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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1966
Page
2
Republican candidate Thomas L. Hayes of Fair Haven tells USDA Dairy Division director Herbert Forest that Vermont dairymen are the forgotten men of the 1960s. He says farmers work for as little as 50 cents an hour and that 15 percent have had to auction or sell stock due to current milk pricing, urging federal action.
Dr Karlene Russell of Montpelier has been named by Education Commissioner Richard A Gibboney to direct instructional services. She succeeds Dr Max Barrows who retired after 40 years with the department. Russell will focus on instructional services with a $10,500 salary.
The Vermont Heart Association will hold its annual meeting and scientific session at Stratton Mountain Inn on Saturday June 18. The meeting is open to the public and will elect association directors and officers. Rome A Betts executive director of the American Heart Association will address the luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Principal speaker for physicians is Lawrence E Meltzer MD director of the Coronary Care Unit and Clinical Investigation at the Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Philadelphia.
Burlington Vermont AUPI The Vermont Railway reports strong demand as 100 box cars are ordered with delivery starting next week Jay Wulfson president notes total fleet at 450 cars and says car loadings in the first four months rose 10 percent versus the prior year in Champlain Valley shipping increases.
The Department of Employment Security reports final May claims fell to 1,927 the lowest May total since 1956. The insured unemployment rate also declined to 2 percent of covered employment from 2.9 percent in 1965.
Army Gen. Farle G. Wheeler will give the 1966 commencement address at Norwich University on June 6. Retired Gen. Barksdale Hamlett, former Norwich president, served as vice chief of staff until 1964. Wheeler will also receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the college.
Troy businessman and insurance fraud and child abandonment suspect Troy Norman Briggs, now Clay Hollister, wed in Cheyenne Wyoming. Captured to face extradition, Briggs resisted. New York awaits return as Wyoming court rulings upheld. His former wife divorced him and remarried. International Flying Farmer Queen Ruth Wilson and husband Henry visit local Flying Farmers in Nottingham Pennsylvania. They tour West Rutland marble quarry and Vermont countryside, have flown 35 000 miles this year, and were featured in Farm Journal.
In Tyringham a Berkshire Superior Court jury awarded New York fashion model Leslie Eustace $11,500 for facial scars from a collie bite. She sued for $60,000 against defendants Marion and William Gelsleichter, with evidence linking the dog attack to career interference.
Swhdler Montpelier reports the former chairman of the Federal Power Commission told the Legislative Council Power Study Committee they must first decide on the philosophical role of public power competition before they can proceed with policy.
Western Union Telegraphers in New England resumed work after a four hour strike to back pay and benefit demands. About 700 members in New England including 500 in Boston walked out Wednesday amid contract talks. The old contract expired Tuesday midnight and was extended to June 7. The nationwide action involved about 20,000 telegraphers seeking a two year deal with a 7 percent rise first year and 6 percent second year, plus longer vacations and pension and Social Security contributions. The company offered a three year contract with 3.2 percent raises annually and cost adjustments. The article also discusses public power debates in Vermont and Canada and plans for nuclear generation in Vermont.
Vermont Public Service Board Chairman Ernest Gibson III reports ongoing talks with William French of New England Telephone to lower the companys 7.18 percent rate of return on its 37 million dollar Vermont investment. A future meeting is planned as discussions center on cutting intra state rates for local calls with a target return near 6.5 percent.
Boston five day outlook from UPI shows temperatures two to six degrees below normal with little day to day change. Normal highs and lows listed include Boston 74/57 Worcester 66/62 Nantucket 59 Providence 64 Concord 62 Burlington 63 Portland 60 Eastport 53 Greenville 56 and Caribou 57.
Friday night 7 pm and Saturday 10 am at J W Barber Sales Stable Lebanon NH for about 500 head saddle horses ponies and draft horses. Carloads from the West and local consignments plus registered Appaloosas with papers from Iowa. Cash sale under Barber Sales Inc Lebanon NH.
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