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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1968

Page

5

Vermont Jaycees Model Legislature Set For Feb 3

Vermont Jaycees plan a February 3 model legislature at the statehouse to debate a resolution backing U S war policies in Vietnam. Sponsored by Williamstown Jaycees the package also includes drug law reforms and restoring lands to local tax rules plus school bus and constitutional matters. The event is seen as a bellwether for real Vermont bills.

Montpelier United States of America Vietnam Vermont Jaycees Williamstown Jaycees Vergennes Jaycees Waterbury Jaycee Vermont Hellweather General Assembly

Five Doner children die after St Albans fire

Frances Doner, 5, died at 5 36 am after a blaze that killed Margaret, 8, and Deborah, 4, and left Laurie, 7, and Lisa, 6, in critical condition. Authorities cited an overloaded extension cord in the living room as the probable fire cause.

St. Albans James Cioffi

Hoff to visit Orleans for Northeast Kingdom highway talks

Gov. Philip H Hoff will travel to Orleans on February 7 to attend a public meeting at Lake Region Union High School. He plans to explain Vermont’s highway funding trouble delaying Interstate 91 work to after Interstate 89 completion and note a Derby interstate section pushed to the late 70s with condemnation already started on area properties.

Montpelier Philip H. Hoff Orleans Northeast Kingdom Lake Region Union High School Derby Highway Department

Burlington Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Edward Reiter, a Burlington lawyer, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of embezzlement involving more than $112,000 of client funds. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered and he faces possible disbarment before the Vermont Supreme Court.

Burlington UPS Edward Reiter Harold C. Sylvester Chittenden Reiter Vermont Supreme Court

Grand Jury hears slaying of Windsor State Prison guard

Woodstock County Grand Jury convenes to hear evidence in the murder of prison guard George Lee 51 who died after an attack at Windsor State Prison. Jere Wayne Bishop 25 of Essex is charged with first degree murder. he was in safe keeping awaiting trial on an attempted rape case and has pleaded innocent to the December 9 murder.

Woodstock UPT Woodstock County George Lee Windsor State Prison Jere Wayne Bishop Essex Bishop

New York Senate backs higher minimum auto liability coverage

In Albany the Senate approved a bill to raise minimum auto liability limits to 15000 dollars for single injuries and 30000 dollars for multiple injuries while property damage remains 5000 dollars. The sponsor expects about a five percent premium rise. In Troy, Rensselaer County taxpayers would pay about 151 million toward the 186.1 billion federal budget.

Albany New York Senate Troy — Rensselaer County New York State Empire State California

Rensselaer County OKs $1.5 Million Medicaid Payment

The Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors approved paying 1.5 million for unpaid 1967 Medicaid bills. Two thirds is reimbursable from New York State, leaving the county with 500000. In 1967 the county spent 5 million on Medicaid, with 3.5 million originally budgeted. About 28,000 residents participate in the program.

Troy Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors New York State Rensselaer County

Million-dollar mistaken check causes Berkshire confusion

Mrs Victor Blair unknowingly handles a Sprague Electric Co Credit Union check for 1 000 025 dollars instead of 25. She cashes 25 at a local market. John B Van Jura of Pittsfield accepts it as payment on account and says he will return the check to the credit union.

Adams Victor Blair Sprague Electric Co. Credit Union

Pittsfield Lawyer Elected Fellow Of ACTL

Paul A. Tamburello of Pittsfield and president of the Massachusetts Bar Association has been elected to a fellowship in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He will be inducted in April in Coronado California. Membership in ACTL is by invitation and regarded as a prestigious professional position.

Pittsfield Paul A. Tamburello Massachusetts Bar Association American College of Trial Lawyers Coronado Calif ACTL Board of Wyzanski

Brookline Hearing Set On Ownership Of Impounded Cars

Hertz Rental Agency of Boston claims five of twenty three impounded cars. State Police Det Lt Milo F Brown says a writ of replevin is en route to be served. A Brookline hearing on March 18 will determine who owns the vehicles.

Pittsfield Hertz Rental Agency Boston Milo F. Brown Brookline

Theodore Herberg Named Man of the Year at Temple Anshe Amunim

Pittsfield Theodore Herberg was chosen man of the year at the Temple Anshe Amunim annual meeting. A former temple president and school principal, he now serves as a consultant in the school. Mervin Wineberg was elected president.

