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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
5
Dr. William L. Irvine president of Vermont College writes in Junior College Journal about creating an international education inventory for every junior college campus. Irvine, former regional education officer for Africa, urges AAJC to adopt statewide and national inventories to guide international education efforts.
Vermonters for Rockefeller organization asked New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller to seek the Republican presidential nomination. Former Lt. Gov. Ralph Foote, who heads the five week old group, said a telegram was sent noting broad grassroots support in Vermont. The group vows 100 percent Vermont backing at the GOP national convention in Miami.
Gov. Philip H. Hoff signed a bill mandating motorcycle operators to wear protective head gear and eye protection. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Donald Smith, passed despite potential constitutional questions, with state officials asserting highway safety authority.
The Vermont Department of Employment Security says 4637 unemployment insurance claims were filed last week, up 98 from the prior week, with the insured rate at 4.3 percent. Increases appeared in Burlington and several towns while St Albans Springfield and White River Junction showed declines. Edward J. Senecal of Merchant's National Bank in St Johnsbury confirms the FBI is probing a $7000 shortage. U.S. Attorney Radigan declines comment.
An anonymous call to the Times-Union identified a red Mustang and white Cadillac as involved in a Saturday Albany hit and run. The tipster, who declined to identify himself, said the red car dragged the other vehicle. A second caller added $100 to the reward fund, now totaling $225, noting moral obligation. Marion Scherer of Albany was killed. passenger Mrs. Samuel Denct remains hospitalized in critical condition.
In Williams College news Professor James MacGregor Burns contemplates leaving his bid as a delegate candidate for the First Congressional District. He previously ran with Maurice A. Donahue, a Senate leader who withdrew after President Johnson failed to win Massachusetts in the state primaries. In Pittsfield, the high school’s vocational wing will be roofed within eight weeks and ready for occupancy by September. The City Hall Annex, built in 1879, will be razed for a parking lot. Hinsdale reports a large black bear sighting along Mass 8 between Russell Bridge and Ewart Palmer farm. Adams announces a master plan for the 10,000 acre Greylock State Reservation will be discussed with officials next month.
Vermonters face a land use tax relief measure after an 81 to 62 House vote advancing it to third reading amid debate over constitutional issues and a rumored deal with conservatives. Gov Hoff criticized the bill as deficient but did not rule out a veto if enacted.
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy continues to surge in New Hampshire. At a Manchester candlepin alley he earned a spare amid a campaign seen as disorganized yet gaining traction with 20 to 30 percent of the Democratic vote. McCarthy plans to stay through the January primary while campaigning in Rivier College and elsewhere.
UPI reports a Vermont House Commerce Committee hearing on a Keeton OConnell style auto liability bill. The plan would require insurers to pay under 10000 in claims without court action regardless of fault. Rutland lawyer Donald Hackel argues the bill won t ease delays or court congestion and harms moral values.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 311000 appropriation for the Elizabeth Lund Home in Burlington to fund construction of an addition for unwed mothers.
At the University of Vermont President Lyman S. Rowell says cigarette vending machines will stay in residence halls and classrooms. He notes the Student Senate conducted a mature study and believes removing the machines would not reduce smoking. He will forward the recommendation for further study but supports the students if no valid counter arguments arise. Rowell, who quit smoking 17 years ago, would not object if removal lowered smoking.
Don ald Hackel of Rutland, head of the Vermont ACLU, says he personally opposes a bill to regulate obscene literature sold to minors. The House Judiciary Committee rewrote the measure patterned after a New York statute now under appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court. Hackel argues it would force sellers to read every page to avoid violations and hopes for a public hearing before any action. The Vermont chapter has not taken a formal position yet.
State Health Department officials extracted a leaking radium capsule from the Howard National Bank vault in St Johnsbury. The capsule, about 50 milligrams, was taken to Barre for U S Public Health Service pickup. Doctor owner stored it for nasal treatments. health officials will survey other storage sites.
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