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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1970
Page
2
The Bennington Lodge of Elks hosts Flag Day ceremonies Sunday at 3 p.m. on the Elks Home lawn, weather permitting, with Albert Jones and officers, the Emblem Club, and Judge John P. Morrissey as principal speaker. Scholarships, including to an outstanding athlete, will be announced. Twelve flags will be presented to patriotic and military units, Scouts, and YMCA.
Lt. Gov. Thomas L. Hayes charges the Nixon Administration as the nation slides toward a recession with soaring inflation. He cites rising unemployment, higher prices and high interest rates since the Civil War era, urging government officials to monitor the economy and publicize the consequences of further wage and price rises.
Joseph Wert of Bennington a DePauw University student will join 71 students in the United Methodist Board of Missions Summer Service 70 program. Wert will work in Harlem with the Ministerial Interfaith Association, part of a nationwide effort spanning 26 states and one from Switzerland.
Gov. Deane C. Davis announced that starting July 1 applicants for driver licenses may schedule driving tests by telephone and need not appear in person. The change reduces trips to test sites at a net state savings of about $5,000 after a $10,000 setup cost is offset by using current license plates for another year.
U S Senator Edward M. Kennedy received unanimous endorsement for reelection from 1,407 delegates at the Democratic State Convention in Amherst Massachusetts. Kennedy, flanked by his wife Joan, spoke for about 15 minutes amid applause in a scene of strong support following his accident on Martha's Vineyard last year.
Century Arms Inc sues in U S District Court challenging the 1968 Federal Gun Control Act. The St Albans importer seeks judgment on federal right to import about 343000 dollars worth of guns with valid licenses issued before the law. If Kennedy’s ruling stands, the company warns its business faces threat as guns sit in bonded warehouses in St Albans and New Jersey.
Nancy E Humphrey of 203 Beech Street was graduated from Lincoln College and Northeastern University Center for Continuing Education and the School of Radiologic Technology at ceremonies in Alumni Auditorium. A reception followed for Boston University Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology students from Boston City Hospital and University Hospital. Miss Humphrey plans to work at Harvard Medical Center after training, having been an NHS graduate of Mt Anthony Union High School in 1967.
Real estate broker Frederick Malone of Chester withdraws from the Republican governor race to run for lieutenant governor. He says Hayes has aligned with the lunatic left fringe, making Burgess the liberal opposite Hayes, prompting Malone to seek the second spot.
Guests barricaded in a hotel basement after guerrillas took control in Jordan. Abou Ibrahim declared hostages safe if shelling of refugee camps continued, as red tracer bullets lit the night. Among captives were Patricia Radford and Rev. Douglas Siden, both on a world tour and sabbatical, respectively, while Red Cross messages arrived. Later, freedoms came at dawn with Habash announcing release. Meanwhile Kennedy lambasted impersonal institutions in a campus speech linking universities and government to dehumanizing trends.
John Edmands a 30 year old car salesman entered the race for Secretary of State in Springfield vowing to challenge the antibillboard law administration. He is the first Democrat to oppose incumbent Republican Richard Thomas and chairs the Windsor County Democratic Committee.
Sgt. Gordon J. Mooney of the Vermont State Police heads the Shaftsbury substation and attends the 29th Command Training Institute for police officers at Babson College in Wellesley Massachusetts. He is among 30 attendees and daily classes run through June 26 under director John T. Howland.
Bennington College has been awarded a 5500 grant from the National Science Foundation to buy instructional physics equipment under physicist Robert G. Cornwell. Funds will enhance nuclear instrumentation and electronics for the physics program focusing on nuclear spectroscopy in the liberal arts college setting. Henry W. Haskell, son of William H. Haskell of Silk Road, Bennington, earned an associate in applied science degree at Alfred University’s 59th commencement on May 30.
Thomsons of Jefferson Heights celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at home noting their 1920 Lowell Mass. marriage on June 8. Minnie Tucker Thomson, organist and former Thomson Mfg. Co. office manager, helped mark the occasion with a church prayer and well-wishers. Their family includes two children Eleanor Muirhead of Ottawa and Kenneth Thomson of Pownal, six grandchildren, and relatives from Lowell and Wakefield.
Cristina Guio a senior at Bennington College will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday in the Carriage Barn in partial fulfillment of her B A degree in music. The program blends Afro Cuban folk themes with her Cuban background and studies, including a wind quintet and piano piece and Rutmica No 1 by Amadeo Roldan. She plans to continue composing after graduation on June 20.
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