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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1965
Page
2
Forests and Parks Commissioner Perry H Merrill warns visitors to Vermont state parks that dogs must show proof of recent rabies vaccination. With a rise in rabies in the north, owners without vaccination proof must leave pets in cars on park property, though there is no evidence of rabies in parks.
Elizabeth K. Lincoln of Meredith New Hampshire has been appointed field consultant for Vermont Department of Mental Health. She will collaborate with Vermont community clinics and help establish mental health assistance centers in underserved areas while drawing on eight months as assistant coordinator of the Vermont Mental Health Planning Study. She previously served on New Hampshire mental health survey advisory bodies and the Granite State Commission on Alcoholism.
Burlington officials report that two manpower programs for licensed practical nurses and printer trainees were dropped due to abundant local job opportunities. In Montpelier, Gov. Hoff announced he signed all enacted bills from the 1965 session, with the Good Samaritan veto upheld by the Senate.
Vermont ponds were stocked with about 56000 fingerling brook trout over the past week. Fish and Game officials noted two inch fish were dropped from a light aircraft into ponds statewide, with Stratton and Bourne Ponds receiving 11000 fingerlings from Pittsford hatchery and northern ponds like South America Notch West Mountain Paul Stream Lewis Halfway and Beaver receiving 45000 from Morgan hatchery.
The Vermont Fish and Game Department fined 31 people in June. The largest penalty was $107 to Jack Belknap of Johnstown New York for possessing a deer in closed season.
Barres Rock of Ages Granite Corp announced that its capacitor plant expansion has added 200 local jobs since last October, bringing total payroll to 730 and marking a gain of over 300 positions in the past year.
Angela Whitaker, 20, was treated after falling through a plate glass at Easy Wash Laundromat in Pittsfield. Adams Cheshire school planning gains support from James Urquhart Jr as regional district talks unfold amid tuition exchanges for Cheshire students. Welfare charges against a local doctor for padding bills are to be discussed by officials and Berkshire District Medical Association leaders.
Amherst Mass. (UPS) dispute over choosing Worcester as the site for a new multi million dollar state medical school broadens with fresh opposition and a temporary House victory for proponents of the Worcester location.
A University of New Hampshire study finds average weekly earnings in manufacturing are lower in New Hampshire than in any other New England state and below the national average. The report cites 15 percent of NH households with cash incomes under $3,000 annually, with 23,383 families affected and pockets of poverty in Grafton, Carroll, and Hillsboro counties.
A study shows poverty distribution across regions with Hillsboro County leading New Hampshire incomes above 10000 dollars. In Massachusetts the Worcester location for a new medical school faces opposition from trustees and medical societies citing economic and psychological harm, with Amherst urged as the strongest site.
The governor listed road construction, a Windsor medium security prison, a constitutional convention, and a labor relations act as goals that failed in the latest session. He floated education bills, a regional tax overhaul, and a capital gains tax proposal while ruling out any sales tax. Deputy state treasurer James Hunt is expected to replace Robert Cummings as Banking and Insurance Commissioner this month.
In Montpelier state Administration Commissioner William F. Kearns forecast a minimum 1965 surplus of 2.5 million as of June 30. He said 1.4 million is set for a regional vocational education program and the rest for state aid to school construction. The state began with a 500 thousand deficit but expects growth from a booming economy.
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