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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1965
Page
2
Governor Philip H Hoff will headline a dinner recognizing Vermont as brucellosis free with officials from New England and the U S Agriculture Department in attendance. The state eradicated the disease after a decade of losses exceeding 1 million dollars annually to dairy farmers.
State Police confiscated about 3000 cracker ball explosives from a rural Grand Isle grocery. The arsenic bearing candies triggered child injury fears and FDA nationwide seizure orders. Two Bristol men injured in a Bristol Fair fireworks blast remain in satisfactory condition at DeGoesbriand Hospital with hand and eye injuries.
A 14-year-old Williston boy, Gary Russin, was pinned beneath a large tractor when it overturned on Saturday. He suffered a severed artery in his left leg but was reported in good condition today.
Burlington School Superintendent William Keough plans to continue the Burlington Neighborhood Youth Corps into the next school year. He notes 143 youths are enrolled in the part time program paying 1.25 dollars an hour for up to 32 hours weekly. The War on Poverty contract with the U S Labor Department expires in August, and funding source whether state federal or school district remains undecided.
In North Blenheim Schoharie County New York the Blenheim Bridge the world s longest single span wooden covered bridge and built by a Vermonter will be honored as a National Historic Landmark A parade at 11 am and a 2 pm program on Route 30 commemorate the 232 foot double tunnel bridge built in 1855 by Nicholas Powers at a cost of 6000 dollars
About 10 000 visitors swarmed Lake George over the holiday weekend with 350 arrests. Mayor Robert Caldwell praised the vast majority for orderly conduct while noting most arrests were for dis orderly conduct public intoxication and carrying open containers in public in violation of a village ordinance.
Albany reports a three day Fourth of July weekend tally of 32 traffic deaths, a new peak. Last year’s same period had 26 fatalities, while the prior record was 28 in 1960. no deaths occurred in the immediate New York State area during the latest three-day span.
Pittsfield detectives investigate multiple vandalism incidents over the Independence Day weekend. A local drug store was looted of cash and merchandise, an Adams woman reported a suit case of clothing valued at 130 dollars stolen from her car, and a Lee contractor said a rock shattered a sign worth 200 dollars. Also reported were a stolen transistor radio from a parked car, siphoning of gasoline from a neighbor’s car, a 70 dollar gold wrist watch taken from a Union Street apartment, and two car hubcaps stolen Monday night.
Airman 2.C James C. Henneberry, 23, of Pittsfield, was killed June 30 in Viet Nam. A Pittsfield High School graduate who attended UMass, he enlisted in 1962 as a ground radio operator. He was to complete his tour in November. his family was notified by the War Department.
The Massachusetts directorate of the New England Council endorsed Gov. John A. Volpe's 3 percent limited sales tax as well balanced and superior to the Democratic alternative. The council urged bipartisan study, praising Volpe's plan for state fiscal relief while warning against relying on higher income taxes. Lt. Gov. Elliot L. Richardson praised the House Ways and Means Committee for referring the plan and urged objective comparison of both proposals for Massachusetts and its citizens.
Boston speakers at the New England Rally for God Family and Country assailed the United Nations as a communist plot and criticized civil rights protests. Maj Arch E Roberts called the UN charter a master plan for global domination while Dr Henry Paolucci condemned majority tyranny and Earl Warren. Dr Hardgrove Norris criticized civil rights demonstrations in St Augustine.
Providence Rhode Island UPI report notes John H. Fischer president of Columbia University Teachers College urged state control to end localism in public education during the Rhode Island College institute opening. About 100 teachers and leaders from 25 states and Canada attended. Institute chairman Stanley Elam spoke of possible future fusion of National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers AFL CIO. Hollywood New York comedian Lionel Jeffries cast in Oh Dad Poor Dad filming on location in Jamaica West Indies.
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