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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1965
Page
2
The House General Committee scoped the bill to partner with a private firm on an $185,000 machine that would crush 300,000 junk cars in Vermont into cubes, ship scrap to Montreal, and clear the countryside in about two years. Lawmakers shelved the measure after junk dealers were not notified of the public hearing. Sponsor: Rep. Kenalene Collins.
The U S Office of Education awarded Johnson State College Vermont a 130700 grant for a new library to be completed in ten months at a total project cost of 392098. The Vermont congressional delegation announced the stipend. In Craftsbury voters rejected a study into a union high school by 79 to 10 while Greensboro approved 106 to 63 and Hardwick totals 182 to 49. The superintendent Joseph M O Brien said the matter may face another test in August.
MONTPELIER UPI The House Institutions Committee halves a proposed 1.2 million dollar bond for a new Public Safety Motor Vehicles Department building in Montpelier to 686 thousand dollars. The measure omits a shared state police quarters plan and moves to the House Appropriations Committee as merger talks linger. Norwich University to award six honorary degrees at 146th commencement Sunday. Maj Gen Ernest Harmon to deliver main address and receive the engineering doctorate. other honorees include Dr George Stewart Lt Gen William H S Wright Anatole Pendo P Shaw Sprague and Reginald B Taylor.
The New York Senate voted to keep adultery and acts of sexual deviation as crimes within the 84 year old penal law. The Assembly also voted to retain these offenses in the criminal code, reversing a prior decision.
A Wynantskill man, 52 year old Thomas J. Hackett, refrigeration maintenance worker for A&P Tea Co., was found fatally shot in his kitchen Wednesday morning by his wife. A .12 gauge shotgun lay on the floor. The coroner is withholding a decision pending further investigation. He leaves a wife, a son and a daughter.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will award about 1135 undergraduate and graduate degrees at the 159th commencement this Friday. Baccalaureate services and commissioning exercises for roughly 110 seniors entering military officers’ programs precede the 2:15 p.m. ceremony at the RPI Field House.
In Pittsfield crews began razing the 300 room Wendell Hotel with plate glass removed and heavy equipment in place. Berkshire Life Insurance Co. expects the building to be down by August 30. North Adams State College to hear Ivan Nestingen at commencement where 122 seniors graduate with bachelor of science in education degrees.
Pittsfield plans a summer playground for retarded children run by the Department of Parks and Recreation with the Berkshire County Association for Retarded Children at Highland School on Highland Avenue from July 6 to August 27.
Pittsfield City Council voted to appropriate 4275 dollars as its contribution to the citys anti poverty program. The move, urged by anti poverty chairman Lincoln D. Lynch, becomes mandatory to secure about 133000 dollars in federal grants.
A crackpot rumor that President Johnson suffered a stroke triggers another heavy stock sell-off. The frantic wave follows Wednesday's slump sparked by an unidentified caller asking the time of the president's stroke, fueling hopes for a recovery today.
Addison County dairy farmers face a three year drought with little rain and heat pushing pastures bare. Dairymen warn they may not make money this year and some may send cattle to slaughter as forage and hay crops fall short. The drought grips Vermont counties, with Addison hardest hit.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and holidays at 425 Main St. Bennington Vermont. Subscription rates are listed for mail within a 50 mile Vermont radius and nationwide, with three, six, and twelve month options and servicemen rates.
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