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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1968
Page
5
Atty Sen James Oakes urges anyone with information on the Friday morning shooting at Rev David Johnson’s Irasburg home to contact his office or state police. Investigators seek leads on the unidentified assailants who fired five shots from a red and white car after midnight, as a 24 hour guard was ended after the family gained a telephone.
Lieutenant Governor John Daley planned to tour two Northeast Kingdom youth programs. He would visit about 60 students at St Johnsbury Academy Upward Bound and 76 youths at Lyndon State College program.
More than 50 residents testified at the first public hearing against pig farmer Alexander Gorniakowski of Niskayuna charged with polluting air. George Baldwin, 15, said he vomited from the stench a mile away while Gorniakowski allegedly cooked pig food outside. Nearby residents report odors force windows shut and patios unused during summer. In Albany, Mohawk Airlines warns of possible July flight cancellations due to air traffic delays and pilots’ hour limits. In Glens Falls, 21-year-old Roger Rock faces arraignment on kidnapping charges involving a pregnant woman, who police say identified him and reported rape.
In Williamstown Police Chief Joseph Zoito Jr. voiced support for the College Cinema policy determining who may enter shows. Parents urge under 18 viewing for Rosemary's Baby, but the chief defended the theater stance and pledged support for its rules. A separate Pittsfield note covers a vaccinia immune globulin delivery from Boston for a child at Berkshire Medical Center and a House of Correction alert for Joseph L. Bradley, who failed to return from a work release.
Pittsfield Health Commissioner Dr Harold Stein pushed fluoridation of the city water supply with support from Mayor Donald G Butler who said he favored the move and that department heads voiced no objections to the plan.
In Boston students backing Eugene J. McCarthy mobilize with a double decker bus dubbed Eugene's Army to canvass 200 street corners and transit hubs and promote tickets for a Fenway Park rally. McCarthy aide Sam Brown coordinates from the city with a 30 foot float and a soul band in Roxbury tonight.
A legislative study committee in Vermont tentatively approves a plan to create emergency ambulance districts. The Health Department would divide the state into districts with elected boards empowered to manage service, facilities, acquisitions, and charges. The panel reviews federal funding implications and notes funeral directors’ prior withdrawal from emergency service due to costs and Medicare rules.
Harvard population expert Dr. Roger Revelle says reducing infant mortality is essential to fertility control in poor countries. He notes a typical couple aims for about four living children and would accept more births to ensure a surviving son. He urges improved nutrition and food aid as part of overall development, with direct birth control programs being less costly but the total costs still high. He projects 20-year population growth of 60 to 80 percent in the poorest nations if fertility control succeeds, with food needs nearly doubling.
Senator Norris Cotton seeks urgent action from Labor Secretary Wirtz to import 500 foreign apple pickers for New Hampshire crops. He argues local labor will not cover a looming shortage and expects an early, heavy harvest with Canadian workers typical. In a separate note, Pakistani students protested at the high commission smashing a portrait of President Ayub Khan over jailing of 2000 political prisoners.
About 1,200 IBTW Local 2 members in five New England states vote on NE Telephone Co. offer to end a 13 week strike that began April 26. Local VP William Coughlin calls the deal the same package as before and urges joining the Teamsters. Ballots wrap this week with results due Saturday night.
Washington reports disclose Maine Machias plan to become a duty free port and site of a new 72 million oil refinery. Occidental Petroleum seeks import of crude oil via Machias. project spans about two years, producing 30 000 barrels daily.
Rep. Robert T. Stafford of Vermont joins a House steering committee backing Nelson Rockefeller. The group of seven House members will campaign for Rockefeller at the GOP national convention in Miami next month amid speculation of a potential upset to Richard Nixon.
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