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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1967
Page
5
Vermont education officials pressed for full state funding to build and renovate classrooms for handicapped students. Dr. Jean Garvin said 23 immediate rooms are needed with 24 more by 1972, noting 23 of 57 rooms are substandard and current 30 percent aid falls short.
Mayor Harold J. Nichols announces Alan T. Danver, former Rutland Railroad president 1957 to 1959, has accepted the city commissioner of Public Works post at a salary of 5000 dollars per year. Danver says he took the job to help the city out.
From New York to Albany the scene centers on a farm themed celebration with milking contests cow displays and dairy princess Geraldine Cornell of Buskirk in Troy Land. Debate at the Constitutional Convention on Blaine Amendment continues with Catholics urging repeal and anti repeal fears cited. Governor Rockefeller asks for a stronger executive branch and more flexible government structure.
North Adams plans legal steps against Modern Aluminum Anodizing Corp over uncontrolled dumping of highly acidic chemicals near Greylock well. Plant Manager Charles F. Willie cites no immediate disposal changes and suggests possible consolidation with Hackensack plant if no agreement is reached. Sprague Electric reenters Fortune 500 at 465th with $141.5 million in sales and 13.47 percent growth. Adams officials report 170 to 200 elderly residents live in unsuitable conditions and seek a housing authority through the Adams Housing Needs Study Committee.
Manchester Vermont: The Church of the Conversion of Saint Paul was blessed by Bishop Robert F. Joyce in a long ceremony attended by nearly 500 worshipers. The service included a concelebrated Mass, saints litany, epistle and Gospel readings, and a prayer of the faithful. Open house for parishioners granted Sunday afternoon.
UPI reports Vermont executive Frederick Fayette lost a bid for trial continuance in a fraud and conspiracy case. Judge Croacke rejected claims of prejudicial pre trial coverage and affirmed a 12 member jury. The indictment accuses Fayette, then Thermal Wire treasurer, of falsifying SBA loan documents in 1962.
Vermont's Straw Hat circuit will host 56 productions across eight major summer playhouses. Highlights include East Lynne in Jeffersonville, Barefoot in the Park in Winooski and Weston, four musicals such as Bye Bye Birdie Once Upon a Mattress The Sound of Music and Show Boat, plus Shakespeare Love's Labour Lost at UVM Arena Theatre with King Lear and Henry IV Part I on slate through September. The Wilmington Mirror Players revive Spoon River Anthology with a 30 person cast. Prices range 1 to 3.50 dollars with most shows at 8:30 pm curtain and some matinees. Reservations by phone and season discounts available.
The Legislative Council Penal Study Committee says it should wait for the Department of Institutions program for corrections and rehabilitation before proceeding. Deputy Institutions Commissioner Charles Adams, set to become acting commissioner July 1, is authorized to draft the correctional plan. The panel worries about possible delays if Adams does not indicate his plans for the post or how long the board will take to name a permanent chief. The committee reviews recommendations to improve life for those convicted of minor offenses, including detention criteria before trial, nonarrest for intoxication without disturbance, and release on recognizance for minor motor vehicle offenses, plus giving the department more authority in criminal matters.
The Interagency Committee on Natural Resources approved 100000 in park improvements in Burlington. Expenditures of 79750 will renovate South Park and repair the Ethan Allen Memorial Tower and North Burlington park. The Cambridge municipal project was rejected and Rochester was deferred. The panel endorsed buying 4000 acres of Groton forest land for 240250.
Superior Court Judge Dale M. Brooks will allow the state to intervene in the WCAX-TV Educational Television Network dispute. A hearing is set to consider dissolving an injunction against ETV. Attorney General James L. Oakes sought dismissal of the order, which was granted, with the hearing to weigh further action in Chittenden County. Stuart T. Martin, WCAX-TV owner, contends ETV crews trespassed on his Mt Mansfield leased property atop Vermont’s highest peak. Martin leased 200 by 200 feet from the University of Vermont in 1954 for the transmitter site used by ETV.
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