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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1971
Page
5
A promotional piece extols women in the Air Force highlighting purpose career prestige and space age adventure. It portrays aerospace teams as vibrant educated worldly communities offering social life and meaningful work to inspire early career motivation.
The Massachusetts House approved a bill to create a state lottery under Treasurer Robert Q. Crane. The 167-64 vote sends the bill to the Senate, with Crane set to chair a five member commission and hire staff. Tickets would be 50 cents, thousands of prizes up to 50 thousand dollars, and revenue split with about 30 million to the state and 17.5 million for administration. Proponents say crime and revenue benefits justify passage, while critics warn of patronage and autocratic power.
A Vermont State's Attorney memo offers guidelines for skinny dipping. It notes public disapproval in public areas like North Beach Burlington and recommends dressing on public sites. Private land is off limits to regulation, while secluded areas depend on public offense or consent.
Allegheny Airlines predicts a profit in the first year of its proposed merger with Mohawk Airlines with the framework to absorb employee surplus. The plan would create a route system from Montreal and Boston to Minneapolis and Memphis, expanding Allegheny to sixth largest in the nation and slowing route integration to minimize disruption.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association states nurses should not be required to assist in abortions or other procedures conflicting with their ethical or religious beliefs. They affirm that only when a patient’s life is at risk may they participate, and nurses should not actively discourage patients seeking treatment.
New York UP I report quotes a rescuer in dense Adirondack terrain about a missing boy presumed alive. He notes 29 to 30 day searches, dense fern growth, downed trees, and continuous four-man crew patrols while stressing exposure remains the main danger. Another search with 18 men is ongoing in Sequoia National Forest for a similarly aged boy.
Rep. Wilbur Mills says Treasury Secretary John Connally should quit before President Nixon makes him the scapegoat for the weak economy. Mills, a Democrat from Arkansas, expressed concern that Democrats in the current climate could bear the brunt of criticism if the administration’s plan fails.
Cartoonist Al Capp prepared to return to Wisconsin to answer morals charges from a 20 year old coed at Eau Claire State University where he lectured. Boston proceedings were moved to Sept 28 as Wisconsin authorities work out an agreement. Capp, 61, pleaded innocent in May.
A 24 year old woman was killed near the University of Burlington. Chittenden County State's Attorney Patrick Leahy ruled the death a homicide. Police continued a parallel investigation as thieves looted Gaynes Department Store, removing a rear door lock and breaking safes to steal about 10,000 dollars. Detective Bobby Joe Jackson cited at least five suspects in the daylight Sunday theft.
UPI reports the Agriculture Department urges Vermonters that Canada now requires a USDA vet certified health certificate for horses entering the country. The certificate must prove recent examination, disease absence, nonquarantine area origin, and no sleeping sickness vaccination in 60 days. Previously only Canadian vet inspection was needed. Chester to remodel old high for 15 one bedroom apartments at about 100000 dollars.
The Vermont Water Resources Board will discuss upcoming classification hearings for Holland and Fairfield ponds and water level rulings for Caspian Lake. Residents petition to ban motorboats at Silver Lake and seek limits at Stoughton Pond under a 1970 law allowing board regulation of surface waters.
Five people were hospitalized and one kept for observation after a bromine gas leak at Winthrop Laboratories in Rensselaer. Five businesses and a home were evacuated and traffic halted on Columbia Turnpike. In Colonie a 25-year-old man died in a second floor fire at 26 Reynolds St from asphyxiation. his wife and three children escaped.
Berkshire report states Mayor Bianco’s five day suspension of Alfred Hinkle, a Highway Department worker, was upheld by the state Civil Service Commission after a February 22 hearing. Hinkle faced accusations of abusive language toward foreman Angelo Gentile on February 13 in the city garage.
Southwick planning officials announce a public hearing for August 2 in the junior high cafeteria on a 94 lot subdivision described as the largest in a decade. The plan, led by Planning Board Chairman Donald Desmond, proposes single family homes. Lanesboro assessors report a 15 percent rise in town real property valuations effective around October 1, with selectmen notified and in agreement.
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