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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1968
Page
5
A $63 million highway construction bonding measure advances to the Vermont House for action next Monday after passage by the House Appropriations Committee. Lauritz Larsen and other officials will testify as the bill mirrors Gov. Hoff’s proposal, with Rutland and Bennington bypasses added at an estimated $13 million. Hoff backs a one cent gas tax hike and a two percent increase in the purchase and use tax to fund the plan.
More than 75 legislators and public guests attended a Farmer's Night Club event titled There But for the Grace of God. Dr. Jonathan Leopold chaired the program highlighting films on shut-ins and prisoners and urging education for rehabilitation in prisons nationwide.
A large York Rite Masons delegation is expected at the Masonic Temple in Rutland on Saturday for Vermont statewide spring festival activities. Registration starts at 1 p.m. with degree work including Royal Arch at 2 p.m. Royal Master at 3:30, Select Master at 4:15, and Order of the Red Cross at 5. A dinner follows at 6 p.m. by Airoc Court LOSNA, and at 7 p.m. the Order of Malta will be conferred by the Connecticut Valley Malta Team.
In Montpelier the Senate will hold a special order on constitutional convention procedures. Two con con bills are under consideration. One, with House approval, creates an 11 member constitutional revision study commission to study changes and report recommendations to 1969 1970 and 1971 legislatures. The other, by Sen. George Cook, proposes a voter referendum on whether to hold a convention and if so whether it should be wide open or limited to seven or eight major proposals.
Samuel Cenci offers reward for information to arrest a hit and run driver who critically injured his wife and killed her aunt near 711 Central Avenue at 7 40 p m A red car described as the vehicle. Albany budget clears 115 7 million deficiency appropriation sent to Gov Rockefeller for signature and a gun law provision is postponed for review.
The New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four faculty members sues Adirondack Community College officials in U S District Court seeking contract renewal and 100000 dollars in damages for alleged constitutional rights violations after they refused to renew contracts due to anti Vietnam War activity. Four Democrats join Republicans to move Medicaid cut bills to the Assembly floor despite Speaker Travia’s opposition.
Four young children narrowly escaped death when left in a running car in the Artery Arcade lot Saturday. An anonymous call summoned police as the car occupants received treatment. three were released after hospital care, the fourth improved with inhalator aid. In separate notes, Sprague Electric considers expansion and stockholder action is planned. Williams Inn affected by Waldorf agreement. Williams College owns the property. Frank L. Brown retires after 33 years as Adams tax collector.
At a Montpelier session a dispute emerged between the state Office of Economic Opportunity and five local community action agencies over designating the state OEO as the main War on Poverty agency. Local groups warn of loss of local control while supporters cite statewide cohesion under Davis and Governor Hoff.
Former UVM trustee Derrick V. Webb challenged the university and the Greater Burlington Ecumenical Council over a Viet Nam policy discussion. Webb urged presenting the positive side of U.S. policy as he argued for a broader view alongside counterpoints offered by AVM World Affairs Center director George Little.
Sen. George D. Aiken of Vermont demands explanation from the Atomic Energy Commission for omitting municipal power companies and rural electric cooperatives from new nuclear plant studies. He questions why AEC analyzes thermal and atmospheric pollution when it says it has no jurisdiction over these issues related to atomic plants. He sent a letter to AEC chairman Glenn T. Seaborg outlining the queries.
The Navy Review Board set aside Corporal Stanley J. Luczko's life sentence for the 1966 slaying of a Vietnamese woman during a patrol near Da Nang. The board cited improper instructions on mental competency. retrial could occur in Vietnam, but likely not, as the bombing of the first trial site complicates proceedings. Luczko would regain rank and back pay and be released from Portsmouth Navy Prison to return to Quantico.
President Johnson will not enter the April 30 Massachusetts primary, leaving Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy with a pathway to the delegates on the first ballot. Massachusetts Democratic Chairman Lester S. Hyman awaits Washington guidance on a stand‑in candidate, with names including John W. McCormack, Lawrence F. O'Brien, and Maurice A. Donahue. McCarthy challenges Johnson to enter, proposing a debate on Kennedy era policies.
In Concord Nixon campaign sources monitor signs of a late push for Nelson Rockefeller in New Hampshire where Nixon is favored to win the Republican primary. Rockefeller or Romney supporters seek volunteers and funds to boost write-in efforts and delegate candidates as Gregg and Beckett coordinate local literature.
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