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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1966
Page
2
Vermont officials announce an $190000, federal funded training project for 82 disadvantaged youths to gain auto body repair auto mechanic nurses aide and clerk typist skills. Courses span 40 weeks for auto trades five weeks for nurses aide and 10 weeks for clerk typist with start dates from August to October.
Fairfield reports M R Napoli faces a crafty beaver problem on a 100 acre tract. Beavers built a five foot high and 150 foot wide dam creating a half mile long pond. Napoli dug four outlets, but beavers refilled them and now occupy the pasture land. He plans to wait until fall before acting again.
Former auditor of accounts David Anderson says he will decide next week whether to seek the Republican nomination for his old post in the fall. Backers circulate petitions ahead of the August 3 filing deadline. Democrat Jay Gordon has announced re-election plans.
The exhibition compiled by Oleg Briansky and Mireille Briane features 88 works from 16 private and two museum collections. It traces ballet from aristocratic French origins to modern times and runs through Aug 21 at Skidmore College's Saratoga Ballet Center.
Mrs Enis Masino announces daughter Anne Elaine Masino known as Wendy the Weather Girl will marry John Stebbins of Syracuse. Masino, Miss Vermont 1960, studied at Albany Business College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Stebbins, son of Vergennes residents, works as a Grand Union buyer in Syracuse. wedding planned in Randolph on Sept 10.
The FBI notes 1964 to 1965 saw national serious offenses rise 6.3 percent and New England up 7.7 percent, with murder non negligent manslaughter up 23.5 percent and robbery up 25.5 percent in the region. Rape fell 10.7 percent in New England while rising nationwide. Rhode Island crime fell 2.4 percent. Vermont led regional increases at 12.8 percent, followed by New Hampshire 11.8 percent, Massachusetts 9.6 percent, Connecticut 4.9 percent, and Maine 1.2 percent.
A three judge federal panel in Montpelier was to decide today if the Boston and Maine passenger service to Vermont should continue under a temporary restraining order. The panel was expected to determine whether trains would keep rolling.
Big Mouth Bird in Sandringham is featured at the fur and feather exhibit as Queen Mother Elizabeth requests a chance to hear a talking Indian mynah. The exhibit coincides with the flower show amid other pavilion happenings.
In Williamstown last night 48 secondary school history teachers from New England and New York graduated from a five week National Defense Education Act summer institute at Williams College. The group included Donald Bene detti, Mrs. Lawrence C. Jowett, and Baxter P. Richardson. The program, led by Dr. Robert G. L. Waite, aims to expand history instruction in private and public schools. An identical institute is sought for next summer at Williams.
Thomas E. Tolpa Jr., 18, drowned Wednesday afternoon while swimming for an island in Robin Hood Lake at Sherwood Forest off Route 20. He panicked about 40 yards from shore in eight feet of water. two companions and a development employee tried resuscitation with mouth to mouth and a mechanical device, but he died. The medical examiner ruled accidental drowning and last rites were given.
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