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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
2
Burlington mayor Francis Cain plans an early Supreme Court hearing on the Beltline necessity appeal after voters approve a $7.4 million Phase Four for the Intervale area. Final counts show 4410 yes and 2856 no with Ward Three opposing most.
Lieutenant Governor John Daley toured the northeast kingdom to review poverty in Orleans Essex and Caledonia counties saying poverty is widespread across the three county area and could be found in Burlington and Rutland. He noted not widespread malnutrition but low income and spoke with low income advocates as a motorcade of state officials and social agency staff surveyed efforts to aid the poor. Daley offered personal aid restoring electricity by paying a $23 bill for an Orleans County woman.
UPI reports the Nixon for President Committee has begun an informal survey project sending out a red white and blue form asking recipients to rate six issues including foreign aid and Vietnam to help shape 1968 Republican strategy. The mailer lacks a return address and mailing instructions. The column also notes a Hong Kong translated cookbook with a risqué term that sparked amusement about translation errors.
The five day forecast calls for above normal temperatures across Massachusetts Rhode Island southern Maine and southern New Hampshire with much above normal in northern Maine northern New Hampshire Vermont and northeastern New York. Highs expected in the mid to upper 70s and lows mostly in the 50s. Mild overall with a cool turn in extreme northern areas by Monday. Precipitation total under a quarter inch, with showers likely Sunday or Monday.
Vermont Supreme Court denies Dennis Murphy petition to set aside his second degree murder conviction. Murphy, jailed 10 years of a 15 to 20 year sentence, argued lack of awareness of the exact charge but the court found he was fully advised by counsel and aware of the plea’s implications.
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