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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1966
Page
2
Brattleboro Vermont Rescue Squad resumes operations with 14 members returning after resigning January 14 amid a dispute with the Fire Department. The squad now operates under Memorial Hospital, using hospital space for training and equipment storage as a temporary arrangement while a permanent plan is developed.
Fire Chief Stanley Pietryka said the rumor that West Rutland firefighters refused a call to Ira’s Johnston dairy barn fire is false. He explained a call was placed to the operator who alerted Middletown, and West Rutland volunteers stand ready to answer calls from Middletown Ira Clarendon Springs and Tinmouth.
St Johnsbury Mrs Glen E Perry announced Beth D Allen of Montpelier was selected from 78 Vermont candidates as Good Citizen of the year. Second place went to Nancy Ingalls of Lyndon Institute. honorable mentions include Pamela Buttura Spaulding High Barre Lodi Graves Bennington Alison Pike Craftsbury Barbara Smith Groton Diane Stearns Orleans Mary Conant Richmond Sylvia Royce and Linda Dailey.
Fire District 1 reports at its annual meeting that construction will begin soon on a new well pipeline and chlorinator on Dewey Field. The project aims to strengthen the water system amid community growth and expansion.
Veterans and dependents on VA compensation and pension rolls with school age children will get a special questionnaire with their January checks around February 1. The form aligns with a law boosting school child payments and raising the age limit from 21 to 23, and asks for the payee's zip code to speed delivery and for the social security number if available to keep files updated.
Gerald E. McLaughlin senior editor of the Connecticut Valley Times Reporter and his wife Helen McLaughlin social editor will join the Daily Eagle in Claremont New Hampshire on January 31. He becomes Vermont editor and she Springfield area assistant editor with offices at a new Daily Eagle headquarters in Springfield. They previously led the Springfield Reporter as editor and assistant editor for 15 years before moving to the new daily last fall.
In Yonkers 17 year old Thomas Ruppert was detained in Grasslands Hospital on suspicion of first degree arson after police say he admitted taking gasoline from the center basement and igniting it during the December 20 fire that killed 12 at the Jewish Community Center. His father denied involvement, calling his son a scapegoat.
Walter B. Hoffman was named president of the Noble and Wood Employees Federal Credit Union of Noble and Wood Machine Co. At the annual meeting Frank P. Novak was chosen vice president John J Jenuskevice treasurer Carlton W. Robinson secretary and John Matte assistant treasurer were also elected to officer posts.
Two Pittsfield teenagers Philip E. Obert and Richard J. Cormier faced restitution after a January 19 car theft and dash crash. Judge Frank W. Cimini warned they must raise hundreds of dollars in 60 days, while Obert also faces additional charges for endangerment driving without a license and leaving the scene. They pleaded not guilty.
North Adams plans to keep over street banners while downtown Christmas lighting would be legalized pending City Council approval of a proposed ordinance change discussed Tuesday.
The Adams Board of Selectmen discussed the town’s obligation to build sewage treatment facilities. Construction must be completed and operating by July 1, 1968 per Boston sanitary engineering guidance. The town seeks a possible two-year delay due to tax increases for a new high school and urban renewal costs.
MOSCOW UPI The controversy over Newcomb Motts death grows amid a Moscow Radio claim he slit his throat with a razor from a parcel sent by the U S embassy. The broadcast blamed U S officials and said Mott acted violently while being transported to a Soviet labor camp.
In Sheffield Massachusetts the family of Amer ican tourist Newcomb Mott assails Moscow Radio for claiming they avoided helping his release. They insist they did all they could with the U S Embassy and call the charge cheap and cruel. Funeral services are planned for Monday in Sheffield with burial at the Congregational Church.
Secretary and longtime aide Alan Searle inherits $140000 plus the author’s villa in the French Riviera as W. Somerset Maugham dies at 91. The income from his works will benefit elderly authors via a Royal Library fund after Searle’s death. His daughter Lady Glendevon receives an undisclosed income. College Station forecast cites record 1965 crop yields at Texas A&M.
New England governors may form a six state regional development council modeled on the Appalachian plan to map economic potential and finance projects under the 1964 act. Senators Saltonstall Kennedy Aiken Prouty Muskie Pastore urged creation and planned a meeting on residual oil quotas with House leaders.
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