoff’s proposal for a non profit power corporation using Canadian low-cost power.
UPI reports NASA will send John Young on Gemini 10 a two to three day orbital mission with Michael Collins as copilot. The flight may feature a satellite docking attempt and a spacewalk for Collins if feasible.
Washington UPI report says Northeast Airlines DC6B crash on June 5 1964 at LaGuardia caused by pilot error. All 39 passengers and four crew escaped injury as the plane struck a dike and lost landing gear during final approach from Boston and Lebanon New Hampshire. Captain Karl F Ritz aged 43 failed to plan and execute the approach correctly and flew too low in the final stage.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara testifies before a House armed services subcommittee on the plan to shift defense power toward missiles and away from bombers. He defends the December proposal to retire 80 B58 bombers and 345 B52s by 1971 and replace them with missiles and 210 new aircraft. He notes shortages will occur in South Vietnam support but denies they affect combat operations. He warns even with high defense spending, gaps in item shortages will happen in large sustained systems.
Georgia argued in a pre trial hearing that a federal court lacks jurisdiction to overrule the legislature’s right to expel members. The suit by Julian Bond seeks seating in the state House despite its rejection. The state denied race as the expulsion reason, while Bond must prove racial issue or drop it.
New York scientists report progress toward maneuverable satellites using mathematical equations to predict impulses for changing orbits. Bonin presents a theory to shift from circular to egg shaped paths enabling ground targeted coverage. Johnston notes orbit life and position now depend on Earth shape and atmospheric changes.
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