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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1969
Page
5
Gov Davis said a special legislative committee will decide whether to pursue a lease back for the 94 year old Pavilion Hotel after reviewing a report. He noted aesthetics and cost of reconstructing the building into a modern office block. The panel studies renovating and leasing back to the state. if not feasible, demolition follows.
Rev David Johnson, central figure in Vermont adultery case, says state police monitored him after he left Vermont. He urges a Senate inquiry led by Edward Kennedy. Vermont Governor Davis questions reopening. past investigations criticized for slow response to a July 19 shotgun attack while moving quickly on adultery charges.
In Montpelier Gov. Deane C. Davis calls for studying state government growth since 1959 to guide a summer reorganization plan. He says his administrative coordination committee should review changes and possible consolidation methods like cabinet system or interagency coordination. Housing Authority weighs residency rules for rentals and potential six month waiting period. questions arise over constitutional validity.
Stamford based physicist Dr Peter Carl Goldmark pioneered Field Sequential color TV used to beam Apollo 11 images to Earth. His early CBS W2XAB broadcasts from 1940 featured a weighty camera later reduced to six pounds and influenced color standard adoption despite RCA rivals.
In Boston the Eighth General Assembly of the UUA revisits funding for rival Black groups. The body backed 250000 for the Black Unitarian Universalist Caucus, rejected 50000 for Black and White Action, and will reexamine the rival group’s allotment. The caucus threatens to refuse funding if the other group gains support. The assembly also declined a 10000000 investment demand, opting instead to pursue up to 500000 in socially oriented ventures with ethical investment guidelines. Rev. Robert B. West was elected president amid notes of continued tension over black empowerment and unity within the denomination.
A Cardiff jury found a police officer not guilty of stealing 47 daffodils valued at 60 cents. The defense said he discovered the flowers strewn along a river bank and did not take them from Cardiff Castle gardens as charged.
Vermont education officials will hold a Monday hearing in Montpelier to review minimum school standards tied to rising construction costs. The 20 acre per 100 high school students rule and additional acres per 100 students face scrutiny along with land and land-use concerns.
Montpelier reports Mrs Winona Sheridan retires as highway board secretary after 27 years on the job. A reception will be held today in her honor, per the Highway Department.
Albany correction chief denies congressman’s charge that New York juvenile reform schools are hellholes. He cites Podell praise for West Coxsackie and Elmira as evidence contrary to the accusations before a Senate subcommittee.
United Community Services in Northern Berkshire voted to provide nine thousand dollars toward a day care center at the First United Methodist Church in North Adams. UCS will match other community funds up to nine thousand dollars for the Northern Berkshire Child Care Committee. The pilot center will serve 3 to 5 year olds year round and aims to later expand to nearby communities.
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