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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1968
Page
5
In St Johnsbury a special town and school district meeting Tuesday will consider a bond not to exceed 1.15 million to finance a new area vocational center, part of an overall project costing about 2.53 million. voters previously rejected a January proposal but approved a prior bond.
Vermont and New Hampshire residents donated 768 pints of blood in nine drawings last week, 200 pints more than the prior week. The Mansfield Avenue Red Cross Center in Burlington reported 746 pints distributed, including 659 to 62 hospitals in the two states, with 87 pints shipped to other centers. The 158th Fighter Group of the Vermont Air National Guard donated 224 pints, the week's high, followed by 115 pints from the Navy Disciplinary Command in Portsmouth, the only other group to exceed 100 pints.
In New York Troy the Operation Ragweed campaign broadens its push to clear ragweed from fields and vacant lots with support from the Cooperative Extension Association and local agencies. Neighborhood Youth Corps may supply manpower for cleanup while officials outline ongoing cooperative actions. A driverless truck incident in Troy ended when a Watervliet man jumped in to control the vehicle after it struck a building, slowing it on 108th Street.
A babysitter, Mrs. Arthur Therrien of 46 Spring St., led seven children out of a smok ing burning house on Spring Street in North Adams after a five year old boy yelled fire. Firemen extinguished the blaze. no injuries reported. Patrolman Edward Perras helped two youths recover a snapping turtle from the Hoosac River before returning it to the water in Adams. A separate wreck on Howland Avenue in North Adams followed heavy rains, with one tank truck and a car colliding. both drivers treated at nearby hospitals, and no serious injuries.
The 1968 Massachusetts Legislature ended a 201 day session with major bills, including a sweeping gun control law, a wiretap measure, and a department of community affairs. Gov. Volpe cited projected tax rises to fund a $1.5 billion budget, while leaders praised progress amid criticism of leadership and pace.
About 20 Hartford youths, upset by the arrest of a Black motorist, threw firebombs rocks and bottles in Hartford North End. Three bombs were reported. one scorched an abandoned car on Albany Avenue another failed to explode and a third ignited in a medical supply house but was extinguished. Police questioned several suspects with no arrests yet.
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