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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1966
Page
2
Around Vermont at Montpelier UPI reports the June 15 Governor's Conference on Emergency Resource Planning set for Basin Harbor Club Vergennes. Gov Hoff appointed Erwin Alexander emergency planning director. Charles Wells of Stowe chairs the Resource Planning Committee. The effort coordinates disaster response across sectors and task groups with federal grant financing.
The Vermont Education Buildings Financing Agency has hired Caldwell, Trimble and Mitchell of New York as bond counsel and White, Weld and Co. of New York and Boston as financial adviser. Acting Chairman Daulton Mann said the agency, created to aid secondary schools and colleges in obtaining low interest construction bonds and in acquiring or reconstructing facilities, will use these firms to help financing.
Chief Superior Judge Rudolph J. Daley of Newport has taken under advisement a motion to dismiss seven convictions against Rep. Donald G. Milne of Washington. Milne, 32, was found guilty last month in Washington County Court of seven counts of forgery, intent to defraud, and embezzlement. His lawyers filed the motion within 15 days and will have 30 days to appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court after the ruling.
Veterans at the White River Junction VA Center expect a strong fall intake under the new cold war G I bill. Center director William Sheppard said 138 Vermont post Korean veterans have filed, 137 have had interviews, and 107 have called about the program. The school limit is 36 months for those serving after January 31, 1955.
Francis Hathorn of White River Junction announces as a Republican candidate for one of District 83 seats. The 51 year old motel owner pledges industrial and recreational development and support for farmers amid financial squeeze. His brother Byron Hathron, a Hartford Republican, seeks secretary of state.
Saratoga Springs invites ballet students aged 8 to 12 to audition for New York City Ballet supernumerary roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Auditions run June 25 at 10:00 a.m. in the Amphitheater, conducted by Una Kai, with 24 to 30 dancers chosen for July 8, 9, and 10 performances.Further details available from Kurt Rosenthal at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
Four Democratic Negro members of the New York Senate introduced a resolution denouncing the shooting of James Meredith on Wednesday. They urge Congress to make depriving civil rights a federal crime and press Mississippi Governor Paul Johnson to ensure swift justice in the Meredith case. Senators are Basil A. Patterson James H. Shaw Jr. Dennis Coleman and William C. Thompson.
Gov Rockefeller assails Mayor Lindsay and Assembly Speaker Travia over the New York City tax impasse. He accuses Lindsay of stalling for a city income tax and backs higher real estate taxes and a Senate GOP plan as alternatives.
Berkshire Superior Court jurors found Paul Broverman of Great Barrington guilty on counts of registering bets and being present where betting apparatus existed. He faced $1,000 fines per count set by Judge Samuel Levine. Thames note: Broverman plans to appeal the fine from a 1963 Great Barrington Court ruling.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk visited Bonn to brief West German officials on the NATO ministerial council decisions in Brussels. He said the alliance showed vitality and unity, noting NATO's move of the headquarters to Brussels and a postponement with France, stressing the alliance as essential for defense and peace.
The Vermont Supreme Court considers reversing a State Board of Health ruling that denied federal Hill Burton Act aid for 20 extra beds at Rutland Hospital. The hospital seeks 115000 while planning transfer to a future Central Vermont Medical Center if denied.
Highway officials study a three year program to fix high accident spots on major routes. Russell Holden signs off on plans for a five million dollar safety project with one million this year and two million annually for the next two years. Landowner cooperation speeds some projects and a 1967 start was moved up a year.
American evangelist Billy Graham announced plans to preach from sidewalks in Soho London during a month long crusade that has seen 134 000 hear him at Earl's Court and 4571 inquirers seek Christ An aide denied reports of a special train committee acting as shock troops as Tennesse neighbors join the event.
Critics in Tel Aviv refused to attend the Israeli Opera production of Carl Orff Carmina Burana pending clarification of charges about the composer’s Nazi associations. Several dozen members of leftist partisan and anti Nazi groups protested outside the music hall.
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