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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1963
Page
10
The commission postponed a decision on a recreational plan for a green belt between industrial western boundaries and residential northern and eastern edges. The report identifies economically feasible facilities including picnic areas game courts and athletic spaces.
The Bennington Regional Planning Commission chose John C. Burdis Associates of Albany to be its planning consultant. Three firms were interviewed Ebasco Services Inc. and E H Lord-Wood Associates. Fees estimated between 25000 and 30000 dollars with one third paid by town and rest via federal aid.
About 297 youngsters joined swim instruction at the YMCA Pool in the first four weeks. Thomas Butterfield, head life guard, notes 187 beginners 24 advanced beginners 44 intermediates 25 swimmers 8 junior life savers and 9 senior life savers across two two week sessions. A final two week period to begin with a Water Carnival demo set for Aug. 3.
Bennington County Court reopened its summer session with jury selection for Walter and Silas Harrington versus Hans F. and Dora O. Gaye. The dispute concerns lot lines in Shaftsbury and the jury viewed the property in Shaftsbury this morning. Clerk George H. Plumb expects the trial to run through Wednesday. Next on the docket is Paul H. and Helen V. Connors versus the State Highway Board.
Hospital notes list Milton Harrington Jr Edgar Harrington Walter Parmenter Mrs Mary Green Bennington Mrs Elizabeth Matthews North Bennington Judith Burns Hoo sick Falls N Y Mrs Wietske Weigel Arlington Mrs Betty Jones East Arlington Louis Burdick Mrs Clarice Harris and son North Pownal.
A car carrying two mothers and 11 children fell 25 feet from a Vermont bridge four miles west of Bennington. The group reached Putnam Memorial Hospital in Vermont where they were discharged to continue to Madison, Maine. Hospital staff, workers and Red Cross aided the family with lodging and donations totaling 43 dollars. Relatives drove down from Madison, Maine, to escort them onward.
The Public Service Board will hear Vermont Gas Systems Inc. petition to operate a natural gas pipeline in Vermont. Cambrian Corp of Rutland led by James S. Abatiell seeks state permission to sink exploratory wells in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties and will appear before the PSB.
Long obituary list from Bennington and surrounding towns notes Johanna Hogan 92, a lifelong resident who ran Hogan Grocery with family, and service at St Francis de Sales. Also Shafts bury and Bennington area deaths include Blanche Paulin 67, John Reynolds 76, Elmer Brenenstuhl 67, Robert Nolan 42, Maude Waddell 76, with funeral details and family ties.
Mt Anthony Union School Board members toured part of Sprague Electric Co film and mill space on Benmont Avenue. Col Fair fax Ayres proposed buying the former Holden and Leonard woolen mill for a union high school. Sprague hosted the visit and stated it is not seeking a buyer.
Eight Bennington property owners will appeal their 1963 property tax assessments to the Board of Civil Authority at a hearing to begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday in town offices. Filing notices list William J. Congdon, W Arthur Grant, Alden E. Harwood, Roger White, Fred D. Harwood, Floyd and Helena Rice, Basil R. Caslin, and Vermont Gas Corp. as appellants.
Carl E. Gordon of Lyndonville was named chairman of the water resources review panel. The group covers federal and state studies on reservoirs and river basins including Victory-Granby and Gaysville reservoirs and the Connecticut River Basin plan. Legislation may emerge at next year’s special session as Vermont concentrates on its own water resources management.
Buckley notes the Oklahoma court order pressed immediate reapportionment, not a constitutional clash with the federal government. He warns Vermont could face a real conflict, as urban voters gain influence after a decade of rural-dominated legislatures. The decree stays 10 years unless the legislature reapportions under the 14th Amendment.
The plan would delay a rail strike by two years by requiring railroads to seek ICC approval for new work rules. The ICC could issue interim court orders lasting up to two years or until bargaining reaches agreement. The bill would expire after two years with possible extension. Wirtz argues the aim is ultimately negotiated settlements. Kennedy endorses preferential collective bargaining over compulsory arbitration. The plan targets job cuts including about 10,000 diesel firemen, with unions contending safety relies on such personnel. President urges legislation after exhausting authority to delay the strike, warning of recession risk.
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