Pittsfield Theodore Herberg Temple Anshe Amunim

Judge Sees Civil Disobedience Spawning Tyranny

UPI reports Boston judge Charles E. Wyzanski Jr. challenges Tolstoy on draft refusal. Tolstoy argued all just people must refuse military service, while Wyzanski warns disobedience could bring tyranny. Atlantic articles contrast views in February issue.

Boston UPI U.S Charles E. Wyzanski Jr Leo Tolstoy Wyzanski Atlantic Magazine Tolstoy the Atlantic

Civilian Payroll Targeted in Johnson Economy Plan

Washington lawmakers consider cutting civilian payroll as a key step in President Johnson’s fiscal reform. The proposal signals a broad review of government staffing to curb spending amid wartime costs and rising deficits.

Bombing halt conditions softened by U S officials

Washington cautious shift in policy allows a bombing halt if Hanoi stops increasing supply and infiltration into the South. State Department confirms endorsement of Clark Clifford’s idea that peace talks can proceed while Hanoi maintains current activity levels, a narrowing of U S bargaining room amid debate on stopping the bombing.

Washington UPI Johnson North Vietnam State Department Hanoi South Vietnam Robert J. McCloskey Defense Clark M. Clifford U.S Dean Rusk United States Clifford

Exhumations Mark Turmoil at Cummins Prison Farm

Arkansas authorities dig on Cummins Prison Farm for up to 200 possible century buried bodies as Professor Morton quits over prison conditions. Exhumations reveal three skeletons. Dr. Edwin Barron Jr. notes 213 prisoners unaccounted since 1900. Morton cites sanity concerns and hazards of the job.

Cummins Prison Farm Ark UPI Arkansas Thomas O. Morton Southern Illinois University Edwin Barron Jr Cains Cummins

Hoff urges social accounting for 1970s management

Vermont Governor Philip Hoff told a UPI reported audience at a government affairs seminar that social accounting, not stock quotes, would dominate management balance sheets in the 1970s. He urged about 200 delegates to engage more in government business and argued leaders must address social problems and bear tax responsibilities to fund public needs.

Washington UPI Vermont Philip H. Hoff Hoff U.S

Two Arrested in N Y C Subway For Terrorizing Passengers

A California man and a Maine youth were arrested on an IRT subway train at 14th Street after threatening passengers with a knife and displaying emblems of the Hell's Outcasts gang. William Rigstad, 22, of Glendale and Ronald White, 19, of Biddeford surrendered. weapons and draft cards were recovered.

New York UPID California Maine New York City William Rigstad Glendale Calif Ronald White Biddeford fHell Rigstad White 14Th Street Navy FBI

FBI Reports On Antidraft Rally Participants

Boston FBI compiled activity reports on 21 men who allegedly turned in draft cards at Arlington Street Church after the arraignment of five defendants led by Benjamin Spock on charges of conspiring to aid draft evasion. The case, tied to an antidraft movement sermon by Rev. Philip Berrigan, seeks to determine any law violations and involves arraignments where defendants pleaded innocent.

Boston UPD FBI Arlington Street Justice Department U.S. District Court Benjamin Spock William Sloane Coffin Jr Yale University Michael Goodman New York Temple Maine Marcus Raskin Institute of Policy Studies Washington Michael Ferber Buffalo N.Y Harvard University Francis J. W. Ford U.S Paul F. Markham Ford Markham Spock Vietnam Philip Berrigan S.J Baltimore Berrigan Maryland Coffin

Three Airlines Battle For New Flight Routes

Federal hearings open in Bedford New Hampshire as CAB examiner Walsh hears a three airline bid to link Maine New Hampshire Vermont cities with Detroit Cleveland and Chicago. Northeast Mohawk and Trans East seek routes with proposed fares schedules and aircraft plans for 1969 service.

Bedford N.H UPI New England Great Lakes Civil Aeronautics Board CAB Richard A. Walsh Presque Isle Bangor Portland Maine Manchester Lebanon Burlington Detroit Cleveland Chicago Boston Northeast Airlines Mohawk Airlines New York State Trans- East Airlines Walsh Portland-Chicago Northeast Trans-East Mohawk

Wallace Seeks Ballot Spot in Vermont

In Montpelier, Secretary of State Harry Cooley informed Wallace campaign aide W. M. Beck Jr. that 1 percent of Vermont's 1966 governor vote, or 1,380 signatures, are required to place George Wallace on the November ballot. Beck, among 25 lawyers aiding the effort, met to confirm petition procedures.

Wallace Beck

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